Bugger
Earlier this month my girlfriend of nearly four years got back from three months in Africa and told me that our long term plans to move to Australia, get married and have babies had changed. More specifically she was still planning to do it but I am no longer invited. Dumped. Bugger.
Today my boss took me out and bought me a coffee. She told be that my contract would be ending in March. Fired. Bugger.
The point is that now I have lost my girl and my job my life is starting to resemble a country and western song. If I had a dog or a bible I would be watching them very closely. Instead I will be keeping a close eye on my laptop (trusty companion) and my copy of Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything (probably the best book on science ever written).
February 20th, 2009 at 12:32 am
If anyone’s gonna land on their feet in a sprint, it’d be you, Hubbers. I’m not worried one bit.
The line about the “dog or bible”, and the implied equivalence of the canine and the divine, cracks me up.
I’ve read parts of Bryson books before, but never a whole one. That title and your hyperbolic parenthetical definitely intrigue me, though.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Good God. I’m sorry to hear all of that.
February 20th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Mate, I’m gutted to hear that news. Have to agree with Erik though, if there is a person I know that will hit the ground running its you!!