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In which I say cheerio … 9 Mar 2011 | 01:58 am
I’ve been puzzling out the many effects of getting a job. On our family life and, of course, on the work I’ve been trying to do through this blog. When I started I thought there was an untold story a...
In which I work on the small things … 3 Mar 2011 | 08:52 pm
Being let loose and left to your own devices by a former employer is an odd experience. Mrs RPS believes that I need some structure in this hiatus. So, in order to prevent me brooding, she has develop...
In which I channel CJ and a Roman … 1 Mar 2011 | 11:08 am
Few of life’s problems cannot be resolved by dipping into a West Wing Box set. From accidentally sleeping with a call girl to invading other sovereign jurisdictions the answers are all there. My favo...
In which I’m running out of time … 27 Feb 2011 | 09:13 pm
In any job there’s always a file some where with the ‘I’ll get back to that …’ set of tasks. The ones that never quite reach being urgent or important but bob around just about in the corner of your e...
In which my P45 arrives … 24 Feb 2011 | 10:23 pm
It had to come. The P45 that is. I hadn’t actually thought about it but opening the letter and finding it in my hot little hand shouldn’t really have been a surprise. It was still a strange sensation ...
In which I wonder if anyone will take our place … 23 Feb 2011 | 09:58 pm
The following post first appeared in Patrick Butler’s cuts blog in The Guardian on line on 11 February. It is reproduced here by kind permission of The Guardian. Being made redundant implies what you...
In which there is a week to go and something odd happens … 22 Feb 2011 | 12:15 am
So the last week has arrived. Seven days to R-day. And the last feverish tidying up and sorting out of accumulated stuff is pretty much done. It’s half term and I’m on leave. Which is just as well bec...
In which I get things into perspective … 18 Feb 2011 | 10:32 pm
Fellow fans of Douglas Adams will be familiar with the fiendishly cruel Total Perspective Vortex. A device developed by a man exasperated by his spouse’s constant nagging to get a sense of proportion....
In which we say thank you yet again … 18 Feb 2011 | 12:30 am
Sometime last night the blog past 50,000 hits. I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has visited. The comments have been moving, motivational and hilarious. You’ve all been ...
In which I get revisionist (it’s the cowboy in me) … 17 Feb 2011 | 09:59 pm
I am very fond of the western movie. So much so that, as Mrs RPS will tell you, I’ll watch any old rubbish involving a bloke on a pony waving a gun in the air. Of course I like to dress up my interest...
