Everybody's Weird, le weblog

Indie rock fans may prefer somewhat muddy sound over some lushly-orchestrated, producer-massaged score; indie film fans may prefer quirky, low-budget titles over big-budget special FX extravaganzas; but in gaming, we have no indie aesthetic, no group of people (of any size at least) who prize independent vision and creativity over production values.

When Bophana was not yet 25 and her husband only 27, they were captured, tortured and murdered, just because of their [love] letters, which had been stuffed into Bophana's file -- the thickest at the Tuol Sleng torture center -- as evidence, and left there as a rare, if not unique, account of the daily indignities and heartbreak under the Khmer Rouge.

A force d'accepter des gens malheureusement à qui on ne peut proposer ni travail ni logement, on se retrouve dans une situation où on a des drames comme ça.

L'année du Brésil

- Je vais te dire ce qui cloche chez elles : Ce n'est pas tant qu'elles fassent de mauvais choix, c'est surtout qu'elles s'y tiennent ! Et tu sais pourquoi ? Parce qu'ici, en France, on est des fonctionnaires du sexe ! Chacun a ses petits avantages et ne veut pas les perdre ! Alors elles restent avec des cons un temps phénoménal sans oser bouger le petit doigt !
- Tandis qu'au Brésil...

It's not like I'm desperately trying to convince you because I myself have overspeculated in the housing market, now suddenly it's peaking, and if it doesn't continue its insane and completely unjustifiable rise then I'll lose everything. It's not that at all. Just relax.

Nerds rejoice!

Alerte Vedette

« Taizé c'est l'amour, l'été et l'autoroute des vacances.
[Mais] les moines de Taizé se sont montrés inquiets de voir les jeunes faire l'amour dans les champs de luzerne. »

Un bon weblog est toujours meilleur que n'importe quelle tagsonomie

Aparté

Imagine if you were, say, French. And all people knew about, wanted to ask about, was the Vichy French period. As if there were no other aspect of culture and history.

"In every substantive sense, employees of a company carry more risks than do the shareholders," Ghoshal wrote. "Also, their contributions of knowledge, skills and entrepreneurship are typically more important than the contributions of capital by shareholders, a pure commodity that is perhaps in excess supply."

It's not difficult to be cynical about the way in which Arabs can both hate the West and love it. In Arab capitals, I can read the anti-Bush fury expressed in the pages of local newspapers and then drive past the American embassy where sometimes hundreds of Arabs are standing round the walls in the hope of acquiring visas to the US. The Quran is a document of inestimable value. So is a green card.

Many NGOs are apparently training grounds for idealistic - or opportunistic - young westerners, who practice theoretical skills, newly acquired from university, in a third world country. Then they go back to their lives in the first world, with salty stories and an easier affectation of nonchalance.