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Category Archives: UK
UK Photography, OR how my ten-year-old daughter kicked my butt, three times
A few months ago, I posted this photograph of my daughter piloting my best camera and biggest telephoto lens, while I was reduced to snapping a picture of her with an early-1970′s vintage rangefinder loaded with honest-to-goodness black and white … Continue reading
Posted in England, parenting (I suppose), Photography, Scotland, travel, UK, vacation
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Happy Canada Day!
I hope all my Canadian readers are having an awesome long weekend! (And that everyone else had an awesome normal weekend!) Ours has involved spending time with various friends on patios, roller coasters, log flumes, beaches, ocean swims, picnics in … Continue reading
Temporospatial trends in germophobia
One of the cultural differences I noticed soon after I moved from Britain to Canada is how people treat you if you say you have a cold or other minor ailment. In the UK, my experience is that friends, family, … Continue reading
We don’t need no education–at least not like this…
Anti-semitism is on the rise in Europe. Strictly speaking, this may not be true, as Jews have traditionally had a difficult time in the “old world,” to say the least. Why? Good question!
“What’s the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish farmer?”
Thus begins the last really good joke I heard, several years ago now; answer at the bottom! I recently realised that I never hear new jokes any more. I had an actual joke book as a small kid, and my … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, communication, family, fun with language, furry friends, personal, Silliness, UK
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Bucket List and 2012 Resolutions [22]
Bucket List The plan is to add at least one new item every time I tick one off! Write at least one book (and get it published) Run for political office (and preferably win)
Posted in apes, Canada, career, climate change, environment, freelancing, furry friends, kayaking, nature, personal, Politics, publishing, snow, sport, travel, UK
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Time travelling to reach you
If time travel is supposedly impossible now, how did a podcast just send me back in time by more than a decade? I listen to various music podcasts at work, and this morning I selected a 2009 episode of “Y-Pod: … Continue reading
When the NIH and UK Research Councils sneeze…
…does the CIHR catch a cold? From an email I received last week, titled “CIHR Funding News: Issue 104 – Results of the March 2011 Operating Grants Competition”: Looking ahead, it seems clear that we will continue to be challenged … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, grant wrangling, UK
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