I had a conversation with a friend about NaBloPoMo and how hard it was sometimes to find something to talk about. I said that one effect it had had on me was that I was always keeping my eyes open for ideas. Her response was that it sounded a little like photography. And I suppose it is a little like photographing thoughts, hence this post ( Read more... )

So, here we are at the end (well, I'm definitely here, and I assume if you're reading this you're there, but allow me some poetic license, OK?) of National Blog Posting Month. Over the past 29 days I've made 29 blog posts, which apparently contain 8307 words according to my text editor, not including the titles, tags and any comments I've made in ( Read more... )

Every day, things happen across the world that are not reported on the news ( Read more... )

Today's post is some shameless pimping - I've got a nice idea for tomorrow's post, and then Sunday's should hopefully be a round-up of NaBloPoMo ( Read more... )

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

At the start of this term I met someone who was just about to start as a grad student. I asked them if they had any hobbies, and they looked at me in a confused manner. Thinking that there might be language issues at work, I asked them if there was anything they did for fun when they weren't working. They then looked blank for a bit before ( Read more... )

Board games with CUSAGC was fun - see earlier post re: competitiveness. Got to get up early tomorrow to go on a course. Hopefully there will be no overturned lorry on the way back this time. Sleep now.

I dislike cyclists who go through red lights. For starters, a couple of times recently I've had to deliberately avoid them, sometimes in quite a dramatic fashion, as I've sped through a green light. Secondly, most of the time I end up behind someone as I've stopped at a light and they haven't I catch up with them within about ten seconds of the ( Read more... )

Early today, while I was at archery, the fire alarm went off. We all stood around being a bit confused as to whether it was a fire alarm or not, then slowly started making our way to the exit. We did then find out that it was a false alarm, but what really surprised me was the number of people who appeared not to react to it at all. This is ( Read more... )

I'd like to write a little about supporting sports teams, as it seems that some people I know don't really get the mindset, but I really enjoy it.

( Just a game? )