Monthly Archives: September 2003

astrophysics

My materials for “How the Universe Works” finally arrived. it all looks very interesting – matter, light, quantum physics, unified theories, time, supernovae etc. Great stuff.

dinner with the family

Just got home from dinner with Great Uncle Bronek and cousins Lucy and Ella (Ella is visiting from Australia) at the White Hart pub in Beaconsfield. Was good to see them as well as Lucy’s partner Aaron and Bronek’s wife Doreen, who was ill with a virus and couldn’t join us. Seeing family always makes [...]

birthday wishes from Tim

I was going through all my old email from Tim and came across this one – his birthday wishes for me on my 30th last year: jim, happy birthday old mate! remember that you are halfway to 60………. hope you have a good day, sure you wont have to try too hard…………….. best wishes from [...]

autumn, university and… emptiness

Well, autumn is here. Again. I calculated I have now witnessed 33 autumns in my life (one each year 1972 to 2003 plus an extra in 1999 when we left Australia in autumn only to have an extra one in the USA.) What does this mean? Buggered if I know. I feel old though. Uni [...]