I ll have a look presently Half the academic staff in the Humanities Department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem should be there only we lack wiki bios Indologists scholars of Greek Latin history esp conspicuous Not quite the break the doctor ordered Close shave a week ago Monday 1 30 am Checked in to the local hospital with stomach pains that had persisted for 2 days Put on a waiting list as not urgent I apparently gave too dryly clinical a description of symptoms Fortunately I suffered a complete collapse while shuffling outside the waiting room to vomit in the gutter round 4 a m and was whipped into emergency Wife thought I was dead Perforated appendix at my fucking age peritonitis about an hour from death s door The real suffering was that I had to go six days without a decent plate of pasta All well now with fork regularly twiddling over parmesan lashed spaghetti Cheers N N