Yeah, so two little conferences, one three minute talk and a poster presentaation, a 75th anniversary of my building, and some bad news (my wonderful grandmother is doing poorly) later ( Read more... )

Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE (_wwsd_) for yesterday!!! Hope it was grand!

Secondly, there is sentence that should be banned from all scientific talks...

"As everyone well knows [insert some random scientific fact here]"If everyone knew it, you wouldn't be talking about it now would you? Whay make us all feel silly for not knowing the most basic ( Read more... )

Okay, so my attempt to do social stuff is a few steps closer. I won't be a hermit much longer. I hope ( Read more... )

The thing about the Dalai Lama is that he takes something that in essence you already know, but don't always think about, and then he puts that thought into such simple terms that it just smacks you in the face and you go "well dah! Why didn't I think of it that way?" and wander off feeling sheepish ( Read more... )

I've reuploaded the large version of my Ride of the Wraith vid. If anyone could check it for me to make sure it's working (it did for me), I'd really appreciate that ( Read more... )

- So I posted my lvw fic for week #7. I wonder if I'll get through this week ( Read more... )

Hmmm. I just wanted to throw in my 2cents on the whole dgeek site, even if I may be unpopular. I hardly ever visit forum sites. I don't like them much in general since I just think they are a waste of my time.
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*hums the Indianna Jones theme under her breath ( Read more... )

Just came back from lunch with Yokiem and another friend in the Student Room. Yokiem brought her lunch from home, so she beat us down there and got bored waiting, so she turned on the TV. We haven't actually used the TV since cricket season, but when I say TV, I mean there is a TV/VCR/DVD combo thing tied into a projector, so when you turn off ( Read more... )

Quoting qwirky's review of Sateda, because it amused me and it's so true. It's the lost puppy episode!

( LJ-cut, because there be spoilers, albeit written about puppies )