Incompetence

September 25th 2006 | 15:27 | General | Net joy

Don’t you love the way in which companies refuse to bend and flex themselves to help their employees.  I shaln’t go into specifics, (you never know who’s watching, and besides, I’m working from a work computer) but I believe the technical term for the emotion I’m currently feeling is GRRRR!
In good news, my internet and phone [...]

Brevity and swing

September 19th 2006 | 15:47 | Music | Net joy

Had a rather splendid set of communique’s with Jonic yesterday, all conversations conducted though sentences contracted to their three or four word essence.  But all too soon it was over, I presume that he left his computer.
Took the bus to work today rather than the death-cycle, which allowed for my MP3 player to be utilised.  [...]

Healthy?

September 18th 2006 | 14:52 | General | Smoking

It’s amazing how much different I feel after just a few days without nicotine.  I’m more active, my sense of taste is astoundingly improved and I feel a general glow of good health.  Aside from all the phlegm of course.  I can see why non-smokers become so militant, not that that’s what I’ll be doing.
Tests [...]

A darker day

September 14th 2006 | 15:48 | General | Music

Well, due to an immense lack of funds and a general lack of anyone to lend me further, today I have given up the tobacco leaf.  Cold turkey.  I can’t afford patches or manuals or anything of the like, so it’s the hard way for me.
So far, aside from a few mood swings, it’s not [...]

Haxby bound

September 11th 2006 | 15:39 | Uncategorized

I’ve come to the conclusion that there is nothing more annoying than a paggered bike.  Since the move to Haxby (which went swimmingly) I now have to cycle to and from work.  Unfortunately I have to contend with the bicycle equivalent of a grumpy teenager.  The back brake is broken, the tyres refuse to stay [...]