tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post3619827843792067861..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Latent Double'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-18306022306833733022009-03-11T15:58:00.000-05:002009-03-11T15:58:00.000-05:00Strange that just as i quit office hell yours is b...Strange that just as i quit office hell yours is beginning. The shame, the sense of being a lackey, bullied, ordered about by cretins who - if they know you write - despise you for it, is grim stuff; especially if you're used to freedom, as i was when they slapped the temp-cuffs on me in 2004.<BR/><BR/>i managed to survive by thinking of it as an ordeal that would temper me, burn away all that was extraneous. 'Eat bitter' as the kung fu saying goes. It has certainly made me much harder, grimmer, my humour much darker. i don't really smile much now, but when i do i really mean it - because it had to fight its way through all the misery and pain and exhaustion.<BR/><BR/>It also helps to abuse your laminating powers and start laminating badges for yourself, giving yourself special powers and titles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com