When French author, Françoise Sagan, died in September 2004, she left behind more than one million dollars in debts and a little gem entitled “Bonjour Tristesse” (“Hello Sadness”). In his memorial statement, the then French President Jacques Chirac said of Sagan: “With her death, France loses one of its most brilliant and sensitive writers – […]
Five Minutes In The US And My English Is In Big Trouble
I didn’t spend long in the US, just past customs and a few hours between terminals, but I can tell you straight away that if I came to live there permanently, my English would quickly be in big trouble. For starters, my cute semblance of a cockneyish intonation due to my being born on the […]
“Cods Of War” – French Fishermen And No-Deal Brexit
For those of you who have been to France just for your holidays, the chances are that you really do not know what the French are like. You have probably not tasted what it is like to be caught, day after day, in the middle of a chaotic and sometimes violent mentality that is so […]
INTOLÉRANCE – El Paso & Dayton
Une coulée de sang, Un ruisseau de larmes, S’échapper de la peur des laissés pour compte, Ne plus jamais revoir, ne plus jamais aimer. La perversité d’une balle perdue, La folie d’un regard, Ce regard de colère. Dissiper tout ce qui est humain, Dissoudre toute tolérance, Les âmes démembrées de ceux qui, Tissant leurs chemins […]
Falling Out Of Love With Facebook
It has taken me just over two years to find out the limitations of Facebook for the sharing of personal viewpoints. The social media giant has become submerged with unsubtle memes, links to mainstream media news articles that have not been read before sharing, and certainly not read before being commenting on. Facebook has become […]
El Paso And Dayton
The running of blood, The shedding of tears, Escaping from the fear of those left behind, To never see again, to love no more. The evilness of a stray bullet, The madness of a look, That look of anger, Dissipating all that is human, Dissolving all that is tolerance. The dismembered souls of those, Weaving […]
MONDE – Les États-fusils d’Amérique
L’Amérique ne doit plus être un pays où tout est permis, où il n’y a pas de limites et où les valeurs morales se plient aux considérations financières et à l’influence politique. Haily Jordan, une lycéenne américaine, a défendu le libre accès aux armes à feu aux États-Unis. Son principal argument est que, […]
American Gun Problem Is Cultural
All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust, is a sort of by-play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. – D.H. Lawrence (1923) High school student Haily Jordan wrote an essay defending the free access to guns in the […]
On The Edge Of A “Sexual Ravine” – One Giant Leap Forwards For Womanhood
Most women find themselves constantly on the edge of a dangerous and ubiquitous “sexual ravine.” Those who fall into the trap of the ravine no longer see themselves as unique and valuable individuals. They possess a physical body that constantly requires an appearance corresponding to sexual criteria imposed by men. The ravine extracts from its […]
Why Can’t I Be A Famous Moronic YouTuber?
I used not to mind YouTubers. Now I do. I suppose that I’m just jealous of a YouTuber who has 6 times more followers than inhabitants in the Netherlands. The bottom line is that I’m probably jealous of every single YouTuber. How I would love to have 98,457,085 subscribers to my blog. I’ve given up […]