The Dossing Times

I’ll let the text from the website do the pitch, it had me at the 9th word!
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Specifically designed to expedite the delivery of cold lager to waiting mitts, this nifty battery-operated ice bucket is the ultimate in decadence for any self-respecting layabout. Simply fill it with ice, bung in the beers (or, heaven forbid, something [...]

Steve Martin, backstage at a gig in the height of his stand up career, had Elvis Presley turn to him and say: “Son, you have an ob-leek sense of humor.”

I sat in departures in Dublin airport a few weeks ago now and compared what reading I was bringing on holidays with one of the group [...]

With Simon away, thing are especially beak at Dossing Times Towers this morning. Here, as recommended by Tuathal, is a clip from Scrubs guaranteed to cheer you up.

Last week I offered some insight into the workings of my head, or maybe I asked for some insight as to the workings of my head, posting a list of random stuff I have saved to my phone. One such entry was ‘the reaper blue oyster’. Thankfully Ph. D. Bird, a regular commenter offered some [...]

A work mate just commented that they were ‘ a regular Kasparov’ – I naturally went to Wikipedia – learn more here.

Greek mythology tells of 9 Muses who sat atop Mount Olympus dispensing various forms of inspiration to needy artists. The daughters of Zeus and Zeus and Mnemosyne, each presided over a specific category of the arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). For this week’s [...]

We are used to Film sequels Godfather part 1 2 and 3 for instance. But I have never seen it in a scientific paper. From Optics Express

Intrinsic Raman spectroscopy for quantitative biological spectroscopy Part I: Theory and simulations

Wei-Chuan Shih, Kate L. Bechtel, and Michael S. Feld

Intrinsic Raman spectroscopy for quantitative biological spectroscopy Part II: Experimental [...]

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PHDBIRD mentioned in the previous Maths and Science Post
I’d be inclined to agree that money’s the issue. I met an engineer recently who mentioned that they earned almost as much as a medical doctor when they were working in Germany. I’d love to know if the shortage of engineers is eliminated over there.
I had [...]