One of my claims to fame.

[ffutures]

Just discovered one of my old articles on New Scientist's web site:

Roll of Dishonour

And no, they wouldn't give me an honourable mention in the Darwin Awards. I asked...

Comments

[raygungothic.livejournal.com]

Nice article!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - unfortunaely New Scientist don't seem to like that sort of thing any more, they took a couple of my articles in the nineties then droppped the "random people working in science write about odd stuff" column in which it appeared.

[raygungothic.livejournal.com]

NS seems rather weak these days, which is sad.

[trinfaneb.livejournal.com]

Marcus, I salute you on your survival over the years. If I had a job like yours, I fear I would be as death prone as Hank and Dean Venture.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Seriously, the most dangerous thing I do is probably riding a motorbike. Labs really aren't that dangerous unless you screw up spectacularly.

[trinfaneb.livejournal.com]

I know I would find a way to kill or seriously maim myself if I worked with chemicals.

My grandfather won a motorcycle when I was 15. He had the thing sold before he took delivery of it. After having a couple of car wrecks, I had to conclude that he had the right idea.