Meh

[desperance]

Ah, these Astronomers Royal, they're such a disappointment...

No, I mean that most sincerely. The little old ladies loved him, but I go to science lectures to have my brain embiggened. If I wanted jocular populist anecdotal entertainment, I have a television that supplies it. Heaven knows, there are even aspects of the internets that are not entirely dedicated to the Higher Truth.

I wish I'd gone to hear my friend Andrew now.

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[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

But then you wouldn't have had the opportunity to deploy that classy plural...

[pennski.livejournal.com]

I was admiring that plural from afar.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

You just can't get the quality these days... I have a Top Astronomer in my sitting room at present. Shall I pass on your views?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Coo, really? Never mind Sir Arnold, but you could ask him if he knows Roger Griffin. Who is my cousin, also godfather, and something I b'lieve of a Top Astronomer in Cambridge circles...