I bring to you today a short film (6 min., 48 s.) untitled "Merci!" by the Belgian Christine Rabette. About? "A Bodhisattva saving people on a Belgian tram." It is a bit slow at the beggining: be patient, you will enjoy it.

It seems there has been a terrible accident in a coal mine in Belgium: Close by the small town of Marcinelle is the mine called Amercoeur, the "Bitter Heart." There one morning last week, 302 miners—115...morning broke once more across Belgium's Bitter Heart. What? This happened in 1956?! Ohhh... that explains the reference to an overpopulated Italy and the... unusual redaction of the article. Sorry

Looking for post-WWI maps of Europe, I found this : A Racial Map of Europe , in the tradition of romantic nationalism of the era. The most interesting part of the map is that it includes...an industrious, neat and ingenious people, but generally superstitious, and noted for their fondness of religious ceremonies. "Fondness of religious ceremonies". Today they would say 'priest-ridden'. :

Now, right now, is the time of the year to visit Brussels. Why? Because... they are going to have the great Ketchup versus Mayo Battle! Vous aimez la Belgique ? Bruxelles ? Les frites ? Hmmm !...n'y actuellement pas de concours disponible pour votre pays. Le concours Ketchupoumayo est réservé aux résidents français. No, no, I am not crying... it's just some... thing in my eye. That is all. :

From that short-lived crossover RPG Lady S and I did. It was a canon/LG verse cross over. This is pretty much Omega walking in, seeing his sister, and the scars on her back (two of which actually spell WJ). She's his twin, he says, but not his sister. Or was it the other way around? Click for full view.

And so it came to pass, that the longest-serving bishop in Belgium resigned Friday after admitting to sexually abusing “a young man in my close entourage” many years ago : In a statement issued by... In order to light up the post, I will close it with a quote from In Bruges : "Belgium is known for two things: Chocolate and child abuse, and they invented the chocolate to get to the children." :

:D

Well, I crossed the pond again and I am back. I do not think I can make a decent post of this trip to Belgium, so many thigs happened, both good and bad. I realized I had a LOT of prejudices (both 'positive'... I hope i will be back in Belgium next September. Yes, I liked it that much. And I spent less than half the money I had for the trip. No, I am not tight-fisted! Just... careful, with my money. :P

        Kölgə olmaq istərdim, Sakit, tənha, dilsiz, cəsədsiz. Pisliklərə zərbə vuran Yaxşı olmaq istərdim, Topsuz, tüfəngsiz, gülləsiz, nizəsiz. Yalanları ifşa edən Doğru olmaq istərdim, Dumanları...gündüz sızlandırmaz. Sadə kölgə olmaq istərdim, Bir kimsəyə toxunmayan, Bir kimsəni incitməyən, Tenha, səssiz, səmirsiz, Kölgə olmaq istərdim. Elchin Musa 28.09.2009/ KL, Malaysi

Emlékszem 2006 nyarára, amikor megtudtam, hogy felvettek a Radnótiba. Nagyon vártam már, hogy végre egy teljesen új közösség tagja, része legye, ahol nincsenek ismerős arcok, ahol tiszta lappal kezdhetek... hogy sorrendet cserél, és pestre megy. Erőteljesen próbálom lebeszélni. Rossz lenne, ha éppen most szakadna meg a kapcsolat, amikor rájöttünk, milyen jó barátok is vagyunk valójában. Etkaaa, szeretlek. XD