Shaping the future generation in Iran

Ben voilà. Finalement un super président. A natural born leader.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13005923.htm

The best quote: Ahmadinejad said: "There is no doubt that the new wave in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of the Islamic world."

(If you don't know me, I find this is slightly upsetting.)

Wilma's revenge

800 km. diameter - 46 km for the eye.

Photos from Mexico


Wilma Flintstone: I work hard all day, too, and what do I get? A lot of yak from you. You at least get out everyday, see things, talk to people. I never get out of this cave.

Why smoking is good for you...

According to the Chinese government, smoking is beneficial to your health.

Nuit blanche - 1er octobre 2005

Le prix de la nuit:
une installation dans la maison de l'architecture de l'Ile de France qui m'klenage l'architecture, la physique et la composition musicale dans une ambiance unique. des anneaux de vapeur surgissent des cubes en bois et sont associés avec des sons. Le tout était féerique.


Karst, Chomaz et Chanfrault - Infraespace


Isabelle Grosse et Mâa - Upstream


Isabelle Krieg + Nike


Amanda Cardell - transparence blanche

Sleep overdose

Is it possible que j'ai trop dormi ce weekend? Il n'est que 23h30 dimanche soir et I am already tired. For someone who regularly goes to bed at 1am, ça me semble bizarre. Saturday morning I woke up at 11am and Sunday morning at 13h. Apparently Kosmo has no problems sleeping as much as he does.

G and I bought some furniture today at the Puces. A 1950s (?) chair and a Chinese cabinet. More stuff to make our apartment in Paris feel all the much larger.

I just found out that the NYT has made (most of) their op-eds available only at the low price of $7.95 per month or $49.95 per year for those who do not subscribe to the NYT or the IHT. The IHT is special though - you have to receive it at least 3 days per week! I wonder how they came up with that figure. I am lucky that my parents receive the IHT. What would I do every week without Paul, Maureen or David?

Animals on crack threaten humans

a serious story put out by the Guardian

pink car

My parents got a new car today - une voiture familiale they call it. Une break. Which in English translates to a station wagon (circa 1970s 1980s) or simply a wagon (1990s). Not sure what people call those things nowadays. anyway, it's not baby pink like the last peugeot they bought in 1986. actually that one was not pink but i believed them until the moment i saw the car (very gullible indeed). this one my mom says is almond green - i'll probably see it as grey, given that I am colorblind. oh good blog subject - FINALLY, i was in a drought. so yes women can be colorblind (about 8% of men and 0.4% of women have some form of color blindness). and yes i am a woman. you can take the test here (all results on one pae can be found here).

Wise friend

She says: "New Yorkers are obnoxious, arrogant, and have no style, whereas Philly people just have no style."

Will plane seats become bigger?

If white Americans adults are likely to be overweight, will airlines go bankrupt even faster due to the need to increase seat sizes to accomodate a large number of passengers? Read more on how "mega-obsese" might be critical in helping to reduce that threat.