At one o’clock in the afternoon on Monday almost four weeks ago I was feeling fine by five o’clock I felt like shit and thought I was developing a healthy dose of the man-flu. At some point on Tuesday I realised that the tissue under my jaw was extremely swollen and very painful so early [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Autobiographical’
September 15, 2009
I don’t really belong here.
I have been neglecting my blog somewhat of late because I have been indulging in some “real writing”. I have been writing two articles, in German, on the history of astronomy for two different amateur astronomy journals. One article is finished and is being printed but the editor of the other piece wants me to [...]
August 28, 2009
Normal service will be resumed…
I have overcome the loss of the ‘number one lady in my life’ enough to take up my normal activities, however in less than one hour I shall be speeding down the autobahn on my way to the Leipzig Jazz Festival so normal service will first be resumed at the beginning of next week.
I would [...]
August 25, 2009
A Death in the Family
“Schnuppy ist tot” this phrase has been reverberating through my head since I first heard it yesterday evening but my brain still refuses to accept that I will never again see the most beautiful, most exasperating, most lovable and most sneaky little black and white dog in the universe. I wanted to write a proper [...]
August 15, 2009
A Piece of Local History
This is a year of anniversaries, we have the International Year of Astronomy celebrating 400 years since the telescope was first used as an astronomical instrument and also the 400th anniversary of the publication of Kepler’s Astronomia nova, the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and this weekend 40 years since Woodstock. I would [...]
August 15, 2009
A Blog Motto
This blog has a new motto courtesy of the Aussie Anthropoid,
It’s a poor mind that can find only one way to spell a word.
John S. Wilkins Evolving Thoughts 14th August 2009
Why this is a perfect motto for this blog will be revealed at a later date.
August 12, 2009
One of my worst academic puns!
The Aussie Anthropoid has posted a lovely quote from William Stanley Jevons who explains why the concept ‘essence’ should be banished from philosophical discourse. Jevons was a 19th century philosopher of science, economist and logician. Now I paid my dues as a historian of science working in a research project on the history of formal [...]
August 10, 2009
IYA in Bad Staffelstein
Tomorrow at seven o’clock in the evening (MES) I shall be holding a brief lecture or talk at the opening of our travelling exhibition for the International Year of Astronomy in Bad Staffelstein Museum. Anyone who just happens to be in the area is welcome to come and listen. I might even buy you a [...]
