About Me

If you found me searching for the lyrics to the children's song, you can find them here.
I am a researcher in bionanotechnology currently living and working in Tokyo. I moved out here nearly three years ago, against my better judgement but in search of adventure. It has certainly been an adventure and not one I would have missed for the world.
I am trying to retrain as a designer and you may see the odd example of my work appear here as I progress.
I also indulge in opinionated rambling.
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All the artwork by Nell on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Tim Minchin
I love this, especially the bit about being 9000 miles from home, although the white wine in the sun bit doesn’t really work in the northern hemisphere. Warning: contains extreme atheism
Posted in Atheism & Faith, General Meanderings
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The death penalty
I just read this article from Gallup, written in 2006, and it shocked me. I very strongly disagree with the death penalty and, as we don’t have it in the UK, I had rather assumed that the majority of the … Continue reading
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Those damned climate emails
An excellent video on climategate:
Some more art
There’s only just under 2 weeks of the first semester of my course left now so I’ve taken the week of work and am busting an art gut for the next few days. Here’s some of my recent bits and … Continue reading
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If I am found to be actually awake after 23 years apparently in a coma…
… please Please PLEASE don’t get a “facilitated communicator” to help me write a book. Well, I was going to write a post about Rom Houben, and the discovery that he’s actually been concious for the last 23 years, but … Continue reading
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Uh-oh… it’s one of the Big Two!
I’ve stayed away from religion (mostly) but this is going to be a full blown post on politics, so watch out… One of my previous commenters mentioned 38 degrees and I think it deserves a bit more of a mention. … Continue reading
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I love Stephen Fry more than I have the words to convey…
Miriam and Shane enjoyed that.
Posted in General Meanderings
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Perhaps I’m making progress?
Well, you saw my first attempts at drawing people, just so you can see that I am making progress, here are today’s:
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This product just caused me to do such a huge double take…
… that I nearly fell over my own feet in the isle. Apparently it is a diet supplement.
Posted in Atheism & Faith, Travel
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