On this day

Events
1431 The trial of Jean d'Arc begins
1916 The battle of Gallipoli
1951 The UN headquarters opens in New York

Deaths
2009 David Dee (british musician)
1995 Peter Cook (british comdien)
1947 Karl Mannheim (german sociologist)

Births
1908 Simone de Beauvoir
1941 Joan Baez
Me !! I'm now officially, one year older than last year :'(

This week's countdown

The number of times Marge has used the word "catastrophe" : 1000000
Hystical people that i shouldn't have signed up : 1
As ditsy as they are as gorgeous young actresses that i've met :1
Trainees that turned me into a puddle of obedience : 4 (pfffft)
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I'm gutted - i've spent the last two years developping a company that has just been bought out

I've probably seen about fifty people of varying ages, who are all absolutely lovely, and it's like, y'know, a bit tough to find out that a few of them (maybe even quite a few) might be getting the golden bullet

So it was with a heavy heart that i went to see the RH director today to talk about what is known in France as a réclassement package : what can my WorldCorp do to help these people for the future

She's given me about 150K€ to play with ...

I also have another company that sort of fell into my lap where 20 people are up for the chop also - i should be able to make both budgets spin out to cover a year or more and leave everyone happy .. that's the idea at least

On the home front, i've still not found the appartement of my dreams. All of this despite the ungodly hours i spend replying to small ads and visiting various hovels and middens - on sunday i'm off to Montmartre

Out of the blue, on monday or tuesday night, i had a mail from an ex-trainee who's renting her place (it's a small old world) so tomorrow i'm off to St Germain en Laye