Yet Another Story About a GenX-er Succeeding In the Face of Adversity Fellow millenials, do you ever read articles and think, "What am I doing wrong?" Do you spend your life feeling like a failure, because you haven't bought a house and made your first million yet? Do you read just one of the myriad … Continue reading This Shit Isn’t Helpful
Category: Two Cents Tuesday
In Which I Issue A Plea To All Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Hello. You must be the customer satisfaction survey. I mean, one of them. There are many of you. Kind of like bacteria. You're all called the same thing, but in just twenty minutes, you can double in number. I understand perfectly why you exist. There are, in business, things like profits and targets and sales and … Continue reading In Which I Issue A Plea To All Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Two Cents Tuesday: Skyfaring
Today, Gentle Readers, I have a new type of post for you. A book review. The book in question? Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker. I am, without a doubt, a nervous traveller. The method of travel is in some ways unimportant; the point is that if I'm not driving the car, the travelling … Continue reading Two Cents Tuesday: Skyfaring
Two Cents Tuesday: Children On The Bus
I want to start by saying: parenting is hard. Parenting is the goddamn hardest thing any human ever undertakes and I MEAN that. Parenting is not for the faint-hearted, and anyone who chooses to undertake it has my heartfelt admiration and respect. And I mean that too. But ce soir, I got on the bus and nearly … Continue reading Two Cents Tuesday: Children On The Bus
Two Cents Tuesday: Learner Drivers
*dashes into the room, throws bag under the desk* Sorry! Sorry I'm late! Been a busy few days, so I haven't been around...hope you've all done the homework and read up on today's chapters.... No, but seriously, it's been a slightly hectic few days, hence why I missed Feminist Friday and Made-Up Monday. Sorry about … Continue reading Two Cents Tuesday: Learner Drivers
Sunburn Part 2
I'm not even joking, this is getting ridiculous. Following my epic burn ten days ago, my skin is now peeling off me in festoons. Despite careful moisturising, despite the post-burn application of sun cream...the skin is peeling. I look patchy. Like...I don't even know what like. All I know is that my upper arms have got … Continue reading Sunburn Part 2
Two Cents Tuesday: Sunburn
Sunburn is really, really, really, really itchy. That's it, that's this week's observation. SUNBURN IS ITCHY. I'd like to have written something profound for the first TCT post. But I can't. Because I can't think beyond the fact that my sunburn is so itchy. And I am trying really, really hard not to scratch it, in … Continue reading Two Cents Tuesday: Sunburn
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