The Emmy awards are here ! Okay, I don’t really care all that much about the Emmys, although there is something to be said for the personal gratification that comes with seeing your favorite TV show recognized by a jury of professionals. The kind of gratification that will have you jump up from your couch, … Continue reading
Well, I never really planned on getting in on the weekly photo challenge, or the writing challenge, or any other challenge out there, for that matter. As it happens, I just read the post from our dear WordPress gurus and immediately thought of this picture I took in Jasper National Park, which I quite like, … Continue reading
The “taxi-brousse” slowed to a halt – once again. We were already way behind schedule, despite being only one hour into our drive south. This was not our first stop. N. and I had been picked up at our hotel at 5:30 that morning, which was not so bad considering the scheduled time of 5:00. … Continue reading
It has been a while since I finished reading the Harry Potter trilogy (of course it’s a trilogy, just like The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Star Wars are trilogies). Not for one moment however did I suspect that since I had last encountered Harry, he had been turned into a rabbit. Before … Continue reading
Damn you WordPress !! Seriously, shouldn’t NASA be doing something about this huge space-time continuum void, instead of sending their robot Lego to Mars ? Grocery shopping at the farmers’ market far too often. The cheese vendor recognized me after having been away on holiday for three weeks. And I’d only started shopping there … Continue reading
America is a strange place. Whenever I think I’ve gotten a grip on it, bam – all of my convictions get knocked loose by a new story in the press. (er, I should probably say “media” – how old school…). Don’t get me wrong, I find America fascinating, and terrific in many aspects. And that … Continue reading
This morning, I decided it was time to tackle some administrative chores. Now these are the kind of things for which I’m the world’s greatest procrastinator. I just hate it, the senselessness of it, the mind-boggling lack of logic in the whole process, and the pure waste of time that it inevitably entails. Nevertheless, you … Continue reading
I moved to Toulouse after I got a new job there. Promising job too, it pretty much fit everything I was looking for: challenges, responsibility, small scale but growing strong, nice pay, and even located right smack in the city center. Perfect. So after fighting for a while to find an apartment I could rent, … Continue reading
Last year I spent my time roaming around Canada and the U.S. on a great road trip. Nice. Really, great. The catch, of course, was coming back to France at the end of that road-trippin’ year. I’m talking about the administrative side of things here. As with anything pertaining to the French administration, it can … Continue reading
If you’re lucky enough to be living somewhere where summer means hot (I spent three years in Belgium, so I know there’s no direct link!), then like me you might be willing to indulge in some fresh cooking. Summer means that you don’t need to be fancy in the kitchen – there are so many … Continue reading
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