http://catch28.blogsome.com it's like a catch 22, but more so. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:49:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spend an inordinate amount of time doing something that I rarely write about these days. Primarily this would be my job. For the past 6 months I have worked in a small federal government agency, and its been enormously satisfying. After years of working in that other government agency, ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/10/15/today-was-a-good-day/ It strikes me as weird, classical economists siding with social conservatives. The basics of market thoery should really have the economists on the side of the social liberationists. I think the reason they don’t comes down to the cost of labour, which is pretty much the biggest cost for a ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/09/03/the-inevitability-of-gay-marriage/ I failed economics. Well, three unit economics. And I only failed it in year 12. And I passed two unit economics quite well. But I failed the third unit, the advanced unit, and it didn’t count towards my TER (that’s Tertiary Entrence Rank, for all the UAI babies out there). ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/09/03/the-economist-in-me/ So I’ve decided not to go to queensland in october, and not to go to lismore for new year, and not take any of my holidays from work between now and may next year. This is mainly because during my recent housing crisis I had very little money saved, which ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/09/03/priorities/ so when last we’d heard from our intrepid hero (ie, me), it was over a month ago, in the middle of winter, and I was somewhat between places to live. So… what’s been doing? Well, first the good news. I have a place! and a 12 month lease! and it’s ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/08/26/shamy-sham-sham/ The last two weeks have been pretty awful. Starting with dental issues and being short staffed during the busiest week of work ever and having no prospective houses to look at to ease my rental crisis during the first week, continuing through to the most horrible week I’ve ever spent ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/07/20/an-unsuccessful-weekend-mostly/ I don’t care if you walk around with your religion on your sleve. It’s when its splashed on the light poles, and the buses, and the train stations, and the television, and the newspapers, and the parks, and pretty much damn everywhere that it starts to get to me. And ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/07/13/an-angry-week/ So last saturday I went house hunting, and found this absolutely beautiful one bedroom art deco apartment in peterham. It was stunning. Which found me on sunday running around getting my shit together to put in an application on the place. Which found me at work at 8am on monday ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/07/10/rental-conundrum/ Did your last kiss mean anything? Nothing special How old is the last person you kissed? I don’t think I asked. Will you talk to the person you like on the phone tonight? Nope. What woke you up this morning? Tooth ache Your current relationship status? Single What is your ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/07/07/passing-time/ It’s been almost a week since I fled the psycho housemate, and gosh, being west is just so much not fun. One has to get up much earlier and travel much further in much more unpleasent conditions, just to get to the same spot that a sunny stroll down tree ... http://catch28.blogsome.com/2008/07/01/almost-a-week/