Today is Groundhog Day, which means it’s time once again for meteorologists everywhere to defer to American rodents for medium-term forecasting of the weather stateside.

So, it’s the early hours of the morning and I’m walking in a nonchalant way across the Meadows Quad.

I watched Hannibal this evening.

A small-prize-winning essay about the Universe’s origin and fate.

Let no-one underestimate the power of conditioning to overcome the rational human mind.

Some jokes based around the rather unfunny premise of being physics-related.

I trod in some dog poo on the way back from lectures today. Dog poo is smelly and sticky so it was quite a depressing experience from that point of view, but walking home smelling slightly of poo wasn’t the worst part of the experience.

This evening I was treated to a cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal and nervous system exam. Most of it could be done lying down, which was good, because I am very tired after a night of listening to extractor fans.

There’s only one thing worse than people who are impolite, and that’s those who are wish to impose their impeccable manners upon you.

It is a popular superstition that it is unlucky to put up an umbrella whilst inside.