Archive for the 'facts of life' Category

This is Beirut in my dear 15th Precinct

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Beirut in the 15th

There are flaws in Dr House’s scenarios

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

I discovered a problem in the last Dr House’s episode I watched yesterday.
A youngster arrives at the hospital. He was poisoned by some substance. The rationale is: One can save is life, provided that the very substance that caused his illness is precisely identified. Then, one can give him the corresponding antidote. One shall not […]

Arnaque à la Touche-Thébault

Monday, August 20th, 2007

In July, I spent 2 weeks in Britanny. Dealing with availabilities, high prices, last minute reservation, references and reliability of the lodging services, I finally ended up at la Touche-Thébault, near Rennes. I thought I was smart and all.
Look out! It was an appaling stay, the weirdest thing being the presence of dead pigs under […]

The 10 plagues of Egypt

Friday, July 15th, 2005

I have always been wondering how many plagues of Egypt there were.
Could be a question for “who wants to earn millions ?”
So, this Morning, having nothing else to do for the first time in 6 months, I decided to get the answer on the Internet.
The answer is far from trivial…
Could be 10. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hlybk/question/reponse/dix-plaies.htm
or 12. http://www.bibliquest.org/Bibliquest/Bibliquest-Tableau_plaies_d-Egypte.htm
Anyway. […]



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