New boss - appointed a few weeks ago. Time therefore for an office meeting. One which was long overdue anyway. The date and time was set. Schedules and diaries cleared. The meeting took place. A short agenda - I had two items to raise - we came...

Much as I'd love to - I can't. Let me explain... I work in a small office. Full of 'characters'. And due to the nature of the Trivial Crime Squad, and our lack of (night)shifts, and lack of confrontation, then our HR department (human resources, or...

Drugs are baad... Everyone knows this. But they don't make the headlines anymore. Not like they used to. No overdoses. No more Leah Betts's - some adverse publicity for Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty, Kerry Katona, Kate Moss - but nothing fatal to their...

Party conference season lurches to an end. The big three have set out their stalls. All involve cuts in public spending, and less in the pot for public spending. Strangely enough, a downturn in the economic cycle tends to coincide with a rise in...

Oh yes. I was busy. I remember now. But thanks for the comments while I was away. All will remain. I've only ever deleted one - and that was from one of life's 'Anon's - who told me - not even asking nicely - to 'Fuck off moaning pig'. Or words to...