Archive > May 2011

Opening Doors

The title sounds figurative.  But it’s not. On Friday I spent some time with one of my European senior business colleagues, also an expat.  We discussed my role–the strategy I was developing, the meetings I was planning, the presentations I was creating.  It was all very impressive, executive sounding stuff (I may not know French [...]

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Freaks, Geeks and Weirdos

This was composed on Saturday, May 21st but I couldn’t post it because the world was ending and I got raptured in the middle of my flight to Paris.  Fortunately, they realized their mistake and spit me back to hang out with all of you. FYI, Goose is BACK in town.  Regularly sceduled programing will [...]

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If it’s Wednesday,

It must be Sweden

Due to travel with work colleagues this week, Goose remained behind in the U.S.  There’s just no explaining the hold-up to executive leadership when one is  trapped in customs with the cremains of a dearly departed pet.  Fear not!  Goose will make a triumphant return (through the Arc de Triomphe even!) sometime in the next few weeks. [...]

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