29 January 2012

Bestin & Edwina

Bestin Spequrious, a man of another time, found himself in the town centre awash with contradiction. To his left, he spied a curious woman wearing a frozen quail atop her head and reciting low quality prose. He grinned in a useless attempt to veneer his contempt that she was wearing an organic quail while his was merely "free range". Anyway, the day was growing increasingly less refrigerated and so he removed the deceased bird, constructed a sturdy boat from yesterday's newspaper and placing the increasingly pungent non-feathered creature upon it, placed it into the large duck pond to set sail. As it drifted away he threw coloured streamers and waved his handkerchief. Bystanders were surprisingly accepting of the situation.

Meanwhile, in the town of Greater Normalsville, a congregation of the people was taking place. For discussion was the issue of cactus, and it's role in the arctic regions of the Zambese corridor where the penguins roam. Edwina, third empress of Lexinbridge, wearing a black lace tablecloth with attached tea set was red faced and roaring. "You fools", she cried, "do you not know that the Zambese region is the last place on earth where one can find the peppercorn people, known far and wide for there dance of the eleven toes?". A murmur flowed through the crowd as this revelation changed opinions to that of a more sure-footed aspect.

28 January 2012

Red Riverbank House

I have no idea why this fascinates me
...but it does.

10 January 2012

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go


Question. What makes a seemingly sane chap pass up a good 9 to 5 job to commence doing shift work on the same salary? Well, actually there are a few good answers to this and as yours truly has performed exactly this type of career metamorphosis, who better to spill the beans. 
Work and career has always been a fairly straightforward process for me. I've rarely concerned myself with seeking the "dream job", my calling that will allow a miraculous contribution to the universe. I never felt that was entirely necessary, instead believing that regardless of the job you have you should extract what you can from it and perform it as best you can. Do this, and you will enjoy your work. 

So, when the opportunity to make a change to shift work was set before me with new tasks and experiences to investigate, I couldn't hold back. Yes indeed the times I would require to be at work are a little odd, and it would cause some disruption to social and recreational opportunities. However sleeping late, not working on Mondays, going to the beach when others are at work, avoiding traffic, and being uninvited to the most boring and pointless meetings as they do not align with my roster are ample compensations. 

Just ask me again tomorrow when I start at 5AM.