Nope!

It's in an air-conditioned building



Still would be nice to know that the guests dont get drenched on the way in!

1281 - Kublai Khan orders the burning of sacred Taoist texts, resulting in the reduction in number of volumes of the Dao Zheng (Taoist Canon) from 4,565 to 1,120.

It's freezing!

Bank holiday weekend was a total washout as well....


grrrrrrr

I don't mind that actually, would I be allowed that PGFT?

I still don't get it.

I did a quick google and this is a real person who does have those qualifications.....????

hmmmmm

Duke Louis is reported to have been mentally somewhat instable, a trait of nervous breakdowns presumably hereditary that showed clearly for example in his granddaughter Joanna of Bourbon, the queen, and in her son, king Charles VI of France, as well as down in the line in Charles' grandson king Henry VI of England.

Wikipedia (2004)

oooh how fun:

1279 - the birth of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

Louis was son of Robert, Count of Clermont and thus grandson of King Louis IX of France, who never saw him, the son of his youngest son. Louis' mother was Beatrix of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and a granddaughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy.

He fought on the losing side in both the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302) and the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle (1304), but escaped unharmed. In 1310, he was made Grand Chambrier of France. In 1327, Charles IV of France persuaded him to exchange the County of Clermont for that of La Marche, and elevated Bourbon to a duchy-peerage. However, Clermont was restored to him by Philip VI of France in 1331.

I agree with litphd, having other things to do other than your PhD (beneficial to you) really helps keep you motivated.

Teaching duties, getting involved with careers stuff etc are all great. I don't agree with your supervisor's attitude at all. It definitely isn't the attitude any of my supervisors have!

Going to the gym (get the stress fustration out) or a more gentle swim late in the evening really helps me.

Reading a boring book also helps.

I don't know what the funny is either golfpro, I thought it was a typical "serious" reply.

I guess there must have been a slanging match or lots of ridculing posts which were deleted.

No comment meaning, I don't have anything to say about that particular topic, not because I think he is ugly because I dont at all but because I do have an idea what he looks like so I cant imagine him as anything else.