So I just read "The Traitor Baru Cormorant" and LOVED it. Could not stop thinking about parallels with AMCE and wondered if @ArkadyMartine had read it? And what she thought?! Lo and behold, she has an amazing 2500 word review:
https://t.co/ItDNOw1q8i
The older I get, the more I understand why people disappear into gardening, baking, reading, and long walks. Not because life got boring. Because peace became valuable.
The UK economy has produced a generation of 30-year-olds who can't afford to leave home, can't afford to have kids, can't afford to retire, and can't afford to take a sick day.
>was serving a couple
>they were bickering 'ill pay' 'no ill pay'
>the girl tapped her card first
>card was declined
>guy smirked, tapped his card
>card was also declined
No, you cannot walk 10,000 steps daily, get 8 hours of sleep, cook every night, clean every day, take care of a family, make time for your own hobbies, and still be productive at work every day. This is not just propaganda, it is nonsense. Free yourself from it.
the shower is the alternate dimension where I realize I'm low on shampoo but as soon as I step through the curtain I'm transported back to this dimension where all my memories are wiped like in severance and I won’t remember i’m out of shampoo until im back in the shower
My late cousin, who I adored and miss every day, once said to me: Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading.
Cannot stress how much of an advantage it is to be a normal, well adjusted, applicant for food industry roles.
A friend runs an olive oil factory and an applicant listed "the global financial system" as an interest. That is not an interest. There will not be an interview.