Sometimes it's a chicken; sometimes it's a chair; sometimes it's a piece of cheese suspended in the air

Happy birthday to my brother Tom. The title is in honour of you.

Tonight's Dinner: Chicken and vegetable casserole which i made three portions of last night...it always tastes better the next day, doesn't it? I also like the fact that if you makes lots fo the same thing you can subtly change each day's dinner to find out the nicest way to flavour that meal...tonight i added nutmeg, chilli powder and a bit of milk...definitely better than yesterday's boring version.

Academic Thinking: Dissertation: immersive installation and the embodied-transcendent experience. Hmm. I'm finding Merleau-Ponty very hard, as usual, but researching the artists is very interesting. My dissertation is about arguing in favour of a meaningful, in-depth, resonant encounter with art, and how immersive installation makes such an encounter available by changing our viewing habits.

Jesus Thinking: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; But fools despise wisdom and instruction...The fear of the Lord is to hate evil."

Observation of the Day: The bi-weekly Farmers' Market in Lancaster is certainly worth buying your veg from. I bought a week's fruit and veg for £3.88 today! And i can be content in the knowledge that it is produced locally.

Good Friends: Luke, despite the fact that he ate my cheese.