An interesting article: No Joke: Animals Laugh, Too from livescience.com.

Cliff’s post: Hanky Panky On The Farm.

Marty’s post: Kicker (another great post)

Transcript of the homily of the Pope’s funeral.

Speaking of that, I am curious about the relationship between the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox churches. The Eastern churches got a few minutes in the funeral mass, which surprised me.