While trawling to see if
While trawling to see if there's *any* interesting news in the election campaign coverage (trust me - there isn't), I was sidetracked into a couple of US politics sites, and came across this glorious Bushism from only last week:
"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."
Much as I despise the man and what he stands for, I can't help but wish that even one of the drab lot we've got out on the stump at the moment could be even half as funny.
Regular blogging resumes: Something incredibly
Regular blogging resumes: Something incredibly frustrating has happened at work, and I'm really pissed-off about it. Not going to do details, but even if it wasn't before, it shall forever be a tenet of the Jon School of Management that 'thou shalt continue to treat people with respect even when they've resigned'. Unlike *some* managers in a multi-national corporation I could name. Or in a small independent web agency I could name, for that matter. I'm so annoyed, I'm actually going to take a whole lunch hour.
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #7: Apparently
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #7: Apparently there's a get-together of London-based gay Bloggers next Wednesday night. How scary is that?
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #6: Ironically,
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #6: Ironically, less than two weeks before I'll probably never need to do it again, I've found a route from the tube to the office that doesn't involve running the gauntlet of agressive drunks that congregate on my usual route every morning. I actually try quite hard not to be judgemental, but when people are clearly pissed off their faces at 8am, I find it hard not to be.
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #5: How
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #5: How long is it since I was cruised on the tube????? (Anyone whose answer involves the phrase The Thatcher Years would not be accused of crazy talk.) And yet - twice in the last two days it's happened. Admittedly on Tuesday evening every man in the carriage was being eyed up, but at least I wasn't actively excluded from the attention. This morning, however, a very attractive man I was sharing the overhead rail with kept looking, smiling, and 'accidentally' letting his hand touch mine. I'm all flustered now.
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #4: Now
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #4: Now this is absolutely brilliant (speakers needed for the full effect).
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #3: The
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #3: The reasons for the site's temporary absence from its usual location is not to do with my latest revamp (though I am taking the opportunity to perform a facelift), nor because I'm being sued (? Thanks for that suggestion, Mike), but for far more prosaic reasons which if anyone really wants to know, they should mail me for.
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #2: Remember
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #2: Remember last week I dismissed the idea of keeping a blog to record starting the new company with the comment; "been done before, I daresay"? Well if it hadn't then, it is being now.
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #1: Tuesday
Bite-sized catch-up blogging #1: Tuesday evening, I met Gerard for birthday-type drinks, and met a bunch of Bluewavers, which was cool. I didn't stay long, as I wanted to get back and help Chris tidy up the school site, which (as these things often do) took longer than expected. Then I had my traditional crap night's sleep before an early morning train to Hampshire.
That whole ‘fake 19-year-old’ thing
That whole 'fake 19-year-old' thing I mentioned yesterday seems to have reached a peak, with internet detectives having uncovered the original photos that were altered to represent KayCee, and the woman who was playing 'the mother' having come clean about her activities. It's made for slightly amusing reading on Metafilter - there were people posting to the second 'Was KayCee real?' thread literally all night, and predictions being made that it would be hitting the mainstream press imminently. Mad. As toast.