Sarah Rae

Those can still go either way, it’s the gap between ‘we’ll do the thing you said’ and ‘the dictionary defines project management as….’ which is the problem

Now badgering my wife, thank you!

In a minor comedy of errors, I’ve completely lost my voice for stupid reasons but need to try and hide it from my mother in law, an 83 year old doctor.

What actually is the beef the BBC have with universal, is this all just one guy who hates theme parks?

Have achieved this solely through the classic adhd technique of ‘not actually getting around to the thing I said I’d look at over the weekend’ 🤡

Surely there’s a business opportunity in a paid for express lane at the post office

My wife just told me she can’t tell the difference between cardamom and star anise and I’m now questioning everything I’ve ever cooked

Tbf I think many top flight athletes have historically managed to sustain eating disorders perfectly well without (these specific) drugs…

I find dictating helpful for making me finish a thought rather than jumping around within a draft or a paragraph - which definitely helps clarity even with very formal writing.

Cooking in my parent’s new kitchen: much the same as the old one in hunting down unexpired spices and sharp knives, only the hob now wants you to download an app.

An increasing number of parliamentary questions to DfT seem to address the Secretary of State as a ‘him’ - is that more chatGPT drafting?

My partner’s experience of train travel with me is a blithe ‘it’ll be fine’ followed by silent googling of the route guide, no wonder she prefers driving…

Having gone to the sixth form college a surprisingly high proportion had been at private schools beforehand. Whether this was UCAS gaming or because it was actually better value was a bit unclear…

Until last year the standard Eurosport channels were included in the standard discovery package, fingers crossed that comes back. I don’t think being included in the premium service is good for niche sports…

It sort of puts the lie to the ‘I need a car to help my nan move and buy compost’ line because it turns out you really don’t need to do those things very often.

I really think clothes shops should have to put some sort of prices in their windows, to stop the part where you walk in to look at a jacket and back away slowly when it’s six hundred pounds

An email header: ‘make your first million this black Friday’

Marketing emails from Singapore highlighting both the economic and cultural differences in the most succinct way possible this morning. (This is from an optician)

As an anxious child I found being in the Sizewell instant death zone quite comforting in that scenario.

This is the one thing that is true about it being possible now when it wasn’t pre-Covid, because they’re no longer contractually obligated to compensate operators…

Also it’s not just picturesque Victorian terraces, there’s so many terribly built and maintained 60s houses all over London which are now falling apart. And they’re increasingly owned by commercial landlords happy to sell up!

This appears to already be happening in the civil service, linked to all the relocation programmes. The London weighting in pay doesn’t remotely cover the difference in housing costs any more…

I also love “X has recalled this email”, which immediately prompts everyone who didn’t read it to go looking for the juicy bits.

A light green turtle mascot with dark green, Batman-style headgear and goggles stands on two legs in front a promotional booth.

Tashikametan is a turtle who promotes the Labor Standards Bureau. He uses a scope attached to his mask to check employers are being fair. He’s a surprisingly fast runner, but because his shell is heavy, he can’t get up if he falls backwards.

Routing options used by tfl passengers between Waterloo and King’s Cross.

This chart is so good I remember it eight years (!) later…

The sheer excitement of the transport community getting to talk about road pricing for the day is really very endearing.

Scotland has some fundamental advantages here in terms of ‘number of people’/‘quantity of rain’….

A silly dog lying on his back surrounded by notepads

Spent a delightful evening drawing and hanging out with a corgi called Colin. Colin!

Tbh this is I think still better than the physio I had who went into it while you were face down and naked on the table but still expected to respond.

Is this not just tax NIMBYism? ‘I’m happy to see more development but only if meets this set of very specific criteria’

Bonus points if it was in Waltham Forest, but I’m not sure that hugely narrows the constituency…