First things first, to answer a question some of you have been asking, no, we cannot “make the semester stop”. However, as a convenient distraction, we found the three things below on the Internet. Hmmm? Their educational value? Well, the first is a clever bit of intertextuality, the second is a ground breaking zoological finding, and the third is a study in pop-culture. So there.

• In the spirit of the winter season, some clever individual has painstakingly stitched together Star Trek: The Next Generation clips to make it look like Patrick Stewart and co. are singing “Let It Snow”, although it’s not a 100% match.
• Can leopards show compassion to other animals in the wild? Watch what this leopard did when faced with a baboon baby – a baby it had just orphaned. Warning: the clip is both graphic and heartbreaking.
• If you’re feeling nostalgic, why not procrastinate the way our ancestors did by playing some classic Nintendo. These people have put Super Mario online, free for all to play. However, it’s also not quite how we remember it.

Happy Friday!