In the Dark

It’s January 4th and my 2024 RAS Diary has at last arrived in Ireland, just a day after I mentioned not having received one this year. According to the customs declaration I see it wasn’t even posted until 22nd December 2023. Why so late?

The diary part of the RAS diary, being I suppose intended for academics, actually runs from October to December the following year. In previous years it has arrived in time to use it for Semester 1 but for the last four years it hasn’t arrived in the post until December at the earliest, meaning that I couldn’t use the first three months in the new diary. I’m actually surprised it got here so quickly given when it was posted.

Anyway, here it is, along with a collection of older ones. It is actually more purple than the blue it appears in the photograph. Notice the change of logo from 2021.

Although many of my colleagues seem not to use them, I like old-fashioned paper diaries. I do run an electronic calendar for work-related events, meetings etc, but I use the paper one to scribble down extra-curricular activities such as concerts and sporting fixtures, as I find the smartphone version of my electronic calendar a bit fiddly.

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