http://www.workreport.net/ Mike blogs in two places on Orble, and two on Blogger. His wife thinks he writes too much. en Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:05:00 GMT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:05:00 GMT info@workreport.net info@workreport.net http://www.workreport.net/well-wed/ One of the most popular posts I've written on this blog focuses on the speech Susan Sarandon gives in the movie, Shall We Dance. It's a speech that you find... http://www.workreport.net/well-wed/#comments http://www.workreport.net/well-wed/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:05:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/worked/ The other day at work I succumbed to an online ad and ordered 250 free business cards. It turned out not to be a cheap and nasty company doing the... http://www.workreport.net/worked/#comments http://www.workreport.net/worked/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:53:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/ongoing-battle/ There's been an email chain letter doing the rounds (since 2005, apparently) which says that in spite of all the supposed health benefits of margarine, and the badness of butter... http://www.workreport.net/ongoing-battle/#comments http://www.workreport.net/ongoing-battle/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/any-portal-in-a-storm/ You'll all have heard of loose cannons. Well today, Stanton,I want to talk a little about loose diamonds. {Stanton? Who's he? When I used to write a column for the... http://www.workreport.net/any-portal-in-a-storm/#comments http://www.workreport.net/any-portal-in-a-storm/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:42:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/ebygum-book/ One of the Guardian writers I read fairly regularly is Charlie Brooker. He can be a bit crude for my taste on occasions, but apart from that he has a... http://www.workreport.net/ebygum-book/#comments http://www.workreport.net/ebygum-book/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:12:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/shut-out/ Started back at work this week: another year of employment, all things being equal. Officially I can retire this year - in May - and from that time I'll get... http://www.workreport.net/shut-out/#comments http://www.workreport.net/shut-out/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:04:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/loving-worms/ At present I'm on holiday - have been since the day before Christmas, and will be until I go back on the 25th of this month. At this time of... http://www.workreport.net/loving-worms/#comments http://www.workreport.net/loving-worms/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:17:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/borrowing/ I've started using Google Alert again, just for interest's sake, and discovered today that a post I put on the Mission Resource site (the one I do at my work... http://www.workreport.net/borrowing/#comments http://www.workreport.net/borrowing/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:21:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/having-a-fit/ Anyone who watches television will no the dreadful feeling of being hounded - yet again - by someone promoting the best diet supplement or the latest in gym equipment (in... http://www.workreport.net/having-a-fit/#comments http://www.workreport.net/having-a-fit/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:12:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/learning-online/ Last year I did my first bout of University study. I've done other tertiary study before, some Polytech units and at least one full-year course where I did a Certificate... http://www.workreport.net/learning-online/#comments http://www.workreport.net/learning-online/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:45:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/nodding-off/2/ A nap in the middle of the afternoon is great for reviving energy. A nap in the middle of a meeting may have the same effect - but may not... http://www.workreport.net/nodding-off/2/#comments http://www.workreport.net/nodding-off/2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:51:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/chaired-on/2/ Back in the days when I worked for Delta, I remember there seemed to be a lot of concern about the office furniture - the chairs in particular. The company... http://www.workreport.net/chaired-on/2/#comments http://www.workreport.net/chaired-on/2/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:24:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/more-food/ Up until a couple of years ago, going out to a restaurant was something we did only rarely - usually it would be a big family occasion, or the end... http://www.workreport.net/more-food/#comments http://www.workreport.net/more-food/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:57:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/data-entry/ A friend of mine and I have been trying to work out a way to itemize the number of hours spent individually on various tasks in our office so that... http://www.workreport.net/data-entry/#comments http://www.workreport.net/data-entry/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:26:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/affordable/ For several years now, a friend of mine called John Arnold (he's actually a doctor, but we don't let that come between us) and I have been getting together about... http://www.workreport.net/affordable/#comments http://www.workreport.net/affordable/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:57:00 GMT