Brian Blessed should be king of the world. Yea.

He deserves it. Also, why am I so surprised to learn that Patrick Stewart and Brian Blessed are childhood pals? WHAT ELSE COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE?

Goddammit, give that sexual yeti his post.

"I love silence."

Sadly, this probably won't happen. On the one hand, I'm not sure that Cambridge is ready to transition from Prince Philip as Chancellor to working-class hero's son made good as Chancellor. More importantly, though, the leading candidate he's up against (Lord Sainsbury) is mega, mega, MEGA wealthy.

The third candidate, hilariously, is the owner of a local grocery store (Sainsbury runs the biggest grocery chain in Britain) named Abdul Arain. He's awesome, and when I was waiting in line in his store, I once heard him say to a co-worker: "If he was my son, I'd send his skinny ass straight back to Homs!"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/17/abdul-arain-shopkeepe r-cambridge-university-chancellor

Clearly whoever set the levels on that microphone beforehand was unfamiliar with Brian Blessed's talents.

Don't fuck this up, Cambridge, you're wearing skis and there's a shark about. Only one man can save you, a marvelously loud bearded man.

Brian Blessed is amazing.

Is it in style now to have your coat shorter than your sleeves?

I've never heard Brian Blessed talk before. Suddenly Darkplace is incredibly mind blowing to me.