In the UK it’s perfectly legal

to ask these questions on a job application.

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The tweets you didn’t tweet

Attention, please note! Attention, please note! The expansion committee announces that after the hundred and eightieth all twittering is to be treated as a sign of hopelessness!

- Alasdair Gray, Lanark.

(via @abysmalmusings)

I think you all know my feelings on tweeting your pain: it’s not appropriate. It’s somewhat different if your Twitter persona is an extension of your blog, but generally I’m of the opinion that your suicidal ideation is TMI for Stephen Fry.

But just because you don’t say it doesn’t mean you aren’t feeling it.

So tell me the tweets you had to hold back, the tweets that were too truthful to be understood or forgiven, the tweets that lodged in your throat. Go on.

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Jaffa Cakes: how they see us and how we view ourselves

I hate to break it to you, but you’re a Jaffa Cake.

You behave like one thing, but you’re really something else.

Disclaimer: this post mentions other blogs, but is not directed at any blogger in particular.

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Protected: Left to my own devices

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