I like the sound of that!

Hmm, hypothesis - pearly whites v erosion. I'm trying the honey. All surface, no feeling!

Hmm. No honey in the cupboard - maybe Lyle's Golden Syrup will work?

Sillybilly - I totally understand. I had trigeminal neuralgia in the past (induced by braces!) so hated people poking around in my mouth.

I'll have to bite the bullet too!

Hygenist time I think.

I thought it was people without teeth than drank through straws!

For four years I had braces, and a perfectionist Orthodontist.

I was left with straight teeth that were pearly white, but now constant cups of tea have stained them horribly. I can imagine my orthodontist with his clipped Geman accent vividly now, chastising me!

I am on my third cup of tea today, and it is 11:30 am, sigh. I am working until midnight tonight on a paper so, at least 5 more...

What to do...sigh.

Pleasure isn't my primary motivation though since I do want a academic career. I suppose when doing a PhD for pleasure it is important to remember that the demands of a PhD are not those of a hobby. The PhD has to fit particular formats and be completed with rigour in a defined space of time. Not a totally relaxing pastime!

I think it is an excellent idea. But as the previous poster says the pleasure derived does wax and wane somewhat.

Good luck! I'll be watching...

Oh yes, and the very seasonal:

Måns Zelmerlöw & Agnes Carlsson "All I want for Christmas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ7PeM0Rn0Q

Måns Zelmerlöw & Josefine Sundström - "Hej publiken"

Listen to it, go on - dare ya!

Googlebooks has saved my life! I normally disparage research using google - but this resource is far from 'wiki'. I have been looking for some Regency material for ages (early 19th c) and have found it online on googlebooks. With a majority of books, magazines etc fully searchable and you can download it as a Pdf. Some annoyingly aren't. Boooo!

But yes, at best if I had heard of these texts I would have to find a special collections library to view them - at worst. I would have never heard of them! And at 1am today when I was searching golddust, pure golddust (writhes in glee!) - I thought, thank you google....thank you ;-)

Fantastic!!!! Off to search...

I'm awaiting the editors response. I got asked to clarify a point and did. No news since then....

planet