Rambles for the day:
International Women's day today. The women in my dept organised a get-together... brought food and everything... but the thing is... they could not eat everything by themselves and had to ask all the men to come and help out....

Questions not to ask a PhD student writing up: So how is the writeup going?, So when are you finishing it?, Why are you not writing up?

Skype is so great: let's you talk as much as you like, listen to songs together, see your correspondent, and chat... all for free.

Liverpool lost and are out of the Champions league - created about 20 chances and scored nothing. Benfica scored 2 with less than 5 chances in all. Lesson learnt? Liverpool needs a Ronaldinho...

What does a birthday equate to: 1 day older than you were yesterday, 1 more reminder that you are dying, 1 celebration of something that just depends on a calendar, 1 day to connect with people who really think of you (or have a reminder on the mobile phone/email), 1 or more cards you'll throw away at some point...