04 février 2009
Today's nice dude is...
Jacques Testart.
First french scientist to achieve an IVF. The embryo became a baby, called Amandine, and born in 1982.
But that's not what makes him great.
Jacques Testart is great because he is a scientist, does not believe in GM organisms and criticize science (more religious cult than academic subject, if you ask me).
Jacques Testart is honest and talks about eugenics, environmental catastrophies, humility and humanity, when so many scientists think they are God and should not answer to anybody nor anything, except their vanity.
Jacques, I salute you.
27 janvier 2009
El Sistema!!!!
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra is coming to the UK!!!
I caught this incredible story totally by random, one night when I crashed on the couch, wanting to watch some mind-dumbing TV. Instead, I found the Sistema. Founded by an old musician/economist, the Sistema is a music school in Venezuela. Its aim is to give children a chance to be something else than victims of circumstances. By giving them the opportunity to learn and play an instrument, it gives them the chance to take their future into their own hands and beat the odds. The Sistema works so well in Venezuela that the Scottish Art Council just gave out funds to do the same thing in Glasgow.
And they're playing in London in April.
I'm gonna get me some tickets...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema > Wiki Page
http://www.fesnojiv.gob.ve/en.html > Official website
My favourite Brit.
"They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."
Sir David Attenborough, about Creationnists and the Genesis.
23 octobre 2008
25 years later...
My dad (YES, MY DAD!!!!) just sent me an email.
First email ever. First casual correspondence ever. First casual contact in 25 years.
I've been asked for forgiveness.
Funny.
I've been waiting for that for years and years, and now that it happens, it doesn't matter any more. I'm not angry any more.
02 juillet 2008
Yay!!!!
The french plans for the invasion of the UK are being finalised as we speak.
Brace yourselves. It's coming.
In September.
More to follow soon(ish).