Which in the sense of the French is I now have an apartment, phone, car, etc all properly logged in the system, regularised on direct debit etc. All thats missing is the high maintenance girlfriend, I’m sure she’ll turn up directly. Driving is a newish thing for me, certainly the whole lark of having a [...]
Guess I’m back, back in Europe. I’ve just about gotten past the wandering supermarkets giggling stage (because I’ve been spending every second night in the local one since I hit town). So far its been non-stop (where I haven’t deliberately turtled) because this is first a small town and second the big nexus for the [...]
The perils of blogging and generally sending information out of the shadowy damp ecosystem of ‘within’ to ‘the general public’ has been reiterated to me by a tale told by one of the contractors. In the incestuous world of the corp consultancy jet set (I’m not part of that, I’m oilfield) there was a girl [...]
Talking to colleague here – its the big ‘participation jamboree’ event thing which has nuked any notion of writing for near four days – I got roped into Chess which has just served to remind me why the chess I liked was coffee house chess. While discussing the inner machinations of the Monolith over some [...]
A few weeks ago I was handed the beginning of an incredible opportunity. I fell in love with it, jumped, and failed. It’s hard not to be sad, but I have been saying to myself the entire time “This is a long shot.” Still, it was a pretty fracking cool target to be shooting for.