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“You Do You!”… and Then What Do You Do?
… hit a brick wall? Over the past 10 years, we went from “You do You, you be yourself”, to “You do You, whatever dude”. Once the cornerstone of support, acceptance and inclusivity, the phrase “You do...
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Living In The Best World Possible
Apocalypse, S1Ep5, the End is nigh-er Albrecht Dürer, The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals The 4 riders of the Apocalypse have been cantering around for some time now. Like some kind of screen...
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Did I Watch the Wrong Movies Again in 2023?
The end of the year is a time of introspection. Did I miss anything? What were the highlights of the year? Ah, the irresistible attraction of the Year’s Best Movies listings. That is how I ended...
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It is a Smaller World after all
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears There’s so much that we share That it’s time we’re aware It’s a small world after all …...
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I miss my little Cloud of Despair, but it is Time to Stop Grieving
3 years later and I still miss smoking every single day. I miss the comforting little boundary of me-space that a cloud of smoke creates. Every now and then, I am asked why I stopped, why I did not...
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Dry January and Other Ways to Save Your Soul
Roll up Dry January! How best to start the year than with the driest of spirits. Did you think that you were forsaken? Atone, Sinner! Drinking is bad for your health. Who would have thought… With...
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The Post Office Scandal: Legacy Software, Legacy Management
Legacy software are these awkward pieces of software you inherit, cannot get rid of and eventually slowly rot at the heart of your system. The ones that are essential, and yet date from the years when...
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The Post Office: Management Smoke and Consultancy Mirrors
Source: Wikimedia 4000 UK sub postmasters had to repay funds that never went missing in the first place, 900 were convicted of theft, jail time for many and at least 4 suicides. The prosecution of...
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Don’t let the Post Office Case Happen to You – Fireproof Your Business
We all use(d) third party software, privately or business-wise. Whether for taxes, HR, private banking or accountancy, nothing escapes digitalisation. Our smartphones and cars are loaded with software...
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Ready to Die for Your Country? Not yet?
War is coming. Every commander-in-chief, active or retired, from every country, even China, has confirmed it was their current scenario. The invasion of Ukraine tipped over 10 years of wobbly...
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Cure or Endure Loneliness?
Photo by Dietmar Rabich on Wikimedia Notifications, updates, lights and sounds, everyone and everything competing for our attention. So little time to think by ourselves that we just wish to be left...
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We Cannot Let You Live
Not a day without its litany of advice: don’t eat this, don’t eat that, drive like this, not like that, don’t go there, go there … And when the advice stops, then the incentives, the nudging, or even...
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Made-Up
Who to trust these days? Even when it looks, sounds or reads like factual evidence, it just may not be. Which means that so much could be anyone’s opinion, whether a self-styled commentator or a...
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!! Whatever the Cost !! An Election in France
Looking at the French election, you may be surprised, shocked. If you have a stake in it, you may be happy, disappointed, concerned, angry or just despondent. But the only true victory was the victory...
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Rats
Photo by Ellen Van Deelen This was supposed to be a light, funny chronicle about how boring football has become. Or so it seems to me after the last 3 international competitions. What use to be called...
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My Heritage | The Story Starts with Africa
Part 1 – The moments that shaped me Claviers, Var, France Legacy, family history, my history, my story. My heritage. They all are personal. I can share them. But it will ever be mine, as much as it...
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My Heritage | Travel Trunks and Suitcases
Part 2 – The part of me that is Africa The trunks back from Africa I have always lived in Africa. I realise I never truly left it because it is woven in my own narrative since I am born. But it is not...
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My Heritage | A Lost Society
Part 3 – I am a descendant of a world lost in the mists of time 1949 – Katanga. My mother (right) and her sisters in dungarees in the bush (extract from video) My heritage is a patchwork of societies....
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My Heritage | The Matriarchy
Part 4 – Mamie, my Grandmother, the Iron Lady 1943 – Likasi Country Club- Mamie, my grandmother I was 6. Or 12. It does not matter. It did not matter. During the year, my domicile was Rueil, a Western...
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A Past to Dream of, a Future to Hope for
Claviers, 14th of August 2024 And so, after a brief trip down South to Claviers, the first crates of memories start piling up in my office. Like the memories of youth, they come as a mud-slide of...
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