It was moving. Shocking. Gripping. And emotionally draining. The National Theatre of Scotland brought their production of Black Watch to Los Angeles this month. 1. There wasn’t a chance in hell that I was going to miss it. And I dragged P along so he didn’t have to be the only Perthshire accent on campus […]
Walking the dog a couple of nights ago, we passed a sign1 that made me smile. And I just couldn’t resist using it. So there. The damage is done. Tell me if I should undo it. 1 I’d like to credit the corny genius behind the sign-tist chain of sign shops for this.
While we’re blathering about science, the recent award of a Nobel prize to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies made me remember how much I used to curse their blasted brains during the PhD years. You guys deserve a Nobel prize for making 3 years of my nascent scientific life hell. Then again, without […]
I’ve been thinking about the future1, my place in it, and my place in scientific research. Having bored myself silly with self-centeredness, I looked further afield. Back in July2, Professor Greenfield was deploring the lack of female scientists in the higher echelons of her profession. She makes a few fair points, but, as can only […]
As a sign of how little I read outside science these days, it’s taken a full week for this debacle to reach my consciousness via the sharpener. And without launching into is-he-or-isn’t-he 1, the Sharpener article’s comment about prevalent mud-flinging attitudes reminded me of a recent Doonesbury comic [clicky the linky; I don’t want to […]
Curious Hamster is back to posting1, and as usual, I’m nodding my head in agreement with much of his observations on the state of British politics. I’ve been thinking recently, what with the deification of Boris Johnson. Oh, what’s that? He’s just running for mayor? Oh that’s alright then. Anyway. It got me to thinking […]
I switch the computer off for a few days1 and this happens. WTH? Did I side-slip into an alternate dimension? Is my interwebs pulling a fast one on me? This type of shit you can expect from countries with dictatorships, not the UK. Oh, hang on… 1 OK, a few weeks.2 2 And it’ll be […]
Has it really been 4 months since I updated this blog? That’s a lot of unreported interesting meals in and out. The events of July escape me, largely because I worked like a dog so I could take time off in August. The story of August will have to wait until I work out where […]
D+K again, originally uploaded by framboise. We poottled up to North California for a week in Sonoma County (north of San Fran for you non-Californians). And spent a week poottling back down the coast. The photos are slowly being uploaded and when the dog has some time, she might contribute a post or two about […]
Imagine an out-of-focus, poorly-lit photo of ants on the Hollywood Bowl stage here. I couldn’t be bothered to take yet another one. The traditional music of Armenia is brill, but you can keep Armenian pop. 1 No, not the famous cognac. If only I could get my hands on some…
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