mezmerizing!

mesmerizing, even:

i could watch this stuff for hours. what’s going to happen next!?!

thanks jude!

… i think

viva obama VIVA!

both of these will be happily stuck in your head for days:

min tchot lapin

what is this? (in French)

Apparently your answer says a lot about where you learned French. For me, it’s a beffroi, for almost everyone else it’s a clocher.

We watched a french comedy last night about a halpless mail carrier from the south of France who ends up getting sent to Nord Pas-de-Calais, the very north of France. It was great because it roasted stereotypes of Northen Frenchies… they have a weird accent, eat only fatty foods, and drink all the time… wait a minute, that’s true…

but it was great to see northern France on film, and to get all sentimental / homesick about a place I used to live. Even if le ch’ti and picard sound like you’re speaking with a sock in your mouth.

If you speak a little French and would like to learn some ch’ti, go here:

http://www.chblog.com/

A side note, right behind the beffroi was my bus stop (next the Maxwell House truck) and to the left (out of photo) is the florist who finally sold me a pumpkin for Halloween… they are very hard to come by!

ah, memories

mee meeeeee!

sometimes i think if i had a long-lost twin it would be:

that just about sums up this week, me me me me me meeeee

…but he really sucks at bowling

So Obama bowled a 37 on national TV.

How can you keep our jobs from going overseas when you can’t keep the ball from going into the gutters???

O, how I miss John Stewart! [video at end]

O, how I wish we had cable…

we go shoot hoop

Obama will play 3 on 3 basketball to register Indiana Voters

and don’t drink the tap water!

A Guide to the French. Handle with Care.

A nice summary of lessons learned from a NY Times correspondent from his time living in France. I will add:

9. Participate in the national sport: Going on strike
10. If you want anything from a Frenchie, ask 5 min before they start their lunch break
11. No, you’re wrong.
12. And don’t cut foie gras with a knife!

fernando, we hardly knew ye…

And now a brief word for fernando, the basil seedling I bought at the Broadway QFC who apparently found life so absolutely intolerable in our kitchen that he wilted away in less than 3 days.

I get the last laugh though, there’s mozzarella in the fridge…

unbelievably crappy campaign videos, redux

I thought the Hillary 4 u and me was as low as it could go, but no:

this one even has subtitles so you can sign along!!! Memorize and sing loudly in your shower if you dislike your neighbors.

McCain, not to be outdone…

I think the disembodied head floating around will give me nightmares. Also, mad props for their mastery of the blue screen.

And because his voice and his voice alone could stop your ears from bleeding out if you actually managed to watch those two in their entirety:

purr.

oooooh, snap!

As crappy political ad season gets into full swing, Hillary’s team came up with this:

and less than 12 hours later this came out:

… snap! Way to use all of that campaign money!

And this is truly horrifying:

Admittedly I do kind of like the happy Asian flute man and the polar bear that’s sad because his iceberg melted away. But seriously, WHAT were they thinking????