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[[Image:Forgetmenotflower.JPG|thumb|right|100px|They are gone, but not forgotten]]
Hiya,

Pydos here... 

I '''was''' a student of [[Yale College Wrexham]] (note NOT THE UNI), and yes am responsible for the terrible page about it.   I love wikipedia because it brings everybody together in pursuit of knowledge.   I do a lot of good work (mostly small edits, but occasionally new pages such as ''[[Louie Knight]]'') if you see [[Special:Contributions/Pydos|anything good i've done]] please leave a message on my talk page.  

I am studying Law at [[Aberystwyth University]] (Wales), so am interested in the law pages here (but not the overtly American law portal). I am interested in postgrad work after it (possibly a Batchelor of Common Law)

'''I'm on a [[Wikipedia:Wikiholiday|wikibreak]] at the moment, so may be one or off wikipedia sporadically.  A law degree is a lot of work so I cannot guarantee when I will be on or not.  Be Bold and use your best judgement without me (but it's on your own head)
'''
*Is this user a Holmesian?  Well his AS English language coursework was a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, and the commentary was [[221B Baker Street|2218]] words long!!! 
==Tasks==
:*Chill out (ALL EXAMS FINISHED.  NOW AT AMBER ALERT).  I need to stop re-writing my exams in my head =-(
:*Get my bloody money back off Julian
:*remind myself what 8 hours of sleep feels like again
:*Enjoy myself...but i cannot use an eliptical sentence with a single verb - [[Black Books|"you will not use 'party' as a main verb in my shop!"]]
:*Get [[Sherlock Holmes]] to become a featured article!!!
:*Salute the wonder that is Rosie Kendrick

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==Web Comics==

Until I learn how to draw one myself (and, lets face it, find enough time) these are absolutely brilliant.  Please check them out!

* http://thinkingapeblues.com - Abe, Bob and Carl and their adventures in a dystopia (or is it merely somewhere in America with more zepplins?) as they reflect on the human (ape and robot) condition.  Not for the naturally optimists among you

* http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ - 'sparks' interfere with the industrial revolution and total war breaks out!  Where are the Heterodyne boys when you need them [or failing that a clank]?  Steampunk becomes gaslamp romance in the online version of the well known series

* http://www.smbc-comics.com - Not a story as such, more a series of amusing vignettes

==Music==

I am a fan of Jazz and particularly acid Jazz.  I really like [[Courtney Pine]], but in the more acid areas the inimitable [[Zero Seven]] (you've heard Jose Gonsalez all of you!)
, [[Sébastien Tellier]] (but can you find ''La Ritournelle'' for love or money? NO!) and some 'Little Fish' and 'Cloud' sounds good too. 'Two banks of Four' and 'Polar Bear' show promise as I love Chill EJazz - Rosie Kendrick rocks!  I need to buy some [[Jazzanova]] - notably 'Secret Love 2' and whatever their latest one is. Helps to kno that Jazzanova now work for Sonar Kollectiv of course!

== Favourite Quotes ==

[[Lord Peter Wimsey]] may have believed that quoting others was a substitute for real thought, but we know thats wrong.   Here are some of my favourite quotes - both [[wit]] and [[wisdom]];

* ''what's good isn't original, and what's original isn't good'' - [[Samuel Johnson]]

* ''This essay would not (should not?) have passed at [[GCSE]]'' - Bill, my history teacher, a [[University of Cambridge|tab]] - but i still got an A at AS-level (I stress this is through '''extreme''' hard work and not because A-level is easy!!!)

* ''Lifes not like coursework baby - it's one damn essay crisis after another!'' - [[Boris Johnson]]  

* ''When one burns ones bridges what a pretty fire it makes'' [[Dylan Thomas]] - a fellow countryman

* ''The thing I love about [[fox hunting]] is that you get to meet people from all walks of life - lawyers, doctors, peers - everyone!'' - one MFH, quoted by [[Mark Steel]]

* ''[Judge]I find you a fecund liar, but i am forced to let you go''
:''[defendent]Aye, you're a fecund good judge''

* "Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing, answered Holmes thoughtfully. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different." 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery'

* "I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles." - explains me on wikipedia - 'The Adventure of The Lion's Mane'

* "How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! 
:The world forgetting, by the world forgot; 
:Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! 
:Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd." - by [[Alexander Pope|an ancestor of mine]]

* "You are put on this earth to piss around.  Don't let anyone tell you anything different" - [[Kurt Vonnegut]]

* "Reason as motive, or reason as logic, or reason as a way of life?   They don't have to give me a reason - i can write my own damn reasons!" - Smiley - ''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]''

* "I don't know how you survived - you were thoughtful, discrete and good at your job" - ''Tinker, Tailor''

* "I had eighteen straight whiskeys. I think this is a record." - Dylan Thomas.  Only 18?  what a weakling!

* "Oh brave new world that hath such people in it" - ''[[The Tempest]]''

* "Integra Lex Aequi Custos Rectique Magistra Non Habet Affectus Sed Causas Gubernat" (Impartial justice, guardian of equity, mistress of the law, without fear or favour rules men's causes aright) - the motto of [[Gray's Inn]]

* To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 
:Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, 
:To the last syllable of recorded time; 
:And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 
:The way to dusty death. ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Act V, Scene V)

== Pydos - the film ==

Just some fun, [[tagline]]s for what my life might be like if someone recognised my bright future...and made a film!

:'She was a [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]] fanatic, he wanted to change the world...'
:'Worlds that cannot be...'
:'United they fell...'
:'He knew he was right - no one else seemed to notice' (comic)
:'to see her one last time...' (I admit this would be based on [[Tapestry (TNG episode)|Tapestry]])
:'Where the falling angel meets the rising ape'

== Expertise ==
* Ancient History

* [[Egyptology]]

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] et al

* [[Doctor Who]]

* [[Freemasonry]]

* [[Literature]]

* International Diplomacy

* British Culture

* British History

* [[International Politics]]

* [[Human Rights]]

* [[Philosophy]]

* [[Cryptography]]

== Portals ==
[[Portal:Classical_Civilisation|Classic Civilisation]] - created this one

''[[Portal:Star_Trek|Star Trek]]'' added significantly to this one

''coming soon...the [[Sherlock Holmes]] portal...'''

Hope you find that useful.

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