I’ve made my choice
The Great West Entrance

Northern grandmother gets sprouts on
A GRANDMOTHER in Lancashire has begun boiling the vegetables for her Christmas dinner.
Il carrozzone: Renato Zero
Il carrozzone va avanti da sé
Con le regine i suoi fanti i suoi re
Ridi buffone per scaramanzia
Così la morte va via
Musica gente
Cantate che poi
Uno alla volta si scende anche noi
Sotto a chi tocca in doppio petto blu
Una mattina sei sceso anche tu
Bella la vita
Che se ne va
Un fiore un freno la tua ricca povertà
Il pane caldo la tua poesia
Tu che stringevi la tua mano nella mia
Bella la vita
Dicevi tu
È un po’ mignotta e va con tutti si però
Però però
Proprio sul meglio
T’ha detto no
Il carrozzone riprende la via
Facce truccate di malinconia
Tempo per piangere no
Non ce n’è
Tutto continua anche senza di te
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E ti coltivi dove il tempo vola e va
I nostri sogni
La fantasia
Ridevi forte la paura e l’allegria
Bella la vita dicevi tu
E t’ha imbrogliato e t’ha fottuto proprio tu
Con le regine con i suoi re
Il carrozzone va avanti da sé
Il carrozzone va avanti da sé
In memoriam Bronco Bog Roll

Cat Concerto
Acronyms in the French press.

One of the least pleasing things about reading French journalism is the ubiquity of acronyms. They are rarely explained, though here, for once, is an exception.
I couldn’t help feeling there was something portentous about it, as if it heralded in some sense its own doom. LJ
How our home delivery habit reshaped the world | Technology | The Guardian
Quite an interesting appraisal, notwithstanding its questionable provenance. If only the Guardian could manage a more honest and impartial, less prescriptively “woke” and modish tone, with greater frequency, it might be possible to consider reading the paper from time to time, as one could in the eighties, when Araucaria’s crosswords adorned the back page and the world seemed still to cherish the now apparently vain hope of securing the prevalence of sanity. LJ
The long read: The great trick of online retail has been to get us to shop more and think less about how our purchases reach our homes
Source: How our home delivery habit reshaped the world | Technology | The Guardian
Bernstein on musical form
Effondrement du pont de Mirrpoix-sur-Tarn
Effondrement du pont de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn
Effondrement du pont de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn : le maire confirme que le camion faisait “environ 45 tonnes”
Fastest ever, I think

Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored by John Lydon, review: ‘a marathon pub rant’ – Telegraph
Johnny Rotten’s ridiculously entertaining new memoir shows how he turned
youthful rebellion into a 40-year career
— Read on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11150979/anger-is-an-energy-my-life-uncensored-by-john-lydon.html
An entertaining review of a book I have no intention of reading, though I have a soft spot for its author, I confess. He says a number of things that are sensible, not least that “the weather’s too nice to stay angry all the time.” LJ
Départements de France

Lentils
Lentil
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil
First one for a while…

Témoignage sur les gilets jaunes
A crowd has no head. For this reason, I never march with the crowd. LJ
Séisme en Ardèche
Lunch at the Nightingale with Paul T H

La mélancholie
Italian cruise captain rode moped and pinched arses on sinking ship
Italian cruise captain rode moped and pinched arses on sinking ship
— Read on www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/italian-cruise-captain-rode-moped-and-pinched-arses-on-sinking-ship-201201194790
Recette Escalopes de poulet farcies aux champignons
Et pourquoi pas? LJ
Escalopes de poulet farcies aux champignons – Ingrédients de la recette : 2 belles escalopes de poulet, 200 g de champignons de Paris, 2 échalotes, 1 gousse d’ail , 1 cuillère à soupe de persil
Voltaire, sur M.Locke
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_3rd_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
Il carrozzone – Renato Zero
Significato, testo e interpretazione della canzone di Renato Zero il Carrozzone
— Read on significatotestocanzone.blogspot.com/2014/12/il-carrozzone-renato-zero.html
“Dans la peau d’une bête” de Charles Foster
Pour cet été, je vous propose de vous mettre « dans la peau d’une bête », c’est en tout cas ce à quoi invite le titre de cet essai de Charles Foster. Et ce n’est pas qu’un titre, puisque Charles Foster, professeur à Oxford, vétérinaire, en a pour sa part fait l’expérience et il la rac[…]
Éloge de la paresse
Le journal des idées, émission de France Culture disponible en Podcast et s’accompagnant d’une transcription très utile à tous ceux qui s’intéressent à l’apprentissage de la langue. LJ
C’est la fin de la semaine, certains d’entre nous éprouvent une saine fatigue. Mais lorsqu’elle s’incruste et devient chronique, la fatigue tourne au symptôme et nous affecte en profondeur.
Source: Éloge de la paresse
(55) Douglas Murray And Roger Scruton On The Future Of Conservatism & Debate | The Spectator – YouTube
An excellent discussion between Douglas Murray, Sir Roger Scruton and an enquiring and courteous audience.
“Our greatest Prime Minister, in my view, Lord Salisbury, was in office for twenty years, and no one can remember him.”
Home – Sir Roger Scruton
Given the excitable state of the world and the credulity of so many, it is time to emphasise the importance to the world of those who speak the truth and retain their composure. This is such a man. LJ
Interesting. Watch this space…
“L’arrêté antipesticides du maire de Langouët annulé par la justice” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/l-arrete-antipesticides-du-maire-de-langouet-annule-par-la-justice-20191025
Sir Roger Scruton: How to Be a Conservative – YouTube
A wise man, a rarity these days.
Je marche seul
The Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure | Theatre Royal Winchester
This was an extravagantly delightful display of coruscating ludic pyrotechnics and sustained intellectual and physical athleticism. Pure entertainment performed with unrelenting energy and an infectious lightness of touch. We enjoyed the ride!LJ
From Le Navet Bete, award-winning creators of smash-hit shows Dracula: The Bloody Truth and Dick Tracy, comes a hilarious new comedy adventure that will have you rolling with laughter from here to the French countryside.
Armed only with a baguette and his questionable steed, join hot-headed D’Artagnan as he travels to Paris full of childish excitement and misplaced bravado to become a Musketeer.
Will things go to plan? It’s unlikely. With four actors and over 30 characters, this will be their most hilariously chaotic adventure yet!
— Read on www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/whats-on/three-musketeers-comedy-adventure
Bulverism – Wikipedia
Simon Evans Is Right – BBC Sounds
An interesting examination of the rôle of the authentic comedian, currently beleaguered by the neo-orthodoxy of the woke cult and its swelling pressure to lean acquiescently and naively to the perilous political left, notwithstanding lessons from 20th century history.
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— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008hkz
L’éducation avant l’instruction publique
Good catch, Chlo’!
From bang-a-bonk to cold turkey – it pays to increase your word power — GYLES BRANDRETH
“It pays to increase your word power” was a regular title in the Reader’s Digest, as I recall. LJ
From bang-a-bonk to cold turkey – it pays to increase your word power — GYLES BRANDRETH
— Read on www.gylesbrandreth.net/blog/2019/7/31/dfq0cerehvh0oag2bnn0a6x282aqbq
The author of “Woke”, a satire as important in our times as the works of Erasmus and Voltaire were to theirs.
Andrew Doyle in conversation.
Labrador snaffles cake entered for Warkworth competition – BBC News
Labrador snaffles cake entered for Warkworth competition – BBC News
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-tyne-49393840
I’m enjoying this for as long as it can reasonably be expected to last.

Kirchgänger: Der Rückkehrer | ZEIT ONLINE
Als Kind ging der Vater unseres Autors in die Kirche. Als Erwachsener blieb er ihr fern. Fast 45 Jahre lang. Nun geht er wieder hin. Warum?
La conséquence de la paresse, la suffisance et l’indifférence des imbéciles tenant les rênes dans nos établissements scolaires
Excellent analysis from Jordan Peterson
9 départements en vigilance orange aux orages violents – LCI
Actualités Météo : INTEMPÉRIES – Ce vendredi, Météo France a placé neuf départements en vigilance orange aux orages violents. Le début du phénomène est attendu aux alentours de 15h.
— Read on www.lci.fr/meteo/previsions-meteo-france-9-departements-en-vigilance-orange-aux-orages-violentsaube-tarn-yonne-meuse-2129145.html
Another pleasant puzzle

L’astuce géniale pour éplucher ses pommes de terre en quelques secondes
Je vais essayer cela demain… LJ
In St. Martin



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