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Because one of our bloggers turned 30 today...

The one who started this blog (bless her name),

Who is ever so stylish (usually in a black turtleneck :),

Who is and expert of all movies and dance performances, let alone music,

Who had an article published just before the big 3-0,

Who is a good companion for laughter, talk, hike, shop or visit a theater, an evening of poem-reading or a stroll in the cemetery just as well:

Our beloved Lynx, have a Happy Birthday and enjoy the party at the real Castro bisztro!

Cheesy

Another food-related topic: do you like cheese? The stinky, mushy, but tasty ones?
I bet you do, you Francophones should.
Here is my favorite : Mont d'Or I just learned that it can be warmed and used as a single-cheese fondue in its own wooden box! Whoa, I wish...

What is your taste? The hard yellow ones? Brie? Blue? Or a good feta?
And the good old Palpusztai? (Hey Tarelle, have you had the luck to taste that Hungarian specialty?)

I found a quite good one recently (it's a challenge over here, believe me!), and realised it is made in Germany so you might have the chance to find it somewhere in Europe: it is called Limburger

So here is one more thing I might be able to share with you in spite of the distance.

Surprise

Not too big, but all the more pleasant:


PS1. hint: click on the image and enjoy

PS2. Always look on the bright side!

War movies

The first thing to say is that I don't like them, except of the funny ones like Kelly's heroes, Train de Vie or M.A.S.H. Basically because of the cruelty of the whole insane business. This does not hold me back to have some great cinematographic pleasure (mostly after being forced to watch them) associated to some of them, like The Bridge on the River Kwai, Apocalypse Now or Der Untergang, for that matter (thanks again, nana! :-P) and most recently, the last Kubrick missing from my viewing-list, a truly excellent one (followed by a Russian movie afterwards, that paraphrased it quite a lot but was very far in either estethics and moral statement). This post actually makes me realise I've seen quite a few, from Holocaust-themes (The Pianist, Sunshine) to I and II WW films...and extremely bad ones, too - inspite the fact that I try to avoid them. But there are so many!

Do you like war-movies? Any favourite? How about books? Is there anything beyond Saughterhouse Number Five and Catch 22?

Get up and dance!

...or jump. Two songs from the great-as-ever artist, one new



and an old



both in a much happier tune than his usual style...

And a bonus: a jumpy one from Noir Désir !
Hope you enjoy it! :-)

Messa di Requiem

I went to a Verdi concert last week (my Mum asked me when I told I was going: hey, not depressed enough already? ha ha-very funny). Actually, she was right, I was weeping quietly half the time - especially when the choir was singing. This is even more unusual when you consider I don't like choirs in general. But this music has such a force! Just listen.

And I was struggling with one, big thought (almost as if it was written with capital letters inside my head): that life is such a big f*ing deception! Everything you do or hope for amounts to something considerably inferior as you would have imagined! Now, this is not what I usually think, but I couldn't help it when I was listening to this concert. Has music ever made you have strange sensations and thoughts like this?

GIFT

My dear friends,

Thank you the wonderful time I had -we had - at home. I hope we can repeat this soon.

Here is a little gift for you, remembering the past and all the paths I chose not to walk along.