Posts from ‘November, 2006’

This is a loose translation of the previous post for French speaking readers.
J’ai suivi une formation en cette fin de semaine et j’ai rencontré Laurent Naef qui est également guitariste et professeur de guitare.
Il me dit qu’il joue pendant les brunch du dimanche au Britannia Pub ici à  Genève jusqu’au et y compris le 17 [...]

I was in training this last Thursday and Friday. I attended a course on Managing tension. I had the chance, once again I might add, to meet some great colleagues from the other departments of the Geneva State administration. We were ten in all and I had a most rewarding time meeting and exchanging views [...]

I was in town shopping with my wife last Saturday and saw an unusual sight. A woman at the next checkout had a green parrot on her shoulder. We thought at first that it was a fake parrot but then it moved! As the woman moved off we saw that it was tethered by a [...]

This is a little obvious and I’ve covered it in the past but the title says it all. I know that I sometimes get visitors that are French speaking and I just want them to know that they can leave comments in french if they wish (I would love that actually!)
I could also write [...]

I’ve just had a nice weekend and here is why.
Firstly, I had comments from Wind Spirit and Downtown Diva on my Harry Potter post. They probably don’t realize that they are the real reason I have continued blogging (together with Juslooken and the Chippenham blog and some very occasional visitors). I have noticed that you [...]

I’m probably an overly complicated man. I’ve just finished reading the latest Harry Potter installment “The Half Blood-Prince”. I hadn’t read it before because I didn’t want to be weighed down by a Hardback book weighing more than a kilo (that’s several pounds to those that don’t use kilos). Once I start reading I like [...]