Tip the world over on it’s side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles
What happened again? We just passed the 4th of July celebrations and my posts about Jef’s visit in April and anything that happened subsequently have not been released or written yet. Time, once again, to seriously review my blog publishing techniques…
So Jef was here, Jef left and Tryphoon.com stopped!
Did any of you ever heard about Saint Clare? I didn’t! Well, until last weekend…
My neighbors hosted a yard sale and I inevitably had to pay a little visit there (mainly due to my young little monster asking for it)…
And there she was, in front of my eyes, our Patron Saint! Only in America!
I sadly didn’t have any cash on me and didn’t buy it but I thought I’d share the news…
Sadly, we haven’t yet found the Patron Saint of File-Based Workflows!!
I have been trying for the last couple of months to fill a position in my team which, as expected due to our fairly tech savvy work environment, requires a minimum of technical knowledge.
Well, let’s face it: A fair amount of technical knowledge; the exact title being Manager, Content Security & Emerging Distributions Platforms;
Having exhausted our internal HR resources, I was encouraged to advertise the position directly online, which returned some interesting CVs, some less interesting and some which made me wonder if the candidates had even spent the time reading the Job Description, but I must honnestly admit that the following intro totally baffled me…
“Please consider me for the “Manager, Content Security & Emerging Distributions Platforms” position. My credentials include a Master in Public Administration from Harvard and a Juris Doctorate and Master’s degree in Dispute Resolution from [another famous] University. My work experience ranges from serving as a member of [a] Governor[...]’s Cabinet to law and business.”
The dude holds degree in 2 of the most famous Law schools of the World and has a fantastic experience in the legal field but doesn’t seem to know anything about Technology (at least, there was no such evidence on his CV).
Did my post say “Looking for seasoned Judge”? Did my post mention taking over our legal department? I don’t think so!!!
So come on, educated people, read the Job Description and ask yourself if you really think you would be a good fit before making me lose 15 minutes I don’t have!
PS: If you know of anyone who would however be interested by the position, please contact me directly!
Chatting with Miles yesterday, we found this excellent video of what might probably have been the highlight of a prime time show on French television. I have actually no doubt that such a show did beat any other show been aired that evening in terms of ratings.
Now, to give you, readers, a bit of background, you might all know about Celine Dion but few of you might know about Johnny Halliday.
Johnny has (per wikipedia) “had a 45-year career in music and is one of France’s biggest stars. He has completed 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums, performed in front of 15 million people, and sold 100 million records. Today Hallyday is still seen as a top stage performer, giving first class shows in crowded stadiums. Hallyday announced his retirement from performing on 3 December 2007 at the age of 64“. Almost 3 generations of French citizens know more about Johnny than about their president or their local mayor! He is simply our national hero, far ahead of Marianne or Napoleon (for my British fellows).
Once you’ll have suffered through the video (make sure you pass the 4:10 mark, it even gets better at that point), you’ll have pretty strong idea of what prime time TV is in France and what “real” music is about…
So now, forget about the constant striking, the grumpy cab drivers, the dirty restrooms (or just the hole in the floor a.k.a. Turkish WC), the arrogance of the Parisians (I once was one of them) or the fact that French people are mainly “monoglot” and “polygamist” and imagine yourself coming home from a long day at work, switching on your TV and suffering through this! No freaking way!
This is enough for me to delay (indefinitely) my return to France! Unless Miley Cyrus sings a duet with our national Johnny! ;-P
Last week, one of our lunch break saw us visiting the panacea of American “Grande Cuisine”, the one and only Wienerschnitzel, home of the “$6 chili dog - chili hamburger - small fries - medium soda combo”!
Before leaving the place, we saw a poster in the window that attracted our attention… The 5 Chili Dogs for $5… To good to be true! Looked so disgusting that we had to try it! Our lunch already ingested, we decided to come back a couple of days later and try to eat the 5 chili dogs.
Once back to the office, I rapidly noticed a new appointment in my schedule. Monday, at noon, the 5 chili dogs challenge was booked!
Few of us were showed up (6 to be precise) but only 3 of us had the courage to take on the 5 pieces of stodgy food: Mike, Brad and Myself.
Mike was kind enough to do some research for us and came up with the fact that eating the dogs would deliver a whopping 1,450 calories. Adding to this approximately 300 calories for a large Coke (I had to wash down these things) and we are close to 1,800 calories.
I did my own homework and was told that due to my height, weight and activity (office worker), my daily intake should be around 2,000 calories. So that meal could almost be enough for a day or considered (on the strict calorific level) as a light diet!!!
And to my surprise, we all did it. We ate our 5 chili dogs within less than 15 minutes and none of us felt too bad after it. Well, I must admit that around the 4 1/2 mark, my stomach tried to complain and pain could be seen on my face for a very short amount of time!
We now have to find what our next stupid food challenge is going to be. Any idea please, share it here!
