Monthly Archives: October 2013

It’s brilliant at work at the moment. A combination of people not being well, people being on leave and it being half-term mean it’s not busy and it’s not crowded. The half-term element gives me a chance to catch up … Continue reading →

3.2 British million people are scared of answering their phone. And this isn’t even MSN butchering the published information of the original survey publication: unsurprisingly they have barely changed the press release that the company behind the survey, Step Change, released. … Continue reading →

So much for this fucking superstorm hitting England. All I’ve heard is people blathering on about* is the terrible weather. And it’s just a bit of rain. Yes, because I can see no evidence of serious weather conditions out of … Continue reading →

I am in John Lewis and not even thinking twice about how it’s pretty much christmas in there despite it being October. It reminds me that I read the other day that the John Lewis christmas advert will be soundtracked … Continue reading →

The modern world eh? Tonight my Instagram (finger: on the pulse) timeline (he speaks the lingo) is full of zombies. Because it’s the weekend before halloween I get to glimpse what social media would be like after a zombie apocalypse … Continue reading →

Everyone else keeps the odd person on their Facebook timeline who you hate right? [Insert joke about it being me here] There is something undoubtedly perverted about this practice. I get NOTHING out of these social network links other than … Continue reading →

As soon as I respect someone I can have high expectations of them. Outside of my social life this only has a bearing on me. I am building myself up for disappointment, why? In some cases I needlessly defend the … Continue reading →

I don’t want to be in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. That is one of those statements that is generally true. I am trying to be diplomatic, though, so I am asking people to meet me in the Northern Quarter. I am … Continue reading →