Being too busy otherwise, I haven't noticed that some of my files and pictures that are hosted on various servers, are inaccessible. The pictures in my livejournal are also affected by that... I'm trying to figure out the problem until tonight. Have a nice day everyone!!

Usually, I start my working day with a good cup of cappuccino at my favorite Italian Bar, l'angolo dolce, a cute and very small place run by a Sicilian who makes the best Sicilian pastry on the mainland [I will post a picture of it in my LJ soon]. But as it is closed on Mondays, I had to get an awful pseudo-cappuccino at Starbucks™. There was this ( Read more... )

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Tonight and for the weekend, I'll be at the 57th Film Festival of Locarno [a small city in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland]. Just have a look at the programme: there are so many great, new and experimental movies shown that even the most enthusiastic cineasts won't manage to watch more than 25% of it.


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Some milleniums ago, our ancestors spent most of their time hunting or collecting the very basic things they needed in order to survive their daily struggle. Nowadays, our lives have become much easier: to satisfy our basic needs, we just need to go to a supermarket and collect what we select from a vast overflow of available goods. Some are still ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was watching one of the greatest movies ever: 'La Strada' [1954] by Federico Fellini [biography]. I haven't seen it in years and now, it was shown in an open-air theatre currently set up on Basel's Münsterplatz. This was especially impressive because at one intense moment towards the end of the movie, miserable Zampanò collapses on the ( Read more... )

For about the 837264th time this year, I was stuck in my office building's elevator. It would be a good excuse for being late, but unfortunately, it's only happening to me when I'm the last one leaving work, e.g. on a Friday night at 10pm... [however, this time I was stuck when returning from lunch break]. The service people are constantly working ( Read more... )

Please accept my apologies for not reading/answering your e-mail and being away from Livejorunal for some time. Some of your e-mail may have bounced back from some of my clogged mailboxes as I was abroad and unable to check.

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