The biochemist, the physicist and the mathematician

We are in big trouble folks. Here is a movie showing how three elite members of the scientific communitiy choose to spend their weekend off. In my defence, in shooting this film I tried to keep the questions kinda sensible during the interview. This was in itself a challenge when the guy you're chatting to has hair like... well, James's hair. God help us all.

Accordion Band

My sister and I marched at a Parade in Carrickmore as part of today's Easter celebrations. We are members of Pomeroy Accordion Band which has about thirty five members, is over fifty years old and plays Irish traditional music on piano and button keyed accordions. Here's a photo of me and here's another of Suzanne. Fun stuff.

Oxford - a great place to drink too much

As I cycled home last night, I noticed a young woman lying on the pavement. She had drank too much and was distressed. I continued home to fetch some money to put her in a cab. On my return (about two minutes later) a concerned middle aged women and a taxi driver had gathered round. Myself and the middle aged women split the cost of the taxi fare (I only had a couple of quid) and the taxi driver agreed not to turn on his meter since we didn't have enough collectively to cover the cost of the journey.

It struck me that the good Samaritans outnumbered the victim 3 to 1. Maybe this would only happen in Oxford, but either way it can't be a bad thing - encouraging even.