tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39748902008-02-13T22:38:25.654+10:30grudknowsBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1156496152568954972006-08-25T17:50:00.000+09:302006-10-04T09:48:25.616+09:30

The English language is a queer and ever changing creature, which in past years has been subject to so much abuse by the Australian community that I am incapable to label it anything but endangered. It's solid, tightly packed centre is becoming increasingly homogenised with rebel cells such as like and you know, while at it's squidgy, blurry edges the words thy and thine are among many that have

*meggles*tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1154159909040032152006-07-29T17:15:00.000+09:302006-07-29T17:36:51.020+09:30

I too am an avid baked bean fan. Whilst, generally speaking, I'm not one for sticking to the rules, I agree that there are some clear guidelines that need to be considered when baked beans are being consumed. However, food rules are not for all and I feel it incumbent upon me to respond to the anonymous author's Food Rules #1Renegade Response #1Baked beans may only be eaten with bread or a

boottag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1153648056765804622006-07-23T19:16:00.000+09:302006-07-24T19:13:33.983+09:30

Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their patience ad well wishes during the "belly button" incident and apologize for the lateness of this post, "belly button lint takes down ICOM-9 agent", who would have thunk it.I am sure by this time you have all had a chance to read and absorb Agent Snodgrass's post, maybe a few of you have even started to arm yourselves with some super skills ie.

Agent Snedlingtontag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1153276164691865192006-07-19T11:45:00.000+09:302006-07-19T19:58:26.833+09:30

This In(s)ane Muttering is going to be about beans, baked beans. Baked beans and I have had a great relationship since I was young. My Dad used to take my brothers trail bike riding and insisted a hot breakfast of "beans on toast" was essential and he referred to it as a "trail bike riders breakfast". Yes, my father is English, we didn't stand a chance really... I'm a very fussy eater, I have "

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1153141734774959972006-07-17T22:32:00.000+09:302006-07-17T22:42:22.013+09:30

It's risky work, this. Due to an unforseen complication arising from directed bellybutton lint extraction, Agent Snedlington is unable to submit her report. She has received medical treatment and is recovering well. I have recovered valuable organisational information which will help us infiltrate the neighbourhood menace. On my return to active duty I plan to submite a detailed report.

Agent Snodgrasstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1152749787396567652006-07-13T09:16:00.000+09:302006-07-16T19:10:14.946+09:30

For the first time in ... let's say many years, I have found myself unemployed. Sure, its just for a day and sure, I have very little chance of being able to claim government benefits for my efforts over the course of today, but hey - I will be trying my hardest to make the most of it :) I'm trying to blend into my suburban surroundings and darn it, I'm going to do it well! So. Unemployed. My

emsietag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1152689428783704372006-07-12T16:59:00.000+09:302006-07-17T19:15:24.086+09:30

Today was quite possibly a changing point in my life. It was not one of those, "That bus just missed me, I must devote my life to grud" moments, more of a simple hand extension and slap across the face. Today, the 12th day of July 2006, I discovered Tape Sculpture. What the heck is Tape Sculpture you might ask? Well children gather round and I'll tell you. Ready? It's sculpture, made from tape (

Picky n Choosytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1152425817491551782006-07-09T15:23:00.000+09:302006-07-09T16:29:40.730+09:30

It has recently come to our attention that there are other struggles between good and evil that don't always make the headlines. There are a multitude of ordinary Australians who toil tirelessly to keep us safe, defeating insidious threats that, in most circumstances, do nothing more than keep us from sleep occasionally. To dismiss them as mere nuisances, though, would be somewhat naive ...

Agent Snodgrasstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1152344986820473242006-07-08T17:13:00.000+09:302006-07-10T11:48:55.273+09:30

Don't you hate it when you're told of exciting things that are 'coming soon' on a webpage that is dated about 6 months ago. If you're a website owner and are contemplating using the term 'coming soon' or 'under construction', just don't do it. Don't. It's a little bit like hearing there'll be new bloggers joining in the grudknows mania and turning up only to find the same (lovely) people. I'm

boottag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1143683679366176982006-03-30T19:37:00.000+10:302006-05-26T07:44:55.770+09:30

Well... I think the drought has ended... at least for a few weeks! Today I won two positions The first position is an office/admin job that I was referred to by a temp agency. I'm actaully quite happy about this as it will add some *current* general office experience to my resume opening up the variety of jobs I can apply for (all pure office/clerical roles on my resume were 10 or more years ago

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1143612539606834742006-03-29T16:34:00.000+10:302006-03-29T16:38:59.616+10:30

Well... Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Went in this morning and did some testing and managed to get high scores and possibly... some work - a six week assignment. Though, nothing confirmed as yet. Work! Oh the joy of having work. [grud does a little dance of joy] Who cares if they want a full dossier on me, if they can get me work, I'd be happy to write it for them. I miss work. Sorry, this is just

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142993900300552302006-03-22T12:34:00.000+10:302006-03-24T18:17:08.290+10:30

My beautiful friends keep sending me a list of resources (most of which I'm aware of and use daily) to aid me with my job search. In addition to the resources that I have received a number of times from a number of people, there are some resources which I've used over the years - or referred others to - that must not been so commonly known as no one has sent them to be. This list includes a

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142902731790001442006-03-21T11:03:00.000+10:302006-03-21T18:25:33.266+10:30

Yesterday, for the most part, was spent with a clenching squiggling stress filled stomach and high levels of nervous tension - which was not at all helped by caffeine overdose. Today is much better. Yesterday I put up with the highly stressed me, (at least if it's someone else, you can get away from them), all morning and until mid-afternoon when I decided it was high time to take some seriously

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142823423380179342006-03-20T13:24:00.000+10:302006-12-29T23:44:29.176+10:30

It's not so much about the lack of work. I'm still up every morning, dressed, off to office (my old employer lets me use computer for job applications) - or on lucky days, off to a temp job and so on - so I'm not rotting at home. It's the lack of finances. Not having enough income to cover your bills or live is really depressing and highly stressful. Your stress seeps out from your financial

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142405451844369962006-03-15T16:46:00.000+10:302006-03-20T14:52:22.193+10:30

The bus is coming, I get organised - see the feeble old man who is also waiting for the bus drop his walking stick so go over and pick it up for him before boarding the bus. I get on the bus. Because I'm aware there is a frail person who will need the priority seating I scan the seats as I get on trying to decide where to sit. The nearest seat is one of those fold out numbers, that puts you

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142143281558452132006-03-12T16:26:00.000+10:302006-03-20T14:43:47.730+10:30

Recently my uncle died. A week later another person from my childhood died, my sisters heard about it while in the car on their way to my uncles funeral. I wrote... something, I'd say a reflective piece, on the jumbled thoughts in my head around this time. For some reason, I didn't want to post it on grudknows - from the moment I decided I wanted to write something, it was always destined to be

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142823164081300372006-03-06T16:25:00.000+10:302006-03-20T13:23:48.746+10:30

Temp Agency #2 Firstly, I didn't actually select this agency as my number 1 choice, but I'd found some work with an organisation who required me to be registered with one of their approved suppliers in order to get paid, this agency was approved and the one I'd already registered with wasn't, so I called them up, explained I'd already found my own work and I just needed to sign up so I can get

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142823098512065772006-03-06T16:24:00.000+10:302006-03-20T14:24:26.876+10:30

My first temp agency experience was quite good. I'd worked with lots of temps from that agency in the past so viewed them quite positively. Still do. The paperwork! All that writing. You forget when you use a keyboard all day exactly how tiresome actual handwriting can be. The tests were not too bad but were via a simulated environment - and, I swear the 'MS Word' test cheated when it asked

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1141625290373351272006-03-06T16:22:00.000+10:302006-10-04T09:06:33.403+09:30

Let me state that by the time I finally decided I had to get this down, I've been unemployed for just over two weeks. It's the first time in over 10 years that I've had to become an unemployment statistic and I've gotta say, it's not really a lot of fun. It started off ok... the friendly receptionist, the woman doing the survey of customers in the CentreLink office and the friendly consultant

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1140585442975523742006-02-06T16:31:00.000+10:302006-02-22T17:07:40.133+10:30

Below is a series of text messages that together provide and update of a working adventure in Malaysia - you like me could be forgiven for thinking it might be an eating adventure, however I'm figuring that food talk is possibly more interesting than work talk - or something... For the usual reasons, names have been changed. The sender of the messages shall be known as Ms. X) - grudknows I am

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-850855872002-11-26T12:50:00.000+10:302006-02-21T16:07:36.540+10:30

'Beath - As in Elizabethan. Not the era. The place. And it's not even that. I mean you do not have to have geography to be a truth beath. It is attitude, fashion... and an aura. A beath does not care if their English is correct and probably frequently uses 'f' instead of 'th'. Through laziness not speech impediment. AND these people are likely to say fuck-N ... when it is in actual fact

grudknowstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974890.post-1142497314943757332002-06-25T18:39:00.000+09:302006-07-16T19:34:22.806+09:30

I've emailed an invitation to a number of folks inviting them to publish content directly to the 'in(s)ane mutterings' section of grudknows.com using a blogger account (when you receive your invitation, follow steps in the email/this posting to begin process - you can cancel before accepting if you desire). If you haven't already been invited - but would like to contribute - contact grudknows and

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