More marking? It never ends, does it? Alas, this is the worse possible type to mark. Exellent, concise answers? Good to mark. Large blanks spaces and early exits from the exam? Good to mark. Long meandering answers that are utterly confused and show total lack of understanding? Not good to mark. And you should see the handwriting...
Heh - nah, it's not that bad. A look in the paper today shows that I'm living in the "world's greatest country". Yay! According to Anholt Nation Brands: "Brand UK continues to rank high because its scores are so consistently good in most categories and in most countries. Other countries get better scores here and there, but the UK hardly gets a low score from anyone."
William Shakespeare, David Beckham (?!), Stonehenge, Stiff Upper Lip, it's all there. Not so sure of the stiff upper lip these days, but I did watch the film of "The Battle of Britain" the other day. Lots of 40s derring-do, a fair few "Tally Ho Red Leader!" quotes, and all the rest of it. We may have changed since then, but no-one's noticed yet. :-)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Graduation 2006
It had to happen, didn't it? That I'd finally get round to showing off... ;-) Anyhow, here is a photo of me in my robes. Funnily enough, it's the best of a bad bunch!
PS. This is my Mum (and the newly graduated Dr David Marchant in the background).
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
5-a-side
A lot has happened in the last week or two, but I'm going to try to update a bit more again for those of you who still check this site! :-)
I'm fresh from a game of footy, if that's the word to use. Actually, I'm badly battered. We started last week, a weekly game between Psychology and Sports Science. Yes, *SPORTS* science, and funnily enough, they're a bit fitter than we are. Last week was ok-ish. I think that out of the ten of us who showed, I was the worst. I'm badly out of shape and was soon puffing and panting. And it was so cold as well. My throat was really hurting about ten/fifteen minutes. I got better eventually though. Then again James "getting better" isn't up there with Pele in his prime(!) This week was a little better, at least I think I was playing better. Ended up playing in goal more this time. Some good dives, one clash with the goalpost (my leg is *hurting*) and one football in the face for my troubles. But I'm much more pleased with my performance. Not crap. Merely below average. Plus, we play on an artifical grass surface. It's a bit weird, with fake grass and fake earth. Odd, little brown bobbly stuff that gets inside your shoes, inside your socks (?), everywhere in fact. It's all over the office floor too!
More tomorrow. Seems rather un-British to mention it but I graduated two weeks ago. So I'll have to put a few photos up when I can. Catch you all later.
I'm fresh from a game of footy, if that's the word to use. Actually, I'm badly battered. We started last week, a weekly game between Psychology and Sports Science. Yes, *SPORTS* science, and funnily enough, they're a bit fitter than we are. Last week was ok-ish. I think that out of the ten of us who showed, I was the worst. I'm badly out of shape and was soon puffing and panting. And it was so cold as well. My throat was really hurting about ten/fifteen minutes. I got better eventually though. Then again James "getting better" isn't up there with Pele in his prime(!) This week was a little better, at least I think I was playing better. Ended up playing in goal more this time. Some good dives, one clash with the goalpost (my leg is *hurting*) and one football in the face for my troubles. But I'm much more pleased with my performance. Not crap. Merely below average. Plus, we play on an artifical grass surface. It's a bit weird, with fake grass and fake earth. Odd, little brown bobbly stuff that gets inside your shoes, inside your socks (?), everywhere in fact. It's all over the office floor too!
More tomorrow. Seems rather un-British to mention it but I graduated two weeks ago. So I'll have to put a few photos up when I can. Catch you all later.
Monday, February 06, 2006
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