Friday, April 05, 2002
I'm trying a little experiment. Hopefully, you can see an image link above to the picture of teh day.
I'm all flu'd up, so if it doesn't work I'm going to have a sulk and go to bed to sleep it off.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 9:39 PM link
Thursday, April 04, 2002
My PC seized up halfway through uploading yesterday, and all I get this morning is a blank screen! Hopefully, this'll fix the problem.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:46 AM link
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
Career_Opportunities_1:
There was no reason to be at Kate’s desk, except Kate herself, but Owen pretended they weren’t just chatting. He flicked through Marketing Week, registering one headline per page.
“How many bikes do you have?” Kate asked.
“Oh, just the three.”
“Three?”
“Yeah.”
“Three?”
“I’m thinking of getting another. I’ve got a mountain bike, a play bike and a commuter. I really want a proper road bike.”
“Ah, there you are.” It was a familiar voice. They both looked up at Bill Walsh. He was tall, stood straight to emphasise it and had a full head of white hair. Depending upon lighting, the lines on his face could equally cast benign shadows as scary ones. “I wanted to have a word with you.” For a moment, Owen hoped he meant Kate, but he followed as Bill walked away.
“You’re the guy who cycles in every day, aren’t you?” Bill asked over his shoulder. “I’ve seen your bike in the carpark.”
“Er, yeah.”
“Why do you do it? You must have been sorted with a company car by now.”
“It keeps me fit. And I’m only a temp, I don’t think I qualify for a company car.” Or the sharesave scheme, or a pension, he didn’t add.
Bill stared at Owen for a moment, his hand on the meeting room door knob. He seemed ready to cancel the whole meeting. “We’ll have to see about that.”
Owen took the seat facing away from the window, so he wouldn’t be distracted by the planes gliding into Heathrow.
“You know two lads in Manchester, Mike and Paul- I forget their surnames. Work for Sales up there?”
“Yes. Mike took over from me and he recommended Paul when the workload ramped up.”
“Good. They’ve revolutionised the stock control system up there. And returns. Sharon Walker recommended it for our all our new offices.”
“Really?”
“I’d like you to work with them when they come down here. You don’t have any major projects coming up do you?”
“No. None.”
“Good. Sharon will fill you in when their move is arranged.”
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:59 PM link
I've been looking for places to take the bike so that it stops sitting there looking like a shiny bouncey white elephant. Stockport is calling.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:00 PM link
Today's pic.
I'm looking into turning some of my stuff into e-books. Just another way of getting my work to an audience.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 9:39 PM link
Tuesday, April 02, 2002
Today's pic.
I'm a little worried that I might have to go rooting around in my piles of older photos for next week's pics.
First day back after four days off and there was nothing to do. The few outstanding jobs I have are for people I can't get hold of. Conversation around the desk took in the subjects of training frogs (to steal watches, apparently) and the meaning of the word bint. Very productive all round, I must say.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:46 PM link
Another Education is listed on Amazon. It's no cheaper and I don't make any more money from it, but I just thought you'd like to know.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 2:02 PM link
Monday, April 01, 2002
Today's pic.
It feels like I've done less over this four day weekend than I would have on an ordinary two day one.
I'm off to sell comics on E-Bay. Links when I've got them sorted out.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 7:10 PM link
Sunday, March 31, 2002
Another lost weekend, but this one's down to video games and apathy more than alcohol. Truth be told, I'm a little pissed off with myself. There's so much I want to do, and I just don't. Or if I do something, I won't be able to fully enjoy it because I'll be thinking about the things I should have been doing instead. AAAAAAGH!
Friday's, Saturday's and today's pics are finally up, and you'll notice a bit of Spring cleaning has been done.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 1:06 PM link
