Michael
@mcshammy.bsky.social
Lover of ideas, failed part time humourist, now aiming to become avuncular. Concocts book titles daily which would definitely sell. Inventor of "Crisp Salad" - a salad made of different flavour crisps! Saw the pope in a helicopter once.
Job hunting.
I think of it like boar hunting in medieval times.
I track through the undergrowth, silent, closing in on my quarry.
I unleash a flurry of arrows.
The Recruiting Manager looks surprised.
Sorry, I say, I was thinking this was a bit like boar hunting.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I think of it like boar hunting in medieval times.
I track through the undergrowth, silent, closing in on my quarry.
I unleash a flurry of arrows.
The Recruiting Manager looks surprised.
Sorry, I say, I was thinking this was a bit like boar hunting.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
January 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Job hunting.
I think of it like boar hunting in medieval times.
I track through the undergrowth, silent, closing in on my quarry.
I unleash a flurry of arrows.
The Recruiting Manager looks surprised.
Sorry, I say, I was thinking this was a bit like boar hunting.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I think of it like boar hunting in medieval times.
I track through the undergrowth, silent, closing in on my quarry.
I unleash a flurry of arrows.
The Recruiting Manager looks surprised.
Sorry, I say, I was thinking this was a bit like boar hunting.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Saw Nosferatu last night. Although he's presumably centuries old, he did seem to me about 45. Younger than me!
January 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Saw Nosferatu last night. Although he's presumably centuries old, he did seem to me about 45. Younger than me!
Interviewer - Why do you want to work for this company?
Me - I don't.
Interviewer - Me neither.
Me - Would you like a hug?
Interviewer - You'd never last here.
Me - I eat discouragement for breakfast.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Me - I don't.
Interviewer - Me neither.
Me - Would you like a hug?
Interviewer - You'd never last here.
Me - I eat discouragement for breakfast.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
January 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Interviewer - Why do you want to work for this company?
Me - I don't.
Interviewer - Me neither.
Me - Would you like a hug?
Interviewer - You'd never last here.
Me - I eat discouragement for breakfast.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Me - I don't.
Interviewer - Me neither.
Me - Would you like a hug?
Interviewer - You'd never last here.
Me - I eat discouragement for breakfast.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I was about to say job hunting is like speed dating, but now realising all my dates have effectively been speed dates.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
January 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I was about to say job hunting is like speed dating, but now realising all my dates have effectively been speed dates.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Just realized I've been talking to myself in a British accent for the past hour. Like Alec Guinness in Bridge Over The River Kwai.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
January 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just realized I've been talking to myself in a British accent for the past hour. Like Alec Guinness in Bridge Over The River Kwai.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Can't help thinking Trump's Canada, Greenland, Panama nonsense is really about normalising the idea of expansionism, so that when it comes time to force Ukraine to concede to Russia, everyone accepts it as a plausible outcome
December 26, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Can't help thinking Trump's Canada, Greenland, Panama nonsense is really about normalising the idea of expansionism, so that when it comes time to force Ukraine to concede to Russia, everyone accepts it as a plausible outcome
The interview question came. What makes you unique? The world, it is a harsh mistress, he said.
A tooth-and-claw affair where the weak are devoured and the timid trampled. To survive, one must stand apart. To be ordinary is to be forgotten, to be dust.
Blimey!
#howtoliveanoriginallife #pinikl
A tooth-and-claw affair where the weak are devoured and the timid trampled. To survive, one must stand apart. To be ordinary is to be forgotten, to be dust.
Blimey!
#howtoliveanoriginallife #pinikl
December 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
The interview question came. What makes you unique? The world, it is a harsh mistress, he said.
A tooth-and-claw affair where the weak are devoured and the timid trampled. To survive, one must stand apart. To be ordinary is to be forgotten, to be dust.
Blimey!
#howtoliveanoriginallife #pinikl
A tooth-and-claw affair where the weak are devoured and the timid trampled. To survive, one must stand apart. To be ordinary is to be forgotten, to be dust.
Blimey!
#howtoliveanoriginallife #pinikl
New word learned.
Binfluencer
When you're the person who puts the bins out early enough to tell the neighbours which bin it is this week
#binfluencer
Binfluencer
When you're the person who puts the bins out early enough to tell the neighbours which bin it is this week
#binfluencer
December 20, 2024 at 4:38 PM
New word learned.
Binfluencer
When you're the person who puts the bins out early enough to tell the neighbours which bin it is this week
#binfluencer
Binfluencer
When you're the person who puts the bins out early enough to tell the neighbours which bin it is this week
#binfluencer
The grey mist hung in the office corridors like a shroud. Fluorescent lights flickered overhead, their dying light casting shadows that moved like wraiths across the corporate wasteland. What makes you unique, the interviewer had said. What makes anyone unique in these times.
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What Makes You Unique? A 2025 Guide
The grey mist hung in the office corridors like a shroud. The fluorescent lights flickered overhead, their dying light casting shadows that…
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December 20, 2024 at 8:57 AM
The grey mist hung in the office corridors like a shroud. Fluorescent lights flickered overhead, their dying light casting shadows that moved like wraiths across the corporate wasteland. What makes you unique, the interviewer had said. What makes anyone unique in these times.
tinyurl.com/2nsvmx2a
tinyurl.com/2nsvmx2a
Man looked for greatness in himself. Found only coffee stains and unpaid bills. But he laughed, because the stains made a shape like a Rorschach blot, and that was something.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Man looked for greatness in himself. Found only coffee stains and unpaid bills. But he laughed, because the stains made a shape like a Rorschach blot, and that was something.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I just watched It's A Wonderful Life. The same thing happened to me. An angel showed me what would have happened to the company if I hadn't been a project manager. It was all the same, except fewer tea breaks.
December 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I just watched It's A Wonderful Life. The same thing happened to me. An angel showed me what would have happened to the company if I hadn't been a project manager. It was all the same, except fewer tea breaks.
Michael Bublé = Christmas.
December 13, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Michael Bublé = Christmas.
December 11, 2024 at 9:02 AM
I couldn’t think of an original way to get washed, dressed and ready for work, so I just did that as per standard procedure.
I did wear my red boxers, though, for secret sexiness.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I did wear my red boxers, though, for secret sexiness.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM
I couldn’t think of an original way to get washed, dressed and ready for work, so I just did that as per standard procedure.
I did wear my red boxers, though, for secret sexiness.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
I did wear my red boxers, though, for secret sexiness.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
The following day, I was out of bed by 5 am.
The sun, powered by nuclear fusion, peered murkily through the morning clouds.
“I embrace you, sun!” I whispered loudly.
I ticked the first task off my list of original things to do with a Liberace-level flourish.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
The sun, powered by nuclear fusion, peered murkily through the morning clouds.
“I embrace you, sun!” I whispered loudly.
I ticked the first task off my list of original things to do with a Liberace-level flourish.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 11, 2024 at 8:58 AM
The following day, I was out of bed by 5 am.
The sun, powered by nuclear fusion, peered murkily through the morning clouds.
“I embrace you, sun!” I whispered loudly.
I ticked the first task off my list of original things to do with a Liberace-level flourish.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
The sun, powered by nuclear fusion, peered murkily through the morning clouds.
“I embrace you, sun!” I whispered loudly.
I ticked the first task off my list of original things to do with a Liberace-level flourish.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
What the? Who the?
How could anyone possibly know my intentions and the exact time at which I intended them? It was a mystery with no clues whatsoever attached at all.
I peered intently at the postcard.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
How could anyone possibly know my intentions and the exact time at which I intended them? It was a mystery with no clues whatsoever attached at all.
I peered intently at the postcard.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 11, 2024 at 8:57 AM
What the? Who the?
How could anyone possibly know my intentions and the exact time at which I intended them? It was a mystery with no clues whatsoever attached at all.
I peered intently at the postcard.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
How could anyone possibly know my intentions and the exact time at which I intended them? It was a mystery with no clues whatsoever attached at all.
I peered intently at the postcard.
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Some say love, it is a river.
No they don't, nobody does.
No they don't, nobody does.
December 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Some say love, it is a river.
No they don't, nobody does.
No they don't, nobody does.
December 8, 2024 at 8:25 AM
The postcard said...
How to live an original life - easy style
- Embrace the day
- Create something new
- Make more social connections
- Take a road less travelled
- Experiment with different musical tastes
- Don’t listen to the news
- Write a poem
Love AB
#howtoliveanoriginallife
How to live an original life - easy style
- Embrace the day
- Create something new
- Make more social connections
- Take a road less travelled
- Experiment with different musical tastes
- Don’t listen to the news
- Write a poem
Love AB
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 8, 2024 at 8:21 AM
The postcard said...
How to live an original life - easy style
- Embrace the day
- Create something new
- Make more social connections
- Take a road less travelled
- Experiment with different musical tastes
- Don’t listen to the news
- Write a poem
Love AB
#howtoliveanoriginallife
How to live an original life - easy style
- Embrace the day
- Create something new
- Make more social connections
- Take a road less travelled
- Experiment with different musical tastes
- Don’t listen to the news
- Write a poem
Love AB
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Presently, I was googling the phrase “how to live an original life - easy style” when a mysterious postcard popped through the door. Through the mail slot in the door, I mean.
The postcard was blank, with this long message…
How To Live An Original life - Easy style
#howtoliveanoriginallife
The postcard was blank, with this long message…
How To Live An Original life - Easy style
#howtoliveanoriginallife
December 8, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Presently, I was googling the phrase “how to live an original life - easy style” when a mysterious postcard popped through the door. Through the mail slot in the door, I mean.
The postcard was blank, with this long message…
How To Live An Original life - Easy style
#howtoliveanoriginallife
The postcard was blank, with this long message…
How To Live An Original life - Easy style
#howtoliveanoriginallife
Interviewer - Tell me about a time you resolved a conflict.
Me, with 25 years experience - Umm...
Interviewer - Have you heard about this mystery job hunter who's been punching interviewers for asking useless questions?
Me - Umm...
#pinikl
Me, with 25 years experience - Umm...
Interviewer - Have you heard about this mystery job hunter who's been punching interviewers for asking useless questions?
Me - Umm...
#pinikl
December 7, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Interviewer - Tell me about a time you resolved a conflict.
Me, with 25 years experience - Umm...
Interviewer - Have you heard about this mystery job hunter who's been punching interviewers for asking useless questions?
Me - Umm...
#pinikl
Me, with 25 years experience - Umm...
Interviewer - Have you heard about this mystery job hunter who's been punching interviewers for asking useless questions?
Me - Umm...
#pinikl
Interviewer - Tell me about your leadership style.
Me - I once watched a YouTube video about what confident people do with their hands.
#pinikl
Me - I once watched a YouTube video about what confident people do with their hands.
#pinikl
December 7, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Interviewer - Tell me about your leadership style.
Me - I once watched a YouTube video about what confident people do with their hands.
#pinikl
Me - I once watched a YouTube video about what confident people do with their hands.
#pinikl
Interviewer - How do you prioritize your workload?
Me - I've noticed I do my best work right after watching someone my age on LinkedIn announce they've become a CEO.
#pinikl
Me - I've noticed I do my best work right after watching someone my age on LinkedIn announce they've become a CEO.
#pinikl
December 7, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Interviewer - How do you prioritize your workload?
Me - I've noticed I do my best work right after watching someone my age on LinkedIn announce they've become a CEO.
#pinikl
Me - I've noticed I do my best work right after watching someone my age on LinkedIn announce they've become a CEO.
#pinikl