Richard P Grant
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Category Archives: Science-less Sunday
Sweet home Alabama
It never ends. There’s always something to do, whether it’s laying turf, repairing hoses, or pulling up the wild onions. I’m taking advantage of the unexpected time off to fix things around the house and garden. In the best traditions … Continue reading
Posted in Me, Offspring, Personal, Science-less Sunday
Tagged birthday, grapes, Pawns, pizza, Spring, wild onions, wine
4 Comments
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Hard to believe, but 4 years ago we were in lockdown. Bit of a shit time, really, with scary NHS bears yelling at us to STAY HOME, schools shut, people being shouted at for being (gasp) outside, and all that … Continue reading
Posted in Don't try this at home, Offspring, Science-less Sunday
Tagged fucking scary NHS bears, Joshua, lockdown, treehouse
4 Comments
This is what we find
While making Richard’s Famous Margaritas(tm) (note to self: post this on Magirism at some point) this afternoon, I had to clear the Triple Sec optic from the sugary gunge build-up. After cleaning, I picked up the wrong receptacle and dropped … Continue reading
Town Called Malice
I went to a gig on Friday night. That in itself is probably worth a blog post, but this gig was a bit special because the Younger Pawn was playing bass in a band called Charles and the Big Boys, … Continue reading
Posted in London, Music, Personal, Science-less Sunday
Tagged music, offspring, Pawns, proud dad
5 Comments
Keep on running
What’s that bright light in the sky? We need Winter, because without it we would not appreciate Spring so much. Even so, Spring has been a long time coming to London. We had, apparently, the coldest Easter on record. But … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science-less Sunday
Tagged 2012, 2013, London, London Marathon, Mo Farah, mobot, photographs, Spring, terrorism, XXX Olympiad
5 Comments
On biological modelling
Complement activation
Posted in London, Nonsense, Science-less Sunday, Silliness
Tagged biological modelling, complement, Tesco, trolley
3 Comments
On biological modelling
#5 Thylakoid
Posted in Nonsense, Science-less Sunday
Tagged biological modelling, chloroplast, thylakoid
7 Comments
On Biological Modelling
#4 Nuclear Pore (internal) (oily spaghetti model)
Posted in Nonsense, Science-less Sunday
Tagged biological modelling, nuclear pore, nuclear trafficking, spaghetti, trafficking
2 Comments
On biological modelling
claimtoken-5139f785eddbf #3 Lipid raft