<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281</id><updated>2011-07-08T01:38:18.822+04:00</updated><title type='text'>20c (and friends)</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>53</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-1267407088964823586</id><published>2008-11-22T01:44:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T01:44:28.667+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>congrats Dmitry Ruk &amp; Martin for getting itproportal live!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-1267407088964823586?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/1267407088964823586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=1267407088964823586&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/1267407088964823586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/1267407088964823586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/congrats-dmitry-ruk-martin-for-getting.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-7713426984192053634</id><published>2008-11-21T11:35:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T11:35:28.888+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>St albans train delayed, yet again...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-7713426984192053634?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/7713426984192053634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=7713426984192053634&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7713426984192053634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7713426984192053634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/st-albans-train-delayed-yet-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-6773091798950446991</id><published>2008-11-21T01:17:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T01:17:06.546+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>сделаю кит-кат паузу&lt;div 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title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-3934248577780238518</id><published>2008-11-21T01:04:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T01:04:01.717+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>yeah the calendar box inside gmail is quite useful&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-3934248577780238518?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/3934248577780238518/comments/default' title='Post 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Missing my dog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-3626837452682009879?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/3626837452682009879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=3626837452682009879&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/3626837452682009879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/3626837452682009879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/saw-funny-jack-russell-terrier-in-park.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-1081335112591795168</id><published>2008-11-20T02:15:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T02:15:26.467+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>gmail themes are working for me now....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-1081335112591795168?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/1081335112591795168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=1081335112591795168&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/1081335112591795168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/1081335112591795168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/gmail-themes-are-working-for-me-now.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-4234248210726938088</id><published>2008-11-20T01:10:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T01:10:37.114+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>can you see the Gmail themes feature? I can't :(&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-4234248210726938088?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/4234248210726938088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=4234248210726938088&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/4234248210726938088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/4234248210726938088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/can-you-see-gmail-themes-feature-i-cant.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-7088244587147835729</id><published>2008-11-20T00:35:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T00:35:32.873+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Played with animoto, great stuff buy i don't think I would pay for it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-7088244587147835729?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/7088244587147835729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=7088244587147835729&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7088244587147835729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7088244587147835729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/played-with-animoto-great-stuff-buy-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-3901719124259940708</id><published>2008-11-19T03:34:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T03:34:20.656+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Testing google's voice recognition app. Great stuff !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-3901719124259940708?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/3901719124259940708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=3901719124259940708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/3901719124259940708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/3901719124259940708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2008/11/testing-googles-voice-recognition-app.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-5198477840655114224</id><published>2008-11-19T02:39:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T02:39:29.147+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>wondering if i should read Bolano's 2666??&lt;div 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title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-6569307277808358268</id><published>2007-03-11T02:05:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T08:00:54.301+03:00</updated><title type='text'>back from the south hams</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/RfM6gK57sEI/AAAAAAAAADs/_9uBTiJDQkw/s1600-h/london+103.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/RfM6gK57sEI/AAAAAAAAADs/_9uBTiJDQkw/s320/london+103.jpg" border="0" 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href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2007/03/back-from-south-hams.html' title='back from the south hams'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/RfM6gK57sEI/AAAAAAAAADs/_9uBTiJDQkw/s72-c/london+103.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-7222245752045758710</id><published>2007-02-28T16:09:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T08:00:54.817+03:00</updated><title type='text'>crystalpalace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-7222245752045758710?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/7222245752045758710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=7222245752045758710&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7222245752045758710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/7222245752045758710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2007/02/crystalpalace.html' title='crystalpalace'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/ReWB5CYXr6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/vt1Nz5rSGf4/s72-c/london+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116627693068623215</id><published>2006-12-16T16:41:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-16T16:58:12.046+03:00</updated><title type='text'>There is a fox behind the tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6931/1956/1600/740257/london%20046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6931/1956/320/806444/london%20046.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is our garden until 22 January, when we'll be leaving this north London flatshare for a one-bedroom south of the Thames. We have foxes, squirrels and cats, and the cats have a very exciting social life, so sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night to listen to them indulge in orgies or settle scores with rival cats.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116627693068623215?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116627693068623215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116627693068623215&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116627693068623215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116627693068623215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/12/there-is-fox-behind-tree.html' title='There is a fox behind the tree'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116588226158624093</id><published>2006-12-12T03:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-16T16:54:15.680+03:00</updated><title type='text'>mmmm</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6931/1956/1600/371244/london.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6931/1956/320/729956/london.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Vince had to move to London to become a buckwheat addict.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116588226158624093?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116588226158624093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116588226158624093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116588226158624093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116588226158624093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/12/mmmm.html' title='mmmm'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116107885435815023</id><published>2006-10-17T13:42:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-17T13:55:54.380+04:00</updated><title type='text'>partition wall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/Dacha_train%20006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/Dacha_train%20006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/Dacha_train%20008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/Dacha_train%20008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116107885435815023?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116107885435815023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116107885435815023&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116107885435815023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116107885435815023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/partition-wall.html' title='partition wall'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116099823294047256</id><published>2006-10-16T15:12:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T21:29:13.806+04:00</updated><title type='text'>memento mori</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/Dacha_train%20004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/Dacha_train%20004.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116099823294047256?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116099823294047256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116099823294047256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116099823294047256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116099823294047256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/memento-mori.html' title='memento mori'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116056080608955321</id><published>2006-10-11T13:48:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-11T14:00:06.100+04:00</updated><title type='text'>neskuchny sad</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/untedious_sad%20010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/untedious_sad%20010.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/untedious_sad%20003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/untedious_sad%20003.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/untedious_sad%20002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/untedious_sad%20002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/untedious_sad%20007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/untedious_sad%20007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e){}"href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/untedious_sad%20011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/untedious_sad%20011.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116056080608955321?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116056080608955321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116056080608955321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116056080608955321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116056080608955321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/neskuchny-sad.html' title='neskuchny sad'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116049223988985943</id><published>2006-10-10T18:45:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T19:07:00.686+04:00</updated><title type='text'>mourning the bravest woman</title><content type='html'>Funeral of Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter and fierce critic of Russian authorities and the war in Chechnya who was shot dead in her apartment block last Saturday in an apparent contract killing. Several hundreds of people, among them many diplomats and journalists, came to pay their final respects to the reporter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/politkovskaya%20004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/politkovskaya%20004.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e){}"href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/politkovskaya%20015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/politkovskaya%20015.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e){}"href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/politkovskaya%20005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/politkovskaya%20005.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e){}"href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/politkovskaya%20009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20059.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20061.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116042060513910350?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116042060513910350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116042060513910350&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116042060513910350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116042060513910350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/getting-ready-for-winter.html' title='getting ready for winter'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116039768095392994</id><published>2006-10-09T16:22:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T18:28:23.033+04:00</updated><title type='text'>automne encore</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20para.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20025.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20052.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/fern.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/fern.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/lina_sad%20021.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116039768095392994?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116039768095392994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116039768095392994&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116039768095392994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116039768095392994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/automne-encore.html' title='automne encore'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116006227645058341</id><published>2006-10-05T19:21:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T19:31:16.476+04:00</updated><title type='text'>souvenirs</title><content type='html'>this is a story i wrote several years ago, about a trip i did with my bro and mutual friends in russia's south... great reminiscences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parfum stambouliote&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ouvre tes narines puis inspire profondément. Non ! Pas comme ça ! Il faut que tu gardes les yeux fermés. D’abord tu souffles. Tu expires tout l’air que tu peux par la bouche, sans forcer… Oui, là c’est bon. Maintenant, avale le vent avec ton nez, tout doucement, en essayant de sentir l’odeur forte d’un souvenir.&lt;br /&gt; Je retrouve ce goût de goudron sur ma langue. Cet empyreume qui imprègne les voies populeuses de Stamboul. Ce parfum mi-sucré, onctueux, presque comestible, me hante tel l’effet pressenti d’une drogue. Une promesse.&lt;br /&gt; Je n’ai pas de photo de toi, Stamboul. Je me souviens à peine de tes esplanades, tes minarets et coupoles bleu ‘raie-qui-volerait-dans-les-eaux-des-Caraïbes’, tes vitrines de friandises orientales (loukoums vert pomme et autres gâteaux au miel), ton allure de fête foraine le soir et tes vendeurs de marrons grillés. Et aussi tes femmes qui se promènent sous leurs larges carrés de toile à côté des autres, les grandes filles à popa, jolies et rondes, qui font les magasins.&lt;br /&gt; Je n’en suis même pas sûr. Au fait, aie-je bien été dans les souks de Stamboul ?&lt;br /&gt;Marchand d’un bazar stambouliote aux yeux de brasero : -  Vous êtes italien ?&lt;br /&gt;Toute la naïveté de mes 20 ans parlant pour moi. : - Euh... non. Frentchecanadien.&lt;br /&gt;Marchand : Achète-moi ce tapis volant, (pauvre ingénu) de frentchecanadien.&lt;br /&gt;Mes 20 ans - Oké,  M’sieur. J’aurai plus une cen’ après, mais je vous achète ce chameau, cette peluche fabriquée en Chine. Et un narghilé. Ca fait votre bonheur ?&lt;br /&gt;La Corne d’Or n’est plus pour moi qu’une vague image, une idée. Plus rien de physique n’en demeure si ce n’est cette teddy chamelle et ce narghilé rouillé. &lt;br /&gt;Et, bien sûr, ce pénétrant parfum de goudron dont la métropole turque semble être imbibée un peu partout près du Bosphore, autour des gares routières. A croire que ses habitants se servent de ce noir visqueux pour engraisser leurs platanes. Il suffit de le sentir et c’est l’électrochoc. Je sais pas comment t’expliquer... c’est un peu comme si tu bouffais du chocolat avec ton cerveau.&lt;br /&gt; J’ai souvent croisé ce parfum étourdissant depuis. Surtout en Russie où je suis venu vivre il y a cinq ans. A Moscou, il n’est pas rare que je retrouve un bout de Turquie près de la gare Kievskiï, là où l’on vend des roses et des oeillets sous des abris de métal soudé. Près de la gare Kazanskiï aussi, dans l’est de la capitale. Ou encore en chemin pour la datcha. Je l’ai senti également dans le sud. Entre Sotchi, la célèbre station balnénaire sur la mer Noire, et Rostov-sur-le-Don. Plus précisément dans le tchoutchou de 23 wagons qui fait la navette entre ces deux villes.&lt;br /&gt; Avec moi dans cette longue chenille de tôle rendue incandescante par un soleil d’août trop bien portant, il y a Oily, mon grand chialeux de frère que j’adore. Oily, alias RRCL (pour René Robert Cavelier de La Salle), qui voyage le nez collé sur son guide à la recherche de topographies périlleuses et de noms géographiques exaltants.&lt;br /&gt; Notre tchoutchou a quitté Sotchi à 12h45. Il longe maintenant le caillouteux littoral de la mer Noire qui est bariolé sur toute sa longueur par les corps bleus, blancs, groseille ou bruns des estivants débarqués du Nord.&lt;br /&gt; Voilà seulement 10 minutes que nous sommes en marche et déjà nous essorons activement nos vêtements d’où il coule des pleins seaux de sueur. Les fenêtres de notre compartiment ne s’ouvrent pas. Jamais qu’on atteindra Rostov vivants avec cette chaleur. Nous gisons torse nu et langue pendante, nos dos poisseux suçant comme des ventouses le cuir brun de nos lits superposés.&lt;br /&gt; Les autres passagers se sont eux-aussi débarassés de ce qu’ils ont pu ou jugé décent d’enlever. En quête d’air frais, ils se sont plantés dans le corridor où les fenêtres peuvent s’ouvrir tout grand. Mais le vent qui s’engouffre est chaud et lourd, sans grande utilité, et les rideaux blancs qu’il soulève et fait flotter mollement, achèvent d’hypnotiser le peuple engourdi de notre wagon.&lt;br /&gt; Mon bro est particulièrement fragile lorsque le thermomètre indique au-dessus de 30 degrés Celsius. Il n’a pas toujours été comme ça : c’est depuis qu’il est revenu du Yukon en 1998. Là-bas, entre les épinettes géantes et les taons sournois (des frappabords), Oily a reçu drette sur le crâne au moins une tonne de rayons de soleil lourds et gluants. C’était à l’apogée de l’été et il avait égaré son chapeau. On a dû l’hospitaliser pour insolation et il est resté des semaines ensuite sans pouvoir apaiser sa soif. Même aujourd’hui, il semble encore avoir constamment besoin d’avaler des liquides. La « réhydratation à intervalles de trente minutes », qu’il appelle ça.&lt;br /&gt; Evidemment, dans la précipitation, la crainte de rater notre train, nous avons oublié de nous approvisionner en eau. Nous n’avons cependant pas l’énergie pour nous faire des reproches ou nous flanquer des claques. C’est que nous en aurons juste assez pour nous traîner jusqu’au restaurant, 20 wagons séparant notre voiture de deuxième classe du buffet et des rafraîchissements. Vingt wagons et presque autant de « bonds » pour passer d’une voiture à l’autre.&lt;br /&gt;  Oily et moi fourrons nos passeports et une poignée de roubles dans nos culottes, ajustons nos mèches de travers et prenons une grosse bouffée d’air saturé avant d’engager le pas en direction du tambour arrière de notre voiture. Tchuk... Bang !. La première porte est passée. Nous ouvrons celle qui donne sur la courte passerelle d’un demi-mètre qui lie notre voiture au wagon no 19. Entre les fentes, on peut voir la voie ferrée filer telle une pellicule cinématographique. Le vacarme de l’acier est saisissant. TokaTCHok...tcho...tchok. TokaTCHok...tcho...tchok. Le nombre de décibels qui émanent d’un train russe en mouvement est extraordinaire pour quelqu’un qui n’a voyagé auparavant que dans un Shinkansen ou un TGV. Mon coeur reste figé une fraction de seconde, se retient un peu avant d’éclater lui-aussi dans une cadence brutale. &lt;br /&gt; Tchuk... Bang ! TokaTCHo...k... TokaTCHo...k. Bang ! BANG ! (maudite porte qui ferme pas !). Nous avançons toujours plus loin dans le ventre de la bête, ouvrons et refermons toujours plus de portes. Traversons des voitures de troisième classe pleines à craquer de vacanciers qui rentrent à Moscou, à Nijni-Novgorod. Toute cette masse humaine est affaissée sur les banquettes, ivre de chaleur. Une odeur de bière et de saucisson graisseux se mèle à celle des aisselles des femmes potelées et blondes et de leurs maris endormis. &lt;br /&gt; « On y est», souffle finalement la voix agonisante mais soulagée de mon bro .&lt;br /&gt;  Le décor du resto est grotesque. C’est comme s’ils avaient voulu recréer la salle de bal d’un palais viennois. Rideaux violets, chandeliers de cristal fixés aux murs, bouquets de fleurs en plastique sur les tables. Une véritable mine d’or pour les amateurs de kitsch que nous sommes. Mais il est difficile de s’intérésser aux questions d’esthétique lorsque t’as soif comme un poisson-chat échoué au milieu du Sahara .&lt;br /&gt;Oily, cette chère barbotte s’asphyxiant avec son grand chialeux de frère dans l’étuve Sotchi-Rostov, a vite fait d’apprendre les noms russes pour les différents liquides en vente au buffet. Une « p’tite bière » = pivko. Jus égale sok et tchaï veut dire thé. Il prononce avec une assurance étonnante le nom de la boisson de ses rêves à une jeune serveuse aux joues cramoisies debout derrière son comptoir.&lt;br /&gt; Ouf ! Attablés avec nos pivkos, le pire peut maintenant venir, nous sommes prêts ! Avec une bonne bière frette à la main, même l’enfer le plus cru acquiert le confort d’un sauna finlandais.&lt;br /&gt; Notre tchoutchou fait escale à Krasnodar, la grande ville de la région de Kouban. Goodbye les pics enneigés du Caucase ! Nous entrons définitivement dans la très horizontale plaine russe. Nous glougloutons notre troisième pivko en regardant les gens s’affairer sur le quai. Par-dessus les gueules et les minois, les gargotières ambulantes, les casquettes, les valises et les petits cumulus de fumée de tabac, nos deux paires d’yeux pers scrutent la ville. Un stade de foot immense est l’unique angle saillant, la seule chose qui frappe l’oeil vraiment pour le coup. Sinon, Krasnodar est comme toutes les autres villes du sud de la Russie : pleine de bâtiments gris et trappus qui semblent tirer ce ciel de steppe encore plus vers le bas, vers le fond. Non, il y a rien à faire : ce paysage me donne envie de brailler. Mais Oily est un gars bien élevé et veut quand même faire l’effort de lui trouver des qualités. Le résultat de sa réflexion pourrait même être captivant si celle-ci n’était brusquement interrompue par l’apparition inattendue à notre table d’un ventre énorme et inconnu.&lt;br /&gt; Ce ventre appartient à un moustachu dans la jeune quarantaine qui demande à voir nos papiers. « Vous êtes qui ? », que je m’enquiers sans cacher mon agacement à cet homme habillé en civil qui joue aux policiers. Il me montre une carte sur laquelle est imprimé un aigle à deux têtes. Il s’appelle Guennadi Anatolievitch Karataev. Il est sergent de police et sa tâche est de contrôler l’identité des passagers qui passent par Krasnodar. C’est un vrai professionnel qui rêve de prendre au collet le plus de crapules, de faux-monnayeurs et de terroristes possible. Inutile de dire que nous le décevons un peu. Nous sortons nos passeports bleus sur lesquels on peut aussi voir des bestioles amusantes : un lion à langue fourchue et une licorne enchaînée. Malgré nos têtes mal rasées et nos physionomies insolites, nos passeports canadiens nous permettent généralement de passer en douceur à travers le fin peigne policier local. Le sévère sergent Karataev daigne même nous glisser un sourire en guise d’adieux, mais seulement après qu’Oily ait fait semblant de reconnaître que les hockeyeurs russes sont meilleurs que les nôtres.&lt;br /&gt; Le ventre est parti, les machines roulent à nouveau. Encore quatre heures à les écouter battre le fer avant d’arriver à Rostov. Mais c’est déjà plus facile : le soleil se couche et l’air redevient à nouveau respirable. Nous retournons à notre wagon où les passagers se sont peu à peu remis à bouger.&lt;br /&gt; Parmi les ressucités il y a Hugues et Onésphore, deux costauds du Bénin. Ils n’en reviennent pas de nous voir dans ce train. « C’est formidable, ça ! Des Canadiens. Vous faites quoi à traîner dans ce trou ?! », demande Hughes, le plus grand des deux qui porte une fine moustache à la Zoro. Il n’a pas employé le verbe « traîner », ni le mot « trou », mais il veut dire à peu près ça. &lt;br /&gt;Nous leur répondons que, comme ça, on a voulu faire un peu de randonnée dans les alpages caucasiens à 2.000 mètres au-dessus des paquebots.&lt;br /&gt; Ils n’arrêtent pas de se marrer, c’en est presque gênant. On ne s’offusque pas. On leur rend la pareille : c’est que ça nous semble à nous encore plus extraordinaire de rencontrer deux Béninois ici.&lt;br /&gt; « Nous étudions à Rostov », m’explique Onésphore. « A l’institut d’agronomie. Je me spécialise dans l’élevage porcin. C’est très développé chez vous l’élevage des cochons. Vous croyez que je pourrais faire un stage au Québec ? »&lt;br /&gt; Je réponds que j’avais une copine qui était folle d’élevage porcin et qui avait même un petit goret chez elle, mais malheureusement on ne se parle plus depuis qu’on a cassé. Quand à Oily, il est végétarien.&lt;br /&gt;Nous partageons les bières que nous avons rapportées du resto avec nos deux nouveaux copains. Hugues et Onésphore ont passé les deux derniers mois sur la promenade de Sotchi à travailler. « Dans le show-business », souligne Hugues. Ils nous montrent des photos sur lesquelles on peut les voir déguisés en cannibales. Habillés comme les aborigènes de la version originale du film King-Kong (c’est probablement ce qu’ils veulent dire par show-business), ils proposaient aux touristes de se faire photographier aux côtés de terribles anthropophages importés de la jungle africaine. Cinquante roubles la photo. Onésphore me montre fièrement un cliché où il tient dans ses bras une grande blonde en maillot de léopard.&lt;br /&gt; Il fait nuit maintenant et les dents de nos amis brillent dans l’obscurité avec un éclat quasi fluorescent.&lt;br /&gt; Le train ralentit et s’arrête à une station mal éclairée. Comme à toutes les autres stations, quelques femmes se précipitent sur les wagons dans l’espoir de vendre leur marchandise : des gâteaux, des pains, des écrevisses bouillis. J’ai vite fait de mettre le doigt sur ce que je veux : une vobla séchée. La vobla est une sorte de perche, de pirahna du fleuve Volga. Les Russes adorent la machouiller en buvant de la bière. Ce n’est pas que j’en raffole personnellement, mais Oily ne peut quand même pas quitter le pays sans y avoir goûté. Je saute donc sur le plancher des vaches pour négocier le plus gras des pirahnas à la bonne-femme qui en demande dix roubles.&lt;br /&gt; L’odeur caractéristique du poisson excite mon appétit. Mais une autre odeur est là. Elle est forte et subtile à la fois, si bien qu’au début je n’y avais pas porté attention. Je frémis maintenant. Ce même parfum mi-âcre, mi-sucré que j’ai senti cinq ans auparavant à Istanbul, il est ici, dans la plaine cosaque noire et désolée. Le goût sur ma langue est plus fort que jamais. Il fait disparaître la vendeuse, les baraques, le train. Le bruit des roues et des machines qui se remettent en marche est enterré par les voix joyeuses de gens brisant le jeûne par une belle nuit de Ramadan...&lt;br /&gt;Tant de lieux visités et toujours Stamboul qui me revient dans un musc épais et enivrant. &lt;br /&gt;Jusqu’à la Sibérie. Novokouznetsk. Au sortir de la gare, à gauche, il y a le marché central.&lt;br /&gt;- Commerçant d’un marché sibérien en costume de sport Adidas : - Salaam aleikom !&lt;br /&gt;- Moi et mes 25 ans intrigués, ( timidement) ... euh, salaam ?..&lt;br /&gt; J’avais une barbe et gardais mes cheveux noirs et bouclés très longs, et pour ces migrants d’Ouzbékistan et du Tadjikistan venus vendre des pastèques dans cette petite ville de Sibérie, je ne pouvais pas être le Frentchecanadien. « Salaam ! » J’étais le frère musulman. &lt;br /&gt; Mais ils ne vendent pas de narghilés, ici. Non, c’est tout un bazar de vêtements contrefaits et de chaussures de sport made in sweatshop exposés entre des étals de charcuterie, de fromage frais et de cornichons salés. &lt;br /&gt; Oily et moi avons acheté des asperges coréennes (qui se sont avérées caoutchouteusement pas mangeables) et quelques boîtes de bière avec une harpe celtique de dessinée dessus : une consolation.&lt;br /&gt; Et puis nous somme allés téléphoner à maman. On ne peut pas toujours être en voyage puis pas donner de nouvelles, calice !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-116006227645058341?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116006227645058341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=116006227645058341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116006227645058341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/116006227645058341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/souvenirs.html' title='souvenirs'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-116004187023550668</id><published>2006-10-05T13:40:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T13:51:10.246+04:00</updated><title type='text'>no weather can stop them</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/lina_sad%20003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/200/dacha2_hearth_autumnplants%20002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115914834108471599?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115914834108471599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115914834108471599&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115914834108471599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115914834108471599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/indian-summer.html' title='indian summer'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115883917717306849</id><published>2006-09-21T15:42:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T16:10:39.450+04:00</updated><title type='text'>maringouins problem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/mosquito%20014_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/mosquito%20014_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, i've never seen this before. not in this apartment at least. i mean moscow is a huge city and we live in the center of it. not even in a small city of half a million like Qc have i seen something like this. considering that summer is over. considering that we live on the 7th floor.&lt;br /&gt;i mean, i destroy their armada every night only to see them come back the night after bloodthirsty as ever. my body is pierced all over and my nights sleepless. but my soul finds comfort at the sight of their fleet wrecks dotting my walls.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115883917717306849?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115883917717306849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115883917717306849&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115883917717306849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115883917717306849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/maringouins-problem.html' title='maringouins problem'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115842845373945894</id><published>2006-09-16T21:35:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T22:45:59.716+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dacha bagels</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;   &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=78144&amp;amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_78144"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-DachaBagels660.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_78144(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-DachaBagels660.mp4.jpg" title="Click to Play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-DachaBagels660.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_78144(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;My first try at making bagels in the oven at the dacha. The result, as I should have expected, wasn't really what I was hoping for, but pracice makes perfect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115842845373945894?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115842845373945894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115842845373945894&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115842845373945894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115842845373945894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/dacha-bagels.html' title='Dacha bagels'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115842485445820268</id><published>2006-09-16T20:35:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T21:31:06.826+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Scary dog</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;   &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=78120&amp;amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_78120"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-ScaryDog259.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_78120(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-ScaryDog259.mp4.jpg" title="Click to Play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-ScaryDog259.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_78120(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;Our neighbors' chow chow. He snarls and makes nasty sounds everytime we walk in the street... Makes me want to send him to the outer space.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115842485445820268?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115842485445820268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115842485445820268&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115842485445820268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115842485445820268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/scary-dog.html' title='Scary dog'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115806274767589616</id><published>2006-09-12T16:00:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T16:25:09.046+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vacances en Dalmatie</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;   &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=76312&amp;amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_76312"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-VacancesEnDalmatie494.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_76312(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-VacancesEnDalmatie494.mp4.jpg" title="Click to Play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-VacancesEnDalmatie494.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_76312(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;Around Baska Voda and Brela&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blip_credit"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115806274767589616?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115806274767589616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115806274767589616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115806274767589616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115806274767589616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/vacances-en-dalmatie.html' title='Vacances en Dalmatie'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115800347278889258</id><published>2006-09-11T23:33:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T00:00:41.086+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/croatia_sept.2006%20039.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/croatia_sept.2006%20039.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/croatia_sept.2006%20006.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/croatia_sept.2006%20006.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115800347278889258?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115800347278889258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115800347278889258&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115800347278889258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115800347278889258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115800311581144574</id><published>2006-09-11T23:20:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T16:28:32.553+04:00</updated><title type='text'>not a book to read on vacation</title><content type='html'>"and her earwax was all over her hair" man, that author is in love with everything that's gross... &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/croatia_sept.2006%20004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;    &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=76004&amp;amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="blip_movie_content_76004"&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-outOfGasInTheAdriatic690.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_76004(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-outOfGasInTheAdriatic690.mp4.jpg" title="Click to Play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-outOfGasInTheAdriatic690.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_76004(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;how we ran out of gas between the island of Brac and Baska Voda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115799344845984026?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115799344845984026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115799344845984026&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115799344845984026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115799344845984026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/out-of-gas-in-adriatic.html' title='out of gas in the Adriatic'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115799314722758789</id><published>2006-09-11T20:40:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T21:17:19.573+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Croatian dominos</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;    &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=75908&amp;amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="blip_movie_content_75908"&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-CroatianDominos563.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_75908(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-CroatianDominos563.mp4.jpg" title="Click to Play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Bixentebegin-CroatianDominos563.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_75908(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115799314722758789?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115799314722758789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115799314722758789&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115799314722758789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115799314722758789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/croatian-dominos.html' title='Croatian dominos'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115797317391244755</id><published>2006-09-11T14:56:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T15:12:53.980+04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dalmatija</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/croatia_soleil_jambes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/croatia_soleil_jambes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey folks! We're back from Dalmatia. The cicadas weren't hissing with the same intensity as last time, but we had a wonderful time nevertheless... (à suivre)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115797317391244755?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115797317391244755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115797317391244755&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115797317391244755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115797317391244755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/dalmatija.html' title='Dalmatija'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115715435506902219</id><published>2006-09-02T03:44:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-09-02T04:58:13.356+04:00</updated><title type='text'>I want the cicadas to pee on me!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/september1_tusyacats%20011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/september1_tusyacats%20011.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last call for watermelon and bike rides in the park, folks: autumn is back. Go get your rubber boots and rain clothes and make sure you have a life boat to survive the flood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for us, we are deserting the ship. Or at least temporarily. We are leaving Sunday to Croatia. I can't wait to hear the cicadas among the pine trees again. I'll be even happy to let them pee on me, something they seem to find extremely funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can see you grimace, but it is soooo sweet compared to the icy rain that's falling on you now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115715435506902219?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115715435506902219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115715435506902219&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115715435506902219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115715435506902219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-want-cicadas-to-pee-on-me.html' title='I want the cicadas to pee on me!!!'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115669722309368229</id><published>2006-08-27T20:31:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T10:45:42.700+04:00</updated><title type='text'>5 minutes bread oven</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/august26_dacha%20114.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/august26_dacha%20114.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/august26_dacha%20008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/august26_dacha%20008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a bread oven's prototype I'm working on right now. I decided to build it as simple as possible, without using mortar, so that I can improve it in the process or dismantle it altogether without much pain. I should try my first batch of Montreal bagels next Saturday. Stay tuned.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115669722309368229?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115669722309368229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115669722309368229&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115669722309368229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115669722309368229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/5-minutes-bread-oven.html' title='5 minutes bread oven'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115669188197693039</id><published>2006-08-27T19:11:00.001+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T19:22:50.663+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/workshop_color.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/workshop_color.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was my father in law's birthday this weekend and we went to the dacha to celebrate. Here I am in my workshop sitting on the brand new air mattress I bought recently.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115669188197693039?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115669188197693039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115669188197693039&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115669188197693039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115669188197693039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-my-father-in-laws-birthday-this_27.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115667882493039088</id><published>2006-08-27T15:31:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T21:03:35.046+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/linakseniapivo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/linakseniapivo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Last Thursday night at Apshu, L and K discussing over a beer a movie we just saw: &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478044/"&gt;"Takeshis'"&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115667882493039088?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115667882493039088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115667882493039088&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115667882493039088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115667882493039088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/last-thursday-night-at-apshu-l-and-k.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115632170091946902</id><published>2006-08-23T12:21:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T12:31:48.520+04:00</updated><title type='text'>talking about weather</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/autumn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/autumn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's only August 21 but autumn is here already. Damned country! Not sure I am ready yet for the wet and muddy shoes, and the flu that comes with it...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115632170091946902?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115632170091946902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115632170091946902&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115632170091946902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115632170091946902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/talking-about-weather.html' title='talking about weather'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115631261658891147</id><published>2006-08-23T09:54:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T10:17:34.306+04:00</updated><title type='text'>chinese po-russkiy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/chinese_textbook.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/chinese_textbook.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Apart from Asimov and other Saul Bellow and Steinbeck, my pick for this summer is without hesitation this wonderful textbook I bought in May (practical Chinese). It has always been my dream to become acquainted with this language, but I was always too scared to take the plunge. And now here I am, I know already something like a hundred characters!!!&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully, I will be able to write this blog in Chinese somewhere around 2015.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115631261658891147?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115631261658891147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115631261658891147&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115631261658891147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115631261658891147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/chinese-po-russkiy.html' title='chinese po-russkiy'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115623874078497787</id><published>2006-08-22T13:15:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T15:03:01.980+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/asimov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/asimov.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've waited so many years before I finally made myself read Asimov and it was worth it a hundred times over! I'm glad my lack of curiosity back then has left me so many great books to discover today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115623874078497787?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115623874078497787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115623874078497787&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115623874078497787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115623874078497787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/ive-waited-so-many-years-before-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115616905612873909</id><published>2006-08-21T17:56:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T18:04:16.126+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/august21%20003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/august21%20003.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "Untedious Garden": my lung in the heart of the big city.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115616905612873909?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115616905612873909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115616905612873909&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115616905612873909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115616905612873909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/untedious-garden-my-lung-in-heart-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115606517191813933</id><published>2006-08-20T13:08:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T10:22:41.646+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20003.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It first looked like I was going to be left with a nice scar on the back of my skull from our short - but rich in impressions- trip to Tarusa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the wound healed perfectly,  so I won't be able to sport a pirate look as I had first intended.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115606517191813933?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115606517191813933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115606517191813933&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115606517191813933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115606517191813933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-first-looked-like-i-was-going-to-be.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115606015384873054</id><published>2006-08-20T11:45:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T18:07:32.756+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20015.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; They are building Tutankhamun a new tomb next to our house. It might not look as sophisticated as the original, but I believe it will be sound enough to survive five thousand years of terrorist attacks. Real estate investors are already queuing in line to acquire rooms for their sarcophagi...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I'm dreaming as usual. In fact, it's only new sewers the guys are building here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115606015384873054?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115606015384873054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115606015384873054&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115606015384873054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115606015384873054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/they-are-building-tutankhamun-new-tomb.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115596089621964832</id><published>2006-08-19T07:59:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T08:15:51.876+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/Photo%20005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/Photo%20005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I meet this guy and his pack all the time. He has a lot more dogs than what is shown on that picture published in Saturday's MK and, yes, they are surprisingly well-behaved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115596089621964832?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115596089621964832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115596089621964832&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115596089621964832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115596089621964832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-meet-this-guy-and-his-pack-all-time.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115594757519026747</id><published>2006-08-19T04:16:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T05:34:22.740+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/Photo%20002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/Photo%20002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As surprising as it might be, the former town of Val Belair, which is now part of Quebec city, is mentioned in the 2001 edition of the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. It's funny to see the name of a place that was the object of so many jokes and derision while I was a teenager printed in a serious dictionary. Meanwhile, I cannot help but wonder how many Pakistani or Chinese cities with a population 30 times bigger, Random House has failed to mention...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115594757519026747?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115594757519026747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115594757519026747&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115594757519026747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115594757519026747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/as-surprising-as-it-might-be-former.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115593353832461447</id><published>2006-08-19T00:37:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T00:55:13.336+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Blick_von_der_oberen_Terrasse_des_Kursanatoriums_Thermal.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Blick_von_der_oberen_Terrasse_des_Kursanatoriums_Thermal.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My boss is back from Czech Republic where he was on vacation with his family. He soaked during three weeks in the springs of the famous spa resort of Karlovy Vary, aka Carlsbad. It sounds like a very lazy way to spend vacation time and I would usually prefer something more active, but, hey, why not? Beer is good and the countryside looks beautiful. And it is also where they make an old favorite of mine, sweet &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becherovka"&gt;Becherovka&lt;/a&gt;. So Carlsbad might definitively be on top of our list for September...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115593353832461447?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115593353832461447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115593353832461447&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115593353832461447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115593353832461447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-boss-is-back-from-czech-republic.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115588823754864381</id><published>2006-08-18T11:52:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T12:27:40.596+04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;toadstool last week near Tarusa.&lt;br /&gt;марусино лекарство от тоски!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Николай Заболоцкий&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ГОРОДОК&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Целый день стирает прачка,&lt;br /&gt;Муж пошел  за водкой.&lt;br /&gt;На крыльце сидит собачка&lt;br /&gt;С маленькой бородкой.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Целый день она таращит&lt;br /&gt;Умные глазенки,&lt;br /&gt;Если дома кто заплачет —&lt;br /&gt;Заскулит в сторонке.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;А кому сегодня плакать&lt;br /&gt;В городе Тарусе?&lt;br /&gt;Есть кому в Тарусе плакать —&lt;br /&gt;Девочке Марусе.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Опротивели Марусе&lt;br /&gt;Петухи да гуси.&lt;br /&gt;Сколько ходит их в Тарусе,&lt;br /&gt;Господи Исусе!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;«Вот бы мне такие перья&lt;br /&gt;Да такие крылья!&lt;br /&gt;Улетела б прямо в дверь я,&lt;br /&gt;Бросилась в ковыль я!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Чтоб глаза мои на свете&lt;br /&gt;Больше не глядели,&lt;br /&gt;Петухи да гуси эти&lt;br /&gt;Больше не галдели!»&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ой, как худо жить Марусе&lt;br /&gt;В городе Тарусе!&lt;br /&gt;Петухи одни да гуси.&lt;br /&gt;Господи Исусе!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1958&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115588823754864381?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115588823754864381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115588823754864381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115588823754864381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115588823754864381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/toadstool-last-week-near-tarusa.html' title=''/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115588648615101013</id><published>2006-08-18T10:45:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T11:41:36.063+04:00</updated><title type='text'>is my laptop a time bomb?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20013.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20013.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the surprise to learn this morning from CNN that Dell is recalling millions of lithium batteries used in its notebooks because they can &lt;a href="https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/"&gt;BURST INTO FLAMES&lt;/a&gt;... gulp, I'm writing this on my Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop, so you can imagine how concerned I feel. According to the computer maker, the Sony batteries were placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 2004 et July 18 2006. I bought my computer in July last year. Fortunately, it looks like I have been spared since Inspiron 2200 is not on the list ... (don't say you're spared until you've knocked on your wooden head, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dixit &lt;/span&gt;Lina).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/who-else-besides-dell-used-the-sony-batteries-apple-194728.php"&gt;gizmodo.com&lt;/a&gt; writes that the Dell notebooks weren't the only ones using Sony batteries. Apple had a similar battery exchange program for MacBook Pros sold from February to May of this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115588648615101013?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115588648615101013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115588648615101013&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115588648615101013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115588648615101013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/is-my-laptop-time-bomb.html' title='is my laptop a time bomb?'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115583553196568257</id><published>2006-08-17T21:11:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T12:07:46.506+04:00</updated><title type='text'>morning folly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; delicious and nutricious: apples, bananas and ginger cookies for breakfast... a L. Rozovskaya innovation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the famous cookies,  and they cost only 35 rubles!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/1600/vory%20008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6931/1956/320/vory%20008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115583553196568257?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115583553196568257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115583553196568257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115583553196568257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115583553196568257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/morning-folly.html' title='morning folly'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115559800963693911</id><published>2006-08-15T03:24:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T03:26:49.643+04:00</updated><title type='text'>chat</title><content type='html'>des cris stridents ont capté mon attention ce soir alors que j'avançais en direction du passage pour piétons. J'allonge le cou pour voir et je vois: un chat effilé et agile s'envole avec une souris dans la gueule.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115559800963693911?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115559800963693911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115559800963693911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115559800963693911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115559800963693911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/chat.html' title='chat'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32735281.post-115559461621389926</id><published>2006-08-15T02:11:00.000+04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T20:42:49.983+04:00</updated><title type='text'>objets insolites</title><content type='html'>dans le métro dimanche soir j'ai croisé un gars portant une batte de baseball soigneusement enveloppée dans du papier. ca m'a frappé, particulièrement parce que pour une raison ou une autre je me sentais menacé par son bâton. mais ce que j'ai vraiment trouvé cocasse, ç'a été de croiser dix minutes plus tard à une autre station une fille très chic avec une flèche dans sa main droite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c'était déjà intrigant de voir un gars avec une batte dans le métro, mais une fille avec une flèche deux stations plus loin, avouez que ça a toutes les qualités d'une énigme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Est-ce qu'un autre passager&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;du métropolitain m'attendait un peu plus loin avec une paire de patins? Je ne le saurai malheureusement jamais car j'ai du courir pour ne pas arriver en retard au travail...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32735281-115559461621389926?l=bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115559461621389926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32735281&amp;postID=115559461621389926&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115559461621389926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32735281/posts/default/115559461621389926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bixentebegindiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/objets-insolites.html' title='objets insolites'/><author><name>Vincent</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16280085396117877852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_T-o8jHXCsxY/SB3E8-ZbP-I/AAAAAAAAA2U/vyRtasTI0hE/S220/20cents.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
