Having spent six months
job hunting, it finally occurred to me that a family friend works in
an employment agency. I’d not seen her for a while, but she was the
young lady in question when I was hauled into the school (many
years ago) because "My Boy TM"
had been doing snogging in the classroom rather than doing his
lessons.
We’ve
arranged for me to pop in to the agency for a chat when we can find a
mutually convenient time (as I’m not the typical job hunter).
Here’s hoping….
Meanwhile
I heard that science might have finally discovered
the Higgs Boson. Having cost over six billion quid, after four
years the Large Hadron Collider has done what it set out do do.
One
can’t help but wonder what science is now going to do with the
Large Hadron Collider now it’s found Higgs Bosons. I can remember
(in years gone by) the fruits of my loin discarding their
unwanted toys once the novelty had worn off. (In fact a humungous
exhaust pipe which has been cluttering up my shed for the last few
years springs to mind). However at six billion quid, this is
rather a pricey novelty to have worn off. If science doesn’t want
its Large Hadron Collider any more, I’ll have it; I’ll sell the
thing on eBay.
One of the members of
the astro club sent me a message through Facebook this evening. Did I
know when Mars would be visible when you would be looking in a
southerly direction? I wish people wouldn't ask me questions like
that. For all that I am a very visible and loud presence at the astro
club, I don't actually know very much about practical astronomy. I
make no secret of the fact; but everyone thinks I am joking. It can
make for embarrassing situations. When I say I don't know my Castor
from my Pollux, I'm not playing to an audience; I'm making a
statement of fact.
For
all that I know, Mars could be absolutely anywhere in the sky, and
having eventually persuaded Neville that he'd be better off asking
someone else (and pointing
him in a couple of specific directions)
the doorbell rang. My eldest daughter (!)
had come round to collect a Mothers Day present. And being a very
astute lady she'd decided to spend her money with Badger
Original Landscapes. I wish more people would do the same.
I
was rather disappointed not to have seen the Northern Lights this
evening. With the general public in major panic because the
Sun had exploded (apparently), all that we had to show for the
explosion was some pretty lights in the sky. Or, that is in some
skies. Not in mine. Which was a shame: realistically if I’m going
to achieve things in life, I am leaving it all rather late. And in
these austere times the only way I’m going to see the Northern
Lights is if they come to me. It’s a shame that they didn’t.
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