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Spelunking the “Diefenbunker” | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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All Experiments Yield Results — Just not always positive ones. 1000 Islands, no waiting… →. April 23, 2013 · 6:46 pm. Spelunking the “Diefenbunker”. Designed to be able to absorb a glancing hit from a nuclear explosion (they were counting on nobody actually dropping a bomb on the facility since it was secret, except it wasn’t), 535 members of the Canadian government including the Governor General and Prime Minister were supportable for up to 30 days. So, how was the secret spilled? One response to “.

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Observing Ottawa | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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Ottawa’s a beautiful place, but… →. April 7, 2012 · 4:05 pm. Last of the Pennies. This being Canada, there’s hockey. In addition to the NHL Senators, Ottawa has the OHL 67’s. So, last night I went to watch the juniors play the first game of the second round of their playoffs. And I need to get a local bank account, and local license plates and license, and set up utilities for the apartment and…. Filed under Foreign Service Stuff. Ottawa’s a beautiful place, but… →. 2 responses to “. Blogging about my th...

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Musical Chairs | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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Exit the Penny (2). All Experiments Yield Results — Just not always positive ones →. September 10, 2012 · 5:23 pm. All of Foreign Service life is a game of musical chairs. Every few years we all walk around the world and end up sitting down in one of the chairs for a few years. Perhaps your chair is in Fiji, maybe France, perhaps the Phillipines. Now I just need to find my DD-214. Among my jobs here in Ottawa is voting officer, so I’ll wrap up this post with some graphic encouragement. Exit the Penny (2).

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Midlife Diplomatic Crisis | Blogging in the wake of my third career as an FSO, and deciding on a fourth. | Page 2

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Newer posts →. August 12, 2012 · 2:37 pm. Calgary Trip – Continued. I posted this one before, but I have to tell the story. I’m not a photographer, but I’ve learned a few tricks to make photos interesting. One is to put something in the foreground, like an overhanging branch from a tree. Another is to choose an unusual angle. Put the two together and you get this photo. Half a dozen young, Chinese students came over to offer to help me up🙂. Maybe it’s Canada. maybe it’s the remote west, ...There was sup...

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Exit the Penny (2) | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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Calgary Trip – Continued. Musical Chairs →. August 25, 2012 · 3:39 pm. Exit the Penny (2). In April, shortly after I arrived in Ottawa ( https:/ hogline.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/observing-ottawa/. I posted that one of the differences in Canada was that they were eliminating the penny. It took until this week for me to visit the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa, where they don’t make pennies, but they haven’t for some time, until this year. I’ll explain it all in a moment. Filed under Foreign Service Stuff.

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1000 Islands, no waiting… | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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Spelunking the “Diefenbunker”. State Department Memories →. July 27, 2013 · 11:32 pm. 1000 Islands, no waiting…. Cruise boats ply the river among the islands, and I’ve meant to take one a few times, but weather or timing stopped me, until recently when the CLO sponsored a trip to two of the biggest islands and their castles. The secret stairwell of Singer Castle. Next is Singer Castle, built as a summer retreat. The bridge and tower to the right was the covered entrance for people arriving by boat. You a...

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All Experiments Yield Results — Just not always positive ones | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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Spelunking the “Diefenbunker” →. April 4, 2013 · 12:41 pm. All Experiments Yield Results — Just not always positive ones. So here’s the story…. That’s how I started this blog in 2008, almost six years ago, as I had begun my adventure in the Foreign Service. At the time, I hadn’t begun A-100 (or even been called for a class) yet, but was hoping, as I told people back then, that a job with “Generalist” in its title was what I had been looking for all my life. It didn’t turn out that way. The short version ...

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What Kind of Day This Has Been | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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January 2, 2015 · 3:35 pm. What Kind of Day This Has Been. I’ve left the Foreign Service. I’ve not found a reason to keep blogging, although I enjoy reading others’ blogs and their experiences from post to post. For those who have been reading my blog, thank you and good bye. If you’re on Facebook, feel free to friend me and follow my adventures there. Filed under Foreign Service Stuff. One response to “. What Kind of Day This Has Been. January 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Sent from my iPhone. Back in the USA.

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State Department Memories | Midlife Diplomatic Crisis

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1000 Islands, no waiting…. What Kind of Day This Has Been →. March 4, 2014 · 9:52 pm. It has been (almost) six months since I semi-voluntarily left the State Department. Since then, I’ve been on sabbatical, figuring out what to do next. I’ve done some traveling to Italy, Greece, Montenegro and Albania (and want to do more), and spent a lot of time thinking about my five years in service to my country. Service. Moreover, I felt I had something beyond many people to offer. As I was unable to write ...I&#82...