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Image: Rex Features Guru and Mrs Guru found themselves watching the Apprentice last night after the remote control fell to the floor and out of their respective reaches. Mrs Guru has been campaigning for a vacation from the history channel, so it was a happy coincidence. We were both bowled over by the brilliance of team “Venture”, which...

Labour MP Angela Eagles suggested today (on Woman's Hour - Guru believes in aural equality) - that she still uses skills learned becoming a chess champion in her daily life. Perhaps this idea might have some merit in the marbled halls of Westminster, where rules abound and there are knights in every cubby hole, but Yours Truly really wonders how...

As if to prove that Yours Truly had an actual point when highlighting the needless targeting of those more rotund members of society , Blackpool Transport has snubbed two fatty bus drivers and told them to shed the pounds before they can continue their driving duties . Guru has heard, however, that any rumour that the buses were tilting dangerously...

Guru has not been himself of late, as those Disciples skilled in the art of blog watching will no doubt attest. But having spent some time in his Bulgarian bolt-hole soaking up the rays while surveying his, quite possibly illegal, copper mine, he is now revived and, like a shaven-headed, blue-dunked Lord Sugar, is ready to point the finger at any workplace...

Here are Guru's weekly links to the top workplace funnies of the week: Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest Ten minute loo limit for civil servants MI5 redundancy for ageing spies baffled by internet Lawyer gives up work to become Lego artist Brainstorming at work makes you less creative Have a great Easter break disciples. Read More.....

Disciple Rachel writes: I am writing to say how shocked I was to recently be confronted by my boss in a very angry state. She had logged onto HR Space to see if our entry to your [HR hunks and hotties] competition had been included and was demanding to know why I had only nominated myself. Being completely confused by this myself, knowing that I had...

Mrs Guru had already retired to bed by the time her husband had finished reading Being and Nothingness as part of his 2010 promise to raise the intellectual bar, albeit slightly. Sartre makes a few good points: être-en-soi or être-pour-soi , now that is the question. But then Yours Truly remembered, whatever happened to the HRD who started blogging...

Work in the pensions industry? Play an instrument? Then you and your colleagues could enter Pensions Rocks - a battle of the bands all in the name of charity. No, this is not some kind of sick joke. This competition actually exists and is set to take place in London on 13 May 2010. Reserve the date in your diary now! A quick glance at the entry requirements...