I’ve been down on being a lawyer lately, particularly after job woes and writing that post on billable hours. However, tonight I was pleased to be a lawyer. Briefly, a friend called me in distress because of a dispute over the completion of construction of her new family home. Her partner was overseas, and the builders had agreed to wait until he was back before having the final inspection of the house. Read more »
I’ve written before about how frustrating it is to be a sessional staff member at a university: I am an “un-person” without clear status and rights. “How long are you taking off on maternity leave?” asked one colleague the other day, and I fixed her with a wry glance. “Maternity leave? Read more »
In comments on the Bill Henson post, Deus Ex Macintosh said:
Pr*n is a definition of taste rather than fact (see my previous comment). Nowt wrong with naked kids and in the bath is fine, just don’t flash the ones with their legs wide open in public. Thanks to digital photography it’s now easy to delete those shots.
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This is my dole diary. Some of this may be true.
07:00 Hit snooze
09:00 Berate myself for flushing the alarm clock down the toilet. Fucking thing doesn’t work. Must use neighbours loo.
09:01 Turn on Kath and Kim on Ten. Can’t decide if David Reine is faking stupidity.
09:03 Put kettle on and make a large plunger of strong coffee.
09:05 Regret final drink, which even though I can’t remember drinking, now believe to be completely unnecessary. Read more »
Gardening, it’s a political act. What bigger rebellion against the “golden straightjacket” could there be, to instead of buying food, grow your own and eat it?
It’s been some months since I posted a new batch of photos from my political garden. In the time since the June update I’ve done and learnt a LOT about backyard gardening.
Go over the fold for the full report with photos. Read more »
No, it’s not a post about Havana or Bill Clinton. Just an update to say that, as I suspected would be the case, I did not get an ongoing position at university next year. I know that I said I wouldn’t hope for anything, but despite my best efforts, I couldn’t help feeling disappointed when I got the letter. Read more »
I’ve had a lot on my plate lately: marking a stack of exams, a conference paper that was supposed to be due in yesterday (erm…they’ll have to wait), amending another paper for publication, doing a PhD, looking after a 2 year old, another child on the way, as well as a terrible cold and cough which I’ve had for over two weeks and I just can’t shake it. This explains why I’ve been AWOL from the blog for a few days. Read more »
Adrian the cabbie had an interesting post on karma. When someone does you wrong, you often wish that either that the consequences of their actions will come back to bite them on the bottom, or that something equivalent happens to them as a result of their bad actions. It’s a tantalising concept, and a tempting principle to invoke. Read more »
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