No news is good news?
"No news is good new" they say, but in my case, no news just means no free minutes near a computer over the last couple of weeks. The last week of September, I was in Adelaide at the Australian Maths Society annual conference. It was a big one, with about 400 people attending. I tried to take some pictures of Adelaide but, even at 10 am on a Sunday moring, I had to go half an hour (by tram) out of the city, to Glenelg, and a beach, before I could find anything more interesting than four lane streets and drunks leaving the pub. (There's something wrong with a city where it's significantly easier to find a morning beer than a morning coffee.)
Though, back in the city, in front of the Adelaide Oval, I did find a larger than life statue of Sir Donald Bradman the "statistically" greatest sportsman in the world.
The following week I was back in NZ to defend my thesis at my oral exam. Apart from some nerves at the start of the exam, the experience was pretty good. The whole thing took a little over two hours but it didn't feel long at the time, whatever that indicates. Anyway, I now have a large list of small corrections to make to the thesis before I can hand in the final bound copies and start confusing airline staff by calling myself a doctor.
Congrats Dr O'Neale! Thats good news, despite of the title.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are getting ready for arrapiles, I noticed Steve and Erich were having a one armed index finger pullup competition the other day.
ReplyDeleteI've been increasing my nacho eating the last couple of weeks. That should ensure I'm plenty strong enough.
ReplyDeleteOh, the Arraps... I am almost jealous on that one! ;o) Excellent trad' there, but you'll need balls more than strength there! :D
ReplyDeleteYeah, people have been telling me stories about how they would normally lead 20+ on trad and then be scared enough to back off 15 or 16s at Arapiles. At least there are some grade 5s and 6s....
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