Oct
15
Oxbridge Avalanche
I was going to write this intro about CJ doing the Jackal, a famous scene from the West Wing.
But
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Joe
Oct
08
Cold Water Swimming
Last week's blog was about dopamine and the other feel-good brain hormones.
This week's attempt to
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Oct
01
Dopamining
Yesterday I listened to a podcast about dopamine and the other 'feel-good' brain hormones oxytocin, seratonin and endorphins.
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Sep
24
The Fame Game
For the past week or so, I have been obsessed with Chappell Roan's album The Rise and Fall
5 min read
Sep
17
Some Good Old Fashioned Number Crunching
Winningest
Imperial and Manchester are the two winningest institutions in University Challenge history.
Whenever I have used 'winningest'
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Sep
10
The Best Way To Save £1.5b?
Labour have significantly reduced the eligibility for the pensioners' winter fuel allowance. This article in the Guardian summarises the
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Sep
09
Get lost, deer keds!
There is a fly in my eye.
Or right next to my eye. It feels like its trying to get
6 min read
Sep
02
Half The World Away
I've been walking for a week.
I got the bus to Glasgow and walked back home along the
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Aug
20
Paint Me Like One of Your JSO Walls
If you don't subscribe to my Patreon series of Retro Reviews (which you very probably don't,
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Aug
13
The Olympics of Quizzing
I don't know about you but I've watched a lot more kite-surfing and modern pentathlon in
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