I started a new job last month. I am trying so fucking hard to stay positive about it and try not to pick holes and generally ignore the scars left by my last workplace. But my manager is, to put it most succinctly, worrying ( Read more... )

So I've run into the dude who sits on his stoop a few times at the shop on my days off. He always asks me if I'm working when I see him and approves of me when I say no. On my way to the library the other day, he asked me again if I was going to work. When I said no he informed me that he hadn't worked since he was 22 and this year he was turning ( Read more... )

For anyone who doesn't know, one of the things I do to make money is to train young people how to make digital videos and use other creative media at the BBC. For the past few years, I have noticed a steady decline in the interest in using video. It is usually greeted with a polite version of "who gives a fuck?" when teachers or youth workers offer ( Read more... )