Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Having more responsibility at work sometimes suck.
Last week, someone was fired upon my recommendation.
To be fair, it's been a long time coming, he knew he wasn't reaching his goals as a trainee, he was given lots of chances to improve and the evaluation I was asked to write was based ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Pour mes lectrices montréalaises et anciennes montréalaises... Vous vous demandez à quoi ça ressemble, à Vancouver, un avertissement de neige?
Ça ressemble à ça (et je suis tout à fait sérieuse) :
Température maximum : 2.6 °C
Température minimum : -6.5 °C
Précipitations : 0 mm
Autrement dit, dès qu'il est possible qu'il neige, ...
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
I was walking on the street a few days ago, it was dark and I raised my head to see the white snow falling down against the blackness of the sky. It brought back memories from 20 years ago.
When I was about 10, I was a speek-skater. I would train ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
The Canadian election is coming and I have a harder time than I wish deciding who to vote for.
I WILL vote. That much is certain. I don't understand how some people can pass up the right to vote as if this was some unimportant chore that someone else can do ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
I am going back to work in less than 4 months now, and although it may seem like it's still ways away, I know it will be over in the blink of an eye given how fast the past 8 months went by and given that we have tons of ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
I know, we are still in February and therefore it is not spring yet and won't be for another month. But tell that to Vancouverites today and they won't believe you. Right now, in their city, the sun is shining bright and it is 14 degrees (above zero, small precisions ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Danielle, cousine blogueuse, m'a mise au défi de répondre à une série de questions qui lui ont été envoyées par une autre blogueuse. Étant nouvelle dans la blogosphère, je ne connaissais pas ce petit jeu qui me fait un peu trop penser aux chaînes de lettres, mais comme ça ne ...
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