Category: life

I’m getting a bit worried about the number of recruitment agents who just ignore me when I send them my CV[1] to apply for jobs. Part of it is probably the fact that in the current job market they get 50 CVs for every advert, but I’m also starting to suspect that I should do… Continue reading Curriculum Vitae

Snowing? In April? The weather has gone really weird.

We’ve been talking about getting a big wine rack for… well probably years. And yesterday we finally got round to buying one. Like just about any piece of storage that you buy these days it arrived in a flat pack. So being the alpha-male type (hah!) I decide that I’ll put it together last night.… Continue reading Whine Rack

So Sixteen Year Old Step-Daughter comes to stay for the weekend. Bringing with her Boy Who I’m Just Good Friends With. “Oh, of course you are” we agree, tongues dripping with heavy sarcasm. But it seems that she’s right. They are just good friends. The only person who doesn’t seem to know this is BWIJGFW… Continue reading Teenage Lust

Don’t tell anyone, but the Central Line is working through the centre of London again. It’s been out of action for 68 days – since the derailment on January 25th. I was a bit worried as it was apparently going to be a cutdown service this morning so I was expecting the trains to be… Continue reading The Secret Tube

Apparently, from midnight tonight smoking will be banned in all bars in New York. I’ve always said that New York was one of my favourite places and this can only increase the likelihood that I’ll live there at some point. So many places in the world are passing laws like this, but unfortunately there seems… Continue reading New York, New York

I really want to believe this chap’s story. NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256! ‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING

Yesterday we were at a friend’s wedding. Someone organised a sweepstake on the combined length of the after-dinner speeches. It was £10 to enter so I took a chance. I didn’t get the time spot on, but I was one of two people who got closest to the actual time, so they split the prize… Continue reading Free Money