Normandy	Books	News	Movies
ICPI Lyon	Comics	Music	Humour
Board games	Something completely different!

Normandy
Since the beginning  of my "exile" far from normandy,  I become more and more nostalgic, I miss the green vertes plaines, the white cliffs, my good old town of  Rouen  and the walk by its cathedral and its churches.
I have even written two web sites dedicated to the norman products that I miss the camembert and the other Norman cheeses. For the other products, you can visit this online market here.
Every week, you can read  norman news, or read many articles about the Normandy in a site that you can (and must) complete. You may also study its glorious past and the norman worlds or simply prepare your touristical trip in Normandy. You can also explore the glorious past and the life of the norman abbayes such as Saint Wandrille, the Bec Hellouin or the famous Mont Saint Michel.

ICPI
It's difficult to forget  your studies especially if they last many years. For me, these years are associated  to the ICPI Lyon an engineer school  which became CPE-Lyon. It also means a lot of friends that became anciens de CPE.

Nice image realised by T. Jacquin Just click on the dolphin

News
Well, let's get rid of the nostalic mood of the last paragraph and let's go back to the real world! "To keep in touch with the world" you're supposed to stay in touch with the latest news! When I've got some time, I like to read the articles of t New York Times, (which has a good "Books" sections and wonderful political cartoons). On thursday, the Tocqueville Connection  sums up the french / USA news.

The Figaro gives you daily a snapshot of the french news! You can receive many scientific information by subscribing to st-presse.

For the radio, I used to listen to RTL in the morning and Francis Zegut on the evening! Now you'd better listen to Zegut here and Le Mouv'.

Books
I am really fond of reading althougth my  is still rather small. Here is a list of some of my favorite writers sometimes associated with  the name of their books that I liked. Dostoievski,  William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Thackeray (Vanity fair), Thomas Mann, Alexandre Vialatte (if somebody wants to create a web site dedicated to that extraordinary author I am ready to help him/her), Albert Camus, Jack Kerouac, Milan Kundera, Paul Auster, Zola, for the others, try www.lire.fr.

I have also read over the years many sci-fi books.  First of all, I must mention the "classics", such as Asimov, Herbert, Simak, but I'd like to add the excellent Brunner ("Stand on Zanzibar"...), Disch (334, Genocides), Lem (Solaris), or the famous P.K. Dick (Ubik, la trilogie divine). I have to add "modern" ones such as  Cherryh (Cyteen) and Tim Powers.  I Do like the second part of the Alvin Maker saga of O.S. Card. And finally just for fun, you must read the first books of the Pratchett discworld.

Movies
Apart from working I'd like to goto the movies when I can, even if I am far from being a movies specialist. When I was younger, I really liked the Ridley Scott films (Legend, Duellists, Blade runner), Kenneth Branagh's ones (Hamlet, Peter's friend,...). You must also mention, Apocalypse now, Cyrano, Les tontons flingueurs,  Brazil, les vestiges du jour, le temps de l'innocence, Dead Again...
I enjoy the Télérama ctitics, and often disagrees with the Premiere one's   :-) ....

You can't afford to miss Monty Python film; I also like Sci-Fi movies Star Wars, "Gatacca", "soleil vert" ... even if I'd rather reading Sci-Fi than watching it.

Comics
I am not really a fan of comics, but some series. I am particularly  fond of  Les cités obscures by Schuiten & Peeters, charming books with a real intelligence and many cultural and architectural references. I also liked the Blake et Mortimerand Corto Maltese adventures.
If I do like to read the Astérix and Obelix series , I am a fan of Achille Talon a person that embodies many of our qualities and  many many of our defaults! Finaly I appreciate the "far side gallery" cartoons of Gary Larson...

Music
When I was younger, I used to listen a lot of  U2, but nowadays I am fond of  Counting Crows, John Mellencamp, Pearl Jam, Nada Surf, Heather Nova,  Tori Amos, Blankass, Cabrel, Violent Femmes,  ... Well, no classical music except some operas.

Humour
Until now this page was rather serious and strict. Hopefully the net gives us many reasons to draw a smile on our faces.
The Darwin Award, the only award ypou must avoid to get...
The Murphy's laws reveals the secret laws of the universe.
The MIT Hack gallery presents all the hacks realized  by MIT students...
How to improve your work conditions with Glande à fond

Board games
I would like to have more time to play, since I have recently re-discovered the virtues of the board games...
Board game geek
In french Tric-Trac, Jeux2Rody, Faidutti.com, JesWeb, Ludo le gars, Jeux soc,
and to buy Philibert, Ludo and co, Jocade

Something completely different!
As a journalist would say "on the web, you can fin everything...", and that's true that there are some strange gates to go througth.
First help the Mouvement d'Emancipation des Nains de Jardin that tries to prevent the rights of the garden dwarfs  . Answer to a great scientifc question linked to the   Goldorak cartoons. Finally discover the best way to eat a Flamby with the Club des Gobeurs de Flamby.