“Old Friends” vs newbies

After a little discussion with Cyril, my step-brother-slash-old-friend, made me think twice about the value of old friends versus new ones. Being someone forced to compare the “American” way versus “old Europe’s” in virtually every...

The young & the old – Japan and France

A country known for its long living citizens, Japan is ironically at risk of halving its population by the end of the century (currently at around 125 million). The Japanese Ministry of Healthy already projects, quite realistically, 100 million by 2050. The challenges...

Computer Geek TBC LOL

I am wondering whether I will achieve Geek status… Somehow I missed out on thinking it was an attractive moniker in the old days. Today, I am not so sure. At the very least, I might not get lost when the kids rotate from one game to another or gravitate to more...

Flyers’ Fo(u)rsberg Traded

Ten days before the trade deadline and about twenty days since Forsberg finally looked like he had found a skate that worked (enough for him to participate at a level close to his capacity), the Philadelphia Flyers complete the trade. The one-for-four trade seems like...

Promoting France – good news/bad news

I read with some amusement, the International Herald Tribune (Jan 26 2007) advertising section promoting doing “business in France.” A front page article–an interview of Philippe Favre, Chairman of Invest in France Agency–caught my attention....

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