Parlez Vous Francais The whimsical French title, � la folie... pas du tout, is slightly more fitting than the English one. It translates: madly (in love) ... not really. See the movie and then discuss the title amongst yourselves.
posted by Steve at 8/30/2002 09:26:00 AM

Bragging Rights I DID read the German subtitles to this French film. For the first time I was totally comfortable with them and I only missed three of them: ("She can't come between us" scrawled on the car, the blackmail dialogue, and the nice quote at the end). Congratulate me at zurcherart@hotmail.com (but if you're reading from EDS remember that old Mississippi adage - you don't have to tell everything you know).
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 11:18:00 PM

Papa Tooney? I just returned from the Swiss opening night of the film � la folie... pas du tout (He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not) in which Am�lie, that cute little cabbage from Montmartre, goes through a sliding door and comes out nuttier than a French whore. The film's even better than you might expect and well worth the 18 Sfr. I'd actually rate it PG (that's "Suitable for Parents To Go - if they will read subtitles"). That rating even includes the suspensful bits. (Here's a hint for maximum enjoyment don't read too much about the film before you go.)

posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 11:14:00 PM

Next Time Less in-joky references that only I understand. And coming soon... How those Germans ruined the Street Parade!
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 06:08:00 PM

And Speaking Of... That other small TV town. The buildings have outside facades now! Maggie and Julie saw the alien teens-in-tin-foil. All I can say is: Satan in Salem Sucked, Virtual Reality was Virtually Lame, but luv me some E.T. Phone the Brady's!
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 06:07:00 PM

Yep, He Knows I like Dave's entry from yesterday. 'Course I sorta like some small towns. And I don't know about the "Gilmore Girls", but you know the TV town that is real in my heart. Oh, and the other one too.
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 06:05:00 PM

Speaking of ... 'ye olde English conjugation ... "Thou hast" sure has a funny and familiar ring to it ... um, now where could that have come from?

But, shouldn't it maybe be "you hast" and something along the lines "Sae haben"? Just wondering.
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 06:02:00 PM

The River's Gonna Keep On Rollin On When peace like a river attendeth my way - when sorrows like sea billows roll - whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say, "It is well. It is well with my soul."
posted by Steve at 8/29/2002 06:01:00 PM

Today, I Saw Someone's Underpants! ... Okay, I didn't really. But I did see France!

I left Z�rich at about 8:00 AM this morning and drove about an hour with a colleague from work to Basel to visit a team of Swiss (the airline not the nationality) to work out some difficult website concepts. I was back from Basel by 3:00 in the afternoon.

The interesting part is the headquarters of the Swiss National Airline is at the airport of Basel, Switzerland which actually lies just over the physical border into France (thought the entry and exit of the airport is controlled so you don't actually do a border crossing).
posted by Steve at 8/27/2002 02:45:00 PM

Confidential to B. in Dallas Now that I've just reminded M.-Have-you-watched-it-yet---cause-you're-going-to-LOVE-it in Slidell ... you have 8 hours of Pride and Prejudice to watch on DVD. My advice - get to it!

Correction: M in Slidell says it's only 5 hours, so ...
posted by Steve at 8/22/2002 11:51:00 AM

Shout Outs! ... to all my readers: M., M., M. and B.!
posted by Steve at 8/22/2002 11:48:00 AM

Yep, I'm Still Around
I promise to fill you in on where I've been soon. But, for now check out the latest news from Bern - the Swiss capitol.

According to Swissinfo.org city officials are "worried that Bern is no longer among the world�s cleanest capitals, ... [and] ... have decided to leave rubbish where it falls � for one day at least. The shocking � and very un-Swiss move � is part of an effort to shame Bern�s citizens into cleaning up their act."
	Picture linked from www.swissinfo.org

Note two important themes emerge (imediately obvious to my Menno friends): Pride and Shame. (The Predjudice is more subtle, but Mom assures me it's a good movie.)
posted by Steve at 8/22/2002 11:23:00 AM

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