Tag: Rope
Untitled angry rant
So I guess the goal in life is to have full and satisfying challenges to accomplish, with a minimum of time spent on what we could file approximately under “admin” or “chores” or “tiresome bullshit that sucks the joy out of your life”.
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Obligations: or how I learned to grow up and iron a Goddamn shirt
I guess one of the real tricks of adult life – one of the ways you can tell that you are, in fact, growing up – is figuring out how to get stuff done that you don’t want to do without being a total asshole.
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Tradition and respect
I’ve been invited to an event in the next few weeks which is designated as black tie. I don’t have any problem with this, and will almost certainly follow the dress code in its official, formal capacity, which is rather more complicated than many kiwis think.
Read MoreShhh. Listen.
There are perfectly straightforward reasons why the sound of your recorded voice is quite different from what we think we sound like.
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Writing errors: what do they say about you?
I tend to be annoyed by basic writing errors. They always seem to represent a lack of care, or a lack of intelligence, or both.
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