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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Demons
It has come to my attention that many people are not aware of this simply spectacular song by Fatboy Slim, featuring the substantial vocal talents of Marge Simpson Macy Gray*. This situation is, of course, unacceptable, so please watch this video … Continue reading
Decisions, decisions…
Books have always been dear to me. As a child/young adult, I skipped directly to adult books and was known to read 7-8 different books in parallel (now 3-4 is my limit + audiobooks for the car, and the new … Continue reading
Posted in "Matter Over Mind", agent, Anaphora Literary Press, author, Books, decisions, Lablit, literary fiction, Literature, novel, press, publish, publisher, publishing, Research, science, science in fiction, Welcome Home Sir, Writing
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A momentary lapse of reason—Chapter Eleven
Chapter Ten The Volunteer Sabine checked her watch against the clock over the door. It wasn’t that she and Max ever agreed to meet, but his habit was to be at the lab half an hour after leaving his office. … Continue reading
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Planet Dinosaur
While browsing the BBC website for something else just now (OK, OK, I wanted to know when Torchwood was on, I have this thing for stroppy leather-clad Welsh women with guns) I discovered the first episode of Planet Dinosaur lurking … Continue reading
Posted in babel fish, carcharodontosaurus, planet dinosaur, Science Is Vital, Science-fiction, spinosaurus, walking with dinosaurs, Writing & Reading
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Space
As you both know, I am not a great fan of manned space exploration. To qualify that, though, I think the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) constituted an expensive distraction after the heroic Apollo missions, during which … Continue reading
Posted in enormous space rockets. whee doggies, Science Is Vital, Science-fiction, shuttle, space, Technicrox
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How Do You Know How to Write a Thesis?
I wrote my PhD thesis so long ago it was typed for me by someone else based on my handwritten chapters; the diagrams were drawn laboriously and messily by me with a pen, ink and a fair number of smudges; … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, communication, examiners, PhD thesis, Research, Science Culture, viva
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Eye Candy Fractal Post [4]
“Alien Honeycomb” Henry’s recent post about music had the quite unexpected (I expect) result of spurring me to think again about a couple of old hobbies I’ve neglected for a while. One, the creation of super-excellent* electronic music, is something … Continue reading
Posted in art, fractals, get back to work, Hobbies, hobby
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I’m not insane. My mother had me tested.
The recent conversation at DrugMonkey’s place about responding to previous grant reviews has proved very timely; I’m currently working on the first grant resubmission for which I’ve been chief wrangler. There have been some unbloggably hilarious emails pinging around between … Continue reading
Posted in career, grant wrangling, Silliness, television
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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #116
Posted in Apparitions, canis secundus croxorum, Cromer, Domesticrox, Silliness, wot no seagulls
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My guilt from the sidelines
Like a moth drawn to the fire, I can’t stop myself. And I warn the reader that this blog doea not have anything directly to do with science, or life in science–although it does have to do with life. And … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, religion, religious coercion, women
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