Monthly Archives: June 2008

26 Jun

Five great things about being a prisoner

It’s day 14, what can I say? I spent a rather restless night.  It may be from all the coffee I drank yesterday, it may be from worry about my predicament or may be I was just too amped from watching Turkey nearly beat Germany.  I really doubt that’s what kept me awake.  As I [...]
25 Jun

Five best places to be a prisoner

I’m into day thirteen of my most recent sentence.  I’m stuck in Paris waiting for my entry clearance visa to return to the UK to work.  Yes, you need a work permit to legally work in the UK if you are American.  I’m learning the hard way. I’m stuck in Paris and I truly feel [...]
24 Jun

Five sure fire tricks to end up alone in Paris

I know what you are thinking.  It’s been a month since I’ve written you and now suddenly I send you three posts in one day.  There is an explanation.  There always is isn’t there? First, I have been working like mad.  I moved from Paris to London to take up my new job with the London [...]
22 Jun

Five things I miss about Paris

Its weird, I’m weird at least, I don’t really know what I miss until I see it again.  I manage to compartmentalize emotions in the moment.  The emotions of leaving and departures are feelings I guess I have learned to manage.  I’m not a big fan of the long weeping good byes in airports or [...]
21 Jun

An Unexpected Evening

My camera ran out of battery as I filmed the closing sequence to one of the most unexpected evenings I’ve lived in recent memory.  As some of you know I’m big into my self narrated videos.  I enjoy filming my life as if I were a bit actor in a much larger story.  I can’t [...]