Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

Hello everyone, Roger here. It's been a long time since I've visited this forum. I wish the circumstances were happier.

I've known Gert Ronner since joining this forum in 2007/8. We became fast friends, and in time I came to think of him as almost a little brother, being 23 years my junior. We ...

This year, the best candidates were railroaded out of the race early. That, combined with the media being unabashed shills for the Obama adminstration, and half the country leeching off the other half, it was all but pre-ordained. Obama is "Santa Claus" to these people. I predict that this will ...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuwmef_barack-obama-je-retourne-a-la-maison-blanche-plus-inspire-et-determine-que-jamais_news

Amazing that America could elect the singularly worst president in it's history...TWICE. :vom: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers, especially ...

Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn (£2.5bn).

Mr Lucas said: "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of film-makers."

In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to ...

Today is Yom haShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). With that in mind, my thought of the day is from Pastor Martin Niemöller:

[center] First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I ...

Thought of the day:
As thinking is now considered a HIPAA violation, I am no longer permitted to think at my place of employment. Sorry.

Listening to some recent purchases from Amazon:

Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov--Ampico Recordings (1919-29)

Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue: 30th Anniversary Edition (W/Book)

Didier Marouani - Space Opera

Finally proven; POPCORN IS GOOD FOR YOU!! :fine:

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20120325/popcorn-packed-with-antioxidants

True enough, and I love good popcorn. But the health benefits can be mitigated by 1) what oil you cook it in and 2) what you top it with. And, it is of course rather ...

Weekend before last, the wife and I saw Red Tails , a film about the "Tuskegee Airmen" (an African-American fighter squadron in WW2):
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRz2X_Qn_hdBEOxAq2JVF6FmsPyzkTC1k1euF3D_MCUdwSz7UoFaA
Visually impressive, but as usual George Lucas can't write ...

Godzilla (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (1954)

Adam wrote:Megaupload shut down by US officials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369

Kanta wrote:German stollen cake.

You stole a cake from Germany? I'm telling.

Some people on another forum I'm on.
I know that in the main they're a bit of a clique, but today has really annoyed me.
One of them is thinking of getting an SLR and wanted advice on what she could get for less than £500. I offered some advice of my own, all of which was given to me last year when ...