by Jackie Bailey | Aug 13, 2010 | Random insights
Administration really sucks. Everyone knows it. There are some people in this enlightened age who, about 200 years ago, would have probably been either: 1. Saints 2. Nuns 3. Martyrs 4. All of the above In this godless age of ours, they are the administrators. They...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 14, 2010 | Random insights
The time has come. I have to upgrade my computer. I love my iMac, and so do all the friends who, over the years, have come to coo over its white lines, its smooth, minimalist presence in my room a kind of elegance rather than functionality, with the knowledge that it...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 28, 2010 | Random insights
What a month. And not just for me, but for a variety of friends of mine, near and far. It’s been a month of …what do I call it? Realisations? Taking a good look at ourselves? The hard, cold light of day? This month has been about being very grown up...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 8, 2010 | Random insights, women who write
I have been a little bit absent from the blogosphere, and that is because I have been rather busy, gnawing my leg off in anxiety, since I left my job. I like leaving jobs. I do it regularly. But I had been I this job for three years, and they were three good years....
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 22, 2010 | Random insights, women who write
I just read this article on the SMH. It’s not often that I get excited about an article on SMH (except maybe to cuss out their tabloidal focus, or their lack of research except for surfing the blogs and the wires). But this article about the...
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 11, 2010 | Random insights
Has anyone ever read their spam? I just checked through the spam messages for this blog, making sure that someone didn’t actually get filtered out merely because of a dodgy email address. Can I just say, spam has come a long way since the early days of emails...
