Latest Blog Posts for Rat in a Bowler Hat

• When I grow up I want to be....
  on Oct 6, 2010
  “Hi Brian”, “Hello. Look, where are you, I need you up here now as there’s a meeting you must to be in.” I momentarily wonder if he is calling me on his silly Bluetooth headset, coffee in one hand and red-hot poker in the other. “Just dow...
• References
  on Sep 26, 2010
  Before Lucy has the opportunity to tell me what the things are she wants form me, I begin my process of wondering. I don’t owe her any favours, so it can’t be that. However, if she wants a favour from me than she’ll owe me one, and that could b...
• Gossip Girls (and boys)
  on Sep 21, 2010
  I’m pleased to see Lucy; despite the fact that the last time we talked it was like being spoken to by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction. I have a lot of respect for her in a number of ways, and she’s gorgeous to boot. Her comment that she was hop...
• Burning Bridges
  on Sep 17, 2010
  There she was, the infamous Lucy Tricker. She is sitting cross-legged on the couches sipping on what I expect is a chai latte. I’m in a rush but I cannot resist talking to her as we not spoken since she stormed out of Invest Co., and my life in the...
• Familiar faces
  on Sep 8, 2010
  The Sydney CBD is a small place. This is confirmed frequently by the fact that you cannot walk for five minutes without seeing someone you know or recognise, especially when you have as big a personal and professional network as I do. Sometimes I cra...
• Inbox Clutter
  on Sep 6, 2010
  I slip my Ray Bans on as I walk back to the office through the happy tourists and even more excited seagulls around Circular Quay. I’m not sure what exactly it is about seagulls that trouble me so much. I can easily imagine them working together to...
• Networks
  on Sep 2, 2010
  Before Pete has a chance to persuade me otherwise, I pay the bill with my platinum AMEX. Due to the shameful lack of expensive wine drank today, it’s probably the cheapest meal I have ever had at Quay. I leave a generous tip. I generally always tip...
• Midweek Drinks
  on Aug 30, 2010
  Lunch with Pete goes swimmingly. He is enjoying his champagne and I successfully managed to stop him refilling my glass following my third helping, after a lot of pleading and saying his name over and over again, “Pete, come on, Pete, I’ve told y...
• An introduction to women
  on Aug 17, 2010
  I let Pete order his champagne, which we quickly follow with our lunch choices. I order the slow braised milk fed Suffolk lamb; he has the poached Riverina milk fed veal. ‘N Sync got the hint and begin to leave. Good. The auburn matradee comes back...
• Complaining
  on Aug 12, 2010
  Pete is topping up my glass of champagne. “Pete, sorry but like I said, not today. Big meeting this afternoon.” Pete ignores my request and says, “young man, simply need a second glass to loosen up, you’re too tense, I won’t pour another I...

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