Was Deep Thought Wrong?

I was watching the live feed from the conference which announced the Higgs Boson had been probably detected (as far as I understand what went on) and also tracking the tweets from somebody I knew in the audience. My theoretical physics days are well behind me; as an undergraduate I celebrated the confirmation of the...

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I should be so lucky…

Sadly not an excuse to talk about Kylie (though I keep the picture!) but a short chat about luck - does it exist and are some people luckier than others? Also what does this all have to do with somebody called Teela Brown? I was prompted to write this after an experience recently; on a...

Troll Below?

I have noticed several bridges here in Dublin have the phrase 'Troll Below?' sprayed on them through a stencil about A4 size. I have seen this on a few bridges and google gives me no answers (except a photo I have borrowed). I note this out of curiosity but also out of loyalty to all graffiti adorned...

Do I look like I like Marmite?

Why can't I get marmalade when I ask for it?

Does the M25 actually exist?

We may have driven it but why can't it be seen from the train?