Month: October 2006

  • Halloween

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    With Phil it’s not just the time of year that causes this change of colour.

  • Skeletons everywhere

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    I haven’t got this skeleton in my office because it’s Halloween, honest. It’s because we’re starting to teach musculoskeletal anatomy next week.

  • The Pentagon Press

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    This is interesting: “The US defence department has set up a new unit to better promote its message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet. “The Pentagon said the move would boost its ability to counter “inaccurate” news stories and exploit new media.” So the US military is losing the propaganda war…

  • A pic from the park

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    Jack and I were playing in the park between rain showers.

  • Testing the Xbox 360

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    Rich and Vicky came down to visit us last week. Jack and Rich went shopping to test next-gen consoles 😉

  • Halloween Party

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    Last night we went to a Halloween party. As usual, there are no photos of me. I went as either the bodysnatcher Burke or Hare (search link) with my own corpse and shovel. The corpse was made of a rubber mask and old clothes stuffed with stuff, just in case you were getting the wrong…

  • Swansea: Bomb team detonate wartime mine

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    A German wartime mine netted by a fishing boat crew off the south Wales coast has been blown up. BBC article.

  • Blood

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    Hmmm, it’s Halloween (almost) and they’re taking lots of blood at the university this week. Coincidence? So should I go swimming today or give blood?

  • Hallow’s End

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    For some reason I really like the Halloween season. There’s not that much to get me in the mood yet, except for World of Warcraft, which becomes strongly themed around this time of year with carved pumpkins decorating buildings, trick or treating innkeepers, masks and apple bobbing. Online festivities. Read more here.

  • Bones photos

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    I’ve been taking photos of bones this morning for elearning materials, exams and so on. Greg popped in and this strange photo occurred by happenstance. (He was looking at the skull).