The cultural puzzle


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I had a dream a couple of nights ago. I was on a plane, and the plane started falling. Everyone assumed the emergency head-between-knees position. I cheated a little, looking through the window and watching the ground getting closer, but when it seemed close enough I brought my head to my knees to and started waiting. But the hit never came and ( Read more... )

There's lately been a lot of writing about employee integrity and how employers read employees' blogs and that's bad because they get to know too much.
A downside of being found through your blog and being offered freelance writer/illustrator work is, you guessed it, you know that that person reads you blog. And thus can see when you post stupid ( Read more... )

Climbing the ladder
Today, at coffee-time, me and my boss cracked the same joke simultaneously.
B: Jar har inte rört [biskvien].
Jag + chef: Men skakat?

I like the way that BEBIS is goin' cross my tummyThere are those T-shirts for hipster moms, ordinary T-shirts with "BABY" written across the stomach. I've always found them stupid. Today I was in ( Read more... )

I spent all my prelunch office time on printing out job applications. For the position that I'm currently filling in ( Read more... )

Today at work, I got a papercut between my fingers, and I was, like, "yeah, whatever". I'M SOOO MANLY!

Work would have been much more enjoyable if they changed the soundtrack. Now it's Vinyl'107 (a 60's radio channel) and I used to listen to it a lot in my teens. They have not changed the repertoir since (understandably). Will not kill people, but might destroy the radio.

Workaholic ( Read more... )