Category: Tiles-Writing
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“Dude where’s my time?”
The Freelancers Lament
Disclaimer: This is a lament so will appear fairly negative, jaunty ‘freelancers rap’ pending…
Leave school, go to college/university, find job in that chosen field, totter up that career ladder, receive pension, retire playing golf, making soup and joining a bridge club. This is what schools drill into us since our first times tables test, and when you don’t take this path, you feel like you’re on the whacky races with no guidance pit stops and a worrying lack of financial fuel.
11 Things It Shouldn’t Take You Until Adulthood to Learn
We are now stepping into the ‘late’ side of the twenties and are just a World Cup away from 30.
The Top 5 at 25
The quarter of a century mark brings with it all the smells and scents of adulthood without the nose or the taste buds to accompany it. Like walking into an expensive French restaurant without the linguistic skills to read the menu.
Heartbreak Hill
I open my laptop to type and the ‘expenses spreadsheet’ I’d made for our flat pops up all cheery and regimented, complete with little pictures of sofas and cartoon houses with puffing chimneys, powered by log fires and the roaring laughter inside.
THIS DIGITAL LIFE: UPSETS ME
DJs and presenters The Mac Twins have forged their career in the digital world. Alana thinks that’s smashing; Lisa, not so much. Yesterday, Alana Macfarlane shared her joy, but today, Lisa Macfarlane explains why it bothers her.
THIS DIGITAL LIFE: EMBRACE IT
DJs and presenters The Mac Twins have forged their career in the digital world. Alana thinks that’s smashing; Lisa, not so much. Tomorrow, Lisa Macfarlane shares her concerns, but today, Alana Macfarlane explains why she loves it so.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
DJs and presenters Lisa and Alana Macfarlane – The Mac Twins – have got each other’s faces. They tell Standard Issue all about being twins that really don’t like sharing.