Oh my word.  The most amazing thing happened.  Okay, not as amazing as say, winning a million squid or finding that you've dropped 2 dress-sizes overnight.  But it was pretty cool nonetheless.  While I was browsing the web for yet more information on vibrating needle droplet sources, I was suddenly alerted to look out of my bedroom window by several loud explosions.  Peering out slyly, in case there was a lone gunman wandering the docks looking for his next victim, I was pleased and relieved to find the explosions were due to a huge fireworks display going on somewhere along the Thames, just a skip away from my flat.  Now, I've seen a lot of fireworks displays in my time, but this one was truly spectacular, even more so because it was a) free to view and b) entirely visable from the comfort and warmth of my own room.  I've tried searching Google for the possible event, so can only conclude that perhaps the Navy were having a good time. 

 

Well, that's enough excitement for one evening.  Time to return to normality, and the pending Lit Review.  I'm actually enjoying this research malarkey, and given I've been having wonderful, laser based visions of late, I think I might be cut out as an academic after all.