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Monthly Archives: November 2011
I’m still here… I think
Apologies for the lack of posting recently. You can blame the throes of teaching semester-time (into week ten, two and a half weeks to go…). Or perhaps the series of delightful illnesses the kids have been bringing home. Our three … Continue reading
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BOOK LAUNCH!
It’s finally here, the “Book Launch” for my new novel, “Welcome Home, Sir,” published by Anaphora Literary Press! After the 13 year struggle for publishing “Matter Over Mind,” this time I seem to have done it with the speed of … Continue reading
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Hockey Pool, Week Gr8
FINALLY!!!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!!
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Comfort Zone
Sometimes, it pays to step out of your comfort zone a little. I have a camera, and I like to use it. It’s employed for family events, weekends at the cottage, trips to the zoo, and the occasional conference. I … Continue reading
Posted in comfort zones, Fun, Hobbies, Photography
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On the up [11]
Having a chat with Henricus croxii this morning, it suddenly struck me that I have been rather quiet of late. So quiet, in fact, that even H. croxii, with whom I normally share everything (except underpants and family members), wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in CME, job, Me, publishing, Remedica
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Cultural Differences?
How does the French academic environment differ from the British, particularly for women? Each year a group of us convene at ESPCI (the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris in France) in the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, ESPCI, France, Science Culture, Women in science
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Playin’ Possum? Impossumble…
An opossum, recently For some time now, I have been treading carefully when mowing the lawn (which is now no longer necessary despite our mild weather this year) and raking the leaves. The reason for this is that a mysterious … Continue reading
Posted in gun culture, hunter, neighbor, opossum, possum
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Week 7, in which we discover that Ricardipus perhaps isn’t quite as good at this hockey pool malarkey as he’s always claimed, but doesn’t quite learn to get over it yet.
That was, and I believe this is the correct way to put it, The Week of TEH SUCKAGE™. Looking over the weekly stats, it seems that Beth smoked everyone, even the reliably excellent Lavaland. Mr. E Man (cleverly disguised here … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Guest posts, hockey, hockey pool, lameness, let the trash talkin' begin, poor performance, VWXPool
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Real and False Economy [16]
Last week I went to Germany to talk to a pharmaceutical company about my work on the blood protein, human serum albumin. It set me thinking. But first I need to tell you about albumin. Albumin is a surprisingly abundant … Continue reading
Posted in impact, Protein Crystallography, science, Science policy, Scientific Life
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It’s a book, but not as we know it [3]
A series of 21 online books has been launched as part of an initiative to provide a bridge between the humanities and the sciences. The aim is to create: a resource for researching and teaching relevant science issues across the … Continue reading
Posted in avant garde, Books, ebooks, Humanitiies, media studies
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