surely they won't notice 150 words! just make the margins smaller ;-)

I've spent ALL morning sorting out stuff for a student.

I NEED to get some more done on my method - lunch first.

If you are the larger contributer to the paper, then make damn sure you get 1st author, is all I can say.

Next time I'd be tempted to phone the conference and tell them its plagarised :p

Is it possible to be less candid about your research in future i.e. keep the best info to yourself? or does the lab partner have to be involved?

ooh yes flower faires or little grey rabbit would be my favourite.

right I have one key goal for today which is... get the stupid job application off before the deadline!

Goal 1: do student work (again!)

i don't have godparents, I'm not christened - apparently meaning I WILL burn in hell. But I say, that's where all the interesting people go ;-)

Anyways, I think the bank account is a good idea. My gran opened a NS&I account for me - which is very secure, if not a bit rubbish on the interest side of things, but I think it paid for quite a few things,including most of my masters degree tuition fees.

I guess I use departmental 'mentors', there are a few girls who have finished their PhDs in the last two years and are now lecturers. Some of them had my supervisor too, so I often go to them and moan/ask advice, often about how to handle sup, or how to interpret/respond to her advice. They're also people that I can email with questions I wouldn't necessarily want to ask sup e.g. "is this how you report regression???" "does this....make sense?", I also get them to proof read finished versions of things.

I do agree that daily meetings may be OTT - perhaps your friend can ask for weekly targets and then meet on a weekly basis to set these and discuss how the previous week's have been met.

I've commissioned a woollen mug warmer from my mum - she's coming to stay in 2 weeks so will report back on the effectiveness.

omg its 5pm! I need to walk the dog before hubster comes home!

Must finish section beforehand - I've spent at least an hour trying to work out where the little fishy symbol is for Alpha. Found it now :$

will the thermos not taint the tea? All the travel mugs I have do - maybe its cos they're metal, not glass inside?

Brilliant - I'm going to get my mum to knit me one of these!

http://studiostrezii.com.au/Images/Mug%20Cosy.jpg

(sprout)

oh dear, I feel a bit lazy having a microwave - I'm only on the second floor (well first, up one flight of stairs) in a 3 bed house, so it really is lazy of me to have a microwave, although I do have a dolce gusto thingy on my desk to keep me super caffeinated if necessary.

Maybe I can get some kind of mug cosy?

*goes off to procrastinate..erm find a mug cosy*

Thanks matilda - might hunt out my local starbucks.

Wal - that means going downstairs :-( and then coming up again :-( and trying not to eat things when I'm waiting for the 20secs :-( - I have no self control

I have trouble keeping my tea warm, I get distracted and then its all cold :-(

I've tried using a travel mug, but it tastes grim.

So do those USB cup warmers actually work?

Or any other suggestions for keeping tea warm?