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God, they say, moves in mysterious ways. And no-one is about to argue with that, but it seems another sound theory about life the universe has just been blown out of the water by the might of the UK courts. For it appears that if there is, indeed, a god, he is not a DJ as those colourful chaps from the band Faithless would have us believe . Nor is god...

Being a big technology fan (NOT), Yours Truly was slightly confused by all the fuss from anti-bullying campaigners who have been lashing out about the the new GingerBooth App , which is apparently some kind of device for making 'a picture' of a non-ginger person... um... ginger. Quite why anyone of sound mind would want to do that is beyond...

News in The Metro that a worker has been awarded £141,000 for allegedly sounding like TV broadcasting legend SpongeBob Squarepants came as quite a big shock to Yours Truly. Not because of the size of the payout. Nor because of the fact that someone could be bullied for sounding like a cartoon character. No, Guru was astonished by the 'fact'...

On returning from a high-level 'fact-finding' visit to Venezuela today - news of which will surely follow in this blog - Guru was mystified to read of the scheduled introduction of 'positive action' in recruitment. After all, most recruiters are slow, methodical, plodding beasts, so it might prove a bit of a challenge. And in any case...

Managers everywhere are kicking themselves today, following the announcement that the National Bullying Helpline has shut down its hotline after chief protagonists Christine Pratt resigned months after the scandal involving staff at Number 10, Gordon Brown and assorted government mandarins . Guru feels the nation's leaders have truly been put on...

A British banker has turned the tables on our chums across the English Channel, winning more than half a million British pounds in compensation for 'not being French'. It seems Michael Wardle was turned down for a top job a Credit Agricole purely on the basis that he wasn't born one of our over-fond-of-the-garlic cousins. But, in a twist...

Iain Duncan 'Donut' Smith has branded the practice of avoiding work as a 'sin' in a bid to encourage all the lapsed catholics and myriad other christians, muslims and otherwise religious types to rush down to the job centre having realised the error of their ways. Guru admires his taking of the high ground - in this case mount Sinai...