Welcome to my personal space. As you've probably guessed my name is Alex - I'm a 4th year medical student¹, Norfolk born and bred (in a way), and I have a girlfriend who is convinced that I spend my summers working on a farm, eating hotpot and drinking 'coider'. Well, that's actually almost true . Oh and I'm an atheist, but I'm mostly harmless.

Where Am I?

Most likely a hospital somewhere. I've been to the Royal Free in Hampstead, the Whittington in Archway, University College Hospital, the Heart Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Great Ormond Street, all of which are in London. I've also been on fleeting visits to Edgware Community Hospital and Hertford County Hospital, and I've stayed (in the student's accommodation) at Chase Farm Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and Basildon University Hospital.

What Am I Doing?

Learning something new. Every. Single. Day.

Things I've Done on h2g2

	Field Researching I have a University Field Researcher badge for projects on the London Underground, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway and Mental Health.
	Post Reporting I've written quite a few bits of nonsense for The h2g2 Post, though I try not to as the rest of their stuff is of much higher quality.
	Scavenging I've gained a Scavengers badge for rescuing five articles from h2g2's Flea Market and turning them into Edited Entries.
	Scouting I used to be a Scout. Scouting involves helping authors in Peer Review and recommending entries for the Edited Guide.
	Sub-editing I used to be a SubEditor, meaning that I worked on some of the entries picked by Scouts from Peer Review and made any adjustments necessary for the Entries to enter the Edited Guide.
	Solo Edited Entry Writing I've got a badge for writing a lot of solo Edited Entries. Badges currently exist for 1, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 entries, and there's now a page listing authors with the most solo entries.
	UnderGuide Writing To my astonishment, I've had a piece of fiction accepted by h2g2's UnderGuide.
	The Stretcher I took part in h2g2's The Stretcher competition (see Tufty's Stretcher Entries) and came joint fourth out of fourteen contestants.
	Entry of the Month My Edited Entry on Shell Shock won Entry of the Month for February 2009.
Some Links and a Small Green Lizard The Help Page Update Project The h2g2 London Thing The h2g2 Researcher's Group EGWW Management Peer Review SubEditors-What Writing Guidelines To Do List Info Coming Up Solo Entries Board Ignore this link Who's Online (h2g2) Entries Awaiting the Front Page Endometrial Cancer Accident and Emergency Departments (UK)   Entries Currently In Peer Review None right now. Some Quotes and a Pooh Bear "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw "It can't rain all the time." - the late Brandon Lee in the film 'The Crow' "It would be a good idea." - Gandhi on western civilization. "Are you going to ignore your father for the rest of your life?" - Marge Simpson "No, just for the rest of his life..." - Homer Simpson "The more times you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." - Jack Neafsey "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." - Mark Twain "Every day we have to breathe, we have no choice about it. There is only one way out..." - a lecturer at UCL2 Some More Information Things I Couldn't Live Without: Love (and associated perks) h2g2.com Video Games Muse - the Band Things I'm Not Sure About: My Left Knee Mild Lime Pickle History of the CPSU, 1943 Edition3 Things I Wouldn't Really Miss: Hate W*kipedia Pi Magazine + Newspaper Advertising4