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March 2010

February 2010

November 2009

{07} Hibernation mode
{01} Just watch

October 2009

September 2009

August 2009

{31} IV: Notes from France
{27} Poland
{10} Test Scores of College Graduates by Major
{07} III. Notes from France
{05} Re: Double-U-Tee-Efff?
{02} Double-U-Tee-Efff?

July 2009

{26} Time
{11} Notes from Spain II: Trousers and milk in Barcelona
{05} Notes from Spain I: Soap packets, tits, and whiskey
{03} So long -- what to say?

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009

{25} Do you like what you do?
{18} Fear of failure
{11} Is it a question of time and place?

March 2009

{26} Maths in Athens: Rain rain rain
{24} Maths in Athens: Talk all done
{22} Maths in Athens: Talk tomorrow
{22} Maths in Athens: Who likes shorts shorts
{20} Maths in Athens: Packing light
{17} What? The Pope is listed as your co-author?
{06} Work indulgence
{02} The how-are-you test

February 2009

{25} Butterflies
{22} 10 reasons why I haven't been writing
{04} The perfect non-date

January 2009

December 2008

{31} New Years over the Atlantic
{26} Phil the mathematician

November 2008

October 2008

September 2008

{16} Not writing

August 2008

{12} The teeth dream
{08} August musical challenge

July 2008

June 2008

{25} UK vs. US: How to rant
{10} What I do, part II: Dancing with the devil
{07} What I Do, Part I: Maths and Gods
{04} Oxford Index
{02} Things I don't care to see #138...

May 2008

April 2008

{28} Carrots and Ice Cream
{23} Defending New York
{20} Phil to Watchdog: What's up NYC?
{18} To Rhys with love
{16} Thirds
{12} Pants or no-pants
{10} So I was spooning the cheetah, right? And...
{07} Google Girls
{03} Coffee in the Cemetery
{01} Asian Wars Episode II: The Asians Strike Back

March 2008

{31} Laying down the gauntlet
{30} A single thought desolving into incoherence
{24} Maths on a Plane
{22} A Tale of Two Cities
{19} Thanks for your comments
{15} Advanced Warning
{13} My um-friend
{11} Anticipation
{10} Juvenile
{03} Orgasmic Photography
{02} Heartbroken

February 2008

{27} Deep thoughts as I fall asleep
{24} It's a colour thing
{19} Symmetry
{14} Valentines Day
{09} Christ Church Meadows and the River Cherwell
{07} Accents, eh?
{05} Speechless

January 2008

{31} The mystery of the neat mathematician
{26} The stuff of dreams
{22} Glasgow scum at Oxford
{20} I wake up and think...
{13} Juno
{06} I'm Beijing 2008, man!
{05} Thumbtacks
{04} Post-Christmas
{03} Answers to the December Music Challenge

December 2007

November 2007

October 2007

September 2007

{29} Everything that's wrong with Facebook
{27} How I infiltrated the British economy
{26} Newton and Heathcliff
{22} Making a mouthwatering chicken and potatoes ragou
{20} In the stairwell
{18} They so lied in the brochure
{17} How real men shop for detergent
{15} A tale of three mugs
{10} Arrived
{09} I left my tights at home
{07} Two more days

August 2007

{28} According to Miss South Carolina...
{27} Two weeks left
{26} Sorry
{23} Why I'd look good in women's clothing
{19} The things we see
{18} The book stacker
{15} Post-purchase guilt
{14} How am I to get my fix?
{13} Silent blogosphere
{09} The Mathematics of Attraction (Part II)
{07} Win a free gift certificate
{06} What it's like to be married to Rachel McAdams
{03} Phil meets his cartoon double
{02} Comments at last!
{01} 24 hours just isn't enough

July 2007

{29} Random Things
{27} Fourth lap over the Atlantic
{26} Reading to Oxford
{25} Math pickup lines
{25} The mysterious cleaning lady
{23} I hate you Amazon
{22} A disappointed reader
{22} Arrived! Reading University
{21} Leaving to England...again
{21} A tale of two random encounters
{17} Home
{15} Out of shillings
{12} Two completely random points
{12} Letters, postcards, and ravens
{08} Another five thousand words from Kenya
{04} Who's sperm do you want?
{03} Teaching in Kenya
{02} Happy Canada Day

June 2007

May 2007

{30} Propagation of Weak Discontinuities in PDEs
{29} Not a math blog
{26} We want skirty skirts
{23} Why there is no God
{21} Top 5 thoughts
{19} Unlike the Energizer Bunny
{16} Stress and Cats
{14} The moment
{13} A bouquet for mom
{11} Check out my new lens
{11} Meow
{06} That's it
{05} Potter Mania
{04} Light-hearted randomness
{02} I have a date!

April 2007

{30} A note on pronouns
{29} Almost there
{29} Being mature is not my forté
{26} Everybody loves yo-yo action
{25} Demi-Tasse
{24} Say Anything
{23} Night-Ku 3 and Madness
{21} A whole new world
{20} Why?
{19} Random stuff
{18} Blog Awards and a Night-Ku
{16} April Snow-ers
{16} Night-Ku
{15} I played WoW and I became a terrorist
{13} Two from the mailbag
{11} Joshua Bell at the D.C. Metro
{09} So apparently, Emily's pretty intense
{06} Grindhouse
{04} My first stalker
{03} Girl at the Library
{03} Front Page News
{02} Interviewed
{01} Control freak

March 2007

February 2007

{28} An exhaustive review of yesterday
{25} Smokie
{22} Panic
{22} The O.C. ends
{18} The mechanics of fluids (introduction, part 1)
{17} Replying to my secret lover
{13} This week's to-do list
{08} Heavy words to live by
{05} Emo
{03} Sob

January 2007

{28} Trapped
{28} Insane
{27} A typical conversation with my supervisor
{24} Happy birthday
{21} Marriage
{20} Cleanup
{18} Hiatus
{17} From the girl crossing the street
{15} From Russia with Love
{14} Bauer Hour(s)
{14} Phil's sister plays Tchaikovsky's concerto for piano (II)
{13} Phil's sister plays Tchaikovsky's concerto for piano
{12} Hate mail
{11} Rock bottom
{08} Teaching assignments just out
{07} English Breakfast
{05} Allegro Solemne
{04} Tribute to Hot Coffee Girl
{01} A Girl from Christmas Past

December 2006

{28} What happened?
{25} A Merry Christmas to the Blogosphere
{24} Five things
{19} Is this how it works?
{16} The Mathematics of Attraction (Part I)
{15} Friday night blog roll
{14} Who is your favourite sexy blogger?
{14} Now is not the time for prudence and politeness
{10} Let it be, let it be
{09} I do it because I love you
{08} Through the first round
{07} Another Dead End
{06} The Remains of the Day
{03} Constellations
{01} The look and the final tutorial

November 2006

{29} King Shit
{23} I'll have you know I was quite the charmer
{22} From the top of the mailbag
{16} 'Phil has a rubber butt', they chanted in unison
{06} Phil and Muffin Tops
{04} Tricky Business
{04} Secretary of Mathematics and Violins
{02} If you didn't have a Ph.D., I'd kick your ass
{01} Mistakes, quiet parks, and lovely girls

October 2006

{29} Have you heard the one about the 12 inch pianist?
{27} High School, how I've missed thee
{25} Return to Hillcrest High School
{23} Lifelike Beauty
{22} I'll just have water, thank you
{19} If your balls are as big as your ego...
{19} My own assistant
{16} Woohoo! What a nice ass
{15} Now if only I knew a fashion designer
{10} You're orange, you moron
{10} The next four days
{09} If I was born in 1929...
{06} Dear Diary: Regarding older women
{04} Don't give up
{01} Aisle 9: Soup, Pasta, Sauces

September 2006

{30} Special Halloween Edition
{30} More apologies and something else
{28} Sorry about my shitty life so here's a kitty
{24} Leave me alone, fuckers
{22} Scratching that itch
{18} "Omigod - our TA gives stickers"
{17} The pitfalls of instant messenging
{14} A well deserved smacking
{14} The potato: a gift that keeps on giving
{12} Picking up chicks with watermelons
{11} A real friend
{10} A slippery slope to fame and fortune
{09} 20 years out of your league
{09} They want me to do what?
{07} Eureka! A model for the behaviour of women
{07} To the ho with the ample cleavage
{05} Asian beauty (Hyori Lee)
{04} Labour Day
{03} Naughty cupcakes
{03} An otherwise quiet night at Tim Hortons
{01} The excitement builds

August 2006

July 2006