Three things I've liked in the last couple of days

First, just for Sroon (who is always begging for vampire jellyfish stories), a jellyfish slide show over at BBC news. They really are quite lovely:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8231000/8231553.stm


Next, a story about when things just work out (involving a Christmas card and potentially dishonest Polish postal workers):

http://segullah.org/daily-special/ward-envy-part-ii/


And finally, a talk about creative genius and finding a little bit of mental space apart from creative work (it's a video, just so that you are prepared):

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html