In advance of Hallowe’en I joined a freaky quiz night on Friday the 13th. The perfect day in Western superstition for some ghoulish games. The questions were all Hallowe’en related and sooooo hard. It was like Trivial Pursuit, professors edition. Do you know the name of the narrator in Michael Jackson’s Thriller video? Step away from Google! Luckily we had wine…
Read MoreIt’s one of my vivid memories from my first year at university. My friend Catherine waving her lab coat in the air shouting in her Brummie accent. “It makes me physically sick!” Now Catherine was a straight-A chemistry student. While the rest of us were researching and scratching our heads at isomerism and organic reaction mechanisms, everything just clicked in her…
Read MoreThere was once a Norwegian couple who lived in the mountains. They had two cows, one more than they needed so they decided to sell one to get some money. Gudbrand set off with his cow to town and had no luck at the market. Dejected, he headed the long way back home, which is where the real business took…
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