My journey of self rediscovery with mirtazapine, as dissected below, was not to last. Although I had the side-effects of this potent tricyclic – drowsiness, dizziness, very loud dreams – I was experiencing none of the benefits. Unfortunately, one of the problems with antidepressants is that they can enhance your mood – that is, ma Continue reading
This vaguely disturbing notice sent in by the ever-flocculent Professor Trellis of North Wales. I think it speaks for itself. What it’s saying, though, is another matter.
Almost exactly a year ago I posted a blogpost on the back of wading through papers for a promotion panel. I’m buried in the paperwork again this year, but I’d like to put a very different emphasis on what I have learned from the experience this time around. First of all, hallelujah, the documentation is on a USB stick and NOT delivered to me in 3 l Continue reading
So we all know the story about Baroness Susan Greenfield and the internet and how she thinks it might be causing autism (among other things)
where she famously said:
“It could be the case that this different environment is changing the brain in an unprecedented way. It’s such an important issue and I’m just putting it before peopl Continue reading
I recently updated the photo on my UK drivers license, and had the new card sent to my parents’ address. They received it a few weeks ago and couriered it back to me (along with the original marriage certificate I’d had to send with the application to get my name changed), but the associated updated NHS* Organ Donor card only showed up Continue reading
Time is flying by in a blur. I know this, because I have begun measuring time in blogs. Not “a few weeks ago,” but rather “a few blogs ago.” Yes, well a few blogs ago I brought up the issue of creationism creativity and science, intent on making the point that contrary to some popular misconceptions, many scientists are crea Continue reading
What do students know about life beyond academia? I touched on this in my last post, and this week two reports have been published which are relevant to this theme and the overall ‘student experience’, loosely interpreted. Vitae published a report on ‘What do researchers want to do: the career intentions of doctoral researchers’ which has some res Continue reading
Recently, I found myself in Ottawa, a city best known as Canada’s capital, and notorious for being picturesque, quiet, and freezing cold half of the year. It’s also a city I’ve spent surprisingly little time in, given that my salary is currently funded by an agency headquartered there, and that I grew up only a couple of hoursR Continue reading
North Yorkshire, circa 1987.
A classroom full of nine- and ten-year-olds.
An assignment to write a story that involved food. Continue reading
