wreck sur la voie ferrée
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Atlantan, Yellow Jacket, resident of the Greater EDSBS Co-Prosperity Sphere. Web developer, runner, waiting to be hurt by CFB again every fall. Previously known as @dotwreck at the bird site.
Me on vacation: finally sitting down at 10pm after being out for 15 hours and racking up over 42,000 steps (and that's WITH taking the Métro on four separate occasions)
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Me on vacation: finally sitting down at 10pm after being out for 15 hours and racking up over 42,000 steps (and that's WITH taking the Métro on four separate occasions)
Comment-on dit “roll Tide”?
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Comment-on dit “roll Tide”?
Maybe drank a little too much wine on the beach
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Maybe drank a little too much wine on the beach
Apparently there's a freeze warning at home? That's a shame, really
(also, uh, hope the pipes will be okay, I didn't really want to leave the faucets dripping for a week and a half while I was gone)
(also, uh, hope the pipes will be okay, I didn't really want to leave the faucets dripping for a week and a half while I was gone)
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Apparently there's a freeze warning at home? That's a shame, really
(also, uh, hope the pipes will be okay, I didn't really want to leave the faucets dripping for a week and a half while I was gone)
(also, uh, hope the pipes will be okay, I didn't really want to leave the faucets dripping for a week and a half while I was gone)
Had dinner at 10pm tonight like real Europeans, and hot damn was it worth the wait
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Had dinner at 10pm tonight like real Europeans, and hot damn was it worth the wait
Oh right, and the Falcons are playing too, not used to that being this late in the day
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh right, and the Falcons are playing too, not used to that being this late in the day
I guess my hotel TV doesn't get whatever channel F1 is on here? I'm sorry, I thought this was Europe
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I guess my hotel TV doesn't get whatever channel F1 is on here? I'm sorry, I thought this was Europe
Race report: about 11.2 miles (last leg of a marathon relay) in 1:29 and change (7:59/mi)
Organization: mixed bag
Crowd support: excellent
Scenery: magnificent (though I didn't take any photos while running so you'll just have to trust me that this is true for a course on the south coast of France)
Organization: mixed bag
Crowd support: excellent
Scenery: magnificent (though I didn't take any photos while running so you'll just have to trust me that this is true for a course on the south coast of France)
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Race report: about 11.2 miles (last leg of a marathon relay) in 1:29 and change (7:59/mi)
Organization: mixed bag
Crowd support: excellent
Scenery: magnificent (though I didn't take any photos while running so you'll just have to trust me that this is true for a course on the south coast of France)
Organization: mixed bag
Crowd support: excellent
Scenery: magnificent (though I didn't take any photos while running so you'll just have to trust me that this is true for a course on the south coast of France)
While I was outside waiting out the fire alarm on the streets of Nice, I saw someone walking down the streets in a Kentucky Wildcats hoodie, allez les Cats
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
While I was outside waiting out the fire alarm on the streets of Nice, I saw someone walking down the streets in a Kentucky Wildcats hoodie, allez les Cats
Well, there’s a vacation first: fire alarm at the hotel
I think someone burned their toast or something
I think someone burned their toast or something
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Well, there’s a vacation first: fire alarm at the hotel
I think someone burned their toast or something
I think someone burned their toast or something
Race morning is a hell of a time for jet lag to return after I was fine the day before
Football still happening back home isn’t helping with that either 😂
Football still happening back home isn’t helping with that either 😂
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Race morning is a hell of a time for jet lag to return after I was fine the day before
Football still happening back home isn’t helping with that either 😂
Football still happening back home isn’t helping with that either 😂
Sadly there is no football airing on any of the channels that my hotel receives, so I will have to make do with what appears to be some sort of karaoke game show? Hey, anything sounds good when it’s being sung in French
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sadly there is no football airing on any of the channels that my hotel receives, so I will have to make do with what appears to be some sort of karaoke game show? Hey, anything sounds good when it’s being sung in French
The Monégasque Chicken on a Stick Incident
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The Monégasque Chicken on a Stick Incident
Wildest thing I think I've seen today: the number of people swimming in the sea. Like, it's 60 degrees, overcast and breezy, and y'all are out there just in regular-ass bathing suits?
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wildest thing I think I've seen today: the number of people swimming in the sea. Like, it's 60 degrees, overcast and breezy, and y'all are out there just in regular-ass bathing suits?
Anyway, happy Friday
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Anyway, happy Friday
Server at the restaurant I’ve stopped at for lunch in Nice is not having my attempt to speak French. C’est la vie
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Server at the restaurant I’ve stopped at for lunch in Nice is not having my attempt to speak French. C’est la vie
I have not gotten better at sleeping on planes, it turns out
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I have not gotten better at sleeping on planes, it turns out
Whoops, forgot that I was gonna have to go through security again and had a full water bottle in my bag
In my defense it’s 7 in the morning and my body thinks it’s 1 AM
In my defense it’s 7 in the morning and my body thinks it’s 1 AM
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Whoops, forgot that I was gonna have to go through security again and had a full water bottle in my bag
In my defense it’s 7 in the morning and my body thinks it’s 1 AM
In my defense it’s 7 in the morning and my body thinks it’s 1 AM
Bonjour from Paris, where I’m waiting for a bus to take us from the plane into the airport
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bonjour from Paris, where I’m waiting for a bus to take us from the plane into the airport
Also a lady in the row in front of me sounds like she has consumption, full 19th century style
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Also a lady in the row in front of me sounds like she has consumption, full 19th century style
Whee, departure delay!
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Whee, departure delay!
Boarding observation: the most attractive people on this plane are also the ones speaking French. Quelle surprise
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Boarding observation: the most attractive people on this plane are also the ones speaking French. Quelle surprise
ATL ✈️ CDG
Au revoir, bitches
Au revoir, bitches
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ATL ✈️ CDG
Au revoir, bitches
Au revoir, bitches
Starting a basketball game at 10 AM is certainly one way to prepare me for impending jet lag
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Starting a basketball game at 10 AM is certainly one way to prepare me for impending jet lag