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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Happy Hallowe’en!
From a Teenage Mutant Incompetent Ninja Turtle, and dead-Goose-from-Top-Gun Yes, that’s a saw blade through my belly – like I said, incompetent ninja. I also had a backpack on under the t-shirt to make a shell, but it didn’t come … Continue reading
It’s Samhain, Already!
Welcome to our ‘umble ‘ome … Our ‘umble ‘ome, earlier today. … where you’ll be greeted by Mysterious Hooded Figures. A Mysterious Hooded Figure, yesterday.
Posted in Cromer, crox minima, crox minor, Domesticrox, dr who, Professor Trellis of North Wales, samhain, Silliness, welcome to night vale
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Immigration
Cast your mind back, if you will, to 1655 – the days of the Protectorate. In that year, Oliver Cromwell received an embassy from the Netherlands, of a Dutch Jew, one Manasseh Ben Israel, who asked the Lord Protector whether … Continue reading
Posted in cromwell, immigration, Politicrox, Politics, whitehall conference
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Retrospective Impact
Recently I participated in a so-called ‘speed dating’ event for schoolgirls, organised under the auspices of Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaign which this event was launching. Spearheaded by Miriam Gonzalez (aka Nick Clegg’s wife, who is an international lawyer … Continue reading
Posted in Career advice, Communicating Science, education, girls, media
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Untangling the wrangling angle
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll wait for the 5.5 year retrospective post to see just how much grant writing you *didn’t* get involved in… Thus spake the prophet Wintle in the year 2012, … Continue reading
Posted in blog buddies, career, grant wrangling, science
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When the sh*te hits the asphalt
It’s a beautiful day in Omaha, Nebraska. Autumn foliage is spectacular this year, likely due to decent rains and very gradual temperature drops. So I took my favorite dog, and headed off to my favorite nearby lake. I am a … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Lake Zorinsky, microscopy, Nebraska, omaha, poop and scoop, Research, science, vizsla, walking
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Paying it forward
I submitted a physical, bound final copy of my thesis. Once the corrections to my thesis had been approved by my examiners, I ordered copies bound in regulation purple and submitted one to Imperial College Library. As of March this … Continue reading
How old is your method?
Over on the Methods in Ecology & Evolution blog, Sam (our Assistant Editor) has just put up a podcast she edited from interviews made by Barb Anderson at Intecol this year. She wandered the meeting with a sonic screwdriver asking … Continue reading
Levelling the European Playing Field
One of the good things about (certain) committees is that one learns so much. That may not be everyone’s experience but over the years I personally have found many committees – though most certainly not all – very educational. I … Continue reading
Posted in CV, ERC, maternity leave, research grants, Women in science
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Call for Papers?
A few days ago I received an email from “The American International Journal of Contemporary Research“–now there’s an oxymoronic journal title: American International. Make up your minds! Apparently, this journal is not good at ‘making up its mind,’ as the … Continue reading
Posted in American-International, broad-specific, fed up with BS, get serious, humor, journals, oxymoron, papers, peer review, pretend peer review, Research, science, scope
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