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Dr Jim

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am safe, edible and contain no artificial colours (not even tan in a can), flavourings (well, sometimes cK Be) or preservatives (regular gym goer). I have no perversions and am toilet trained.
In another life I studied for and received three successively higher degrees in the sciences. Not feeling satisfied with having spent 10 years at university, I saw fit to continue working at one.
I hope to break free one day, like Brooks Hatlen of Shawshank, but I won't be institutionalised ;-)
I'm proudly half Scottish, half Irish and all Cumbrian! Go Figure! Alba gu bra! I'm a Judoka (Judo player) and have butterflied between more martial arts than you can shake a stick (or Bokken) at. Whether this makes me well ard' or not I can't say, but as a wise man once told me "the way to the top may be frought with danger and competition, but the view from the top is the same to all".
...so clearly once at the top everyone down below looks like Ants, so we can stomp on all of them...what's that you say? That's not what it means? Something about enlightenment? Peace? Avoiding conflict? No, clearly what you do (as a mountaineer - I know) is take a picture, then rejoin the Ants. Man is not made for such lofty heights ;-)
Peace.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone: fans of sciences; Cumbria; history; culture; impromptu music gigs in the kitchen; politics; travelling; mountaineering; philosophy; real ale; greek food; road trips; tearing The Man's warmongering, state-of-fear bollocks off and beating him to death with them.

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My Blog

Where have I been?

I'm on facebook these days. I followed the crowd. I'm a shameless Sheep. Find me there! ;-)
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:46:00 GMT

Big, friendly giants...

I hugged one of the largest living organisms on the planet, and it felt really good![Giant Sequoia in Tuolumne Grove, Yosemite]You can just about see me in the bottom right-hand corner! Alas my digica...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:49:00 GMT

California: There and back again...

Having just about recovered from my jetlag, which has manifested itself in an odd form of narcolepsy, rather than any lasting tiredness, it's now time for some piccies and blurb! You can see all the p...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:31:00 GMT

I'm ba-ack!

Four flights. Four movies. 8 hours of my day lost. Fightin' jetlag. Tons of work to do. Good memories and lots of fun had. Will get some piccies posted and stories told asap!
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:26:00 GMT

Have ticket, will travel...

So, I'm off to Lake Tahoe, California at the end of this week. Woot! Just got my dollars, and er....when did they change the money!? You'd think someone might have mentioned, or that we'd have heard? ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:20:00 GMT

Time dilation....

OK, if I'm not getting a little choked up over poor ol' Steve Irwin, a guy I didn't even know, then it's the loss of the indomitable mutt that has been in my life these past 13 years, and those were a...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:40:00 GMT

RIP Joddles....

Jodie (Tricadee Shooting Star) 5th November 1993 - 12th September 2006 Will miss you Joddles.
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:13:00 GMT

Amused...

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Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:47:00 GMT

L'il Sis...

So, a few years back, when my little Sister finished her Zoology degree, she got a 6 month placement as a research assistant in Namibia, Western Africa. Now, being based in the Namib Desert, one...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:26:00 GMT

Diversity....

Weekends of a month: The first weekend I am climbing a mountain with a good friend. Hands on rock, weather against us, so fierce it forces us to find an escape route off the tops. We find caves t...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:19:00 GMT