Saturday, 17 January 2026
Papagena
Les Bouquinistes (panoramique)
Friday, 16 January 2026
The Traitors in a nutshell
My wife has developed in recent year an addiction to the binge-watching reality TV The Traitors. The British version, but also its many other iterations, which she tries to watch wherever she can. She saw the Canadian one (English and French), the French one, the American one, what have you. She also discovered a number of fans of the series among the mothers in our son's school. So she was discussing it with other mums yesterday morning to others. One of the mums had not seen yet and asked what it was about. My wife explained that it was like psychological warfare on a daily basis, with traitors and faithfuls, manipulation from both sides, and so on. The other mother said: "Sounds like what I have everyday at home really." It made us all laugh and I think it deserves to be a great unknown line. On a side note, I don't watch it. I don't care at all about game shows.
Question existentielle (400)
Première question existentielle de l'année. Première question existentielle depuis un bail, en fait:
-À partir de quel moment en janvier est-ce qu'on est de retour à la normale, au train-train quotidien?
Janus for January
Un pâté chinois... rond?
Thursday, 15 January 2026
Buffaloes and Westerns
Un autre matin de brouillard
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
$500 on boots/books
L'hiver vu de haut
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Douglas and Douglas Jr (Black Bears)
Des gaufres pour petit loup
Monday, 12 January 2026
True Crime Archives (Allô Police)
Le cellier à vin
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Forced Dry January (for now...)
I don't know if any of you Dry January, but I'm sure you have heard of it: you basically spend the month without drinking alcohol. I have never done anything like this, I tend to enjoy a pint of beer or a glass of wine before or during my meals, at least at weekends. Well, so far this January, I have remained entirely sober. I have no merit: because of the nasty cold/flu I have, I don't feel like drinking at all. And the fact that I have been jetlagged doesn't help, although it never stopped me before. So circumstances are forcing me to do Dry January for now. I can't wait for it to be over.
Neige et poudrerie au Québec
Bon, le titre est assez clair: il y a/aura de la neige et de la poudrerie au Québec, selon cet article de la grosse Presse. Enfin, dans l'est du Québec, car c'était déjà le cas dans le Sud. Ici, dans le sud de l'Angleterre, c'est à peine s'il y a eu des averses de neige. Et puis j'aimerais bien qu'il y en ait, même si les Anglais ne savent pas comment gérer ça. Et je suis conscient que ça fait à peine une semaine que je suis de retour ici, mais ça ne change rien: l'hiver québécois me manque toujours, surtout que j'en ai refait l'expérience pendant deux semaines.

















