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It’s 2008!

( Misc. and Day 2 Day )

At least according to the Microsoft calendar at the bottom of the screen.
Now, it’s not just that it’s Microsoft that makes me slightly suspicious of that date, but rather that a few weeks ago I was looking through essays that I’d written at middle school that my mother had kept in her attic of […]

The HR Dept of UCL…

( Misc. )

…are a bunch of (insert expletive of your choice here depending upon your sensibilities - I’m going with ‘people who, perhaps upon reflection, are not entirely competent’).
That is all.

The Problems of Globalisation

( Misc. )

Say, purely for the sake of argument, that one has been to London for a job inteview and is invited to meet friends at the theatre afterwards. A wonderful idea, no? Unfortunately I have very poor knowledge of London geography, so was advised that it was on page 26 of the A-Z.
Unable to find “The […]

Gack! But Not. I hope.

( Misc. )

1 p.m. phone call. “Can you come to an interview this afternoon? No it has to be this afternoon.”
It is *quite* near Euston station though, so if I run when I get off the train…
Orange. Life, as you like it.

Giving Up Blogging

( Misc. )

See, it’s dead easy. That was weeks and weeks with no problem at all – and you can do the same too! Just read tomorrow’s instalment of “Blogging: You don’t have to write every day” – it’s the first step to your cure.
Oh, and check in the day afterwards for part two, obviously……

Request For Help

( Misc. )

Someone who appears to be even more calamitous than I was booked to fly from Heathrow to Germany yesterday with British Airways and had his flight cancelled because of fog. What is the correct procedure for getting money, recompense etc. from BA?
More specifically, what are his rights? What can one request after x hours of […]