archives for Wednesday 11 April 2007
small confession
Wednesday 11 April 2007 | 3 cookies in the jar
I suspect that I have some seldom-visiting readers who, well, who don’t like me very much (this isn’t the confession part—that’s still ahead). Now this is an oddly contemporary phenomenon, this desire to read people’s blogs even though we have the faintest edging of contempt for them and their sad little thoughts, and it does [...]
hilarious given the context
Wednesday 11 April 2007 | I like a cookie
The small print This influence frequently coincides with a period of good feeling and an optimistic outlook on life. And if you exercise some care, it will be very helpful for all kinds of contractual negotiations, conferences, planning sessions and discussions. However, it is important to be careful. This influence gives a tendency to grand [...]
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fickle april reversals
Wednesday 11 April 2007 | someone left a cookie
I’m climbing into bed late last night when I decide I’ll take my wad of State School paperwork with me and study it indolently from beneath the covers. Leafing through, grousing comfortably in my head about the three-week trainings and the mandatory thises and thats, I abruptly encounter a well-concealed sentence which literally, dear reader, [...]
