Things I’ve been doing instead of looking for a job

  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 →

“NYPD a model of restraint”… sixteen times ?

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 →

101 things to do when you have 101 people before you

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 →

So long, and thanks for all the fish

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 →

A license to drive

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 →

Summer in the city

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 →

A roof over our heads

Well, it’s been a while, but now here we are : in our very own apartment in Toulouse! Then again, it’s only a rental, so technically it’s not actually ours, but at least it’s a fixed place for us to stay. Not that it was that easy to find something here. I guess I’d forgotten … Continue reading →