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I am suprised that "shake it all about" is not an option.

Fuck. I don't have the words, man.

This is actually something we have in teaching practice - condemn the deed, not the doer. I can manage it in a classroom, but in private affairs I admit to finding it difficult to listen to the album of/watch the movie of someone I think is a dick. Case in point: The Dark Knight. Superb movie, can't get past the fact that Christian Bale is an incredibly offensive human being for me. I suppose that's hypocrisy, but I'm not too bothered, really.

Enjoyed it, except for that

I see my family once a year (if I'm lucky) and the only thing that seems to stay the same is that I always end up sitting in the back of the car when we go anywhere. I'll usually cook 2-3 meals when I'm there to take the pressure off my stepmother, and I'll generally help out around the house. I think the urge is to prove to them that I'm a strong, independent grown-up. Even though I'm not.

HBD, Ashley!

Oh, I forgot our two-game back-to-back wins, let me put up the bunting...

But you know we're going to get absolutely creamed in the next two matches as recompense, right? We are NOT allowed to enjoy ANY kind of WINNING STREAK this season.

Yay, handball! Because... it's a thing! And there are people! People who enjoy it!

I have just about had it with my school. I've said it before, and I will say it again: the reward for hard work is... more hard work to do. Whereas the reward for unprofessional conduct, farming out your teaching hours to the people in your team while you watch NBA games and insulting the other heads of department is... ... a promotion to Deputy Head. I'm not going to pretend I'm the hardest working teacher in the school, or even in my grade. Nor will I pretend that I would even hope to be in line for any kind of significant promotion after less than two years at the school. BUT: I can see very clearly now that people like me who knuckle down, complete their work quickly with an excellent degree of efficiency and high-standard of outcomes will NEVER make a career for themselves at theis school. Why? Because I'm just not enough of a shitty human being to sleaze my way to the top and fuck everyone else over while I hide behind "policy" every time people call me on my bullshit. I have to leave, and soon before I call someone a cunt and threaten to punch them.

I think that my dentist was maybe private in the UK, although true to form, my parents refused to pay a penny towards dentistry from age 15. Along with all clothes - casual, school, shoes or otherwise - any necessary textbooks for school, did not allow friends in my home overnight, did not allow friends to eat in my home... ...wow, I had a depressing childhood after my dad remarried.

@Animal I feel you, buddy. But let's be honest, in retail you absolutely cannot call a customer a twat. Even if he has a big shirt on with the letters "I'm A Twat" in bold type and just starts kicking a small kitten around, you can't call him a twat. He absolutely IS a twat, he undoubtedly guilty of utter twattishness of the twatiest order... but you still shouldn't say it. Even when I worked in Game in Reading and we would get drugged up meth-heads trying to sell their sons' PS2 for more crack money, or the guy looking under 18 who thinks a letter from a methadone clinic is a form of ID, or the woman who OBVIOUSLY grabbed a boxed controller from the back of the shop and tried to spin a story about her hsuband being hit by a car on Christmas Day and this was the last gift she bought him and needed a refund for funeral expenses... ...even if you came across this filth, the manager would absolutely give you a formal warning for calling them a twat. But again, your feelings are absolutely spot-on: clearly a twat.

Wow... both my eye teeth, four wisdom teeth and a little weird-ass tooth growing UNDER a wisdom tooth were all done while I was conscious. WHY WAS I NEVER GIVEN THE KNOCK-OUT OPTION?!

Cough... I'm still basically alive... I think...?

Thank the lords of football. Still, too soon to hope for a complete turnaround. Also, Jonjo Shelvey? We have discipline problems and we sign Mr Bad Attitude? THAT'S ONLY GOING TO HELP!

I don't think anyone knew he had cancer, @MoogleViper Terrible loss. I had really hoped to see him live, sad that he stopped touring in 2006. I was named after him - "David Robert..." grew up with his music.... RIP

I enjoyed it. Didn't quite meander in the same way as Daredevil, it felt like a tighter story, as well as the character not being quite as whiny as Matt Murdoch. Didn't get the point of the IGH subplot, but I suppose there will be payoff next season.

Happy Birthday, chaps! May your day and you, be filled with cake!

Couldn't agree more. But I think whatsisface is getting the team on the right track defensively at least.

1: Buy more books. 2: Change jobs. 3: Spend more time on Lego. 4: Finish writing novel. 5: Get up to running 30km/week again.

Aye. This rollercoaster is intolerable sometimes. Would we be in the same position now if Krul were between the sticks? Hard to say. But what is obvious is that until a week or two ago, the boys were not giving it their all.

Merry Christmas from Shanghai! Fairly dull time here, just enjoying a little time off (only four days).

Well, we've subsequently deduced that it was our colleague who left for America on Friday. We had a disagreement a while back... ... essentially, three days out of five, she comes in hungover, and the remaining two days she's either half cut still or hyper on coffee. She's late every day. I have not said anything to her personally, but the management have worked out that she's unreliable, so they pile all her extra responsibilities on me. I was having a particularly stressful day a few weeks back when they dumped some more of her work on me, and I happened to remark "It seems like I'm the only teacher in Year 1 at times". She was in the toilet puking her guts up at the time, but someone repeated what I said to her. I explained that essentially the management here always pile the work on me due to my experience in the job. She said anything I need help with, she will help. But the fact is, several times I've passed on management request to her, and she's not bothered. Which leaves me to do it anyway. Means a lot - I still remember you taking me through those tough levels in Resi Revelations!

So we did Secret Santa at work today... ...and my Secret Santa either forgot or couldn't be bothered with me. Everyone else was there opening what turned out to be a lot of very thoughtful gifts and there was me sitting pretending like I didn't give a crap. And doing a bad job pf pretending at that. I genuinely thought I made enough of an impact on people's lives hree to generate enough respect and love, but obviously I'm just nobody.