My second holiday season in the UK. Thanksgiving has come and gone, Christmas et. al. is coming, and I have this vague unsettled feeling that I should be homesick. But I’m just… not. I don’t really feel anything ( Read more... )

Got fired from the grocery store on Friday. For not being "happy" enough. Apparently such egregious sins leaning on the register and letting the manager be the first to say hi in the mornings are unforgivable in the 'disposable register monkey' field, and so I find myself disposed of ( Read more... )

Well, this is my third week at the little grocery store, and I'm coming toward the end of my ability to use "sorry, I'm new here" as an excuse for my fuckups. (Today I almost gave someone thirty pounds more cashback than he'd asked for. I am NOT at my best in the mornings, guys ( Read more... )

I, uh, got two jobs today. Well, a job offer and an informal freelance project ( Read more... )

When ‘Boots lost her job last month, it was mostly a relief - her coworkers were horrible to her - but it also brought us into the domain of the Worry Wyvern. In order for the Powers that Be to approve my visa, we had to meet a financial requirement: namely, that she be employed six months at a salary meeting or exceeding a given threshhold. When ( Read more... )

I was bribed with cookies to post this, so you may all blame my partner.

( Once upon a time, a tiny Roddy went to a civil partnership ceremony... )

“If only,” I keep hearing, whenever the subject of male entitlement or gun violence comes up. “If only some kind woman had given that poor boy a chance. If only she’d given me a chance to get into her panties. Then I wouldn’t have been so sad and lonely. Then he wouldn’t have shot six people. I feel for him. Poor guy.This is the story of the time I ( Read more... )

Ferguson Legal Defense Fund: On Indiegogo.

Ferguson Municipal Public Library (providing vital services to protestors currently): Donation button here.

And that's all I'm gonna say.

Ladies and gentlemen and otherwise: after a comedy of errors, little sleep, a lot of panic and a really long wait, I am SLAGGING THRILLED to announce that I have my entry visa and 'Boots and I are finally setting a date ( Read more... )

OKAY. Lots of things have happened in the past month. Quick summary ( Read more... )