So, back to work. Grumpilly got out of bed after sleeping in too late, thought about rushing in, had a long bath instead in some sort of last act of defiance. Then I thought back to the New Year when I didn’t have a job to to go back to. That useless, helpless feeling, while…

Like Rob, I’ve got too much to do before Friday, so this is the last post, Happy Christmas. Since I’m off to Mum’s I’ll be stuffing myself silly, which won’t be hard since she always does too much, like Mum’s should. Gemma has given me a spiffing pressie already. Along with a fiver’s sponsorship for…

One Woman Running has tagged me. As a result, I have to post five things you probably don’t know about me – so that precludes drivel about tea, coffee, science and Star Wars. 1. I’m right handed but I play pool left handed, although I’m okay using the right too. This means I never have…

Q. What do Ikea and Volvo have in common? A. The Swedish trust both more than the Church

Saw this in the office.

In Pr Week this week, there’s an article on how the PR sector is losing out on word of mouth marketing, just like it failed to "seize ownership" of the internet as a comms tool. Now I’m not being funny, but isn’t PR supposed to be ABOUT word of mouth? Maybe trying to "seize ownership"…

Someone at work read this blog for the first time this week, she got interested (easilly pleased) and read the whole thing, starting with the latest post and finishing with the first. The feedback was interesting and largely okay. Apparently it’s a lot different from the beginning in April. At first it was a bit…

Even worse than my sad breathing Darth Vader thing from Empire, Helen has exposed my obsession with science. Not content,  I’m going to make it worse by admitting I love working on apparently dull products or services. Anyone can sell trainers, but when you have to make boring stuff interesting, it’s a real challenge. My…

I think that ads and design can be a useful singpost for what’s happening in our culture, sometimes they can influence them of course. Some people I know actually use ad breaks to get a flavour for what’s going on. I know a lot of architects that think like this too. Of course they’re building…

This taxi driver was marginally funny the other week. He got very, very lost, and he had an asphyxiating cocktail of air fresheners. As soon as I Stu giggling to himself, I couldn’t help joining in . The harder I tried to stop, the worse it got, especially when Kirsten joined in. How come something…