h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So, there's a baby living next door, and has been for a few weeks, and I only actually managed to hear it cry for the first time last night. Either the baby's very quiet, or the walls are very thick... Maybe both. I didn't even find out that the baby was there until they'd been living next door for a month. It would be nice to see her. Actually, it would be nice to see all of our new neighbours, but I have been staying inside a lot lately, and I'm loath to answer the door if my mother's in the house. I really want a baby... to play with. And then to give back to the mother if she starts crying, or needs a clean nappy, or something like that. Sadly, no one I know well is or will be likely to have a baby in the near future. Still... I shall bide my time....

I'm contemplating studying biology for a hobby, so help me. Anything to procrastinate about my dissertation...

And in other news... ...erm, well, there isn't any. Sorry.

Read lots of Dawkins. Fun stuff that evolutionary biology!



And the trouble with babies is that they grow too fast. Ask Lady Scott+

My grandmother in her youth collected tokens for a huge set of books. I have now set myself the challenge of reading all of them, (about 45) in alphabetical order of author's surname. This means I have 13 and a half books to read before I start on The Origin of Species, and my quest to understand biology begins...



So I should get my skates on with ingratiating myself with my nextdoor neighbours to be allowed to play with their baby, huh?