A while back, Danny, friend and long-time cricket partner - an unbroken run of five six years Twenty20 Cup finals - told me about his dream of creating a new type of music company.

As I was writing the post about phrases from baseball becoming a part of everyday office jargon, a Sunday evening TV stalwart flashed back into memory. The master of corporate gibberish was Gus Hedges from Channel 4's Drop the Dead Donkey.

This video has been doing the rounds of Twitter, Digg and no doubt dozens of other social network-type tools. Having the dubious privilege of being one of the geekier people in the Chinwag office means what you see below sometimes hs a frightening similarity to my days.

Laydeez and Gentlemen. The website is down...

Strike a pose. Then click the red button. 

It's not terribly heartening is it? After months of doom and gloom for every news outlet you care to sample about the credit crunch and impending economic doom, you spot this sign as you shamble towards work one morning...

Every so often something inspirational drops into my virtual lap, which helps lift the cynicism generated by some of the more robust egos floating round the industry. In this case it's the sad, poignant and inspirational final post from Major Andrew Olmsted, who was killed in Irag last week.