Birthday ...

Today, that's my birthday ...

What do I wish ???
* to have a nice Spring, after this coldy and snowy Winter !
* to have a promotion, in my job !
* to become pregnant, before I become too old !!!

Quotes of the day ...

"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer

"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished." - Confucius

Münich ... By Winter !!!

I don't know when it started snowing. Every day, I wonder if all this snow will disappear one day. We have quite a lot of snow since January .... And that's quite too much !

I want to be able to do some jogging.
I want to be able to go for a walk.
I want to be able to bike.

....

I want to be able .... to live !!!

Quotes of the day ...

"It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that." - G. H. Hardy

"The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not." - Eric Hoffer

"The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep." - Woody Allen, Without Feathers (1976)

"I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street."- Virginia Woolf, The Waves (1931)

Quotes of the day ...

"It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value." - Arthur C. Clarke

"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)

"All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else." - H. L. Mencken

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France

Quote of the day ...

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well." - Josh Billings

Being lucky is not enough .... you must also be clever !!!

Quote of the day ...

"To change and to change for the better are two different things." - German proverb

Oscars ....

I should have bet .... because I had found completely correctly the most important awards !

Best movie : Million Dollar Baby
Best actress : Hilary Swank for 'Million Dollar Baby'
Best actor : Jamie Foxx for 'Ray'
Best realisator : Clint Eastwood for 'Million Dollar Baby'
Best support actress : Cate Blanchett pour 'Aviator'
Best support actor : Morgan Freeman pour 'Million Dollar Baby'

And ... without having seen any of these 3 movies !!
But that was so obvious ...

Quote of the day ...

"Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable." - Samuel Johnson

And sometimes, music can even be an agreeable noise, can't it ???

Quote of the day ...

"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished." - Confucius

I have nothing to add !!!

A friend does ....

.... most or all of these...

(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up ! ! on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality

Weather of the day ...

In Munich, the weather today is : coldy and foggy ! It's not snowy, but we have a lot of snow left on the ground. We are living in the snow since the beginning of February, and I do hope Spring will come soon !

Quote of the day ...

"Only sick music makes money today; our big theaters subsist on Wagner" - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Der Fall Wagner, Section 5

Friedrich Nietzsche is a German philosopher (1844 - 1900).

Poor Friedrich, what would he say about some of our modern music ????