I absolutely have to mention last weekend's trip to the wine region along the Unstrut in Germany where I spent a day in the company of this eclectic group of people. What brought us together? We are the last graduates from the special maths school at Martin Luther University Halle, an elite science school founded during the communist East Germany and dismantled after the fall of the wall. I don't know how I got through the interviews to join the school but despite my presence the average IQ in the picture must hover somewhere around the 180 mark. It's interesting to see what the others have been up to; they cover various academic disciplines, legal professions, engineering, computer sciences, business and architecture. We had a great time, sampled the local wine and enjoyed various outdoor activities...