Ok, so we all agree that it is ok to overhear other people’s conversations.
As I was preparing my tea in the Maths Common room, here at my beloved University, I overheard some of the new postgrads talking…maths, (kindof).
Boy1: -Strange attractors
Boy2: -What’s a strange attractor?
…silence…silence…
Boy 1: -Hmm, you know, chaos theory. (trying to sound knowledgable).
girl: -It;s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘little rants’
Strange attraction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eavesdropping, little rants on 25 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No place for me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged little rants, saudades on 10 April, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It is outrageous! A bloke just arrived in the office and right under my nose said: -”Sorry, I just need to put this sign here…so everyone knows”.
I was wondering what he was on about…turns out he is a new post-doc here…and decided he wants the very desk in which I am sitting at the moment. [...]