This 'Love, Peace and Chocolate' design now comes in two versions - one with the molecular structure of chocolate (theobromine) and one without. I went for a sort of retro theme, with brightly colored flowers and copious amounts of pink. It looks pretty cool on the dark tees, like the one shown above.

1. How's the PhD going?
2. Have you written up yet?
3. Lazy students, huh?
4. My taxes fund you
5. Students know nothing of the real world
6. Of what practical importance is your research?
7. How many papers have you published?
8. When do you plan to get a real job?
9. So you won't be a real doctor?
10. When do you finish?

Get it on a t-shirt here!

Badly cooked Christmas turkey causes more cases of food poisoning than everything else put together. Or something like that.

I realise this is perhaps a little early to start with the Xmas designs, but food poisoning just happens to be a subject that is currently on my mind. Except, in my case, it was a lamb kebab that was to blame, not turkey.

Looking on the bright side though, languishing at home instead of going to work has given me a chance to create some lovely holiday-themed decorations for my shop. It's about all I am good for today really. That, and watching some Jeremy Kyle or whatever other nonsense is on daytime TV.

This video is about the increasing problem of extremely drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). It's just a couple of minutes long and you can visit the XDRTB.org website to find out more and get involved.

There are other Agar Art images available in the Superbug shop, including a number of Xmas products, such as cards and the tree ornament and keepsake box shown below.

I got thinking about supervillains and have a few questions. Firstly, is there a villain tailor somewhere who specialises in producing sinister yet well-fitting dark-colored costumes for the villain with taste? Because I can hardly imagine Dr Doom or The Green Goblin sitting down with a sewing kit in between spates of killing people. Also, where do the bad guys manage to find so many minions to do their dirty work? We all know that most of these unfortunates are going to die at some point in the film, and at least one will be murdered by the boss himself to show us just how mean and unfeeling the evil dude is. So why on Earth would anyone take such a job? This Evil genius personal ad, shown here on a tote bag, is one of my more popular products and was created after watching one too many superhero films.

Top unanswered questions about supervillains or bad guys from films:

1. Who makes their costumes?
2. Where do they get all the minions from?
3. Do they practice their evil laughs in front of a mirror?
4. Are they nice to their mothers?
5. Do they ever get embarrassing illnesses, like athlete's foot or dandruff?
6. Why do I care about this nonsense?