Over an hour spent stood at a poxy bus stop when all I wanted to do was get home kind of tarnished what had been a good day.
Got plenty of work done, had a laugh at one of the other branch managers who came to ours for a managers meeting and absolutely reeked of stale booze, didn't find myself distracted by wasting time on the net and felt pretty good considering I hadn't had much sleep (Due to staying up and watching the new series of Lost on Sky).
But it only took waiting for the bus home to put me in a shite mood. Not only was the bus home late in the first place, but the fucker just drove on by when it did finally reach the stop.
In those sorts of situations I always try to tell myself, 'It's history. Soon enough you'll forget that you were ever here in this mood', but today it didn't work because I was quite happy stewing in my own bitterness and resentment. In fact I was enjoying muttering curses under my breath as I stood all alone waiting for a bus. Watching waves of people coming to the bus stop and departing on other buses as I stood forlorn hardly helped the mood.....or did considering I was happy being miserable.
Monday, November 20
Friday, November 17
InterWebNet 'fuelling crisis in politics'
Apparently. According to this article on the BBC anyway.
Tony Blair's outgoing policy chief Matthew Taylor says, 'The internet has immense potential but we face a real problem if the main way in which that potential expresses itself is through allowing citizens to participate in a shrill discourse of demands'.
Make of that what you will.
Kind of reminds me of the initially baffled & hurt 'professional' commentators on Comment Is Free, who started lashing out when it became apparent that rather a lot of their technology minded readers didn't like the smug old crap the commentators were blithely spouting out and letting them no in no uncertain terms.
Don't blame the readers/bloggers for highlighting and criticising your poor performance or arguments.
Of course, the best potential for the InterWebNet is to use it as the means for Universal Representation. Stuff this Representative Democracy, let's have the full-on every vote counts democracy and rid ourselves of all these incestuous, cloned management-types that infest Government.
Tony Blair's outgoing policy chief Matthew Taylor says, 'The internet has immense potential but we face a real problem if the main way in which that potential expresses itself is through allowing citizens to participate in a shrill discourse of demands'.
Make of that what you will.
Kind of reminds me of the initially baffled & hurt 'professional' commentators on Comment Is Free, who started lashing out when it became apparent that rather a lot of their technology minded readers didn't like the smug old crap the commentators were blithely spouting out and letting them no in no uncertain terms.
Don't blame the readers/bloggers for highlighting and criticising your poor performance or arguments.
Of course, the best potential for the InterWebNet is to use it as the means for Universal Representation. Stuff this Representative Democracy, let's have the full-on every vote counts democracy and rid ourselves of all these incestuous, cloned management-types that infest Government.
Thursday, November 16
Argh! 3/4 of a cat!
Any of you that can think of a funny caption for this pic please post it.
I howled with laughter after taking this last night, although I was a bit stoned at the time
Aaaahhhhhhhh!
Time to cheer myself up (And you if needed) with these pictures of the adorable Scruff
Crap day
Boring, nothing happening, drawn out with the backdrop of rain and a soft grilling from the manager over a few fuck-ups. I'll be alright once i've got changed but it wasn't the greatest day.
Wednesday, November 15
Poxy plastic packaging
No, nothing to do with leaving the excess & unneccessary food packaging at the supermarket till (Although it's a good and effective direct method of getting the point across - not that I could personally be arsed to spend 5 minutes extra at the end of the checkout unwrapping stuff, thedacs have their shopping/packing system down to a finely tuned machine that gets us out of their as soon as possible*) but a related problem that i'm having at the moment.
I ordered in some stationary bits yesterday and half the stuff has arrived, including three cheapo clipboards. Problem is, these clipboards are shrinkwrapped with plastic so tightly that I can't get the fuckers off. There are no scissors in the entire office and my nails are short (None of those disgustingly long, thick and jagged nails some foul men sport for thedacs) so I can't rip the plastic off. Over the past few years my teeth have slightly moved position so that they no longer meet anywhere which makes using teeth to rip open packets and stuff is something I can no longer do. I don't think you understand how frustrating it is to longer be able to rip sellotape off - I should be getting some form of Disability Benefit you know.
Anyway, these three fucking clipboards are just staring back at me as they suffocate in plastic and I can't help them. How unneccessary! How wasteful! How the fuck has shrinkwrapped clipboards become the most important challenge to my day!
*Side note, thedacs have abandoned the weekly shop at Tesco and reverted back to Morrisons. Aside from not being sure if Tesco was actually more expensive, the experience of shopping there was horrible because it was cramped, felt dowdy and, quite honestly, was filled with the dregs of society. But that's Bletchley for you. Morrisons is newer, on the west flank of the city so more affluent surroundings and geneerally just a better shopping experience on a Saturday.
I ordered in some stationary bits yesterday and half the stuff has arrived, including three cheapo clipboards. Problem is, these clipboards are shrinkwrapped with plastic so tightly that I can't get the fuckers off. There are no scissors in the entire office and my nails are short (None of those disgustingly long, thick and jagged nails some foul men sport for thedacs) so I can't rip the plastic off. Over the past few years my teeth have slightly moved position so that they no longer meet anywhere which makes using teeth to rip open packets and stuff is something I can no longer do. I don't think you understand how frustrating it is to longer be able to rip sellotape off - I should be getting some form of Disability Benefit you know.
Anyway, these three fucking clipboards are just staring back at me as they suffocate in plastic and I can't help them. How unneccessary! How wasteful! How the fuck has shrinkwrapped clipboards become the most important challenge to my day!
*Side note, thedacs have abandoned the weekly shop at Tesco and reverted back to Morrisons. Aside from not being sure if Tesco was actually more expensive, the experience of shopping there was horrible because it was cramped, felt dowdy and, quite honestly, was filled with the dregs of society. But that's Bletchley for you. Morrisons is newer, on the west flank of the city so more affluent surroundings and geneerally just a better shopping experience on a Saturday.
Google your tax pounds
The Conservative Party and their Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, have unveiled (The filthy infidels) plans to publish all Government expenditure on a bespoke website.
As you can read from the proposal his,' "Google your tax pounds" proposal would result in every single item of expenditure above £25,000 - except when related to national security or personal privacy - being placed on the website.'
Now thedacs think that is a fantastic idea and dismiss the opposition they've heard to it so far as 'puny'. To complain, as thedacs have heard some do, about this being, 'a piece of Daily Telegraph wet-dream populism' or ,'It's just a toy for rightwing headline writers really, so they can pick out little pet examples that "prove" how badly public money is spent' ignores the benefits to be had from such a system and also smacks of cowardice in the face of the poxy right-wing press.
It also can only lead to counter suggestions that the Government has something to hide. Unlike the intrusive measures to be taken against individuals that Labour are so keen on, this really is a case of, 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear' as it's our money they're spending. Why should those on the left object to this? Muttering that rightwing hacks will delve into it to make trouble is a shit excuse. They already have no problem finding and publishing such information to suit their agenda.
Openess, transparency and accessibility are all staples of a stable, well-run business and, as Government is less ideology nowadays and more management, they should be accountable for their spending and that spending should be here for all us 'stakeholders' to view.
With accounts spread all over the place at present, it's a matter of collation and ease of access. thedacs would be quite partial to seeing how their tax money is spent if it was all in one easy to use website, but they aren't going to be bothered to search high and low, no doubt with fees attached, to find out that public information in its existing format.
Google your tax pounds is a sound idea.
Have a look at the Follow Your Money site
As you can read from the proposal his,' "Google your tax pounds" proposal would result in every single item of expenditure above £25,000 - except when related to national security or personal privacy - being placed on the website.'
Now thedacs think that is a fantastic idea and dismiss the opposition they've heard to it so far as 'puny'. To complain, as thedacs have heard some do, about this being, 'a piece of Daily Telegraph wet-dream populism' or ,'It's just a toy for rightwing headline writers really, so they can pick out little pet examples that "prove" how badly public money is spent' ignores the benefits to be had from such a system and also smacks of cowardice in the face of the poxy right-wing press.
It also can only lead to counter suggestions that the Government has something to hide. Unlike the intrusive measures to be taken against individuals that Labour are so keen on, this really is a case of, 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear' as it's our money they're spending. Why should those on the left object to this? Muttering that rightwing hacks will delve into it to make trouble is a shit excuse. They already have no problem finding and publishing such information to suit their agenda.
Openess, transparency and accessibility are all staples of a stable, well-run business and, as Government is less ideology nowadays and more management, they should be accountable for their spending and that spending should be here for all us 'stakeholders' to view.
With accounts spread all over the place at present, it's a matter of collation and ease of access. thedacs would be quite partial to seeing how their tax money is spent if it was all in one easy to use website, but they aren't going to be bothered to search high and low, no doubt with fees attached, to find out that public information in its existing format.
Google your tax pounds is a sound idea.
Have a look at the Follow Your Money site
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