God created the cat God created the cat... to allow human to caress thelion. My friends Y. told me this story about R. ,a Spanish guy that they are currently accommodating  at the house offelicity (since Y. and E. have been living in it, guests have beenmoving in and moving out almost constantly). R. had been doing a PhDand  is due to pass its final viva in two weeks. R. came inthe  department and tell to E. : "I was at the house on the coach a...

New Page 1 Wednesday February 4, 2004 The Guardian   An interesting article from former CIA analyst Kenneth Pollack. He explained here why he changed hismind being prowar before it and being anti war now. Sound opportunistic? May be,read first, after all only idiot never change their mind... How did we get it so wrong? With inquiries under way on both sides of the Atlantic, thefailure of western intelligence over Iraq is coming under intense scrutiny. Yes,t...

New Page 1 Big Fish Yesterday, I have see the latest Tim Burton's 'Bigfish'. Although I always liked him as a director and had really enjoy some ofhis movie (Batman 2 & 1, Mars Attack,..) I have been disappointed by itsmore recent 'Sleepy hollow' and 'Planet of the ape'. But 'Big fish' is now byfar my favourite, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone.  As I don't want to ruin it for anyone who plan to seeit, I will just say that it remind me something one of my ...