Long Time no See

Well, here I am, back at last. What, I hear you ask, (but fairly quietly), has our renowned hedgehog been up to for these missing weeks? Has he backpacked through Thailand with a flute, a broken-down donkey and a copy of The Wit of Margaret Thatcher?

No. The University faculty where he works has decided to shed 20% of its staff, and has asked people to volunteer before a large anvil falls out of the sky and does the volunteering for them. I couldn't take the chance, and signed up for a pension that's about the size of a gnat's kneecap, and am going at the end of July.

Interestingly, our compulsory graduation ceremony is sometime before we all go, so it ought to be interesting when 25 totally dissaffected and fed-up staff are parked in front of the Vice-Chancellor in the presence of the public. Hmm...

Now all I have to do is to find a source of income to replace the 80% of my salary that will be missing come August, and all will be well. If anybody out there wants some Web/datbase design, or custom sofware, the hedgehog is your man. If not, it's off to join the staff at B&Q or somewhere similar.

Meanwhile your hedgehog must fill in some more job application forms. Now, do I want to be an Asda checkout person? Hmm again...