The Dawn of Men

OK, here we go ... the MONOLITH IS HERE ... but first things first ... put on a set of headphones and start the music:

04 2001 A Space Odyssey by Dacs Nomad

Now wait for it .... ok, you're almost there .... wait for it .... waaaait foooor iiiit ....

taaaaaa taaaaaaaaaaaaa Taaaaaaa

TANAAAAAAAA ... DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUUUM

Taaaaa Taaaaaaaaaaaaa Taaaaaaaaaaaaaa

TEEEEENAAAAAAAAAAA ..... and so on .... DUUUUUM


Taaaa Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Taaaaaaaaaaaaaa

TATATANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ... a small tear may appear at this moment ... TaaaanaaaanAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TAAAAAAAAAAATAAAATAAAATAAAAA   TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAAAA TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
TAAAAAAAAA
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa (DUMDUMDUM)

Let's admit it, we all want to touch it and drain it's knowledge and wisdom... you, monkey, you...

2011 An Office Space Odyssey

Happy New Year! Better late than never, that's what I always say ... So, another year has passed, time to make plans for the new year, think about what went wrong last year (like my non-existent blogging) and so on and so forth ...

But, back to business, have you ever seen the Stanley Kubrik masterpiece movie 2001 A Space Odyssey which all intelligent people are praising like it was the space landing of the artistic genius?

Common ... the one with the monolith on the Moon or in outer space ... the freaking monolith that was first on Earth ...

Common, the monolith that inspired the monkeys to use tools...

Well, I don't know if you've seen it or not, but apparently someone in my office did and was quite impressed with how the monkeys gathered all around the monolith and gently touched it, like a child taking the first step from many more to come that would lead him to the greatest accomplishments of his life. The monkeys sure improved their civilization shortly after touching the monolith, so they (the people from my office that is, not the monkeys) decided to plant an inspiring monolith right in front of me and my team's desks. (Actually, our desks were planted around the monolith, but I think the story with the monolith landing among us sounds better...) We have now a small gathering around what sure looks to be an inspiring monolith. I have a feeling I will feel much inspired tomorrow when I will touch it and drain from it's wisdom...

Anyway ... back to the movie. It's crap, don't even think about watching it. Buy the book and read it.

Stay tuned, the monolith may inspire me to take a picture of it ... yea ... using tools ... I think I'd be on the right track ...

L.E.: I have gathered around the monolith ... a real enlightenment experience!!

A Fine Day for a Drive

... NOT!

That is, if you are not baaaacraazy like me+A. All in all it was quite OK, but next time we want to wonder about taking pictures through the Grand Duchy, we'll check some weather forecasts beforehand.

Anyway, here's the crazy baboon plowing through snow in a "parking" area, the winter tires did quite good...

Mark my words, I shall allow neither snow, fire nor man to prevent me from driving around without purpose!

The Blairwitch Project

Well ... not THE Blairwitch Project, but we've had a somewhere between fun and chaos experience in the forest while enjoying the Loire valley when we visited Chamboureneauxsomething castle. We wanted to rent a bicycle to roam the castle domain, but we needed two, but we actually only wanted one ... so we ended up with this:

yeah ... the cow poop was on the house

Anyway, as we started travelling at hypersonic speeds through the woods we realised at some point that the map we had was not really that accurate, so we got lost a couple of times. We finally ended up somewhere in the middle of the forest with little idea with regard to where we should go...

And then we found a house with some scary stuff inside ... Ok, ok, maybe I am not really telling you exactly what happened because it wouldn't sound so interesting, but the journey was quite  perillous especially since I haven't ridden a bike in about 20 years. We finally realised that we needed to return the vechicle so we pedalled in a hurry back...

at hypersonic speeds, of course ...

We finally got back and visited the castle and had some more mediocre food. But more on that later ...

I laugh in the face of Avatar

I know I've been pretty lazy with my blogging lately, but besides being caught in a bit of chaos I have also been prepping a new thingie together with my little sister.The thingie is a new Science Fiction story that we will publish as a blog over a number of episodes accompanied by some very cool graphic illustrations (like the in-progress preview up there). Make no mistake, it will be very very cool, as the story will take you on a journey full of ups, downs and turnarounds.

The new blog can be followed here: http://thecyanvoid.blogspot.com/

Did I mention we're going for the Nobel prize ... oh, and, Holywood, here we come...

Food and Whine in Blois

... or should I say ... in bleah ... because that's what the first contact with the ultra-delicious Loire valley tasted like. So, without any further delay, behold the cown jewel of the Loire valley gastronomic wonders:

 No, I don't know what I was thinking when I ordered that... I was actually expecting to get something else ... something tasty, at least. But it wasn't tasty at all. It was like a horror movie went wrong and then landed on my plate with a desire to scare my belly into oblivion ... Only later I discovered that a bottle of wine was enough to cure the trauma I though would follow me for a long time.

things looked much better after a bottle of wine ...

and so did I ... no?

It was only a bit later that we discovered what I think might just be the best restaurant in the world ... but that's coming up later on ...

Pitstop in Paris

Not so long ago, we took a trip to the wine & food heaven Loire valley... or at least that's what we were expecting it to be. But before we got there it was pretty clear that we can't just pass close to Paris and ignore it ... yup ... it was pitstop time. Because you know what's better than sushi?

Sushi ... in Paris ... and ...

of course, Starbucks in Paris ...

And so on ... you get the idea. It was another really good trip to my favorite place in the world, but I must admit it's barely still hanging on to the top spot. But anyway, we had our share of fun, went to the humongous IMAX and then started on our way.

 I swear this time it was about to roll off.

My belly was ready to be happy.

Entangled

Following my intense absence from blogging, I have decided to put a stop to all this nonsense and finally post something. The problem is that my blogging mood is not really in shape, as we currently find ourselves entangled in the same kind of nonsese I was hoping never to have to deal with again. Things are moving slower than a turtle on sleeping pills and xanax... Looks like the perfect moment to call in:

THE NINJA JEDI MASTER

We tried to have a quiet relaxing getaway in Brussels for 2 day but, as you can see, the Aliens invadeed just in time to keep these karate weapons busy.  It was mainly easy peasy for the ninja jedi skills, which will hopefully also get us through this entanglement and back on track for the Godzilla fight we have planned for next year.

I'll be back ... like, Terminator style ... imagine that Ninja Jedi Master Terminator ... yeah ... I'm not right up there ...

Fishie Fishie 3D

Although I was planning on blogging about cheese and wine, I am compelled to interrupt this broadcast in order to share a mind bending neuron vaporizing experience. I can say for sure we have a winner. And when I say winner I mean that somebody should give this man the Nobel prize for film making... or something making at least. What I am blabbering about  you ask? This:

Can you read that? Sea, Sex and Blood. That's exactly what this movie has. Actually, I tried counting if there are more 3D piranhas in the movie than naked 3D boobies and I can't say between the two who is the looser, but I know for sure I am the winner. Make no mistake, this is the glory moment of the underwater naked 3D boobie. So ...piranhas ... boobies ... I am surely missing something ... oh yeah ... gottit! BLOOD. You can be darn heck sure there will be blood ... tons of blood ... Which almost made me throw up at some point, but I'm just a woosie so don't let that bother you.
However what really really makes this a winner, is the scene where you get to see Mr. Johnson floating around and almost getting eaten by the fishies and then a couple of sillicon implants going about in the background. It's a moment of pure 3D history in the making. Nobel prize, baby, N O B E L P R I Z E !!!

Now seriously, you'd have to be an imbecille to pay money to see this ... or you'd have to like sea, sex and blood ...

The Loire Experience

So, what has been cooking? I haven't been able to keep up with current events since I'm ... well ... working ... But enough about that and back to cooking. We've recently and finally been on vacation on the Loire Valley. We had some good food (and some bad food), we drank a lot of wine and visited some castles. It was quite nice and so here comes my new mini-series:

* Pitstop in Paris
* Food and Whine in Blois
* The Blairwitch Project
* Castles, lots of Castles
* Cullinary Jackpot
* Salt&Peppa
* It's a kind of Magic
* Leo's Crib
* Chartres and back

 I'll try to keep up ...