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John Cleese on creativity
September 25, 2012 | BlogCreativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating. John Cleese Which brings me to the crux of it – which is that all those Designers who have titled themselves Creatives are just Pompous Gas Bags trying to lift a label that isn’t uniquely theirs to take. You are all creative people. GO […]
Cat of a different level
September 4, 2012 | BlogI take back everything I’ve ever said about this cat. She’s clearly working on an entirely different level of rodent eradication. Mouse witnessed in basement several weeks ago, but not since. Found floating in sump pump hole this afternoon, clearly for some time. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE ELDERLY.
Breaker labels
August 31, 2012 | BlogA few days ago I traipsed around the house with a table lamp searching for the outlet end of a breaker labeled freezer. It was a fruitless search, so I left the breaker off. This morning my tea was violated with the kind of scum that occurs when calcium and tea tannins get much too […]
Roger Sterling gives drinking advice
August 29, 2012 | BlogYou don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it’s good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink, because it’s what men do. Roger Sterling, Mad Men
Work language
August 10, 2012 | BlogIf you were to walk past my window right now you might hear “PHOTOSHOP YOU PIECE OF SHITQUITQUITQUITQUIT. Restart.” followed closely by some colourful language regarding the whereabouts of our tea cart, which is a thing we haven’t got, but if we did I wouldn’t have to stomp disappointed up the stairs to get my […]
I just took my mind off the hook for a bit
August 10, 2012 | BlogI just took my mind off the hook for a bit. I reckoned that if the world wanted me badly enough it would call back. It did. Ford Prefect, Life, the Universe, and Everything All I get is a dial tone.
I could use a Rain God
July 25, 2012 | BlogAnd as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and […]
Bunnies in the yard
May 25, 2012 | BlogSo I saw a FLUFFIN BUNNY in the yard Wednesday evening. I have been under the impression that the fox, coyote, hawk and I had a (albeit silent) rabbit-free understanding wherein they eat the rodents, and I grow a lovely garden. Now I’m concerned that they’ve contracted my cat’s KILLER’S MALAISE. Side note: do they […]
Calm empowerment
April 5, 2012 | BlogLast night I dreamt of the old farm. This morning I awoke with a feeling of calm empowerment. NICE WHILE IT LASTS.
Save your sanity for later
March 28, 2012 | BlogThe point is, you see, that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later. Ford Prefect, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe