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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Stand and deliver [15]
(Warning: possibly unreasonable rant follows. But I’m too annoyed to care if it’s unreasonable! So there!) ‘Tis the season for the arrival of exciting parcels from distant lands!
Science and the Law [7]
It’s the grey end of term and the dark time of the year when it is easy to feel that too many things have been left undone that should have been done. The Christmas break is fast approaching and most … Continue reading
Posted in education, neuroscience, Royal Society, statistics
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The Plot Thickens [6]
Well yes, it’s true. The plot for my upcoming work-in-progress (AKA-barely started) novel is thickening. No, you read that right, not “sickening,” but “thickening.” But as this all begins to take shape, I find myself coming back from an adrenalin … Continue reading
New Occam’s year resolutions (happy birthday to us…) [7]
Not only is it birthday 1 for Occam’s Typewriter but last week was my literal birthday. So maybe a good time to reflect about what I can do differently in the New Year. I have a new job since I … Continue reading
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Festive Pig [15]
Just a quick reminder to get your orders in for Defiant the Guinea Pig – Firefighter!, a mini-epic adventure written by me and Crox Minima. I’ve been selling this special boutique edition for a limited time only as a print-on-demand … Continue reading
Posted in defiant the guinea pig, Domesticrox, get em while they're hot, Writing & Reading
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Reserving judgment [17]
I would probably prefer to write another blog on the sense of entitlement that seems to be permeating through the ranks of today’s graduate students. However, unlike some pseudonym-wielding bloggers, who hide their identities behind closed doors in order to … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, decisons, entitlement, judgment, PI, psychology, Research, science
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On site [6]
Just checking in. Unfortunately, I’m not staying at the US Grant in San Diego but I am involved in the output of what went on here:
Dockin’ Around the Christmas Tree [9]
Upon hearing that Mr E Man and I will be heading to his sister’s house for Christmas and therefore don’t have a Christmas tree at home this year*, our friends invited us round to their place on Friday to help … Continue reading
Classic Rock For Dogs
One of my favourite books is Poetry for Cats – the Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse by Henry Beard, a writer on National Lampoons (I believe) as well as the author of such titles as French for Cats and X-Treme … Continue reading
Posted in classic rock for dogs, deep purple, Domesticrox, Music, pastiche, poetry for cats, Silliness
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Appraising the Future
Back in those distant days of the Thatcher Government, various changes to the way academics worked were introduced, whose details are rather lost in the mists of time (or at least lost in the mists of my memory). One consequence … Continue reading
Posted in advice, appraisal, ASSET2010, CV, mentoring, Science Culture, Women in science
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