5 years after the initial invasion of Iraq, the Guardian has an interesting video and article on ‘an uncompromising speech’ by George Bush regarding the event. In the video, Bush says: “Five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate over whether the war was worth fighting, whether the fight is worth winning, and […]
Category Archives: Gripes
Procrastination
You would think that loitering around my computer until gone twelve night after night would be a good indicator that work is getting done. The fact that I’ve acheived little of any real consequence over the past week, therefore, is somewhat alarming. I am a prolific procrastinator, you see. Whatever I plan, something more pressing […]
Welcome to Ibiza
Our holiday was canceled and we were transferred to a Thomsons Gold hotel. Some background information for those of you who don’t know me personally: every year my family goes to Es Cana, Ibiza, for the last two weeks of season. Variation is nice, but we know all of the bar staff around here so […]
WordPress 2.3
I updated my blog’s platform last night. It was a seamless transition, and there is now tagging support for me to implement. Apart from that, there doesn’t really seem to be anything different. Also, these bugs are starting to really irritate me. In Internet Explorer 6 the post headers are in weird places, and run […]
When things don’t run smoothly…
I’m not entirely sure how, but in attempting to add a search box to the top of orangeacid.net I’ve managed to disable the header links and retard my headings. I’d take the time to fix them now, but to be honest I feel like shit, so it will have to wait. I caught this cold […]
Selling the Warranties
As part if my job as salesman at Comet I have to sell warranties. The total value of the warranties I sell during the week is inputted into my sales matrix. In theory, if I meet my average-sales-per-hour target, and of my total at least 8% is essentials such as cables and tables, and another […]