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Business Jargon Explained

31 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

The Business Jargon Dictionary has a comprehensive list of business-speak including some absolute gems. So if you have no idea how to Think Outside the Box, or Repurpose your Initiatives then check it out.
Some of my favourites:
Assmosis [v.] The apparent absorption of success that comes from sucking up.
Deceptionist [n.] A receptionist whose job is actually to delay [...]

I done gone done it again

31 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

No content with BSG, Heroes & Veronica Mars as my weekly viewing, I seem to have acquired a copy of season 1 of 24 … I’ve now been late to work* twice in a row … bugger.

*But only 3 or 5 minutes

Things that take you by surprise

23 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

A sign on a van this morning:
Mistymax – join the glamourous world of modern air fresheners.
I’m still not sure if they were being serious or not.

Worth watching

22 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

As BSG returns after its Christmas hiatus (the latest episode aired last night and I haven’t seen it yet) I can settle back into my usual viewing. That said their are a couple of programmes that I’ve discovered lately that have filled the gap. Be aware that neither of these is particularly new:
Heroes is a [...]

5 Things I’ve achieved this week

19 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

1) Bought a new iPod Nano as the Shuffle had decided to abandon the left ear completely. And I love it. 4GB of storage and a nice wheely thing. Plus the 2G Nano’s look much more like the old iPod Mini (hey sis ) and are generally lovely.
2) Grabbed a USB mixer and [...]

ROVT – Phones, Photocopiers and Phloating …

18 January 2007 By admin 0 In Personal

Stretching it a bit?
Yeah ok. Well due to a complete lack of effort on my part you’ll only be getting 3 clips this week, and they’ll be a day late at that.
1) The iPhone caused a lot of fuss … and rightly so as it seems to do everything.
2) Ok, it’s not a photocopier, it’s [...]