Job Hunting

A weekend by the sea got my daydreaming about a better life going into overdrive again, and whilst I have the Great Road Trip of 2010(TM) to look forward to and plan, I started wondering about how nice it would be if I didn't do what i was doing at the moment. Maybe that means a new job, maybe a new town to live in, I'm not sure. But getting time out of London definitely clears your head, and I ...

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Hi Mum!

My mum is my most avid reader, and gets most upset when I fail to post a blog for a bit.... So, despite the fact I've just got home and should really get to bed, I am writing this in the knowledge that I'm going to be on the sunny south coast for the weekend and she may well be unable to sleep, turning to the tattie for something to make her doze off. Never one to disappoint (at least ...

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Bicycle! Biicycle! Biiiicycle....!

I'm buying a bike tomorrow! I'm very excited, and have spent the last few weeks avidly searching the Halfords web site and eyeing up the contraptions as they whizz past me on the street. Before any proper bicyclists start slagging me for using Halfords, I have to as they are the ones with the deal with my work - through whom I get a discounted deal. As luck would have it though, the one I want ...

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what to write about?

I've had some kind of writer's block for months now, never knowing what to blog about. Either my life has ground to a shuddering boredom-filled halt, or I have stage fright after people complimented me on my previous efforts. As far as I can tell, it's not the former, unless my brain has also turned to porridge and in actual fact is trickling out of my ear - whilst I sit, staring vacantly into ...

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Corner shops rock

after trekking to our crap Tesco tonight, I found out that yet again they were out of vegetables and didn't have the light bulbs I was after.

So I went the whole way back past my house to the Costcutter, where there was a massive selection of greenery and bargain lightbulbs - meaning I can now see in my room again. Plus I rewarded myself for my efforts by getting a couple of cans of lager.

God, my life rocks.

Gotta love it

As someone employed in the financial services industry - in particular in Operations - I pissed myself when I read this in the paper this evening. I absolutely love the audacity of the fraudster - it almost sounds like it must be made up. As for the poor sods involved that didn't follow ID procedures.... New year, new job, eh?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jan/10/scamsandfraud.creditcards
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Charity wars

I get royally pissed off when I'm out for my morning (lunch time, afternoon) fag, as I have to stand in front of Charing Cross train station. This makes me an easy target for those charity muggers who come up and try and get me to sign up for whatever cause they are touting on that particular day. Somehow, the fact that they're "not asking for any money today" means that I am not entitled to say ...

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Happy New year....

welllllll, I'm only a week late, aren't I? Strange to think that this time last week was New Year's Eve - seems like an eternity ago already. Had a reasonably quiet one by general standards, arriving in the pub at 9.30-ish and heading for home by half two. All flew past in a bit of a blur, but then I guess that's the sign of a pleasant evening. Unlike last year there was no drama, no friends ...

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