Embarrassed by Musical Socks

I was looking after a question-answer session during our open day today when somebone's mobile phone went off. A silly, reedy, ringtone which sounded like the drinking song.

Turned out to be my socks. I had been given a pair for christmas which play tunes and I'd triggered them when I crossed my legs. It is kind of hard to manage a serious discussion of academic prospects and student finance when your socks are making music.....

I don't remember ordering this...

Parked the car in bright sunshine. Wandered outside at half five after a busy day and found:

I don't remember ordering this.

Movie Mogul?

Whilst going upstairs just now I was seized by the idea of making a movie with the title "Undersea Chins from Space". I wonder if I have been working too hard.

Update: Actually I think it comes from playing "We Love Katamari" too much. Plenty of chins there. Oh yes.

Here Comes the Judge

Got to be a judge today. At Hull we have a Young Scientist of the Year competition and we were selecting the finalists. All of them had to give a stand up presentation and then handle some questions. A pretty scary ask for someone under 16. And they were all great. Made the judgely thing really hard for us, since I found out quite early that we weren't allowed to pick everyone.

In the end we narrowed it down to the three from each category who get to go to the final in a couple of weeks. Sometimes I worry about the future, what with global warming, bird flu, energy crisis, asteroid strikes etc etc. And then I see all these keen people who are really into science and I get a lot happier. I reckon that they'll be able to handle whatever is coming down the tracks.

Happy Day

Well, it was for me...