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Archive of posts filed under the Generalities category.

December – A Survival Guide

Yes.  It’s that time of year again – for the nth consecutive time in a row you have achieved your goal of getting to the end of the year without sitting in a clock tower muttering to yourself as you reload your rifle.  But don’t relax just yet!  Staying on your guard during the twelfth [...]

I Know How You Got Here!

Inspired by Stevo‘s post on Wonderful Search Terms and hoping to jump on the internet meme bandwagon, here are the top 20 searches for this site. Firstly, I know what the number one search term for this site is and I know it without checking.  I find it fantastic that particular search term brings so [...]

How Did You Get Here?

This may seem to be a little nosy, but I have been looking at the various visitors and posters that come here and while I can probably guess in some cases, I am genuinely curious as to how my visitors come here. Now, my reason for being here is obvious – it’s my site.  Some [...]

It’s Safe to Insult Certain People. Apparently.

Coverage of the recent Olympics has made me realise that despite the fact that Political Correctness is widespread and pretty much ingrained in Western society, there are still 2 groups of people that we can still be patronising and rude to without any comebacks. I don’t know if this is a loophole or whether the [...]

Give Blood Regularly

Now that you’ve read the title, the text should be of no surprise to you.  Yesterday I gave blood again, this was my twentieth donation and it took me less than an hour.  I’m too much of a scaredy cat to donate bone marrow and I’m not nearly clever enough to be a doctor, so [...]

A New Adventure!

Another short post!  I have begun looking for a new job.  Nothing against my current employer, I just need a change after almost 10 years.  My search is UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. My CV is up to date and neat and tidy and my hair is combed.  Not really wanting to quit my [...]