July 4th in Toulouse, France
Yesterday for Independence Day, July 4th, we went to a celebration with the mayor of Toulouse. This party with drinks and lite food was arranged by Americans in Toulouse and Association France États Unis Midi Pyrenees. We were invited by Democrats Abroad and we thought they were part of the arranging, but it was clear [...]
EDF Science Exhibit featuring Serge Chauzy
Last Thursday Thursday we went to a science exhibit, photography show, lecture in an old Electricté de France substation, EDF. It was an old factory that has been turned into an exhibition space. It is on the banks of the Garonne River where the Canal Brienne comes into the Garonne. The building and exhibition space [...]
Livemocha-learn a language while social networking
I came across this tool while reading the blog Social Web Tools. Livemocha is a social networking site but also you can complete 4 levels of language training in many languages. It looks very promising. I don’t think it looks great above the intermediate level but for getting the basics it looks quite good for [...]
Nicholas Sarkozy is rude again!
Nicholas Sarkozy gets himself in trouble each week. Nicholas Sarkozy seems oblivious to the presence of microphones or video cameras, or at least how stupid they can make him look. It doesn’t take much to make Sarkozy look stupid so il faut fait attention. Just a few days ago it got him into [...]
Interview over and done with!
My interview went well this morning. It was all in French and Rimbaud did not come up. All that late night cramming for nothing. It was a at company called cDiscount. They have a large discount electronics website and a chain of stores. I would be working as an integrateur d’html. The position involves taking [...]
Job Interview tomorrow
On Tuesday morning I have a job interview in Bordeaux for a web design job in a company called cDiscount. It will mark my first interview all in French and not for an English teaching job. Of course I am ready but I am getting nervous. I find myself doing silly things like reviewing the [...]
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