Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
Patrick Crozier did a podcast of Antoine’s talk last night to the 6/20 gathering. He covered cheque book politics in the US and UK, how the Democrats’ fan base (but not the Democratic party itself) is doing the best job of any political group of making good use of emergent technologies, the illegitimacy of democracy, […]
Filed under: Family, Friends, Law, Life, Podcasts, Politics, The State Is Not Your Friend | No Comments »
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
[W]hen you work with assholes, you don’t change them for the better, they change you into an asshole.
–Bob Sutton (whose blog hosts a wealth of information about assholes; I think every office should have a copy of his book, The No Asshole Rule) via Chris Yeh
As the a-bomb quotient on this post is so high, […]
Filed under: Business, Family, Life, Work | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
1) My beauty blog was featured in a huge (like, six page) story in the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine yesterday. That was nice.
2) I’ve started a new blog, Travaux Manuel, to keep track of all the gorgeous art, clothes, crafts, and accessories I fall in love with on a daily basis. (Saturday morning, I was […]
Filed under: Blogging, Family, Friends, Home, Life | No Comments »
Posted on October 24th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I’ve been a Doc Searls fan for a few years now (yes, Jackie-come-lately); despite not agreeing with everything he says, more often than not he hits the nail on the head with what seems like no effort at all. I’ve bought copies of Cluetrain for friends and colleagues, and referred many more people who actually […]
Filed under: Blogging, Family, Friends, Life, Marketing, PR | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 6th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
After a light chat (if such a thing is possible) about infidelity…
ME [pulling Antoine towards me]: Honey…
ANTOINE: Yes?
ME: You would tell me, wouldn’t you…
ANTOINE [eyes widening]: Yes?
ME: If you thought I was incorporating too many tomato-based sauces into our dinners?
I was serious, not that you’d guess that from his reaction. Some people just don’t understand […]
Filed under: Family, Food, Friends | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 3rd, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Antoine is constantly saying things to me that I wish he would blog, but between editing the pharma weekly and his other work, he doesn’t have time. So:
I got him Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies, which he found interesting and informative (though I know he didn’t agree with all of Clarke’s assertions). Antoine’s opinion of […]
Filed under: Family, Friends, Individuality vs Collectivism, Law, Life, Politics, The State Is Not Your Friend | No Comments »
Posted on September 28th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
The first thing I had to do this morning was jump out of bed and call an ambulance for Antoine. (Loo handle snapped off, his hand ripping across the jagged, broken bit. I congratulated him for managing to cut himself on perhaps the most bacteria-ridden item in the house. The paramedics winced and looked away […]
Filed under: Family, Friends, Life, Politics, Survival, The State Is Not Your Friend | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 16th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Antoine’s grandfather
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
This particular photograph of Antoine’s grandfather hangs in our home. At the huge market market at Porte de Montreuil, Antoine walked up to a random box of books and plucked one from the centre; it was one of the hundred-plus that his grandfather, Exbrayat, wrote. It was nice to see a […]
Filed under: Books, Family | No Comments »
Posted on July 4th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
My Antoine is usually right when it comes to election outcomes, so this time is no different.
Filed under: Family, Friends, Politics | No Comments »
Posted on June 23rd, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Good meme from Politico’s bookshop owner Iain Dale. Depending on how you define ‘political,’ mine is either:
Trying to explain to my father, when I was four, that it was complete nonsense not to let people live where they damned well want to live just because we have some man-made notions about borders and states. (This, […]
Filed under: Children, Family, Politics, The State Is Not Your Friend | No Comments »
Posted on June 20th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Hillary arrived from America this morning, and today’s been spent getting stuff together for tomorrow’s event and nailing down some urgent work for a client. I am running on empty - and on ethanol. (Daylight hours are pretty cough-free, but when it gets dark, I cough in lieu of sleep. Amazingly, this does not leave […]
Filed under: Family, Friends, Happiness, Life | No Comments »
Posted on May 27th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Which is a total bugger for a Saturday. I’m bored with working, so am stealing this meme from Gwen:
5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Pickles, gherkins, cornichons…anything but American sweet pickles.
2. Skinny Cow ice cream products.
3. Walker’s Light crisps (ready salted, please).
4. Sainsbury’s non-fat cottage cheese with pineapple.
5. Fruit.
5 things I would do if I were a […]
Filed under: Arts, Books, Broadcast Audio, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Happiness, Home, Individuality vs Collectivism, Life, Music, People I Know, Photography | No Comments »
Posted on May 14th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I’ve been thinking about how childhood circumstances affect our spending later in life. Antoine and I were just debating whether a mooted trip was expensive or not. For our internal UK flights and a night in the four-star Malmaison, I thought the price was pretty good, especially as it will allow me to spend time […]
Filed under: Children, Family, Friends, Happiness, Home, Life, Men and Women, Relationships, Survival, Work | Comments Off
Posted on May 12th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
Elsewhere, I’m writing about flowers, perfume, and my grandmother. It can’t be all rage all the time, you know.
Filed under: Family, Happiness, Home | Comments Off
