Year: 2025

Good luck getting a pace on

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Hi, How are you, dear reader? Hopefully okay. I was going to comment about the the most foul stench that blew in to the country this week, but I dare say, you’re probably as tired of the weather reports as I am. Shall we just move on to nice news? 🙂 Jobs, yo Still working on the job applications at the mo, although Wee Man – the cheeky wee chap – has started to hassle me. This is because he’s landed himself a job, and now feels he can hassle his old man about it! 😁 Well, you’ve got to take the opportunity when you can eh? This is his first gig, and I’m really proud of him for stepping […]

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Lessons Learned: Part XVI – The route to new

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Hi, If you’ve been reading YATGB, you may have picked up on my occasional ‘down the rabbit hole’ curiosity of what makes us do what we do. I guess I am trying to make sense of what it is to be trans-something-or-other, somewhere under that big ‘ol inclusive trans* umbrella of identities and possibilities. Now, two things I love – other than the perfect heel, good hair, and a lippy that stays the course 😉 – are a diagram that helps with understanding something. Think of it not so much as a map of where we are, but some things we can point at, and maybe reflect, learn, or discuss. A smart person might have said a shared metaphor, but […]

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Plans

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Hi folks, A later than usual post this evening. I’ve been out all day and got back late. No grand drama or suchlike – thankfully. Something on the job front which didn’t come to pass. Still, on the upside, I won’t need to travel that way for some time again, and as the gig was not far from Suzie‘s part of the world, I got to meet up with a blogging friend. Due to travel distances, it was a bit of a quick coffee and off, but better than nothing. Talking of which I might be in luck for a day out on Tuesday (hint hint Val! ❤️) if all goes well. Escalating In the past I’ve heard and read […]

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You may go about your business

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Hi, This will be my second week of time off, and I dare say, that I’m beginning to get used to this 🙂 Mind you, my younger sister, rest her soul, had a cheeky sign stating Born to shop. Forced to work which I can agree with. I’m also mindful of some advice a former colleague got on their retirement: You’ll never be busier! [ Note to self: make sure you didn’t type bustier – that’s a different change in life and probably wishful thinking on my part 😁] Hyperfocus With the busy thing in mind, there’s still the routine of dog walks and applying for jobs in the morning. I have, however, given the kitchen a damned good clean […]

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Some like it cool

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Hi, Okay, so that’s the first week of not being employed. It’s been…. odd. I mean, sure, there’s the usual routine of getting up at the same time, dog walking, household stuff, and yet… Hmm. No meetings, no rushing to do anything, and also no stress of did I remember to do blah? Is it worrying that I could get used to this? 😁 I’ve applied for a few things, had some phone calls, etc; and it’s early days. I didn’t expect to walk into something instantly, so I am making the most of the time, by taking things steady. I think not rushing nor chasing will be the right answer – at least for me – to avoid that’s […]

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Scene: Piblington Baggage

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A man sits on a cheap plastic chair. The factory space is cold, damp, and a bright light shines is his face. There is little sound except the the occasional drip of water. Robert Hooksmith: Hullo? Is, is there anyone there? I’m very cold and someone’s tied me to this chair. Elderly voice: Hooksmith, you sit before the Council of People. Your crime is the abandonment of ethics – Robert: That’s not a law. I object! Elderly voice: As I was saying, the abandonment of ethics and the unlawful cancellation around the ECHR. Robert: Is this the toilets thing again? You woke nutters, you’ll – Young voice: Silence! The European Court of Human Rights. Do you not pay attention to […]

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