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Interviewing Pog style
Towards the end of last year I got a weird phone call: a colleague wanted to put me forward for a job outside of our company. I was flattered, then I read the job spec and I was terrified, then … Continue reading
Can you hear that?
Do you have an ‘inner voice’? I think it’s assumed people do – that little voice inside your head that gives you some sort of running commentary. This came up in the final meeting with my business coach and a supervising … Continue reading
a spot of weight training
I think it’s the bags fault. It’s so big that it’s easy just to pop things in there. If I had a teeny pretty bag I’d only be able to carry a few bits in it, but as I have … Continue reading
Droopy ears?
In our toilets at work, we have really good mirrors. I don’t mean those ones that make you look like a 6 foot tall supermodel (that would take a hell of a lot more than a mirror anyway). I mean … Continue reading
Posted in holiday, Pog Life, work
Tagged cough cure, droopy ears, mirrors, Vicks, wrinkles
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Ooops. Big oops.
Last night was the company Christmas party. I am quite proud that nothing utterly disastrous happened. I don’t have that nagging feeling that I should curl up under my duvet and never see any colleagues ever again – I can … Continue reading
The Secret Baker retires
After a year of baking for the office every month, I’ve now retired as the Secret Baker. There are a number of reasons for this: My original plan last December was to get people smiling and talking to each other. I’m sure … Continue reading
Posted in cats, Cooking, work
Tagged baking, Norman cat, retirement, secret baker, secret ingredient, Sister 1
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The rules of commuting
I always said I’d never get a job where I had to commute. For the last 16 years I’ve been commuting up to two hours each way, so clearly that didn’t go quite to plan. With that many years under … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, Uncategorized, work
Tagged commuting, death stares, rules, trains, witches cardigan
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A snort for you, because…
I have been known to do the occasional daft thing at work. That time I accidentally took a baby stick insect into the office, and the time I told a manager I’d just met “I’ll be back to bugger you … Continue reading
The very big box saga: Part 2
So you know how everything that could go wrong with the very big box situation had gone wrong? It turned out it hadn’t. Having hefted the thing to London last Thursday, I couldn’t face taking it out of the box … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, work
Tagged big box, Giant Connect 4, oops, sanding, superglue, surform
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Courses and events of all shapes and sizes with the added Pog Factor
Enough has happened in the last two weeks for me to write about 20 posts, but work keeps getting in the way. Instead, this will be a summary of the highlights / lowlights. I went on a Zendoodle course. Overview: … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, food, Pog Life, work
Tagged course, courses, cupcake icing, drunken cupcake icing, oops, training course, zendoodling
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