Spring is finally showing up around here, and the festival events are getting friskier! We have RoboGames (formerly known as RobOlympics) in California, a Beach & Biker Fest in Texas (I especially like the wizard at the top of the page) and various loud airborne items in Louisville.

The festivals are a bit more rarefied in England this weekend, as the Cambridge Wordfest takes place. (Dawn French is one of the guests this year, though, so it might not be THAT rarefied.)

Here's a surprise: young women locked away from the world in convents (and punished for attending festivals) tended to act out. Heavens!