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Category: Corp.Speak

Rattled That Cage Way Too Hard

by xaosseed

The perils of blogging and generally sending information out of the shadowy damp ecosystem of ‘within’ to ‘the general public’ has been reiterated to me by a tale told by one of the contractors. In the incestuous world of the corp consultancy jet set (I’m not part of that, I’m oilfield) there was a girl [...]

Next Roll O’ The Dice

by xaosseed

Talking to colleague here – its the big ‘participation jamboree’ event thing which has nuked any notion of writing for near four days – I got roped into Chess which has just served to remind me why the chess I liked was coffee house chess. While discussing the inner machinations of the Monolith over some [...]

The sweet taste of disappointment

by dixie

A few weeks ago I was handed the beginning of an incredible opportunity. I fell in love with it, jumped, and failed. It’s hard not to be sad, but I have been saying to myself the entire time “This is a long shot.” Still, it was a pretty fracking cool target to be shooting for. [...]

World Tilts On Axis

by xaosseed

I don’t know if it made a big splash where you are, it didn’t get a lot of coverage given that its not so shocking in content: Study Offers Grim World Energy Outlook – but the devil is in the detail. Or specifically, that for many, the speaker is the devil himself.

Yes, But I Don’t Like You Enough

by xaosseed

There is a certain element of fellowship in an office – you don’t rat out your office mates when they’re not working as hard as they could because well, nobodies perfect. But theres a line. And a big factor in this ‘workers solidarity’ to me is caring whether the other guy lives or catches fire [...]