I just want to use this blog entry to commemorate the thirtieth birthday of my brother mark. Did I just write that? Can my big bro really be thirty? It does not seem two weeks since we were playing ‘war of the rooms’ back in Cheshire, but now Mark has become a great man of science, bound for Cern, married to a most excellent woman in Kat. I am truly proud of my brother, and seeing him these last couple of weeks, after so long apart, has made me realise how lucky I am to have him as a sibling. Happy birthday bro!