This posting marlarky is a bit less regular than I thought.

So it's over a week since my last post, that's not particularly good blogging is it? Or procrastination for that matter. Been too distracted by other forms of digital distraction.
First week of teaching since term started, and I've surprised every time how different it can be. My tutorial on Wednesday was awful, probably because there was more students in it than there was meant to be, and I'd had a late night on Tuesday (more on that later). Then today I had a really nice group, who hadn't prepared quite as much as they were supposed to have, but nevertheless it was fine. 2 more next week, I've never taught this course before, so I'll be cribbing right up to the last minute on those ones.
Tuesday I went to London to see Kevin Smith, and I enjoyed it immensely. Very funny guy. If you think about it too hard, it's kinda weird to pay £35+ for a ticket to see a man answer questions, but it really was worth it. It's like going to see a good comedian, except you know that all the stories are true, and the audience really dictates the material. I don't think he told any stories I had heard before, which was good, as that would be annoying considering I could have watched the DVDs at home.

I've read this week:

Marg posing for playboy
I knew something didn't feel right about this when I first heard about it. It is a little creepy, but is it all just fun? I can't help but feel uneasy about it. But people use the "gut reaction" arguement for a whole heap of things I do agree with (gay marriage, animal drug testing) so I can't just rely on that. I understand what this article is talking about, with Marg as this strong female role model, potentially a hero to some. But ultimately we are talking about a fictional character, and these pictures a bunch of lines and colour. I don't see how anyone would get off on them, but I do see that their inclusion may encourage younger buyers and therefore they would see the rest of the content. I think they should have a strict age limit on it, with all shops enforcing it, therefore limiting its availability to those who are not old enough for porn. But for the rest of us, it is a free world.

The potential end of Simon Singh's BCA problems?
I don't see why he wouldn't threaten to countersue. Wouldn't it save time and money? But then, if he won the original case, the BCA would get loads of bad press, which is perhaps worth it? Not being a risk-taker myself, I would take the easy way out.

I've seen (last week):

Fermat's Room
I loved it! The film is only 89 minutes long, yet it took me and a friend about 2 and a half hours to watch - we were constantly pausing and talking about the mathmatical problems, trying to work them out for ourselves... we generally didn't suceeed, and then had to pause it again to go over the solutions, trying to commit them to memory but failing dismally... but I really did love it.

I'm looking forward to:

Zombieland
I heart Jessie Eisenberg.


Research Progress:
Very little. Too much teaching to prepare for, and reading to catch up on. Hope to do some EMSAs, maybe today but probably next week, but have a sneaky suspision that the radioactivity will be too decayed. Still need to work out what I'm doing with my last year. Not good.

That'll do.