Last weekend I was in Cambridge, this weekend it was the Dark Side. Am I scouting and plotting revenge for the varsity rugby match this Tues? No, I was invited by Oli to a Merton MCR dinner. Any excuse to dust off the old DJ and be Bond-like (apart from the fact my DJ is hole-ridden and Bond can put on a proper bowtie).

For Oxford people Oli's mates seemed quite normal though. Well, those in the hockey team apparently broke three noses in one game the other week so I tried to behave myself. Got sat next to a very rude Rhodes scholar who talked about herself throughout dinner. However, I have to admit, Oxford is quite nice. The dinner followed by pub and then JCR bop (!?) were all fantastic. I think I went to the wrong place!

Tags: Oxford, Cambridge, Merton College

My quest is starting to get somewhere. Typing "David Butler" into Google places nimisis.com at a dizzy number 34! With all these Butlers giving the rest of us a bad name at the moment (though they're probably innocent I should add), I seem to be getting leap-frogged! Ah well, sooner or later we'll get to the top ten.

Related: Google

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5 Canada Square Here's an artist's impression of the Bank of America building down at Docklands I'm working on at the moment. It's actually already looking remarkably similar to this picture. I think it's cool! (If you don't know Docklands, the tower behind is HSBC and Canary Wharf Tower would be where the picture is being taken from.)

See also: Bank of America

I was back in Cambridge visiting friends last night and my walk to catch the train home reminded me of a previous trip down that way in which I luckily found a five pound note on the ground. It made my day! This has inspired a new poll. How much money found on the ground would it take to stop you and pick it up? Don't be shy! Vote, make comments! Downing College's local, The Fountain, used to weld a 50p piece to a manhole cover outside the pub window so that everyone could have a good laugh at the person picking it up... Yeah, how immature... but still funny...

Tags: Cambridge, Downing College

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Observations of a Marathon Runner

(...in training)

1) Geese attack you (at least the ones in Regent's Park do when you get close to them)
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Related: London, marathon

Two of my workmates are going on holiday to Libya for 2 weeks. Yes, Libya. Not an all time classic holiday destination perhaps... In fact, isn't it the sort of place you send your mother-in-law?