Chaplaincy today had one of their semi-regular Monday events on 'researching with integrity' which was an interesting look at the moral and ethical dimensions of how researchers behave. (The speaker's main thesis was that it was something we should live and 'be' rather than a set of policy guidelines that we sign up to).

These things are quite informal (projector/laptop on a coffee table projected on the wall; sit around in a half circle with coffee available) but I was surprised that only three people as well as myself had decided to come. The fact that one of them was my Head made it a bit library heavy.

Most embarrassing moment of the week: When I arrived I noticed the keystoning on the projector was way off so we weren't looking at a rectangle but an odd trapezoid. I thought I'd fix it (as this is my job elsewhere and they know me well enough in chaplaincy that I feel quite at home there), but in sorting that the projector decided to switch itself off. Now it may not have been me - but it certainly looked like it. I'd have sorted it out, but the presenter - fairly senior - told me not to worry. Twice. I took the hint. As there were only a handful of us we could all see his laptop screen in any case. Fortunately these days they're large enough for that kind of arrangement to work. And at least we didn't have the projector hum.... but it will teach me not to mess.