Nicholas Bate

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times: 108

There are no bad Mondays; merely those where a snooze button got in the way.

Your Greatest Hits Album

1. Track 1: My Mission. Obscenely loud rock 'n roll.
2. Track 2: Fresh Resolve. Classical, pastoral, committed (and lengthy at 7.42)
3. Track 3: Passion. Beatlesesque, Revolver period.
4. Track 4: Regular Blue Moon. An unusual rapped track about habits and commitment. A grower.
5. Track 5: I Did It My Way. Funky Sinatra cover which works.
6. Track 6: Love That Navy Seal. An ode to self-discipline.
7. Track 7: Fresh Notes. A soulful acoustic of lyrics of loss and learning.

Take a Multi-Socket

and add style.

Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times: 107

The punctuation of your school essay-comma, full-stop, semi-colon, parentheses-is handy for life too.

Stop, breathe, pause, consider, expand, move on...

Mmmm

Relax This Weekend with Your Host, Kurt Harden

Great food and Bowie

At The Sea

with Daniel Wray.

Old World of Work 7

1. Nobody got fired for buying IBM.
   
2. Await 28 days for delivery.
3. Coffee or tea, love? Did you want milk with that?
4. Your very own extension number.
5. A wave of a red passport.
6. A half of mild and a ciggie at the bar.
7. A job for life.

New World of Work 7

1. IBM?
   
2. You. Zip/post code. 1h by drone.
   
3. Ristretto, espresso, latte, flat white...
4. Your very own handheld computer.
5. Is this your Swiss Army Knife, sir?
6. A furtive fag by the outside plants and back for tapas and vodka shots.
7. No guarantees beyond the quarterly results.

The Breakthrough 7

1. Is just after the darkest hour and
   
2. Next to the obvious and
   
3. Just before you were about to give up and
   
4. Alongside remarkably straightforward and
   
5. Simply separated from you because of lack of time to think and breathe and
6. Aligned with what you truly know and believe and
7. Received with gratitude.