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I love Cox – but not time travel

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Thanks to Brian Cox I did a bit of time traveling in Birmingham last Friday. Well, it was really thanks to my girlfriend’s love of the television presenter and his ability to make astrophysics sexy. I don’t remember the appearance … Continue reading →

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Who are the Agents of Entropy ?

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

Excerpt from The Agents of Entropy Scientifically speaking, entropy is a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Season 7 – Fancy Skiing With Demons?

The clocks have finally gone back and it will soon be time for me to go skiing rather than writing about it. The Bacon Run looms and it’s also time to put winter tyres on Landie, fix everything on her … Continue reading →

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Not all Chalet Girls are on a ‘gap yah-er’

Posted on November 28, 2015 by

You maybe familiar with the ‘seasonaire’ stereotype, but these days not all chalet girls are called Pippa, wear Alice bands and Ugg boots, and are on a gap yah-er. So don’t be surprised, the next time you knock on a … Continue reading →

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An apology to My Ski Girlfriends

Posted on September 5, 2015 by

I’ve decided to take Sample Chapter 19 ‘Girlfriend Skiing’ offline! A lot of people (mostly men it has to be said) thought it was hilarious but a few people (mostly female it also has to be said) thought it was … Continue reading →

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