A Musical Interlude

Yesterday was a really grueling day, and I'm home with The Pip today, so no substantive blogging. But here's a song about the universe, written and performed by one of my colleagues:

If this becomes the next LHC Rap, remember you heard it here first.

By a weird coincidence, we've been watching our Animaniacs DVD's with SteelyKid, and just a couple of days ago got to this one:

So that's not one, but two songs about the universe. Which ought to be enough to keep you entertained for the day.

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