Posts Tagged ‘Gen Y’
Hangover cures for New Years
Following is this week's Gen X Girl weekly column that appears in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. I had a houseful of Gen Ys over after Christmas. They all woke up distinctly green tinged, hoarse voiced and shaking hands. “Hangover” [...]
Words that say you’re a generation apart
I accept no kudos for this post. I've lifted this from Robert Rosenthal's Huffington Post column. Sorry. But it made me laugh. To my father, Spam was canned ham. To my daughter, it's naughty, annoying email. Here are 21 more expressions which [...]
I’d rather have Facebook than cash
Oh those Gen Y kiddies. They're a funny lot. They'd rather be connected than cashed up. Well that's what a study from the US says anyway. CBS reports on a Cisco conducted survey on 400 students and 1,4000 young professionals aged 21-29 in 14 [...]
Behaviour test for teens
This is my weekly column from the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Can you touch type? Kudos. Big merit to you. Well it would be a big merit if you were completing the 100 Point Behaviour Test for Teenagers formulated in 1953 by Dr George [...]
Five recently cool things
This is my Gen X Girl column for this week's Savvy magazine published in The Townsville Bulletin. I’m starting to think I might be quite old. I actually remember when the internet was discovered. OK, it wasn’t discovered like Captain Cook [...]
You think you look young but apparently you look dumb
Last Sunday morning I was sitting around with my husband and daughter drinking Bloody Marys at 9am. We were a bit under the weather from the night before, decided to do a bit of family bonding--good time had by all. I was relating the story to a [...]
Surpise, surprise. Reality TV may not be as real as you think.
Fancy yourself as a Masterchef? Or one of those masochists from The Block. How about a stint on The City or The Only Way Is Essex? Or maybe they'll bring back Big Brother. Well here's an insider's guide to what really goes on on reality tv. My [...]
How old are you really?
This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's Townsville Bulletin Savvy Magazine. Cold weather getting you down? Feel like you’re getting old and tired before your time. Well here’s a way to check and provide a bit of self-inflicted [...]
Quick study on Harry Potter
If you're really behind all things that are really cool, then you may have missed out on the later Harry Potter movies. You're going to have to do do a lot of reading to catch up, have a movie marathon, or maybe have a quick look at Lucy Knisley's [...]
Evolution in schools? How revolutionary
I came across this promo clip for the 2011 Miss USA contest. Burning question that required a long, deep, superficially well-balanced reply? Should evolution be taught in schools? Seriously. And some said no. Seriously. Miss Georgia gave a [...]
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