You got mail

It’s been a long time coming, but I officially have utterly contradictory feelings about office Emails: a true love/hate relationship.
On the one side Email is incredibly useful because it allows me to send information to people without having to hand write, print and mail it. It is immediate. It gives the person at the other [...]

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Thinking bloggers

Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I’ve been given a “Thinking Blogger’s Award” by Andrea over at Colouring Outside the Lines. I suspect that I got the award for the tongue-in-cheek nature of my posts rather than my ability to make people think. I am not choosy, so Ill take what I can get, [...]

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Like licking honey off a thorn

Feminism, self-identity, and professional identity are some of the reasons why many married women decide to keep their maiden name. In addition to the option of keeping their maiden name, women are also hyphenating by combining their maiden name with their husband’s surname. Sometimes the new combination is even passed down to the couple’s children. [...]

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To gift or not to gift

What are blogs for if you can’t milk your readers for advice? Right?
The gf and I have an important relationship anniversary coming up. I know it to be so because she’s been dropping not-so-subtle hints all month long.
I have racked my “small” brain on what to do for her or buy her as a present. [...]

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There is a storm in my tea cup

Today started off really good. When I walked into my office this morning, I had a spring in my step and a song in my heart. Aah… to be young and carefreee!
That was until I realised that a colleague of mine (call him Salem) had purposely NOT invited me to a key senior manager’s meeting.
Now normally [...]

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By the nose

I abhor the news titles that scream at you from the cover of magazines. This is why I try and avoid magazine stands in supermarkets and do not read publications like You, Heat, People Magazine, FHM, etc.
Catchy one-liners that appeal to your curiosity, insecurities and your overactive imagination. All designed to make you want buy the [...]

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Arbitrary thoughts on nice guys and dating shows

I have a workmate who’s always complaining about not being able to get the girl, even though he does everything right. The answer to his problem is actually not hard to find.
He is a nice guy… and the nice guy in my experience, always gets the shaft.
In most cases, being nice usually means that a [...]

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The mind boggles

Five things I did this weekend and instantly regretted:
Taking a sip from the carton of milk that’s been standing in my fridge for over a week… just to make sure that it’s really off. That weird sound it made when I shook the carton should have been a dead give-away.
Agreeing to teach my nephew how [...]

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