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Latest blog posts from The Gripes of Wrath

Apologies to Popbitch! Old Jokes Home...
A Freudian, a Jungian, and a Lacanian walk into a bar.br /The Freudian orders a cigar. The Jungian orders anbr /Etruscan mask to conceal his face. "You cretins!"br /says the Lacanian. He then orders a beer, which,br /however, he does not desire.br /br /br /(well, it made me laugh...) Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Optimental
Well, hurrah for me.br /br /I've managed to get a new job- as a manager nonetheless - and will be escaping the mayhem at work (for some fresh mayhem elsewhere) in a little less than two weeks time. About time too - if I had to put up with certain elements of my "team" much longer I would... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Birthday Blues (part 37)
It's coming up to that time of year again... The anniversary of my birth. A week and a half to go, I can hardly wait.br /br /As per usual, I'm not entirely chuffed about it: another marker down, another point of reference to show how much fuck all I've achieved (and it's quite a bit of fuck all,... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Looks like rain again...
object height="344" width="425"(According to tradition, if it rains upon St Swithin's day, it will rain for the next 40 days*...br /According to another tradition, if it rains upon St Swithin's day, it will bring a bumper crop of apples.br /Nice to be able to choose traditions, eh?br /br /Apples... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

People
I work in an industry that cares. If you work with and for people, it should be a prerequisite (although sometimes it isn't, admittedly...)br /br /It sounds so fluffy, so pleasant, so very, very granola-eating-knit-your-own-knickers-from-yoghurt-sing-whalesong-and-menstruation-as-artform a sort... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

A Close Shave
Not one of an intimate nature (oh, you low-minded souls...) but a brush with redundancy. Not quite so fun (or maybe just as much fun, depending on your point of view...)br /br /At the beginning of March I was given 30 days notice of redundancy - all down to a corporate funder not being too... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

EH?
It's freezing out there. Frost nips at everything. Riven with ice and all that.br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_usF1Wph0u6M/R5W1St0ioJI/AAAAAAAAADE/zTsBHGrYLh8/s1600-h/elan.jpg"img style="cursor: pointer;"... Read more...
Published 9 months ago

Happy New Yea... Oh.
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Published 9 months ago

"Tis the season
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Published 10 months ago

The Unbearable Shiteness of Being (At Work)
I am freezing.br /br /Yes, I know it's Scotland.br /br /Yes, I know my office is a manky hut on a hill, so poorly insulated that if it rains I swear it steams. (Well, OK, a touch of hyperbole, but...)br /br /Yes, I am aware it is November.br /br /But - it's cold in here!br /br /And one of the... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

The rain it raineth every day
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Published a year ago

Crappy Birthday and other passing matters..
1. It was my birthday 15 days ago. It sucked. Theo was away in England and I was at work.br /And I was was 36. 36??! Oh god - how have I got so old? I'm a youthworker for fuck's sake: I must look ridiculous...br /br /Actually, work sucked more than usual - the (ha!) team had a major argument... Read more...
Published a year ago