Constructive Eating

This look fun:



Constructive Eating Utensils set (via uberreview)

I wonder if they do a set for bigger kids with bigger hands?

*also wonders why the autocomplete on the tags comes up with "eating children" as he's sure he's never done that*

RIP Mr Powell

Received a general circular email from college yesterday, including the following:

On a sadder note, I should report the sudden death, after a brief illness, of John Powell who was Head Porter from 1987 to 2004 and who will be remembered with affection by many of you. Our sincere condolences go to his family and our thanks for his loyalty and commitment to Pembroke. John´s service and devotion to the College are also a timely reminder of the enormous contribution that the College staff make to Pembroke´s overall success.

He was head porter when I was there and he was one of the nicest most friendly porters we had, always helpful no matter how strange a request you made (although he would make a joke about it). He was a Yeoman of the Queen's Bodyguard and had the "sergeant major" appearance about him (including moustache).

It's sad to hear that he's passed away.

Memories

Thinking about memories this morning (and not essays about eportfolios as I really should be *slaps wrist*), has got me wondering about when they start.

You hear a lot of people say "my earliest memory is when I was X and ... happened", but you never really hear people talking about when the main bulk of their memories start (which for me certainly is significantly later).

Probably, best not waste too much time trawling the internet to find out, so have a poll instead:

[Poll #1340877]