Jan 2009
Becoming more like Alfie (aka Dog of the Week)
Yay, the weekend. Christ, I was ready for it this
week, and to celebrate I took myself off to Bath’s
RSPCA cat and dogs’ home. Crazy deadlines over
Christmas plus a general disruption to our routine
meant we had got out of the way of the weekly walk,
and I’ve been itching to get back into it.
Today’s companion on the walk was Alfie, ostensibly a Staffie though he looks a bit too gracile to me. I thought from that grey muzzle that he’d be a bit docile. Bollocks; he was fast and determined to follow only his route. I was originally resistant to this, but then I relented when He Found A Stick. Or rather, as you can see, a log-ette. He carried this for over a mile, and it was only when we were about to head back into the home – with me thinking they might be none too impressed – that I took a firm grip on it and said “give”. And he did. Given that I’m such a gamma male in real life, it’s astonishing how quickly dogs seem to identify me as the leader of the pack.
In other news, we bought a knife sharpener and a new iron today. They can, respectively, be summed up as “magical” and “badass”. The iron is black, yo, and has a two-stage anti-calc system. Respect.
Today’s companion on the walk was Alfie, ostensibly a Staffie though he looks a bit too gracile to me. I thought from that grey muzzle that he’d be a bit docile. Bollocks; he was fast and determined to follow only his route. I was originally resistant to this, but then I relented when He Found A Stick. Or rather, as you can see, a log-ette. He carried this for over a mile, and it was only when we were about to head back into the home – with me thinking they might be none too impressed – that I took a firm grip on it and said “give”. And he did. Given that I’m such a gamma male in real life, it’s astonishing how quickly dogs seem to identify me as the leader of the pack.
In other news, we bought a knife sharpener and a new iron today. They can, respectively, be summed up as “magical” and “badass”. The iron is black, yo, and has a two-stage anti-calc system. Respect.
Clever Wife!
Wife, who has been at Future for
less than two months, has already been nominated
for an Online Excellence award, part of the
company’s internal awards scheme. She didn’t,
ultimately, win, but even to be nominated so
soon after joining is fantastic, and what her
contributions did for the company is phenomenal.
The nominations blurb says:
Production Assistant Jenny Phin posted daily content throughout the Christmas period, with links to ideas for things to make and freebies to download for card making viewers. She did a great job in producing short, snappy, high-value content, which kept users coming back to the blog on a daily basis at a key time of the year. This resulted in Papercraft Inspirations’ highest traffic figures yet, and with REDACTED page views it achieved the highest traffic of all craft blogs at Future during this period.
You Rock, wife. It’s official.
Production Assistant Jenny Phin posted daily content throughout the Christmas period, with links to ideas for things to make and freebies to download for card making viewers. She did a great job in producing short, snappy, high-value content, which kept users coming back to the blog on a daily basis at a key time of the year. This resulted in Papercraft Inspirations’ highest traffic figures yet, and with REDACTED page views it achieved the highest traffic of all craft blogs at Future during this period.
You Rock, wife. It’s official.
