Archive for July, 2007

Lazy days

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Today, I am having a rest.
My alarm didn’t go off this morning, I have yet to sip my first paned of the day (it is sitting alongside my keyboard cooling down sufficiently), I have nothing planned until BGJ comes around for a bite to eat this evening.
That’s not to say I have nothing to do. [...]

On coincidences and practical jokes

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Today I had a number of small groups from the same school. They come every year. This morning they were playing up a little. By sheer coincidence I happened to find myself rummaging a cupboard I don’t go into very often. At the back are some items of lost property, amongst them a school sweater [...]

On middle age

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Tonight a colleague complained about her greying hair. She went on to say how she was meeting a friend for a cuppa at the M&S cafe on her way home. They were going to go out for a meal, but she quite fancied an early night. She reckons she’ll be in bed by half nine. [...]

Sayings that aren’t true #43

Monday, July 9th, 2007

A change is as good as a rest.
Oh yeah?
Not when the change means reaching 2500 students in 48 hours. Not when the change means staying on the top floor of a little hotel somewhere that’s not home. Not when the change involves putting up and taking down large screens and lighting rigs that leave peculiar [...]

from the Dragon’s mouth