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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Don’t submit. Submit.
We came. We chanted. We lobbied. We petitioned.
Posted in funding, science, Science & Politics, Science Is Vital
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Reading
A comment on Steve’s blog referring tangentially to one of my own effusions made me think of how many really great popular science books there are out there.. So, here’s an idea. Why not post a few of your suggestions, … Continue reading
Posted in eldritch, no coach parties, rpg couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag, Science Is Vital, sea mammal research unit, thinking about thinking, Writing & Reading
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SAINT PATTY’S DAY!
(this is a re-hash of last year’s post. I’m gonna keep doing this until people stop calling it St Patty’s Day) It’s Paddy. The diminutive form of the name Patrick (or Pádraig in the original Irish form) is Paddy. Therefore it’s Saint Paddy’s day.
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In which I go native
We scientists are an itinerant bunch, wafting from job to job, city to city and – frequently – country to country, in search of that elusive permanent position. Because of that, our sense of ‘home’ – a place where we … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia, The profession of science
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Parental Science Geeks, Beware!
For many of us career scientists, our work–our profession–is really a way of life more than a job. So it is doubly so–perhaps exponentially so–when in a family both parents are science geeks scientists. Scientists have long been portrayed as … Continue reading
Posted in cartoon, comics, dinner, education, humor, losers-without-anything-else -to-talk-about, parental science geeks, pass the salt, Research, science, self-absorbed, Silliness
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Regular
Yesterday I was in the London Borough of Waltham Forest where, for the third year running, I was a judge at a science debate competition. Teams of youngsters from secondary schools across the borough pitted their oratory, rhetoric and critical … Continue reading
Posted in a fool and his money are soon parted, bad science, big boots would have been better than crox, celebrity nutritionists, chthonic, eldritch, erumpent, harmful toxins, Laboratoires Des Girrafes, natural goodness, release of calcium from intracellular stores, Research, Science Is Vital, sex, Silliness, wild rabbit
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Gonna go where the bright lights and the big city meet
No red guitar (on fire*) in sight, though, just this: Pretty soon everybody got one Two questions: 1) Why does anything need to be taken beyond anyone’s desires? Let alone a toilet, of all things?
In which I lose my temper
Late last year I blogged about the new health and safety rule handed down on high from the research council that funds our institute: all staff must wear safety glasses at all times while in the laboratory – regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Health and safety gone mad
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Retribution
Human beings have an astonishing capacity for five four five things: 1) Double standards; 2) Inability to understand relative risks; 3) Taking things personally; 4) er… 5) … that’s it. Item 1: I spent my teenage years at a Rudolf … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Is Vital
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Spring forward
Woohoo, daylight saving time! Now, if only the rain would stop, it might feel like this winter will end at some point… The following conversation occurred last week, during a regular conference call with some US collaborators: Collaborator: “We were … Continue reading
