Tag Archives: life-in-general

An annoyance…and a small victory :)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

I am in a bit of a crap mood of late. Perhaps it is the rainy debut to spring or something. Do you ever want to destroy your washing machine? Mine makes this incredibly annoying screechy BEEEEEP BEEEEEP when the … Continue reading →

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The Serpent’s Tail – and more thoughts on teaching

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

While sitting in traffic this morning, I thought a bit on the absurdity on modern life. Just sitting in traffic in a car seems absurd when I think of all the more productive things I could be doing. But worse, … Continue reading →

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Random Notes for a Monday

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

As for TV, I am still trying to catch up on Rescue Me (but I have a LONG way to go) and following Californication S05 and Justified S03 and really enjoying them. I tried a new show yesterday, Hou$e of … Continue reading →

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5-year old boy birthday party: a user’s guide

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Perhaps I was overly ambitious, but I survived yesterday’s birthday party for my 5-year old with 17 of his little friends. I found an association in Paris called Paris d’Enfants which organizes cultural visits to Parisian monuments for kids of all … Continue reading →

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Getting older but not wiser?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Man, I came to the realization this morning that getting old sucks. Between the busted meniscus in my knee and the crick in my neck this morning, I got a rude reminder of my 42 years of age and it … Continue reading →

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Cooking with my kids over the holidays

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

One of my resolutions even before the 1st of January was to cook with my kids. I had a blast. We made raviolis with pumpkin and clams (they rolled the pasta and helped fill the raviolis), spaghetti and meatballs (which … Continue reading →

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My Year in Blogging, part 2

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

After a little insisting on the wordpress support site (thanks again guys!), they agreed to build me a nice blog summary page here. For those that are curious about the postaday2011 challenge, they have a nice page about it with … Continue reading →

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Smoking…again :(

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

I thought I had kicked the fags for good. I started smoking during my divorce over 10 years ago. I quit the first time about 6 years ago during a hiking weekend. It was raining and my packet of cigarettes … Continue reading →

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2012: What will this new year bring?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Some think that this year will signal the end – there was one of 2010′s worst movies IMHO to this effect. I am not so pessimistic. I think that it will be full of challenges and surprises – certainly elections in … Continue reading →

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Starbucks and I…and McDs

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

There is another Starbucks opening near my Parisian flat. I think that within a 1km radius of my apartment there must be, let’s see, 3 and soon 4 Starbucks (Fbg Poissoniere and Fbg Montmartre, Sentier and the new one coming … Continue reading →

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