Welcome to Z's User page (2009) Edition

Nice of you to drop round, Unknown Visitor will you have a . After you've visited me why not take a look at some of the places I can be found on h2g2?

I really ourght to update my user page. When I first wrote it I was a 21 year old medical student. Now I'm a 28 year old Doctor, and not even a Junior one any more. I now have the rather odd status of being a 'middle grade'. I'm training to be a Geriatrician, which is the Non-PC term for 'Consultant Physician with a Special Interest in Care of the Elderly. Some people consider Geriatrics to be an offensive term, though I've never met an older person who actually minded.

I used to be called Z, but then I married A Girl Called Ben (of this parish) and we changed our online names to Zen.

Unknown Visitor, yes you. Are you sick of 'What did you last eat?' and '5 word postings only please' on ask h2g2? then why not visit The Forum, yes not only a forum, the Forum. - One of my favourite places on h2g2.

Do you have a question about Science? Then pop along to SEx where science is explained in a friendly fashion.

Unknown Visitor I'd like to hear from you, just click on the button to leave me a message... If you're new it isn't considered rude to say hello to strangers we like it. A lot

Talk to Z

E mail me at z_h2g2 at yahoo dot co dot uk, the same address is my MSN log in, I'm pretty much always on MSN.

I'm a real live human being as well as a collection of pixles, if you want to talk to me in real life I'm a regular at H2G2 meets.

This is my old user page.

Welcome to Z's not so new user page (2005 Edition)

I'm a scout, which means that I encourage writers in Peer Review to improve their entries, and reccomend the best ones to the Edited Guide. If you're a writer who's new to the Guide and you'd like advice then don't hesitate to ask me. Technially wise I'll pick all the entries that are well written.

Or drop by, to find a friendly person all ready to help you write for the Edited Guide

As a sub editor usualy I do all sorts of entries, though I find ones on Medicine, History, and Books most interesting.

For the one reader that was wondering, Z is what my parents wanted to call me, ¹

I'm a Junior Doctor, though thanks to the European Working Time Directive not especially tired or overworked.

Just so you know it's Z, spelt Z, not Zed, and prounced Zed, not Zee. At other times it's Steve, but I try to keep that awkward interfering with real life to a minimun

Dull Life Story that wouldn't Interest anyone combined with a plug for some of my entries!

I'm from Skelmerdale, Lancashire, in the Uk as my parents are part of the Transcendental Meditation Movement, where I spent much of my childhood reading books by Enid Blyton. As I got into medical school I moved to Birmingham, since I moved here I have spent far to much time drinking on the Birmingham Gay Scence, and waiting at New Street Station.But I have also learnt some things to consider when reading medical research and some things about the sounds the heart makes, and lots of things about mental illness and the immune system In my holidays I would do more interrailingif I had more money.

Visit my attempt at creating an H2G2 Book club....please join it, and comment...The Bookworms Club

Places I like to be on H2G2

• Ask H2G2
• De Mylin Nation
• the birmingham users society!

Useful pages to have links to.

Scouting and Subbing

• Peer Review
• English Usage in the Edited Guide
• Approved Guide ML
• Writing Guidelines
• Guide ML Clinic

ACEing

• Newbies

Mainly for Subbing! (new)

• What do the Sub-editors do? Just in case I forget
• Guidelines for Writers and Sub-editors at h2g2An unoffical entry citing some questions to ask yourself before you send it off
• BBCi Links

Just for Me

• Coming Up
• Named Entries
• 's

I've seen some of that rather cool h2g2 code so here's my attempt at adding some to my personal space

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¹ until common sense intervened