Hibernation | Smackdown Cometh

Mice Led Into Hibernation in Test of Medical Potential
By forcing mice to hibernate and then reviving them, scientists say they may have found a new way to help cells survive low oxygen conditions such as stroke.

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So it is possible to hibernate and not be a bear, etc.? sweet... I may just be able to skip winter all together now.

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Benedict XVI is no stranger to the internet – or at least, his thoughts and writings are no stranger.

His admirers have operated an unofficial fan club website at www.ratzingerfanclub.com since August 2000, even selling merchandise displaying the motto "Continuing the smackdown on heresy since 1981."

That's the year Ratzinger became John Paul II's Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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..."continuing the smackdown on heresy".... i don't think he could lay out much of a smackdown, let alone bathe himself.
I'm hoping that the church wasn't planning on ol' Benny lasting too long, and he was more of an interm solution while they groom someone else to be the next real Pope.