25 January 2007
meilleurs noms français...
A part Jeux, Beurrier et Malhomme, qui sont des classiques de chez nous, j'adore ma nouvelle trouvaille - Tas d'Homme - sans blague !
Mutombo not MVP, but gets MBP award
mbp = mushed over by president
Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa [ed: what country? or is that too difficult to remember? afraid of pulling another slovakia-slovenia mix-up?], amid great poverty and disease [ed: like all other African countries??!!]. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship to study medicine [ed: quite a stretch], but Coach John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the N.B.A., and a citizen of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth or the duty to share his blessings with others. He built a brand new hospital in his old hometown [ed: technically he didn't BUILD it; also, other people should be given credit for this charitable act]. A friend has said of this good hearted man: “Mutombo believes that God has given him this opportunity to do great things.” And we are proud to call this son of the Congo [ed: oooh-aaah impressive - can't get the democratic and republic part out, can you?] a citizen of the United States of America.
(see NYT 01/23/2007)
Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa [ed: what country? or is that too difficult to remember? afraid of pulling another slovakia-slovenia mix-up?], amid great poverty and disease [ed: like all other African countries??!!]. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship to study medicine [ed: quite a stretch], but Coach John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the N.B.A., and a citizen of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth or the duty to share his blessings with others. He built a brand new hospital in his old hometown [ed: technically he didn't BUILD it; also, other people should be given credit for this charitable act]. A friend has said of this good hearted man: “Mutombo believes that God has given him this opportunity to do great things.” And we are proud to call this son of the Congo [ed: oooh-aaah impressive - can't get the democratic and republic part out, can you?] a citizen of the United States of America.
(see NYT 01/23/2007)
09 January 2007
Christmas, new year's and heckman
Heckman - who is he? my new lover... i have spent weeks and days and hours late at night cuddled up with him, trying to understand the difference between his structure and his selection. and being a total nerd.
bonne année à tous!
bonne année à tous!
22 December 2006
this, i didn't make up... ouch
Your Christmas is Most Like: How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
 You can't really get into the Christmas spirit... But it usually gets to you by the end of the holiday. |
i'm a what ??
You Are an Appletini |
 Most of the time, you're a typical party girl / guy. But when you get super sauced, you really up your sex appeal. |
21 December 2006
Bonne année ou bonne fin d'année ?
Le débat... et-ce que ça apporte la poisse de dire bonne année aux personnes avant la nouvelle année ? Il parait que oui... C'est la première fois que j'entends cela. Et vous, ça vous dit quelque chose ?
il existe les faux blogs...
Attention ! Sony a créé un blog pour attirer l'attention à son produit pour les fêtes de fin d'année...
19 December 2006
Diversity scholarships to join elite Eating Clubs?
Yep, Princeton University decided to allocate scholarships to juniors and seniors who wanted to join the famous independent eating clubs. Their cost is about $2,000 more than the cafeteria, but allow students to partake in social activities. The goal is to increase the diversity of the eating clubs. I did my graduate work across the street from many eating clubs. Their lavish preparations for Friday night social "activities" and the necessary clean-up on Saturday mornings (of plastic cups, beer bottles and other human waste) make me thrilled that I contribute to that university fund...
Read this for more information on the eating clubs "bicker" system.
Ivy Hall, one of the campuses oldest eating clubs, only allowed its first female members in 1991, after a US Supreme court ruling (refusing to review a NJ Supreme Court ruling that all-male membership violated state civil rights laws).
Oh and here's another glorious moment for the Ivy Club.
Read this for more information on the eating clubs "bicker" system.
Ivy Hall, one of the campuses oldest eating clubs, only allowed its first female members in 1991, after a US Supreme court ruling (refusing to review a NJ Supreme Court ruling that all-male membership violated state civil rights laws).
Oh and here's another glorious moment for the Ivy Club.
ce n'est pas de l'art contemporain...
les sdf ont des nouvelles tentes au bord du canal saint martin. pour noël...
14 December 2006
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17 November 2006
Le Superman français gagne le titre en Thaïlande
In Bangkok, 41-year-old Philippe Hortion wins Strongman 2006 title after pulling three pick-up trucks over 15 metres, lifting 96-kilogram metal pipes over his head five times within two minutes, flipping a 350kg tractor tire four times in two minutes, carrying a 100kg log for 10-metres and placing a 100-kilogramme container on a table. See the news broadcast. The guys are very big and very strong.
13 November 2006
Judge Locke rules burrito rules
WORCESTER, Mass. - Is a burrito a sandwich? The Panera Bread Co. bakery-and-cafechain says yes. But a judge said no, ruling against Panera in its bid to prevent a Mexican restaurant from moving into the same shopping mall. Panera has a clause in its lease that prevents the White City Shopping Center inShrewsbury from renting to another sandwich shop. Panera tried to invoke that clause to stop the opening of an Qdoba Mexican Grill.But Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke cited Webster's Dictionary as well astestimony from a chef and a former high-ranking federal agriculture official in ruling that Qdoba's burritos and other offerings are not sandwiches. The difference, the judge ruled, comes down to two slices of bread versus one tortilla."A sandwich is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos and quesadillas, which are typically made with a single tortilla and stuffed with achoice filling of meat, rice, and beans," Locke wrote in a decision released last week.
In court papers, Panera, a St. Louis-based chain of more than 900 cafes, arguedfor a broad definition of a sandwich, saying that a flour tortilla is bread and that a food product with bread and a filling is a sandwich. Qdoba, owned by San Diego-based Jack in the Box Inc., called food experts to testify on its behalf. Among them was Cambridge chef Chris Schlesinger, who said in an affidavit: "Iknow of no chef or culinary historian who would call a burrito a sandwich. Indeed, the notion would be absurd to any credible chef or culinary historian."
(story from the Boston Globe)
In court papers, Panera, a St. Louis-based chain of more than 900 cafes, arguedfor a broad definition of a sandwich, saying that a flour tortilla is bread and that a food product with bread and a filling is a sandwich. Qdoba, owned by San Diego-based Jack in the Box Inc., called food experts to testify on its behalf. Among them was Cambridge chef Chris Schlesinger, who said in an affidavit: "Iknow of no chef or culinary historian who would call a burrito a sandwich. Indeed, the notion would be absurd to any credible chef or culinary historian."
(story from the Boston Globe)
05 November 2006
So you thought that was funny....
Try this for a good laugh...
Bebemoche finds the original "treadmill dance" video by the band Ok-Go...
They seem to have found a nitch for these dancing videos à la Bowie - check out "A Million Ways" on http://thewilltorock.blogspot.com/.
Bebemoche finds the original "treadmill dance" video by the band Ok-Go...
They seem to have found a nitch for these dancing videos à la Bowie - check out "A Million Ways" on http://thewilltorock.blogspot.com/.
29 October 2006
Attention à Sarko
Vidéo en français compilation de discours publics du Ministre de l'intérieur Nicolas Sarkozy.
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