This could only be made better if it began with a "From teh brian of teh Sekretawy of Stat ( Read more... )

For those of you not on F-Book, I had my viva today and it went extraordinarily well. I passed with minor corrections and so am now a Dr. Have one month to rewrite my conclusion and then the whole PhD will be behind me.

Thought that it has been a while since I last posted and so it was worth making a stab at another one. The second month of the postdoc has been far superior to the first, and I have got much done. The office I'm sharing has a good atmosphere and I feel highly motivated there, meaning that I eventually did manage to write the paper I was ( Read more... )

At a bit of a loose-end tonight (as ever) and so I started watching "Clerks 2" with the cast-commentary thinking that I hadn't heard it before. I had, and while I was enjoying it, at one point they mentioned "Trapped in the Closet", R. Kelly's Hip Hop "Opera". I hadn't noticed this reference the first time I watched "Clerks 2" with the commentary ( Read more... )

My day thus far, ( as demonstrated through PhD Comics... )

PhD Comics + Jewel = Who will grade your work ( Read more... )

Oi Oi,

A mate of mine is going for the official "Best Job in the World"TM and really deserves it. The shortlist for the job is being determined upon viewers judging of a short film-clip explaining why the applicant is the best person for the job. Edd's is pretty damn awesome (with a great soundtrack) and so I ask that you all check it out Read more... )

Some of you may be wondering how I'm doing at the moment, well the comic below provides an incredibly close approximation to how I spend my days. With a good headwind and everything going well I should be submitting the thesis in its entirety on the 6th March. Fingers crossed.


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In honour of this afternoon, I thought I'd link to this which I found on the BBC Wales website this morning - hilarious...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7867314.stm

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I have just posted my first Six Nations 2009 review. If you are on my rugby filter then you should have received it, but if you are new to this journal and wish to read my thoughts on the rugby then comment and I'll add you. Likewise if you wish to be removed from this benign nationalism then also comment ( Read more... )