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Real shame. I remember about 2 years ago they did a whole episode on old John Schnabel. He was riddled with cancer back then, and I fully expected the episode to end with a black screen saying he'd passed away. But he didn't, and to be blunt his trips to see Parker have always been a highlight for me. Will be a real shame that he won;t be on next year's show.

Jesus wept. Some students...

A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith. Nothing eats up your life like an old Smith book.

Season 2 of Line of Duty being repeated on BBC2...pleasing

Simon Scarrow's Brittania. Utter pish.

We ask for both - the physical copies and the online submission. Online is for checking plagiarism, standard paper for marking.

Slow burn start to season 2 - pretty much as expected. Waiting to see where it goes now. At one point yesterday (before Mike called Jimmy) I asked myself - so, what now? He has the job, the girl...what happens now?

I think it's probably about time. The show has certainly lost something - momentum, maybe? The loss of Will and Kalinda have damaged the show too much.

Cancelled - season 7 will be the last

Yus!

Could be worse. Matthew Perry on Graeme Norton a few weeks back was either a) pissed or b) in the middle of a stroke

My kids brought home a lovely vomiting bug from the germ factory*. Saturday morning, they were staying at my mum's, and my boy woke up and puked all over her house. She brought him back pretty quick and borrowed our vax. Sunday night, it was my wee girl's turn. Kept me up from midnight to 6 am. Took Monday off work to recover - I was utterly shattered. The wife caught it yesterday, and me last night. I really shouldn't be in work today. *school

I reckon the priest dobbed him in

I really liked Under the Lake.

Just saw this on the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3416908/Barmaid-18-sacked-boss-suffering-miscarrriage-texts-saying-won-t-right-frame-mind.html

When I heard Moffat was stepping down, my first feeling was relief. I don;t know why - this series has been really good. I just think he's starting to lose the plot and his big story threads are way over complicated. I wasn't a fan of RTD's hoakey family guff, but it was much easier to buy in to than, say, the recent Timelords story.

When I was at uni there was no online releasing of grades - they were put up on the course notice board. A table of registration numbers and grades. As I loved close to the uni it was fine - drive in during the holidays and keep an eye out. Must have been a nightmare for people living further away. Now it's online. Ours get released this week and I'm expecting a few difficult meetings with students later in the week.

Went to Uppsala University in Sweden from August '99 to January '00. Great experience. Not sure if the scheme has changed at all since then, but when I went they gave me about £260 a month. It covered my accommodation cost and a little bit more. That, and a good old student loan saw me through without the need to take on a job.

It's on Comedy Central in the UK. Channel 5 are showing a UK version soon.

Last night's new one was tremendous, with the guy in the burger place texting the manager to sack Murr. Hilarious.

Coming back on in a few days time...

I did it myself without much thought. Grew up in Alloa, went to Stirling.

Honestly....One guy applies here with nowhere near our minimum entrance requirements. Out of curiosity I opened up his personal statement to see why he even bothered. The statement was basically a love letter to Glasgow Caley, saying why he always wanted to go there and thought their degree was the best. I don't work at Glasgow Caley. Funny thing in Scotland is people going to the 'local' university. Nowhere else has this. I get a lot of Glasgow applicants who'll never come as they get itchy as soon as they hit the motorway

Surely you are given the recommended texts...The teaching (contact time) is only meant to be a small fraction of your learning.

April in the USA. Every other season has started in January.