Monthly Archives: November 2005
From strike to strike.
Whereas the current job action at work appears to be drawing to a close, as far as official reports go, bringing the promise of modicum of relaxation and a dollop of focus, the professors at the university on the hill have been staging punctual strikes over the last few weeks…. Would have missed a mid-term exam were it not for the fact that a chargé de cours was able to monitor the exam for us. My last school term, the Spring one, ended up going more than a month late due to fellow students going on strike.
Massive.
Read the newspaper, The Economist, watched some Chappelle’s Show and rented the remake of The Longest Yard…. Last week was particularly difficult on the morale, though the prospective of a first scalp was motivating.
Culture.
Just finished watching the French version of Enter the Dragon, the classic Bruce Lee flick, with HCW™. It was good for her, though the finale in the room full of mirrors freaked her a bit. She now understands a number … Continue reading