2013/07/04
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Mont-Royal/Hôtel-Dieu – 2013.06.19Scènes de Montréal – Montreal Scenes 
Note added July 5:
Since the Xanga upload function took an early (and premonitory?) leave, in my case anyways, I finally had to upload elsewhere quarter-sized versions of the pics that were intended for this entry. I still had a few unused megs at that location. Anyway, since they are repeats of previously posted food pics, it does not change much in the end (which is coming). Above
Rear view (3rd floor of 12) from the readaptation hospital where I had room and board
for seven weeks last winter and where I go twice a week for physiotherapy and ergotherapy treatments. In the background is Mount Royal and just before it the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital.
Independence Day
Happy 4th of July to all Americans!
Evo Morales
The more it unfolds the more the Snowden affair becomes surreal. It’s as if the world’s manhole cover blew off and sewage from the main collector overspills everywhere.
Puff Puff
We’ve been under heavy smog since a few days and it’s supposed to be the same for the whole week. Half of it is smoke coming from huge forest fires in the grand north, and the other half is industrial crap coming from Ontario and the U.S.. When you’re right in it you don’t notice it that much, but if heat sets in (which is in the forecast) it may be a different story.
Update: Heat did set in. And yesterday afternoon at rush hour, many Montreal facilities, of which the metro, lost power for around an hour. It was caused by safety breakers having triggered off along the 750 000 volt power lines in the area of those large forest fires.
Niggers? Where? (dixit Roberts)
Isn’t it interesting that just when the U.S. Supreme Court declares racism something of the past, a television personality is ousted by the network she works for for having uttered racist remarks?
It was refreshing to hear Don Lemon on CNN [he's Black for those who don't know him] speak against those who constantly refer to the word ‘nigger’ as the ‘N-word’. How can you condemn those who use the term ‘nigger’ if you can’t (won’t) name it for what it is? All those “[letter]-words” are for me anything but blatant hypocrisy, or cowardice. And an American exclusive may I add. Nothing surprising mind you. They are also those who invented political correctness. And the asterisk-studded words. And the bleeps.
I’ll always remember when classy Catherine Deneuve, being asked by Bernard Pivot on his famous literary show, what was her favorite slur (juron), she replied without the shadow of an hesitation: “Va fanculo!” (go get fucked – fuck off for shorts). At that moment, I knew she, and Pivot, and his audience, and those watching the show in France and on TV5, were light years from the middle section of North America.
Procrastination
I must check out WordPress pretty soon. In more circumscribed words, that means ideally within the next 12 days, at the most.
Da food section
I don’t know why I add this section since for some time now I’ve not been very interested in trying new things, going outside beaten paths so to speak. I’m still lacking the required energy. The result of this is that when I get up it’s almost noon, when I eat a hefty breakfast, with some possibles naps during the rest of the day so I end up only being hungry in the evening (past 20h00) and it’s then too late to start something elaborate. Anyways, I took a few pics of some ‘repeats’ that have landed in front of me in the last weeks.
Mexican-style breakfast: Frutas con yogurt y granos
Veal liver sprinkled with steak spices, and accompanied by friends.
Warm/cold salad with mesclun (real this time), potatoes, pancetta and red wine vinegar (in the salad, not in the glass – that one is 0,5% alcohol wine because doctors are nasty with me).
Hot Italian sausage cooked in home-made tomato sauce, with farfale pasta.
14 Arpents soft cheese. An arpent is an old surface (land) measure used in Québec previously, now replaced with ‘hectare’. An arpent is about the size of the english acre, which was also in use here after the Conquest.
Comments (15)
Je ne vois aucune des photos de cette entrée alors que je vois celles de précédentes .
La pollution doit être effectivement dangereuse par temps de chaleur .
je t’encourage pour les séances de thérapie et je comprends que tu n’ aies pas toujours l’ envie de te préparer des petits plats . Cela reviendra! .
Je suis faire un tour sur wordpress et je trouve cela compliqué . Pour comble de malheur j’ ai choisi ” anglais ” si bien que je ne comprends rien à leurs notices explicatives . Au diable soient-ils ! J ‘ aurais dû choisir” français” et bloguer dans les deux langues comme sur Xanga
Je me demande si je vais continuer un blog si jamais Xanga s ‘arrêtait . C ‘ est vrai que j’ ai 12 ans de souvenirs (sur disque dur externe ) et quelques amis ici . j ’ EN AI AUSSI 130 SUR FACEBOOK ? La plupart des xangans ou d’anciens xangans .Mais honnêtement je ne me vois pas présentement bloguer sur …facebook!!!
Tous mes voeux de santé
Amitiés
Michel
I hope the photos show up so I can see what I’m supposed to see.
I’ve been having trouble uploading pics to Xanga too. There’s two versions of WordPress, the WordPress.com and the WordPress.org. I’m using the WordPress.com version because they host the blog for free. On the WordPress.org version you have to put the blog on a host of your own choosing that probably costs money. Anyway, I think you’ll like WordPress. It seems more adult to me. (in a good way) 
Où sont les photos?
@lausanne_guy - Dans mon ordi.
Leur serveur de téléversement est toujours en panne à l’heure qu’il est (19h45 HAE i.e. TU-4 ou 01h25 heure de Meudon). “Msg Error 503.” Il y a une note en fin de billet mais j’aurais dû la placer avant les photos, plus en évidence.
@titus_bigglesworth - I still can’t upload. I’ll try later tonight.
I was aware about the .com .org thing. I’ll surely go .com if I go WordPress which I’ll probably go to anyways.
I’ve been putting off the Xangapocalypse thing. But now besides picture uploading, my embedded audio is on the fritz as well. Maybe if enough things break it will finally push me into archiving my stuff setting up the alternate.
I didn’t know yogurt with fruit and granola was a Mexican thing.
And I’ve never had much sympathy for people who have to refer to the n-word, the f-word, etc. as “the n-word”, “the f-word”, etc. Adults can handle words in proper context.
I make an Italian sausage thing with mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and oregano. And olive oil, of course. Baked. A pizza without dough, so to speak. Simple and delicious.
@n_e_i_l - Maybe it’s more ‘tropical’ than Mexican, I don’t know. It’s just that it’s the place where I found out about it. You can get this for breakfast just about everywhere in Mexico, even if it’s not on the menu, while it’s just about the opposite around here.
@lausanne_guy - Simple and Delicious are twins. they are very often seen together
. We called twins ‘bessons’ in my native Acadia when I was young. Maybe that word is still in use in some parts of French-speaking Europe since Acadian French is loaded with 17th and early 18th century words?
Besson is a not uncommon surname in CH. And in France, for that matter. Eg., Luc Besson.
Speaking of haute cuisine… Presentation leaves much to be desired.
The food pics were well worth the wait.
@lausanne_guy - I was to ask how your dish was served but I guess you kind of answered.
@Banyuls - Polenta or pasta (like trofie liguri) or bread.
OH! Here we have such a wonderful page!
In Italy they are waiting to have their 4th of July; Freedom from Berlusconi. When?
In Belgium? 21 July is national day.Why? Don’t now. Soon will be “Quatorze Juillet” and the Guillotine will be back.
I don’t understand much this political correct: I cannot call a black a black if he is black because he will be offended. i would say what is the problem with him to get offended to be what he is.Of course the way it is said makes the difference. The French used the term “Ritals” for Italians. I have no clue what it means but I wouldn’t be offended. What should we call the blacks in Belgium? “Afro-Belgiums?” Not all blacks are Afro-Americans. Confusing. I don’t know why people hate “Whistle blowers”. They always do.
Les photos sont là maintenant . Moi aussi j’ ai des ennuis avec IE pour Xanga et aussi dailymotion ( pour envoyer des videos )
J ‘ ai pensé évidemment à toi quand nous avons vu ce tragique accident . Un train de pétrole qui explose dans une gare !!
Naturellement j’ ai manqué mon inscription à wordpress où je n’ ai pas dépassé le stade de “gravatar ” !!!! . Ils sont fous ces Américains
Au diable le blogage ! Il me manquera simplement des amis de longue date . ù
Amitié
Michel