A View From the Civil Service
Me: I'm really glad about the child benefit cuts. It makes me feel like they're not just going for disability benefit claimants; they're also going for the high earners who claim as much in benefit as...
View ArticleI am always slightly suspicious
of people who use their middle names as their first name...
View ArticleI get jealous
of people who are more successful than me, despite the fact that they are rubbish. (The ones who are more successful than me because they are excellent, I applaud.)
View ArticleMy ex has made his profile private, so I can no longer Facebook-stalk him
This is disappointing.
View ArticleConversations I have had
Me, finger digging in scalp: "Is that my other bald patch?"Her, riffling through my hair like a pack of cards: "No, that's the crown of your head."
View ArticleThe most disconcerting thing about alopecia...
... is the amount of hair I'm pulling out of my mouth.
View ArticleA Definition of Irony
It is Blogging Against Disablism Day. I had planned to write a long post about the challenges of holding down a full time job while holding down a full time disability: about education, exhaustion,...
View ArticleGuess which one worked
Me: Hello, my blackberry is telling me I have an unread message and I don't."Orange Business Support: [An entirely complicated answer which basically involves taking my blackberry apart, deleting all...
View ArticleWhat estate agents say to disabled flat seekers #1
- Are you sure you wouldn't rather live in Wimbledon?
View ArticleThis actually just happened
I am knackered so was having a nap. My doorbell rang. I assumed it was a parcel delivery so went downstairs and answered the door. It was two Scope fundraisers. I congratulated them on waking me up and...
View ArticleThe best chat up line I have ever heard
is the one where we go on a blind date and, half and hour in, he casually mentions he is engaged to be married?!
View ArticleWhen you call for your blood test results and the receptionist tells you to...
it's a fair bet they won't begin the appointment with, "Hey! We've got GREAT news!"
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