Jan
31

Appearing as a Witness in an (semi-formal) Italian Court

2008 | Filed Under Life in Italy | Leave a Comment

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently, I was called to appear as a witness in a law suit.  I went to court today.

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Jan
30

I’m a Virtual MEP

2008 | Filed Under Me | 2 Comments

A week or so ago I got an email through this blog from a certain Jonty who, I think, goes to Shrewsbury school.  Shrewsbury school, if you did not know, and those outside of the UK probably will not know, is one of England’s oldest public schools. 

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Jan
30

In Court Tomorrow

2008 | Filed Under Me | Leave a Comment

Yes, tomorrow, and I’ve just phoned to confirm that the hearing is going ahead, I will be appearing as a witness in a case in a court in Milan. Now, I would not say that I am actually looking forward to this occasion, but I will admit to being a little curious.

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Jan
30

New Blog Toy, and Yet More Shameless Promotion of Italy and things Italian

2008 | Filed Under Blogging | Leave a Comment

Thanks to the quaintly named ‘Those Were the Days‘ Wordpress plugin, I have just added a new ‘Good Italian Things’ section to the left hand side of this blog. I shall add to it once I have unearthed a few nuggets from the past, but if anyone comes across something that that liked and think that it should go in this section, please let me know.

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Jan
29

The Future is Young, and it is Bright

2008 | Filed Under Italians | Leave a Comment

While mud is being slung around by Italy’s power hungry politicians, and the country is being done down by those from abroad, in another trend bucking post, I want to focus once more on a positive side to this berated land.

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Jan
28

Man of Roma

2008 | Filed Under Italians | 3 Comments

Man of Roma writes a thoughtful blog. And he writes it very well, in my not so humble (see previous post) opinion. I wish I could write in Italian as well as he writes in English. One day, one day.

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Jan
28

Supercilious Git

2008 | Filed Under Me | 2 Comments

One of my commenters accused me of being pretentious, and she may have a point. But I wonder how many other people think that I’m a bit of a supercilious git? Probably quite a few. I have a slight suspicion that I may sometimes come across as being so, so if my writing evokes such a thought, sorry, but, alas, I think I may be.

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Jan
28

800 Posts!

2008 | Filed Under This blog | 5 Comments

I started off this blog back in January 2005 - this is the first ever post, and I’ve just noticed that my previous post was the eight hundredth. Sounds quite a large number.

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Jan
28

DIESEL

2008 | Filed Under Italy | 4 Comments

Nope, I’m not going to waffle on about eco friendly fuels, but in my continuing micro-attempt to raise the feel-good factor for Italy in these troubled times, I’m going to have a look at an Italian brand, which, at first, quite a few years, I did not know was Italian. Not a surprise, I did not even know how to pronounce Versace until a more fashion conscious friend corrected me.

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Jan
28

New Fields

2008 | Filed Under Work | 1 Comment

This is interesting. Well, it is for me. I’m putting together a short English course which will revolve around the theme of sports management. This is a new ‘field’ for me, but through the magic of the world wide web, I’m starting to get an angle on this quite specialist management discipline, and, more importantly, just what aspects of the English  language people working in this relatively new environment will need to know.

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Jan
28

Wifi Driving Me Mad

2008 | Filed Under Technology and Gadgets | Leave a Comment

Blasted signal is dropping every two seconds. Don’t know why, but it is bugging me. Coupled with everything else, this is the Monday of nightmares.

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Jan
28

Busy Times

2008 | Filed Under Work | Leave a Comment

I’ve got a lot on at the moment, what with courses kicking off right left and centre. Mix that in with a workshop, lesson dates and times which seem to be moved every other day, and things become complicated. Then there is the sausage project….

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