I love a good spy thriller, as you know, and I try to read all of the classics of the genre and watch them when there are any available. I watched Three Days of the Condor a few times, I even read James Grady's Six Days of the Condor. Great author to read, by the way, I suggest you see his other works (I haven't many of them, but still), not only the one that made him famous. Anyway, I recently learned that, like many iconic stories, this one got readapted in 2018, a TV series simply titled Condor. There's too many of them these days, on too many streaming services, it's hard to keep track, so I had no idea it even existed. I guess I will have to check if I can see it somewhere. If you have seen it, please leave a comment. In the meantime, I recommend the original novel. You might also find interesting that Grady wrote a sort of sequel to it, condor.net, setpost 9/11, with a new protagonist with the same codename.
Monday, 9 February 2026
Courvoisier
Je regardais ce film il y a quelques jours, quand j'ai vu une bouteille de Courvoisier sur la table. Et je me rends compte encore une fois que je ne connais vraiment pas grand-chose sur le cognac et ses marques. Je bois très rarement des spiritueux. La plupart du temps, quand ça arrive, c'est une shot de whiskey pour accompagner une bière, ou alors quand on m'offre un verre. Mais je suis depuis l'an dernier plus curieux en ce qui concerne le(s) cognac(s). Vous avez bu du Courvoisier? C'est comment? Dites-le moi dans les commentaires.
Sunday, 8 February 2026
Ludo
Princesse/Impératrice Sissi
Sherlock and Baskerville Hall
Anecdote à Salsbourg
Saturday, 7 February 2026
My Terrestrial Globe
Une occasion pour du mousseux
Friday, 6 February 2026
Tracking Trackers
I am finishing for the second time South African crime writer Deon Meyer's novel Blood Safari.It is just as good as I remembered it and it made me eager for more. The hero appears in another novel, Trackers, which was adapted into a TV series of the same name (and not to be confuse with this one, same title except without an s). So yeah, I have beend esperate to find it. It's not on Netflix, but apparently (as far as I understand from the researches I made) it's on Sky TV, on Apple TV and on Amazon Prime. Just not the streaming services I am subscribed to. This is really frustrating. I was hoping to find it on BBC iPlayer, but no luck there either. This is very frustrating. I am kind of tempted to get Prime, but not sure it is worth it. I will be patient.
Voltaire (citation apocryphe)
Tiens, j'en ai appris une bien bonne aujourd'hui et je voulais la raconter. C'est une citation apocryphe de Voltaire, mais quand même, elle est drôle. Donc, sur son lit de mort, le 30 mai 1778, un prêtre vient à son chevet.
Le prêtre: "Renoncez-vous à Satan, mon fils?"
Voltaire: "Mon bon monsieur, ce n'est vraiment pas le moment de me faire de nouveaux ennemis."
Bon, comme je dis, c'est apocryphe, mais c'est plein d'esprit. Une part de moi espère vraiment que ce soit vrai.
"Autumn Story" (Brambly Hedge)
Autruches en Autriche
Thursday, 5 February 2026
Where's the snow?
Since we got back here from our holidays, there has been some snow early January, then nothing. As in: nothing. It's been quite disheartening. There were a few snow forecast, here and there, of course snow fell up North, but here in the South, nothing happened, even when there were chances of snow fall. As winter is passing through, way faster than I care for, I hope we will get some snow before long, like a proper snow day when we have to stay in. I say "I hope", but I am beyond hope now. I will believe it when I see it.
Rafistoler (mot du jour)
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais j'ai un mot en tête, qui sera notre mot du jour aujourd'hui: rafistoler. ce qui veut dire réparer grossièrement ou réparer de manière imparfaite. Synonyme québécois: renipper. Vous aurez deux mots du jour pour le prix d'un. L'étymologie est incertaine, il serait un dérivé de afistoler, qui voulait dire parer ou orner. Je ne savais pas et je me coucherai moins niaiseux ce soir.
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Komodo Dragon
Concours des Bouquinistes pour la St-Valentin
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
About Diamonds
Mitaine perdue
Monday, 2 February 2026
Morning TV, Not Morning People
This is an oldie but a goodie, made by YouTuber (and fellow Montrealer) Ryan George. Do you hate morning TV shows? Hate how cheerful these people are, so early in the morning? Cherrful, upbeat and alert? Are you, like me, NOT a morning person? Well, this video is for you. I would unironically watch such morning TV show, if it existed. Anyway, it's Monday, it should cheer you up if you are at work or going to work. I am still unemployed, but this is one aspect of employment I could do without: early mornings.
La Chandeleur
Nous sommes la Chandeleur. On appelle ça aussi, de plus en plus, le Jour de la marmotte. Mais pas moi. Je le considère toujours comme la Chandeleur. Même si l'un de ses aspects le plus connu, c'est de marquer le passage des saisons et l'arrivée, hâtive ou tardive, du printemps. Parce que, comme le dit le proverbe: "À la Chandeleur, l'hiver passe ou prend vigueur." Cela ne vous étonnera pas si vous suivez ce blogue, mais je préfère qu'il demeure hivernal, parce que je n'aime pas, je n'aime plus, le retour à la chaleur et au printemps. Bien entendu, ici, de novembre à mars, sinon avril, de l'hiver au printemps, ce n'est guère différent de toutes façons. Alors l'adage ne s'applique pas vraiment. Chaque printemps est tardif.













