This is why Hayden will never be very high in my books

Hayden wants to get Ishant Sharma in a boxing ring??

Which international cricketer have you ever heard make this kind of public statement? He's 30+ in his umpteenth year of international cricket and he still gets involved in this kind of dog-fight.
He justs needs to shut up and get on with it just as he advises everyone else in the world to do.

Haven't blogged for over four months, which makes this post a re-introduction. I don't know what to blog about really.

Many things have happened since I last blogged.
Presented a paper at ASTMH conference in Philadelphia (where a long-distance call has changed many lives)
Spent 4 weeks in cold regions of North America (when I felled my reputation as a "man" with one act of detailed planning)
Spent 2 weeks in Canada (learning why kids love the Wii and vowing to have it installed in my first home)
Thudded into Berkeley and into the classroom (refused to indulge in any activity other than work for 3 weeks while writing my masters paper)
Copy-edited my first paper (never felt such excitement before)
Presently am trying to discipline myself into some sort of schedule (habits die hard...)

Anyway, I'm back now..be prepared for more regular bouts of self-indulgent rubbish.