Mr Resourceful

do you know the people you work with?

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:49:09 +0100

So Lady Resourceful and I were sitting around and I was talking interestingly and at length about bloggers who start their posts with the word 'So,' as though they aren't sure whether they are concluding something or beginning something, and La...

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stop press: dolly parton is NOT the dalai lama

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:33:04 +0100

How rude of me! To leave my faithful reader hangin' for over a week while I do me some real workin'. Just to get back into the habit of postin' tedious reflections on things like scotch eggs and virtual servers, I'd like to offer a public apol...

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on losing your head

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:53:10 +0100

Headhunters: love em or hate em, you've got to hate them. Varun got one of out candidates a great job offer, paying more money than the candidate asked for, with fabuloso prospects, in a beautiful location. (Re location: if the big boss were...

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do browsers prefer blondes?

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:43:45 +0100

This is Lady Resourceful's sister, in a couple of ads from the 90s, posted on Youtube earlier this year. She swings her hair around in the Rockies and paddles a canoe in New Zealand IN THE NINETEEN NINETIES and she's still getting ten times ...

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that's what I'm talking about

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:22:41 +0100

Unless you have been boycotting reality TV or trapped down a well, you will know by now that Sir Alan has decided that Lee McQueen has what it takes to be The Apprentice. Accordingly, he will be appointing Lee to a position in his organisation...

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bullying at work: any suggestions?

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:46:58 +0100

We have a new hts consultant, Sarah. It’s her first foray into regular 8.30-5.30 office work (like all of our staff, she was originally a circus performer) and so we’re trying to live up to stereotypes by welcoming her with some mock-bullying....

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the bland that time forgot

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:15 +0100

People phoning the HTS office might be distressed to find that the trademark sound of microwave *pings* in the background has stopped. That's because we are all trying to adopt healthier eating habits, and have been coming to work laden with sa...

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"Web-sites": the next big thing?

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:47:23 +0100

Imagine - if you can!! - a future in which ordinary people can explore the whole universe without getting up from their chairs. Imagine a world in which humans like you can visit shops, banks, libraries and religious cults without having to p...

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I told me so

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:59:59 +0100

See! I said in the post before last that my email-writing skills are better than my real-life conversational skills, and I spent all of last Saturday proving myself right. To everyone who conversed with me during those intervals at the marve...

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full of beans

nobody@vox.com(Nick Tomlinson) — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:57:22 +0100

Any suggestions, coffee lovers? Illustrious Leader said she'd get us an office coffee machine if we hit our targets, and Varun has just pushed us over the threshold and into coffeedom. 'Send me some links to coffee machine websites,' the Boss ...

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