Patient Plebs,

I want to avoid the typical “I’ve been gone for so long”-style blog. I want to avoid writing about how busy that I’ve been. I don’t want to apologise for my absence. The readers? Who are they to judge? However, I list the things that happened as if people care. There was a conference, a smashing of the boundaries of science, a car crash, a pond and a report. I was the victim of all of these things.

Now that I’ve rejoined the western world (and it’s anarchy out there), I will begin with a topical article.