I know it’s a bad idea to write about work on a public blog but I have to confess that I am not always focused when I’m there (big surprise, right?). I often daydream about some goals I have yet to achieve, usually not work-related goals, and it is when I’m at work that my [...]

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We have a fairly stringent web filter at work, one that does its best to ensure that while we’re at work we’re working by eliminating those “time sucks” (facebook, youtube, myspace and (new!) flickr). Though we enjoyed a period of free and easy access to facebook et al, the filters have been reinstated.
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I am having the hardest time adjusting to being back in North America. I’m not sure what it is (my second cousins that I spent so much time with? the warm weather? the slower pace of life? my identical twin cousins? my grandmother’s husky laugh?) but if someone told me to pack my bags yet [...]

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I started French lessons this week, only two years behind schedule. When I got this new permanent position at my current place of employment, one of the conditions was that I be willing to learn French with the goal of becoming fluently bilingual, and they were willing to help: I could take some time [...]

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