Found this in my inbox today. Just in case any of you are interested and don't know about it....

'If you are looking for a bit of pre-Xmas hilarity and a break form theserious subject of your research than an event coming up in Manchesteron Monday 15th December could just the ticket. You may have alreadyheard of Jorge Cham who is the creator and artist of Piled HigherDeeper (PhD), the comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in gradschool. Jorge will be presenting his talk “The Power ofProcrastination” in University Place, at Manchester Universitystarting at 3.30pm, but you will need to register beforehand and bringyour registration e-mail and “student ID card.'

i'm going along to this, looking forward to it as a bit of light relief before christmas! :-)