Officially a massive nerd now

I kind of scribbled some words down for the blog of the Royal Statistical Society. Mainly because I've been getting a bit fed up with the Daily Mail's interpretation of science, but mostly because last week the Guardian joined in. My blind anger has led to this piece (which has actually been read by at least one person judging by the comment) and me now having an actual editor who has already made me commit to writing something similar every three weeks. You can read the rest of it here.

Also, this week my existence has been confirmed inside of the department I've been working in since October last year: I am apparently a studentship with half a telephone number (does this mean I can't say I'm not made of money anymore?).