"I will share my experiences of science — such as they are and as frankly as I can." With these words Professor Stephen Curry started writing about science on his blog in 2008. His aim was to demystify the business of being a scientist working in the UK in the 21st century but the journey turned out to be much more interesting than he had ever imagined. This book contains a personal collection of his most interesting and significant blog posts. It is probably too long.