Category: Blog
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My Friends Call Me Professor Mike Mes amis m’appellent Professeur Mike
The above image is there since I claim to be a photographer… It has no bearing on the subject of this post. I have mentioned before I volunteer for a “Fab Lab” (a place with machines and tools like 3d printers and laser cutters, allow people to make things) in Bergerac. A while back someone…
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Car/Voiture
Some have expressed concern over the car situation. I am ok. I got the car Friday, about 6 or so weeks after we told the dealership we wanted it. To keep things positive, I will not bring up the delays. Like when they denied ever having given us a date we could pick it up,…
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When is a car not a car? Quand une voiture n’est-elle pas une voiture ?
Many decades ago I was at a florists on Valentine’s day. There were two teens in the store, and I got a “skeezy” feeling off them. I ignored the “skeezy” feeling. They then each produced a Glock 9mm and held the store up.At gunpoint.A terrifying experience. A 9mm round at point blank range to the…
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I Feel Dirty/Je me sens sale
At first I thought it was just us. Then we heard the neighbors are also dealing with it. Then it turns out that the village of Cuneges is having an issue. Then the we hear from neighbors the next city over that we (Cuneges) are in the rumor mill. Flies. A whole lot of flies.…
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Car Part II/Voiture Partie II
Stardate 18/8/2025A short update and stuff So my car, technically not my car as no monies have been exchanged, is still on the lot. Today is the 18th. This was the day that we were told that the car would be ready. Operative word is told. Nothing in writing, just the good word of the…
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People
My bedroom as a kid was a cave. I had a bunkbed with a desk under it. Power supplies, lasers, plotters, printers, electronics, soldering iron… When I got my first big job in the motion picture industry, I worked at a place, Clairmont Camera, when I got promoted, I worked in a very tiny cave,…
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This is why we can’t have nice things
Good Job ‘Murica.Ok, got that off my chest. Ok, life update here. A little tired and a little raw. 1) Been here 2 years 3 months. Going on 2 years in the formerly new home. Still not done with it, some places still need paint. 2) The current theme is alternate universe. That is where…
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The name made sense in 2020
Wearemovingtofrance.com made perfectly good sense in February 2020. We didn’t even know about the global pandemic, it’s magnitude, or ‘Murica’s insane and crippled response. We wouldn’t even experience the full frontal impact for another month. We didn’t know about a lot of things. We weren’t really sure how this move to France would work out.…
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Spring
and junk Life, feelings and what I am up to. Community involvement Today is a fun day. I am off to bergerac to help repair and build some educational robot stuff for kids. I am working on building a robotics tech presence to help get kids interested in electronics, software and mechanics. We are doing…
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10 centimeters
The date is August 1st, 2024. We have just signed a contract for a new kitchen. I won’t name names, I don’t know anything about French libel laws, I will merely state they are a nation-wide chain. Also, a wish is a dream the heart makes. That is a hint. A summary of the kitchen…