Monday, December 19, 2011

This Year



This year (2011) has been incredible on so many levels. 


Highlights:
43 Warlters Close madness, surviving finals, graduating from UCL, Devon trip, Stockholm trip, Faliraki trip, my epic leaving party, Italian beach holiday, Vienna trip, getting accepted to study for a Masters at the University of Oxford with Ritchie Robertson...to name but a few.  








I have moved out of London to Oxford, which is rather surreal. I have started speaking in Oxford-lingo: terms such as Michaelmas term, battels, tutes and the Taylorian have become part of my everyday speech...
More to follow... 



TED: How language transformed humanity

Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of "social technology" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation.

Watch the talk at:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html

Perfect for these cold nights


a cup of perfect hot chocolate - 
if too lazy to make it: http://www.amorino.com/en/