General . Rant
Nothing is permanent
On February 29, 2020 by BarbaraIt is time for me to rant about another facebook post. You make it too easy, people. Today I saw someone share a post that started with “I am 25 and completely burnt out. What am I supposed to do for 50 more years?”. I have only one answer for you: how about making some
General . Rant
Wishful thinking won’t get you anywhere
On February 8, 2020 by BarbaraI remember when “The Secret” came out. What an amazing concept! You mean… I can just comfortably sit on the couch and focus while the power of thought does all the work for me? Ha! Need I say more? Oh, but I’m going to. Are you freaking serious? How is “focusing” going to make me
General . Rant
The Three Strike Rule
On January 11, 2020 by BarbaraMoving to a new country all by yourself is kinda tough. You don’t have any friends so you rely on your (new) husband to connect you with his friends’ wives. Which is fine, and you meet a lot of people like that, but honestly not everyone you meet will be bestie material. I went through
Rant
The title culture
On December 15, 2019 by BarbaraYou think you know where I’m going with this. You’re wrong. The other day, a page I follow on Facebook posted an article that I thought would be worth clicking – you know, so I could read the actual content. A couple of other people had already liked the post and commented on it –
Rant
I don’t feel for you
On December 7, 2019 by BarbaraSomeone on my Facebook feed posted that “it sucks to be a side chick on holidays” and it sparked this huge rant in my head. There are so many things that I don’t like about this post. The passive aggressiveness, the publicity of it (what the hell happened to privacy?), and most importantly the fact
Development . Rant
Are you even a coder?
On December 3, 2019 by BarbaraHere’s something you might not know about me: I’m a frond end web developer. And, as such, sometimes I need to work on code that someone else created. In today’s edition of “things that make me want to punch people in the throat”: Poorly formatted code. Seriously, how can you even find anything? Don’t you