Me and myself


When Friends Fade Away

“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.”
— Helen Keller

Friendships don’t always end with fights. Sometimes they just fade, without drama, without closure. One day they’re there. The next, they are just names in your phone.

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Consulting Rule #2: Don’t Let Your Sarcasm Show, Unless You Should

Consulting Rule #2: Don’t Let Your Sarcasm Show, Unless You Should
A House M.D. quote
Consulting rule #1: Smile, nod, and translate chaos into meaning.  
Rule #2: Don’t let your sarcasm show.  
Rule #3: Break Rule #2 when appropriate.  

Trying to be client-friendly while carrying a sarcasm habit is like juggling flaming swords in a library: impressive if it works, disastrous if it doesn’t.

This is my daily dilemma: I’m in a customer-facing role, but my personality leans dry, cynical, and borderline allergic to buzzwords. I can steer through three political minefields per call and blueprint clarity from chaos, yet it still leaks out like House M.D.’s smirk when calling out bullshit.

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20 years of blogging

My blog celebrating 20 years.

I’ve been wondering how to celebrate this milestone. Because yeah… today marks exactly 20 years since I hit “publish” on my very first blog post — April 18th, 2005.

That post? Honestly… it was bad. A clumsy “hi”, a confused tone, and zero clue about where I was heading. It was a start.

But hey… here we are. Twenty years later.
Still blogging. Still writing — even if what that means has changed a lot over time. I guess it’s time for a little reflection.

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my best mistakes

my best mistakes

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

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to stay or not to stay

Je me suis longuement accroché à l’idée de rester en Tunisie, de travailler au pays et d’y vivre pour le meilleur et pour le pire… Peut-être un sens de patriotisme ou d’attachement me poussait quelque part à faire le maximum pour mon pays. Et nous connaissons tous le matraquage des tentations, mais… je résistais en me disant : “Il faut que je sois actif et que je sois l’une des briques qui (v)ont bâti(r) cette contrée.” (tiens, another brick in the wall, Pink Floyd) Mais le doute et l’épuisement ne cessaient de planer…

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5 ans déjà

tiens, mon blog fête ses 5 ans déjà …
mais, il a vécu et survécu ce petit,
dire qu’il s’est passé pas mal de choses durant ces 5 dernières années …
j’avoue que je l’ai délaissé un peu mais j’essaie de reprendre asap.
longue vie à mon blog !

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incurably himself*

bah oui …
après une année, jour pour jour … je reviens à mon blog, enfin.

il y a eu pas mal d’événements, et des bas plus que des hauts pour ne pas dire des catastrophes.
certes, il y a eu des dommages collatéraux, mais l’essentiel, j’en sors indemne, fier, la tête haute et surtout plus lucide que jamais.

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