Well it's back to work today, I have only been in 1 hour and the arse kissing and brown nosing has started, hence the title of this post.  Now I have never conformed or kissed anyones arse, that's just not my style, I say it as it is, if you don't like it then move on.

Sitting here watching 15 people all licking up to each other is interesting to say the least, the office here is probably no different to any other but we do have stereo types here, we have the young gun boss arse kisser, he volunteers for everything, I am sure if the boss asked him to clean the loos by licking them clean he would, he thinks that it will improve his chances of promotion, he will learn eventually. 

Then we have the office hottie, she's blonde. gorgeous and has a body that even I would lick, however, as every male member here in the office and outside are lusting after her I just prefer to watch them getting burnt by her as she rejects their advances but uses them for her own benefit. 

Then we have the office guru, this young man knows everything we don't about whats happening at the college, need to know something, go see this guy, he is also the office hot guy for the girls. 

Then theres the office pain in the arse, she's the biggest pain and most obstructive cow in the whole college, according to her, everyones out to get her, she is always over worked and can't help anyone out, it's me me me. 

​I think we have every type here with the rest, then theres me, the boss sees me as someone who is a big benefit to the team, but she also knows that I am more qualified to do her job than she is, so hates me with a passion, but has to put up with me, the rest see me as the grumpy old fart who they come to for advice and there private life issues, I prefer not to get involved with anyone, but sometimes it's unavoidable, so as you can guess I am not happy here at the moment with all the shit about my job role and pay etc, so I will just play my ace card this year, as they won't recognise my teaching certificate then when they ask me to produce paperwork for the courses that I usually do, this year my answer will be, Sorry I'm not qualified, its about to get interesting me thinks.

Watch this space.

Just a quick one, well done the Spurs in giving Man Utd a good thrashing.

Well it's back to work for me after 10 days holiday, so what did I do, well stayed at home as per usual, but finish both guitars I was building and started another, so not been idle, number 3 looks like it's gonna be a killer, then I would say that.
I was flicking around YouTube when I saw a concert of one of my idols Peter Frampton, this is the man responsible for me taking up guitar in the first place so he has a lot to answer for, LOL, the man is just amazing even today he just has me rocking.

As for work, if you read my last post, I still have no contract but I will be teaching this term while I decide what i want to do, I figured the best way to screw them is leave over the Christmas holidays, which means they don't have time to advertise or put someone in place, what about the kids I hear you shout, well they wont suffer as I am sure the rest of the media team will cover for me, well maybe.

So, back to my frampton concert, OOOh he's nowing doing 'I don't need no doctor from his Humble Pie days'.

I'm off, bye for now.

​A smiling and rocking Grumpy Old Man.

It's been a while since my last confession/blog, all sorts of things going on at the moment, so where to begin, well at the beginning I suppose.

About a month ago I received an email from the college saying that my role (Instructor) was being made redundant, now as an instructor I only need to support the kids and Lecture when required, which turned out to be 90% of the time.  So as they had to pay extra for the lecturing they can save money by making me a Lecturer, heres how, at my current pay scale which is at the top of it I earn £**.000 however because I will be placed on the lowest lecturing scale as this will be a new contract i would be £1,500.00 worse off?  When I mentioned this to them they replied yes but I had to remember that this was a money saving exercise, so I did what any self respecting human would do and told them to Fuck Off and make me redundant, to which they replied, this college has a no redundancy policy so they would find me a job with equivalent pay scale to my current role, that was 5 weeks ago, I return to work tomorrow after a 3 week break so I will see what happens.  The college is a complete and fucking shambles since the new Principle arrive, I am pretty sure he is playing with figures (money) that when he leaves, which he will soon, the shit will hit the fan as we discover his miss-dealings.  Anyway we shall wait and see.

OUCH

Yes my ouch moment, while I have been on holiday I have been doing all the things around the house/shed that I have been meaning to do, so with 3 weeks holiday I thought I would tackle the tasks, task 1, the double doors on my shed/log cabin/garage where catching at the top, so with plane in had I climbed the step ladder to the top about 8 feet so I was about 10 off the ground and started shaving off the top of the door, the next thing I know or remember is that the ladder has given way and I am falling backwards towards a concrete slab (shed foundations), the next thing I remember is a blinding flash of light and a pain at the back of my head.
I opened my eyes and saw the clear blue sky, not knowing how long I had been laying there I decided to wait a minute before attempting to get up.  Now if you have been following my blogs you will know that I had a broken neck and had plates and pins fitted just over 2 months ago, so I am lying in the warm or should I say scorching heat worried if I have damaged the neck again, so I gently run my hand around the back of my neck to see if there was any obvious problems, apart from some blood on the back of my head I thought I had escaped with very little injury.
So I tried to get up, OUCH, having landed flat on my back which took most of the fall and my head obviously hitting the ground, the pain in my back was to say the least "OUCH", I already have 3 vertebrae mis-aligned in my lower back giving me sciatica, so I thought better of it and just laid there for a few more minutes, I then picked up my phone which had fallen out of my pocket and was laying beside me a called my partner explaining that I needed some help as I had just fallen from the ladder.
Now, I know that the ladies here have to look good before leaving the house so that they get the attention they think they deserve, controversial, yeah, but true, anyway, about 30 minutes, yes half an hour later my partner arrives, I asked where the hell have you been, she answers that she had to do her hair and makeup and put on some clothes as she was in her jimjams when I called, WTF, she then started having a go at me for calling her as she was sending emails, if I could have I would have dragged her to the roof of the shed and thrown her off, so she helps me to my feet but I know I am in trouble, so she phones for an ambulance which arrives with a Paramedic in tow.  They check me over and take me to the local hospital for a CT and MRI because of the neck thing and now the back, about an hour later a Doctor comes to give me the news, my neck is fine, the graze on my head is minor, but I do have a minor concussion but my lower back is fucked, I tell him about my previous problems and he said that the fall had not helped but I was OK to go, he prescribed some pain killers which I already have and tells me to go home and rest, if I start to feel sick or pass out to come back.  So with my soon to be ex-partner at home sending more emails to her friends I phone for a cab and make my way home.  Update, My head and neck are fine but my back is definitely screwed.

About a week after the skydiving incident, I climb a ladder again, this time 20 feet to attached a 30 foot antenna to the house, all goes well this time and I am soon chatting to people from Europe, however my aim is to conquer the world, radio wise that is.
SO my new 80 foot antenna arrived this morning, so It's up the ladder again at the weekend, watch this space.