http://www.takeitfromme.org ...hindsight is the way forward Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Supermarket ewoks aren't bad creatures, exactly. But they are slow, and they WILL take up the full width of the aisle where possible.  Supermarket ewoks are generally squat, with no discernible neck and a great bulk of coated shoulder, like a wingspan. They may be men or women, or some ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/12/08/supermarket-ewoks/ Scrap the previous post. I'm a PM convert. I've read The Insider and I've decided that I bloody like the guy. Plus he led an anti-war campaign throughout his editorship of The Mirror - and whilst this fact went over my head at the time because I never bought it - I ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/12/04/that-piers-morgan-rocks/   When the famous-for-not-being-famous Celebrity Big Brother 4 winner, Chantelle Houghton, was in the hot seat on The Darker Side Of Fame, in a righteous world, the girl would have turned the tables on Piers Morgan and asked him exactly what he'd done that was so goddam special himself. There's nothing special about a ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/11/02/dont-get-famous-get-even/ Before you splurge on those Alexander McQueen union jack boots or the patriotic Chanel that is Agyness Deyn's handbag du jour, cast your mind back to 1997, when a certain flame-haired Spice Girl performed in a union jack dress at the Brit Awards. A year later it sold at auction for ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/30/fly-the-flag-of-reason/ And I speak as one who has gone through various regimes now and then. I went on an anti-candida diet in my early twenties and cut out sugar and yeast. The first and last major detox I'll ever do, I felt hugely better and lost too much weight in the ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/24/that-food-is-to-be-enjoyed-not-endured/ Belly laugh of the week - Guy Ritchie and Madonna and their alleged "whisper therapy" at the première of his film. Grazia (15 September) ran an a feature claiming that the couple use this secret ritual "to strengthen the intimacy between them, particularly when they're in a crowd." I'm sure it ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/13/that-everyones-whispering/ I have worked in many, many offices and the work is never as fascinating as the power struggles that play out every single day in the corporate cesspit. I am singularly adept at spotting the ones who’ve worked for years to gain a globule of power and cannot wait to ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/07/dont-size-people-up-according-to-their-office-function/ At around the age of thirteen I went a bit nuts. This was because my young life had spun out of my control and the only way I could feign any kind of mastery over it was to be a really pissed off teenager. I’d gone from a cushty prep ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/01/%e2%80%a6that-rebellion-is-healthy/ The news today that teenagers could condense their GCSEs into modules to be assessed on completion, and then take a gap year before A Levels, and then take a gap year after A Levels, is absolutely my kind of thinking. When I’d finished my A Levels I could have gone ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/09/01/%e2%80%a6get-your-exams-over-with-and-test-yourself-in-life-school/ I should know. I’ve been looking for over a year. What I’m looking for is a cropped jacket that comes down to my midriff; soft leather that has aged well; a small size that hugs my shoulders and that I can just about do up, with zips and fastenings that ... http://www.takeitfromme.org/2008/08/30/that-the-perfect-vintage-motorcycle-jacket-is-impossible-to-find/