Wilkins en route… 19 Jul 2007 So I’m off to the Mother Country on Saturday my time. Anyone in London who wants to meet for dinner on Sunday or Monday nights, drop me an email before I fly off… Administrative
Administrative 106 books of pretension meme 26 Apr 2008 Like Lynch, here is “the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users.” So what I’ve read is in italics, what I never finished is struck through: Read More
Academe The end of a dream… for now 21 Dec 20109 Jan 2023 A while back I declared that my career was over as an academic because things were going to hell. Instead, things went on to get better, and I got a postdoctoral research fellowship at Sydney. So I looked like a real putz. Then I got an associate professorship at a… Read More
Administrative News from Ediacara 27 Oct 2008 The Ediacaran period is the era between around 635Mybp and 540Mybp, just before the Cambrian. You pronounce it “ed-ee-ack-a-ran”. It is also the name of a new blog by the inimitable Chris Nedin, erstwhile paleontologist who specialised in the Ediacaran fauna before joining the Dark Side (federal public service) in… Read More
John, If you are in the Irish Bar (Dubai Airport) between 1am and 7am 20th July 2007 I’ll buy you a pint if I recognise you. I’ll be the big (tall & wide) short haired bearded guy with a bald spot at the bar :o)
John, If you are in the Irish Bar (Dubai Airport) between 1am and 7am 20th July 2007 I’ll buy you a pint if I recognise you. I’ll be the big (tall & wide) short haired bearded guy with a bald spot at the bar :o)
Great! Send the check for the air fare and hotel stay by Fed Ex and I’ll be there to greet you. Heck! I’ll even carry your bags … to where the nearest porter is.
Bob O’H wrote So, John has left a post up saying he’s away from his blog for a couple of days… Charing Cross Chalfont & Latimer
We’re in the loop tonight! Oh Good! Now I can correct my spelling mistake from last time round! Sunny Goodge Street. And to think I lived just around the corner!?
Ilford Ilford! Not bleedin’ Ilford! I mean who wants to go to soddin’ Essex? Give us a break will ya? Tooting Broadway
Robin Levett wrote: OK, if you don’t like Essex: Chesham My ol’ home town! And for those who just like “hanging” out: Edgeware Road
Robin Levett wrote: OK, if you don’t like Essex: Chesham My ol’ home town! And for those who just like “hanging” out: Edgeware Road
Eastcote By the way, Ian, remember that misspelling a move normally means you have to miss a turn unless someone plays south of the river.
By the way, Ian, remember that misspelling a move normally means you have to miss a turn unless someone plays south of the river. I miswrote my move and not Ian but Bob set up a loop which means you have to repeat your previous move and at the same time it cancels all other penalties! Totteridge and Whetstone
Thony C “Edgeware” Road was Ian… But if you’re going to Totteridge and Whetstone, I#m going to a place close to John’s heart – or at least its present physical manifestation: Gloucester Road amd watch out for the Gumbey Gambit
Isn’t Gloucester Road a waterway at the moment? Anyway, I think the best response is Westbourne Park. Probably because it’s being washed away too. Bob
Isn’t Gloucester Road a waterway at the moment? Anyway, I think the best response is Westbourne Park. Probably because it’s being washed away too. Bob
If we are to pursue the Aussie Silver Back on his peregrinations through The Sceptred Isle then it’s the Great Western to Exeter so it has to be, Victoria
The Great Western stopped at Taunton, so we had to get on a Virgin train to Exeter, and a three hour trip turned nicely into a six hour trip. Bring back British Rail, I say…