Fighting Fit

Last weekend was my second-last sojourn with the army: there’s gap between phases over December and January such that by the time they restart in February I should be far, far away. I’d told my recruiting sergeant-major that this might happen, so he didn’t seem too fussed. In fact, his eyes positively lit up when [...]

Filling in the blanks

Everything seems to converging to fill up all those free moments right now. I think I put 20 hours at work over the weekend, which is good news for the Mark Laichena spring travel budget, but has left me a little frayed around the edges… add to that finally getting my schedule for Army training [...]

It a while since I last posted, though I place all blame on my laptop, which teetered over the brink a few days ago. It’s all rebooted from backup now though, so hopefully all is well.

The fall semester at UNC is just starting, and there’s nothing like an awkward facebook message [...]

Back in the warm

It was odd to be back at Christ’s Hospital (old school) last week, though hearing the National Anthem near the end of the end-of-term program turn out to be “God Save Our Gracious Queen… [et al]” certainly was a welcome change.
Wales was a welcome change to Jordan in many ways – everyone spoke English, for [...]