Hectic Eclectic

SWMBO gets published in Emergency Medicine Journal...

My clever missus just got published - much excitement in our house.

Readability of information leaflets given to attenders at hospital with a head injury

In case you are wondering why this matters to me... why not get a little insight by reading my favourite Woody Allen Short. Anyone quoting the title at SWMBO and referencing me will be shot.

And in case you are wondering why this matter more generally... head injuries are serious, people die yall!

Fat girls & Gingerbread Men: the wonderful world of Sarah-Jane Szikora

We got a couple of Sarah Jane Szikora prints a few years ago, SWMBO is a real fan and my niece and nephew love them to bits.  Personally I allways wanted to track down Foolish biscuit.  Funny I never dug online for her stuff so it was nice to stumble onto www.sarah-janeszikora.com

Of the newer stuff - I really liked Damien's dress. 

And I never tire of the antics of her Gingerbread man.

Here is the aforementioned foolish biscuit.  I see a lot of myself in him - though he is thinner despite liking milkier tea.

SWMBO for President, I beg your pardon, but let's stay the execution for now at least

My wife bought me this peach of a compilation and it is wonderful.  Buy one - you'll like it too.  Off-Kilter et al. not included.

She was listening!

Marvellous Meades Maketh My Mirth & Merriment

Possible polymath and one man tour de force Jonathan Meades has rasied the improbably low bar in TV again with his latest Off Kilter look at Scotchlandshireville.  Against all the odds and also trends of the day the viewer is inculcated with facts, figures and all manner of fings wot you would be expecting from an Autodidact such as he.  This latest peach really is as good an hour of TV as I can recall.  I'll be picking this up as part of my xmas bounty if SWMBO is listening.  Incidentally, the reviewer on IMDB put it best I think with this...

The most entertaining and erudite TV polemicist ... ever?

Our reviewer has my vote and I know I've watched far to much television to not justifiably have a fair shot at an opinion.  If you haven't checked out JM's stuff before you really should try.  There is so much in every two minutes to tickle even the fickle part of your brain.  

And aren't those specs just the bustiest of ball busters.  Rose coloured glasses and still acerbic; delicious.

What do you mean I have to sit another exam?

Due to an administrative oversight at Seric Towers it seems yours truly is one exam short of a diet.  No ad libs please. Seems the BP Police at IBM Mansions have discovered this technicality and been diligent enough to remove any theoretical loophole I might have been hypothecating about.  Isn't life unfair?  I know dear reader, I know.

So what excitement lies ahead for lil ole me?  IBM Certified Specialist - IBM Storage Sales, Version 9.  It is a bit raunchier than v7 and has a better ending than v8 - so it can't be all bad.  On lamenting my prediction to SWMBO she informed me that she was as surprised as I that I didn't know everything already.  I'm sure if SWMBO just keeps searching her cheek her tongue will turn up.

Morningness and Eveningness - yes these are real words

My wife is writing a paper on sleep timings in older adults and it has sparked a bit of debate at Fortress Macdonald.  It seems that sleep like many other things in the world of Psychology is divided by the old nature vs nurture chesnut, or in this case biological vs sociological.
Maybe it is the Physics in the background or reading one too many books on Zen, but I have long held the belief that if there were two directly opposing schools of thought on any given topic, each with good research and plenty of erudite proponents then the only logical conclusion one could draw is that they are both correct.  Like Dick Vitale's Epiphany in Wave Theory 101 - It's Duality BAYBEE!!!
It seems this argument of mine has become a little tiring on the ears at our place but I'm going to see what I can dig up to convince the boss.  I suspect I'll be getting the boss into a bit of Fuzzy Thinking, and try to convince her to see beyond the dodgy tie-dye new-age cover...