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ADMIN BLUES

Productivity has bottomed out. Our department is now so far behind on processing claims that the clients who made the claims in the first place have now forgotten ever doing so. Coming up with the goods at this remove only seems to annoy them further. Doing nothing actually makes more sense. Read the rest of this article here.

THIS IS FUNNY

What’s black and annoyed? Read the rest of this entry »

RANDOMERS: AN APOLOGIA

By throwing-out time on a Friday night, the streets resemble a ripped seam or a Hieronymus Bosch painting come to life. The footpaths teem with swaying bodies and grimacing faces. Some are belligerent. Others are content. Others yet are lovelorn. Most are drunk. And some… Well, some of us are peckish since you ask. In the bars and clubs from whence we were ejected, dim lighting encouraged coyness and prevarication. Here however, in the unforgiving glare of the late night florescent chip shop, conversations tend to be blunt and to the point. Read the rest of this entry »

OH WORDPRESS SPAM FILTER, MUST THOU CONTINUALLY THWART MY MANY ADMIRERS?

She’s a jealous mistress alright, the old WordPress Spam Filter. She just can’t stand to see this blog lavished with praise. Generic, nonspecific compliments from strangers in the unsecured loans and/or penis-enlargement industries particularly get her goat. Oh WordPress Spam Filter, doest thou jealousy really know no bounds? Read the rest of this entry »

THE HOUSE OF DOLLS

“Weird. Freaky. Scary… Freaky and scary are the two you’d get most often. People tend to either like the dolls or hate them. There’s no in-between.” Read the rest of this article here.

THIS IS FUNNY

Stealing content is lame. Stealing it a month after it debuted elsewhere is lamer still. But feck it, this is funny. ViaWhy That’s Delightful.

YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOING THERE MR SHELF-STACKER…

LEONARD COHEN, AGED 29: KIND OF A DICK

Halleujah, there’s hope for us all yet… Just watched this very interesting 1964 documentary about Leonard Cohen. The 29-year-old poet, novelist and (soon-to-be) songwriter captured is at once prodigiously talented, toe-curlingly pretentious and, well, I hate to admit it but… kind of an idiot. Read the rest of this entry »

“YOU KNOW THE WAY LIFE ISN’T FAIR, RIGHT?”

My phone is ringing. It’s Aidan. I might have guessed. “You know the way life isn’t fair..?” he asks. As opening gambits go, this is one of his better efforts. (The last time he rang with bad news, he said “You were never too fond of that coffee table, were you?”)

Immediately, my mind races through all sorts of horrific possibilities. Aidan has run over my dog. Aidan has impregnated my sister. Aidan has murdered my pregnant sister and run over my dog while making his getaway… It’s almost a relief when he coughs up the truth. Read the rest of this article.

BREAKING NEWS: SINGER-SONGWRITER HELD CAPTIVE BY SOMALI PIRATES

From the Associated Press this morning… Read the rest of this entry »