I have been so sick this past week; I am exhausted. I had to request an extension for two papers due on 04 December and have missed some much needed work. Even my eyelashes hurt from retching and coughing and I think I have lost 7lbs through fevered tossing. I also had the worst fevered tossed nightmare that featured the entire contents of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, my sister, Red Riding Hood, failing both assignments and having to present a masterclass on metafiction.  Oh  boy, that was a doosey! As I have nothing of interest or sense … Continue reading Normal Service Will Return Soon

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I attended the ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum event last week, pictures and information of which can be found here. It was very interesting and although the session did not dwell on it, there was reference to the Victorian idea of a criminal mind, that criminals are a distinctive subset of society; that somewhere they carry the mark of Cain. I discovered tonight that I definitely do not have a criminal mind. I received a call from a PC Reid asking me to come along to a police station to discuss a complaint made against me. Talk about surreal … Continue reading The Criminal Mind