well my week back after a week off was one for the books. tumbling out of the metaphorical crucible like a hundredweight of molten metal it just sat there for the first few days before ramping up the pressure over the last two ( Read more... )

my feet are burning. I had to work 30 minutes over quitting-time so it's not surprising they're so sore. today I realised something very important today. difference isn't lorded ( Read more... )

Work collapsed today. not literally (yet) but from a figurative point of view ( Read more... )

ok. so after catching a few hours on my parent's sofa bed and downing a cup of coffee, three wheatabix and a cinnamon swirl the size of phone I'm about ready to say what I thought of last night's broadcast of north America's annual worship of all things corporate.
and they played some football too.
( the more things change )

Just finished Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay.
Why is it my favorite characters die in books??
Why?
( spoilers for Mockingjay )

picking through my sports sites in vain hoping for signs that this flippin' NFL lockout will end I happened on a piece about Eagles football player, who for some reason referred to a caller on a live call radio-show as a "gay-ass fa**ot ( Read more... )

Just saw the first ever episode of Buffy. Or BtVS as it's affectionately called ( Read more... )

I was going to write last night after my creative head had come back down from endlessly transcribing ( Read more... )

Sometimes it takes the most unusual, and the most unique set of circumstances to make you re-think your opinion of some people ( Read more... )

happy new year everyone.
this is my required meme for the best, and the worst of 2009. I'm thinking of doing a Best of The Decade post but I'm not sure when that's going to be posted, so, in the meantime, enjoy.

( permission to land )