Richard P Grant
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Quiz
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to determine why I was scribbling thus at breakfast this morning. Answer on Friday.
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Charles Darwin has a store
Take a look at http://www.charliesplayhouse.com/. There’s also a weblog. Me, I want the play mat.
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On Test Matches
I love cricket. I also love rugby. But there are crucial differences. An exciting rugby test can see me on my feet, on my knees, swearing at the ref and hugging my somewhat alarmed daughters with tears in my eyes. … Continue reading
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On correct training
We’re at the end of the school mid- semester term (my inner pedant has just looked up ‘term’ and realized it has nothing to do with ‘three’) break and the two Pawns have mostly been at the childcare centre that … Continue reading
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Rude awakening
I was quite happily day-dreaming through a student’s progress talk this afternoon, when I distinctly heard the phrase release of intracellular calcium stores Shuddering, I was wide awake, to find that my ears had not deceived me, and there, in … Continue reading
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King Gee
bq. _Old worn out suits and shoes, I don’t pay no union dues_ Presented without further comment:
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On awesome geekiness—2
as up, so down.
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On Pro-Am Science
I have been scrabbling around for recent invoices and whatnot so that I can apply for a police check certificate from ACRO0. This is so that I can get a different class of visa, and I need to do it … Continue reading
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