Progressive continued....
Phil's charming modesty has resulted in an incomplete account of the proceedings last Friday: His talk was brilliant too.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Progressive Palaeontology
Well hello there,
As most of you are probably aware, ProgPal was held in Bristol at the end of last week. Ceri, Jen, and myself made it along, but I thought I'd just write a quick post to let the rest of you know how it went. Most of the talks on Friday were really good, and Ceri's (which opened the day) was predictably excellent. On Saturday we went fossil hunting near the Severn Bridge, although I spent most of the time lazing about in the sun. I did however apply myself to the task in hand for long enough to find a lump of limestone with a shark spine (dorsal), a bit of Pachystropheus vertebrae, and lots of fish scales in it. Given that I am usually a supremely unlucky fossil hunter I was rather pleased!
There were no noteworthy quotes unfortunately, but Jen, first getting herself inebriated so that she could communicate with Simon on his own level, then proceeded to give the luckless fellow some career advice. Well done Jen!
As most of you are probably aware, ProgPal was held in Bristol at the end of last week. Ceri, Jen, and myself made it along, but I thought I'd just write a quick post to let the rest of you know how it went. Most of the talks on Friday were really good, and Ceri's (which opened the day) was predictably excellent. On Saturday we went fossil hunting near the Severn Bridge, although I spent most of the time lazing about in the sun. I did however apply myself to the task in hand for long enough to find a lump of limestone with a shark spine (dorsal), a bit of Pachystropheus vertebrae, and lots of fish scales in it. Given that I am usually a supremely unlucky fossil hunter I was rather pleased!
There were no noteworthy quotes unfortunately, but Jen, first getting herself inebriated so that she could communicate with Simon on his own level, then proceeded to give the luckless fellow some career advice. Well done Jen!
Friday, April 13, 2007
what are we all up to?...well me not much!
why i hear you ask am i not doing much? why is my life dull and lacking in excitement?
well i shall reveal all my fellow palaeopadwans.
cause i am an accident prone numpty thats why. i decked out badly bouldering and fractured my talus....i was unbeleiveably lucky and unlike 90% of people my fracture didnt dislocate, this is good as it means i don't need surgury..phew
however i am seriously limited in my mobility and so am restricted in my activieties by the fact i may be on crutches for 12weeks completely non weight bearing.
but i am not informing you for sympathy..i have had sooooo many people say bad luck and gosh that must have hurt that i may go mad
NO the reason for this post is simple. i have bullied the doc into giving me permission to keep using the gym, i might as well concnetrate on my upper body strength. this means that i need to get my cast changed more frequently than normal...i.e. every 2 weeks. so i wanna know whay colour scheme to go for next. sarah is lobbying for blue and green but i'm open to suggestions......
lys
well i shall reveal all my fellow palaeopadwans.
cause i am an accident prone numpty thats why. i decked out badly bouldering and fractured my talus....i was unbeleiveably lucky and unlike 90% of people my fracture didnt dislocate, this is good as it means i don't need surgury..phew
however i am seriously limited in my mobility and so am restricted in my activieties by the fact i may be on crutches for 12weeks completely non weight bearing.
but i am not informing you for sympathy..i have had sooooo many people say bad luck and gosh that must have hurt that i may go mad
NO the reason for this post is simple. i have bullied the doc into giving me permission to keep using the gym, i might as well concnetrate on my upper body strength. this means that i need to get my cast changed more frequently than normal...i.e. every 2 weeks. so i wanna know whay colour scheme to go for next. sarah is lobbying for blue and green but i'm open to suggestions......
lys
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Post Graduation Post, 51 days later
Hello everybody! How are you all?
I hope everyone's doing well. Harvard continues to treat me well; I am currently struggling to get my head around the silicon isotope system, isoprenoid biosynthesis, linear algebra (orthogonality in particular), and the mean value theorem in stats. Waaah!
I did get to take a week off for "spring break" in Portland, OR, and do some fun things like fly an airplane and ski on Mt. Hood. Although I got a nasty stomach bug and spent half of my time there in bed (which is why I ended up not calling, John), it was a good time. Now it's back to the coalface, though. The semester here ends in a few weeks -- incredible to think that the first academic year post-Bristol is almost over.
What is everyone else up to?
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