Gumbo n.: a spicy chicken or seafood soup thickened with okra, rice, etc. Also called okra, ladies' fingers.

Miscellaneous bits & blobs that don't really fit anywhere else on the site:

Are You a Consultant or a Prostitute?
Our self-test series continues.

Gumbo's Extreme Tales: Twin Valley Kingdom
Strife and heartache in a mystical land obsessed with bridges.

Should the front page include a regular stream of consciousness?
A rare (and slightly painful) moment of introspection.

Billy's Management Tips
"You clumsy oaf!" Billy's departmental manager roared. "Now pick all those CRC cards up off the floor!"

If Architects Had to Work Like Programmers
Dear Mr Architect,
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion...

Personal Ad
Mad bitch sprouts horns and spouts vitriol in personal column for English lonely-hearts.

Interview Sadness
Fickle employer makes job-hunting a drag.
Now with a live message forum - so you can add your own 'frustrating interview' tales...

Mints of Doom
Management hygiene (or lack of it) exposed in all its gory detail...
Now with a live message forum - so you can add your own manager/hygiene horror stories!

Fusion
A bizarre memo from a now-defunct company of extreme strangeness...