So you decided to for a jog after work but when the time came it started pouring down rain and the temperature dropped to single figures. All of a sudden it just became a lot easier to give up and you've never been so grateful to be inside. Your apartment has never felt so comfy. … Continue reading Jogging in the rain →

A committee was formed to come up with a new name for the latest village cake. Brainstorming soon followed. As the committee couldn't quite articulate what they wanted, they specified what they didn't want. Avenues to avoid. It was then decided that the committee would open it up to the wider group. It would be … Continue reading Overruling the committee →

It's funny how you can see the culture of a company by the behaviour in the smoking area. I work in a building with two fairly large companies and both have a considerable amount of smokers. Both companies allow regular smoke breaks, so you can expect at least a couple representatives from each company outside … Continue reading Smoking area →

Games day at the office is great. They set up all sorts of games throughout the office. Like a Wii, Twister, giant Jenga, arcade games and more. So if you're in charge of your own working schedule and whenever you're feeling your productivity dipping you can clear your head with something completely different like Mario … Continue reading Office games day →

There's no such thing as a bad idea. That's what he said. But just a few minutes later he displayed a quizzical look and an eyebrow in danger of going into his hair. Then a few minutes after that he started picking ideas apart. "What do you mean by that?" "I don't get it" It's … Continue reading No bad ideas →

I needed to get my car fixed today and I knew that there would be some waiting time so I decided I would visit two nearby garages compare the waiting time and then choose the quicker one. Now both garages are branches of the same company so they were practically identical. Where they differed though … Continue reading Two garages →

When I was younger i used to play Football Manager and a problem i always used to encounter was the blatant bias towards my favourite players. This became especially bad when they weren't performing. I'd still start them ahead of lesser known more deserving players. I would rationalise it by saying 'He just needs more … Continue reading The conviction to cut →

I was playing a particularly tight tag rugby match recently when I noticed a separation amongst the players. As the pressure began to build and the end of the game neared, you begin to feel that something special is required here to be the difference between these two teams, to win the game. There is … Continue reading When the game is on the line →

Myself and my housemates moved recently and I was amazed at the amount of crap we collectively had as a household. I find it is the small regular disciplines that pay off big time in the long term. For example, recently,  when my car became embarrassingly dirty and I didn't have the time or energy … Continue reading Small Disciplines →

I never buy lotto tickets. The insurmountable odds of me actually winning is inescapable. Then my department in work started a lotto pool, each week everyone chips in a €1 to buy a lotto ticket. And all of a sudden I'm throwing my rational consumer persona out the window and wasting a euro a week … Continue reading Lotto →