August 2009
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Waiting Alone
I’m sitting in the waiting area. I’m alone until an elderly lady shuffles in. I watch as she struggles to walk the few paces to the counter, I listen as she is asked to wait and watch the pained expression on her face as she gingerly steps towards the nearest chair. She turns and sits,…
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I be done thunking
I’m not a big thinker. I’m a big planner and ponderer but largely, when it comes to thinking, I tend to avoid it at all costs. As such, a lot of my decisions can seem quite rash to some people. I’ve certainly not spent much time pondering things like the purchasing of houses or cars,…
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Making it up
Having been off work the past week, spending most of my time sleeping on the sofa (think I’m fighting off a virus), I’ve been pondering what I do and how I do it. And I think I’m at that point in my career when experience plays a large part and, despite any processes that are…
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RIP John Hughes
Being off ill, and spending most of my days dozing, means I’m slightly behind on some things. So I was very sad to hear that John Hughes had died. I wouldn’t say I was a big fan, but given that I grew up with such movies as Pretty in Pink and Ferris Buellers Day Off,…
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I am rubbish
At being ill that is, completely and utterly rubbish. Admittedly my current ails leave me little to no choice but to mope around, thwarting any effort to do pretty much anything. Take, this blog post as an example, I’m already feeling light headed and my arms are heavy and I really just don’t have the…
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No Kahuna
A few weeks ago I mentioned that we were looking for a new way track our tasks. After checking out a few different applications and web applications, I think we have a solution. The problem we have is that, whilst the bulk of the work is scheduled against a project plan, there are a myriad…