It's been a while, since I've played with GIMP/Photoshop to modify Movie posters, add some known heads on it... This one is not particulary well done, but I nethertheless quite happy of producing it.
The 4 guys are the "boulets" presented few posts ago, and I've been hanging around with this year.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Board game
Monday night, one of my colleague introduced us to the joy of german style board game. We play Carcassonne, a very pleasant game.
Things learned
1. I always thought that the answer : "No they've fallen all by themselves" to the question "Have you been to the haircut ?" was part of one Jean Marie Bigard (a fench stand-up comedian, quite popular) show... but it's not, in his monologue called "les expressions" where he fight against stupid question. Like when you go to a restaurant, in france, the waiter ask you if you are here to have dinner.... No I was just planning to play tennis... etc...
2. "Igname" is the french word for Yam, a species of vegetables (cultivated in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania). And it can be used as a symbol, in some culture (Papou)
Not to be confused with :
-Imam which is an religious leader.
-Iguane [FR] (iguana in english).
Question not answered
Origin of the Castres city's name, and difference with the origin of the french world: "castrer" and what is the ethymologic link with "Castor" (Beaver in english)
Update on this question (and back to French ):
Un blog amusant a ce propos: Langue sauce piquante, le blog des correcteurs du monde.
Et une idee fantastique de la bibliotheque nationale (BNF), la mise en ligne de centaines d'ouvrages anciens http://gallica.bnf.fr/
CASTRES (Tarn) Le nom de la ville vient du mot latin castrum qui signifie "place fortifiée".
Les mots "chaste", "incestueux" et "castré" ont la même racine indo européenne kes- (séparer)
kes- couper, séparer
--> lat. castrare (castrer)
--> lat. castrum, place fortifiée (peut-être "place séparée")
--> lat. castus : chaste (séparé, pur, sans fautes), inceste, incestueux (non chaste), caste
Source http://babel.lexilogos.com/
Things learned
1. I always thought that the answer : "No they've fallen all by themselves" to the question "Have you been to the haircut ?" was part of one Jean Marie Bigard (a fench stand-up comedian, quite popular) show... but it's not, in his monologue called "les expressions" where he fight against stupid question. Like when you go to a restaurant, in france, the waiter ask you if you are here to have dinner.... No I was just planning to play tennis... etc...
2. "Igname" is the french word for Yam, a species of vegetables (cultivated in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania). And it can be used as a symbol, in some culture (Papou)
Not to be confused with :
-Imam which is an religious leader.
-Iguane [FR] (iguana in english).
Question not answered
Origin of the Castres city's name, and difference with the origin of the french world: "castrer" and what is the ethymologic link with "Castor" (Beaver in english)
Update on this question (and back to French ):
Un blog amusant a ce propos: Langue sauce piquante, le blog des correcteurs du monde.
Et une idee fantastique de la bibliotheque nationale (BNF), la mise en ligne de centaines d'ouvrages anciens http://gallica.bnf.fr/
CASTRES (Tarn) Le nom de la ville vient du mot latin castrum qui signifie "place fortifiée".
Les mots "chaste", "incestueux" et "castré" ont la même racine indo européenne kes- (séparer)
kes- couper, séparer
--> lat. castrare (castrer)
--> lat. castrum, place fortifiée (peut-être "place séparée")
--> lat. castus : chaste (séparé, pur, sans fautes), inceste, incestueux (non chaste), caste
Source http://babel.lexilogos.com/
Friday, July 21, 2006
French Comics
A small post, to talk about a fantastic comic book author: Johann Sfar...
I've just receive from France, the last volume of "Le Mousquetaire minuscule"... this is absolutely brilliant.
Links:
Sfar website [French]
(You can preview some pages in the dedicated website:
http://www.poissonpilote.com/ )
Since I am in Ireland, I have got many occasion, to enjoy some good comic, it's quite difficult to find a good comic shop here. And when you find one, there is almost only US comics (Marvel)... not necessarly the best part. Anyway, I should probably go to Dublin or Cork to have more choice, and actually with the web-shopping, you can order book from any country now.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Lego - Zizou
One last word about the World Cup ... or I should say one last picture...
lego+headbutt...
I am a (big) fan !!
PS: Hey we are vice-world champions, and in 2 months we meet Italy again during the qualifiers for Euro 2008....
lego+headbutt...
I am a (big) fan !!
PS: Hey we are vice-world champions, and in 2 months we meet Italy again during the qualifiers for Euro 2008....
Seal and JellyFish
Pub: 3; Alcohol Units: 2, Activities: road movie, sea swimming, seal observation, beach soccer....
WE summary
Like many WE, this was a road movie week-end. I headed south, saturday morning (post-Bastille day) with MF, GP, NM and his sister.
This means the Micra was fully loaded (litteraly and spiritually)... to my disapoitment as it turns out there was so many girls hitch-hiking :(
Anyway, we headed full south, the initial aim was the Bantry Bay...
We made a stop in Killarney, to enjoy the lakes... but could not stop for a picnic because of a lack of organisation.
The lake was crowded with buses loaded with french teenager. (Bonjour le depaysement !
Then we continued our route, through the second kingdom after the one of God ( I mean County Kerry )
By the way, unfortunately Kerry has been beaten by Cork, this week-end during the replay of the Gaelic Footbal Munster Championship...
We the evening near GlenCariff (Beara Peninsula), as we found a lovely youth hostels (actually the night was quite good, I could have been up for a night under the stars), so en joy 2 of the 6 or 7 pubs of the village... We had a perfect barbeque near Bantry Bay (potatoes cooked in the braise of the fire)... we really put to a test our survival skill (making a fire, extincting a fire)
The evening ended up marvellously (before the pub, yes) as three seals came to say hello, near our campment.
We also swim, although the sea was infected with JellyFishes.
Sunday
We headed for the extreme south-west, I mean Mizen Head.
This mean FASTNET, if you follow the Marine Forecast... (Viking, Fastnet...)
Spend the rest of the day: putting one-two feet in the water, playing beach soccer (world cup replay), playing in the sand... and soon we were back safely to Limerick.
Monday
Back to work, oh I just seen Pirates of the Carribean 2, thought it was not as good as the first (may be the surprise) I think I will have some night dreaming being Captain Jack Sparrow.
Things learned
Loads about Jellyfishes.
http://www.westernvintage.com/
Hip Hip Massey Ferguson !!!
WE summary
Like many WE, this was a road movie week-end. I headed south, saturday morning (post-Bastille day) with MF, GP, NM and his sister.
This means the Micra was fully loaded (litteraly and spiritually)... to my disapoitment as it turns out there was so many girls hitch-hiking :(
Anyway, we headed full south, the initial aim was the Bantry Bay...
We made a stop in Killarney, to enjoy the lakes... but could not stop for a picnic because of a lack of organisation.
The lake was crowded with buses loaded with french teenager. (Bonjour le depaysement !
Then we continued our route, through the second kingdom after the one of God ( I mean County Kerry )
By the way, unfortunately Kerry has been beaten by Cork, this week-end during the replay of the Gaelic Footbal Munster Championship...
We the evening near GlenCariff (Beara Peninsula), as we found a lovely youth hostels (actually the night was quite good, I could have been up for a night under the stars), so en joy 2 of the 6 or 7 pubs of the village... We had a perfect barbeque near Bantry Bay (potatoes cooked in the braise of the fire)... we really put to a test our survival skill (making a fire, extincting a fire)
The evening ended up marvellously (before the pub, yes) as three seals came to say hello, near our campment.
We also swim, although the sea was infected with JellyFishes.
Sunday
We headed for the extreme south-west, I mean Mizen Head.
This mean FASTNET, if you follow the Marine Forecast... (Viking, Fastnet...)
Spend the rest of the day: putting one-two feet in the water, playing beach soccer (world cup replay), playing in the sand... and soon we were back safely to Limerick.
Monday
Back to work, oh I just seen Pirates of the Carribean 2, thought it was not as good as the first (may be the surprise) I think I will have some night dreaming being Captain Jack Sparrow.
Things learned
Loads about Jellyfishes.
- http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
- http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/pub/seascience/jellyfi.html
- http://www.dinosoria.com/meduse.htm
http://www.westernvintage.com/
Hip Hip Massey Ferguson !!!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
It's a long way to Tipperary..
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go,
It's a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly! Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there!
Everything in Ireland finish with a song, and it's with this song what I've achieved this sunny sunday evenong.
Of course, because I am french I watch the Final of the World Cup: France vs Italy.
I went to the Nancy's Blake to enjoy some good french crowd:
World Cup in Germany
This french team suprised me, and made it again... they make us dream !
It's hard to believe that it's the same team who draw against Switzerland and Korea... and later brillantly won versus Spain, outpaced Brazil... and another final.
Lost in the penalties...What can I say ... I am sad, they deserved victory.
Thank you Zidane, Thank you les bleus... to make us believe, to make us dream again.
For my italian friends: congratulazione and see you in two years for the european championship.
It's a long way to go,
It's a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly! Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there!
Everything in Ireland finish with a song, and it's with this song what I've achieved this sunny sunday evenong.
Of course, because I am french I watch the Final of the World Cup: France vs Italy.
I went to the Nancy's Blake to enjoy some good french crowd:
World Cup in Germany
This french team suprised me, and made it again... they make us dream !
It's hard to believe that it's the same team who draw against Switzerland and Korea... and later brillantly won versus Spain, outpaced Brazil... and another final.
Lost in the penalties...What can I say ... I am sad, they deserved victory.
Thank you Zidane, Thank you les bleus... to make us believe, to make us dream again.
For my italian friends: congratulazione and see you in two years for the european championship.
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