… and it ain’t pretty 🙂 (I thought another chuckle might be good for us all)
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my blackberry’s not working…
Well, not mine… I thought everyone might enjoy a good chuckle – I’ve had a few IT issues recently and one of our Faculty computer folks thought that the following might take my mind of it. Which it did 🙂
Continue readingmy heart goes out to christchurch
I haven’t managed to settle to blogging for a few days – like everyone else I know, I’ve followed the dreadful events in Christchurch and wondered what on earth I could do (settling on dispensing hugs both real & virtual, offering beds to friends & family if they need to leave home, and making a donation […]
Continue readingtechnical hiccups
Well, it’s nice to be back on line! I haven’t had much chance to write anything in the last week, but it would have been nice to have been able to if I’d wanted… Reasons for not posting: a) the registrar & I have been incredibly busy at work, trying to process student enrolments before […]
Continue readinga novel take on a fairy tale
Well, it’s Sunday, & time for something different. Very different…
Continue readingthe specialities of mad scientists
Oh noes! I am doomed!! It seems (fictional) biologists are almost as likely to be mad scientists as those of the nucular persuasion (click on the graphic for a better-quality image, courtesy of Mad Science): I should hang out with the chemists more often…
Continue readinga brief hiatus…
I’ve been out of the office for a couple of days, with other things on my mind. Unfortunately when this happens there’s always a pile of stuff (that needed doing yesterday) waiting on one’s desk. So I’m afraid that I might not be in a position to post anything here for the next couple of […]
Continue readingwhat made me a teacher
This is a re-posting of something I originally wrote for the ‘other blog’ – I thought I’d publish it here too as part of the occasional ruminations by Marcus & me on the subject of science teaching 🙂 Recently I’ve had occasion to reflect on the things that have made me the sort of teacher that […]
Continue readinggrowing up with science
We tend to look at the past through the misty lens of memory, but still I rather think my siblings & I had a lucky childhood. I don’t remember that we had a heap of money (pocket money was doled out at the rate of a penny for each year of one’s age – doesn’t that […]
Continue readingworld blood donor day
Today (June 14) is World Blood Donor Day. Blood’s not a product that keeps particularly well (about a month, if we’re talking whole blood) & blood banks are always looking for new donors. In New Zealand, around 3,000 donations per week are needed in order to meet the demand. So, if you’re been considering giving blood, […]
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