I’m knocking Hacked Off on the head for the forseeable future. No, I haven’t been laid off or dooced (pfft, you need to have a readership for any danger of the latter, after all)… but I *have* had a pretty good idea for an entirely...
Topics: things I hate

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Exciting times here at ShitSoft. Our wonderful Sports & Social Club has finally admitted defeat.Every year they try to get us to go to various tedious, utterly futile, supposedly morale-boosting “events” (their term - everyone else calls..
Topics: social club, workplace

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Early start today… no, I haven’t had a sudden attack of conscientiousness*, don’t worry. I had to drop eldest off for first day of secondary school, which happens to be just round the corner from where I “work”. Yeah. Beats..
Topics: confused, school

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Having been on the planet for more than half of my biblically-allotted time you’d think I’d no longer be prone to such naive thoughts as “sure, I could run a half-marathon no sweat”. Fact is, I’m still as hopelessly...
Topics: daft ideas, getting fit

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Post-holiday ennui prompted me to wander aimlessly around town this lunchtime. Having failed to find any cheapo CDs in HMV or Smiths*, I found myself drifting past the offices of a potential next employer. “Hmmmm… yeah… why...
Topics: restless, workplace

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