I can’t believe that it’s already May. May of 2005. Which means I will turn 30 in 2 months. (11th July to be exact. Mark your calendars now!)

Despite this somewhat-of-a-watershed occasion, this summer also sees me returning to the temporary battlefield world of office administration. While my resume is rejoicing that I can once again put “temporary employee” in the left-hand column often reserved for “job title,” I am not so full of glee.

So while I get my closet properly stocked with clothes I will only wear in the office, my voice ready and steady to say “Good morning/afternoon, this is Betsy, how may I direct your call?” 4323409 times per day, and a bevvy of lists mentally stored to be expunged on endless reams of pilfered Post-Its, I bring you the first in a summerlong installment of Friday posts.

With ethics and activism in mind (as well as good old-fashioned time wasting), these Friday posts will be written with my fellow office peons and cubicle dwellers predicament in consideration, you fellow compatriots in a war against lost memos and improperly delivered mail where we’re armed with leftover food scraps from board member meetings and a rainbows choice of pen colors. And a reminder that you’re not the only clockwatcher, daydeamer or person-who-wishes-they-were-anywhere-else.

And, of course, all links are worksafe!

Atleast this gig gave me a window.

*Realise how bad you are at HMTL with the artistic genius of Huong Ngo.

*Craft and snark make for perfect reading over at Threadbared.

*Learn more about why you procrastinate. Although you will most likely procrastinate on clicking this very link.

*Take comfort in the fact that you’re not the only one in a pen, courtesy of Seattle’s Barking Lounge

*No matter what you’re doing, the The Yes Men are doing something cooler.

*You, too, can make a zine in 24 hours!

*Plan your dinner tonight thanks to these free veg*n cookbooks!

*Take further comfort in the fact that someone else likes Lionel Richie even more than I do. (Hmmm…Remember how I said my birthday was on the horizon?) ;)

*Read about the work of Maakin Lab in Shetland. Discover more about how knitting in Shetland contributes to its historical and cultural heritage.

*Learn more than you possibly ever knew existed about heavy metal at BNR metal. Rock!

Rah Rah Rah! Go and listen to The Chap!