Golly, forgot a 'please' in that request. Sorry, please?

I will just have to cook another one to find out if you are right then!

I also think I am ready to tackle a vegan cheesecake if you can share the recipe, DJW?

This reminds me a thread from a few months ago about things you should never say in a meeting with your supervisor. Some of them are priceless and I would like to relive some of my favourites with you:

"I would have read that paper you sent me, but to be honest, I just couldn't be arsed" (DanB)
"That's an interesting combination of trousers and jumper, I take it you're not married?" (DanB)
"I will be able to operate on people after getting this doctorate, won't I?" (Ann)
"What do you mean 'thesis'? I have to write a thesis?" (Ann)

and the one I long to use the most:

"Do it yourself, w**ker!" (AWOL Stu).

Classic.

DJW: the recipes from Ann and Tricky are here: http://www.postgraduateforum.com/showmessage.asp?thread=5414

Not vegan-friendly, but maybe you know how to adapt it?

Ann said it should be sticky and get stickier with time, but mine wasn't and didn't. I hope she can shed some light on where I went wrong. Still delicious recipe though. Good for Christmas.

...and it rocked! Thanks for the recipes, Ann and Tricky. I made Ann's cake, but used 4 tsp of ginger like Tricky's recipe says to - I love ginger. We had Swedish friends staying over the weekend and I was pulling it out of the oven as they arrived. By chance, it is similar to a cake Swedish people eat at Christmas, so they loved it!

One problem - it didn't go sticky. By the next day it was dry instead. Sticky sounds good, so what did I do wrong? Did I cook it too long?

Hence Alan Rickman!

His comments regarding bringing you to Canada from a 3rd world country are unprofessional and rude. Perhaps you need to try to ignore your supervisors negative attitude and rudeness and focus on finishing - 3 years in means the end must be in sight and you never have to work with this person again. Hang in there and hope your experiments keep working for you.

Your supervisor sounds like an idiot - you have done well to survive 3 years with him, well done! Regarding meetings, do you email and ask for a meeting in advance? Better to let supervisors name a time when they are not busy rather than just approach them with no warning. If he still ignores you, tell him he is being rude and ask for his attention more directly. Perhaps it is not an insult to you personally but rather he has no people skills.

To avoid his anger in future, carefully check your writing before you show it to him - make sure you use the spell-checker on your computer. Maybe get a friend to help you go over your writing for spelling and grammar errors first? It is amazing what friends will do to help for a beer or a chocolate bar!

Tee hee Tricky!

Sorry MariaZ. Didn't mean to upset you - there are just so many people using more than one name on here we all get a little paranoid...*pulls head in*.

MariaZ: ...so?

We only asked if you are male or female. We don't need you to prove it, thank you very much!

Not at all. I just meant it makes the proposition a bit different for sylvester.

Perhaps Maria was a typo and it should have been Mario. Brings on a slightly new angle to the "I fancy sylvester" confession.

MariaZ - that question makes you sound like a man..hmmmm?

To me, it is not about "good-looking" as in the text book definition. It is more about whether he gives you what I call 'the warm fuzzies' - that feeling you get when he walks into the room or you see him. If he doesn't make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, then it is not right.

You have to be physically attracted to him, otherwise you will never be able to have a relationship with him. But, someone who is not text-book attractive can still be attractive to you and give you the warm fuzzies.