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Someone up there hates me

I travelled to the city yesterday for a course. The journey was smooth, the course was beneficial and we finished early.
Stuff changed.
On the crowded train home I ended up wedged vertically with some rather smelly specimens of humanity and the loudest man in the history of mobile phone usage [...]

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Respect is a curious old beast. Ask for it and you won’t see a glimpse. Demand it and watch it head in the opposite direction at a frightening speed, never to return with those from whom you demanded. Try to quantify it and the best I can come up with is it just is or [...]

The etiquette of (wo)man-handling small humans

I had to go to a bank twice the other day.
The first time was to discuss re-financing the roof over my head and after a few minutes of discussing products, fees and charges, I felt like the ‘personal lending manger’ was rogering my arse with a giant carrot while convincing me to sign over my [...]