Lights, Motors, Indiana, Action !

Extreme Cat Show...















Once more, but faster... Action !

gifninja.com!... this is the end, folks !

Finally... Le Mur is back !

All of the inhabitants of the Oberkampf area were expecting this day !
yep, and a new Mur was at last featured...

















on Sunday 30th... by OX



... since Villeglé's poster was stolen, end of September,
Le Mur lived his own life heedlessly...














as on November 30th...
















or November 27th...

















... or November 13th

















... even G@tto pasted his own avatar...
to have it covered by other stuff almost immediately !

If G@tto were a soup...

... according to a BlogThings' Quiz, G@tto should be...
a "Tomato Soup" !

It seems G@tto is open minded and curious about the world.
He can't help but learn as much as he can about things.
He's introverted, intellectual, and introspective.
In other words, he has a big brain... and he use it.

G@tto is a bit of a culinary expert, and is an excellent cook.
He knows how to balance delicate flavors well and can whip up a mean
bowl of soup.

According to G@ttoGiallo, tomato soup is ok, but homemade !

Italian Deli... Delicious ! believe me !

Delicious !
but what it is ?






















1st answer : hard sugar candies !
Ok, but which ones ?
They are imported in US too...
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I've almost finished my last provision... speed up if you want some !

Routine Elections...

The first one... won.
But the french "gauche" is so ill... will this really change something ?

French Spiderman performs in China...

Alain Robert performed yesterday in Shanghai, climbing
the 420 meters/87 stories Jinmao Tower in Pudang area
and then going straight to jail on his way back to chinese
ground... the usual routine with a happy end : the police
was fair enough - with French Consulate - and released
him today.

In 1998, after climbing a tower in Tokyo he spent 5 days
in prison - instead of 20, thanks to... the French Embassy.

See on Wikipedia the international stunning deals of a man
suffering from vertigo.



Alain Robert SOLO URBAN CLIMBING world tour.

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Well, once upon a time young G@tto bypassed mother's permission
to go out with friends... as a spidergatto - from a 2nd floor balcony,
on a rainy eve, not bad, uh ?
On his way back, no police, no reporters, just a furious mother.

In a Variations mood...

Glenn Gould in 1964...


(by p0lyph0ny)

Unveiling G@ttoGiallo !

Who's the author hiding under G@ttoGiallo's Shots in Africa
and ParisPointGriset ?

Discover the First, the Unique, the Original One !


Hidden for ages in the middle of his own huge photographic archives...


(Born March 1990 - Gone April 2004)

Zodiac : Pisces - Nicknames : Furrycat, Miciolino, - Favourite food : Fish, especially tuna fish -
Languages : French, Italian, English (uk) - Favourite words : Appetite, Pellet, Brush, Tuna,
Spider... - Favourite games : To catch & bring back a pellet, Running after a fake hairy spider,
Scratching carpets, To talk back on demand... Vocabulary : Fish, Chicken, Croquettes, Catnip,
Appetite, Brush, Litter, Bed, Here, Out, Up, Down, No!, Don't (etc.), Hey!, Ouch!, Catch, Pellet,
Fly, Mosquito, Spider, Cat, Dog... - Philosophy : Monotheistic Dualism (One Human-and-Cat).
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REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND.

Mama Africa is gone

Her song "Pata Pata" (lyrics) was a hit and still sounds warmly in our heads...











Miriam Makeba, musician and activist anti-apartheid, striked out yesterday night
by a heart attack after a concert near Naples supporting Roberto Saviano*.


(96aburns1ramnat)

More about Mama Africa.

* Roberto Saviano, the Italian author of Gomorra, now threatened with death by the camorra
for denouncing their economic empire based on racket, drug traffic and murder.
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Barack Obama, 44th President of the USA

Congrats Americans ! Yes, you can because you could !

(Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak / March 14, 2008)

After the darkness of the Bush years, America is ready to recover its place.
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Back to what G@tto said on June 4th...

The World is Waiting...

? ? ?


While waiting, imagine IF the World could vote ?
wouldn't it be great to see what the whole world thinks ?
Then blog now about "If the World could vote" !

CAST YOUR VOTE HERE...
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G@tto's now glued to (Chicago live) & the ...

at 5 am Paris time :
- Democrats got Virginia...
- Democrats got California...
- waiting for Florida...

le Président est mort, Vive le Président !
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An American voice from the Basque Country...

A few days before the US elections, the Basque press focused on...

"I've always been pro-Obama,
he's multicultural and sincere"

Very involved in the economic world
in the French Basque region, she's
- CEO of Phillips Internet Consulting,
- VP of the local Boss' union,
- VP of the Basque developement agency
and a professional singer.
However, Caroline Phillips is American
from California and...
a long sleepless night awaits her
on November 4th.


(Goizeder Taberna/Oct 31st)
INTERVIEW (fr).

Listen now to Caroline Phillips & Mixel Ducau > BIDAIA Duo...

(Bidaia on Euskal Télébista Nov. 16th 2007)
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- Caro's Bio
and some G@tto's pics from the Basque Country, here.

You're Under Arrest Gainsbourg...

"French President François Mitterrand said of him, "He was our Baudelaire, our
Apollinaire... He elevated the song to the level of art.
His home at the well-known address 5bis rue de Verneuil is still covered in graffiti
and poems".
(Wikipedia).


(avi989)
Serge Gainsbourg - You're under arrest
(Live Zenith 1989)

One more version...
(val6210)

and a third one showing stock shots from his public life and featuring
Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Rangier (the Rita Mitsouko), his
daughter Charlotte, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Birkin, Vanessa Paradis...

(damienmailis)

"Since his death (a heart attack on March 1991), Gainsbourg's music has reached
legendary stature in France. His lyrical brilliance in French has left an extraordinary
legacy. His music, always progressive, covered many styles : jazz, ballads, mambo,
lounge, reggae, pop (including adult contemporary pop, kitsch pop, yé-yé pop,
'80s pop, pop-art pop, prog pop, space-age pop, psychedelic pop, and erotic pop),
disco, calypso, Africana, bossa nova, and rock and roll.
He has gained a following in the English-speaking world with many non-mainstream
artists finding his arrangements highly influential".
(Wikipedia).
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Halloween's Cat...

... grinning a special Halloween's grin !


























There was an old cat, in an old farm.
The old cat used to sit on the top of an old fridge, in the old farm's kitchen just watching on you.
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The infrared film makes the cat look ghostlike.

From G@tto's Paris Album...

Just 3 pics from a walk around the Branly Museum...


Square Rapp, on avenue... Rapp (from my Flickr).


Detail of the Art Nouveau building on the left side of the square.
(Jules Lavirotte,1899).


and the Iron Lady, of course...
the Eiffel Tower.
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Gosh ! another serial killer spider !

Giant bird-eating spider struck in a backyard in Atherton, west of Cairns,
Australia.
- Spider is a Golden Orb Weaver
- Bird was a Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider
is a Golden Orb Weaver.
They usually feast on large insects and break down prey with their venom into a liquid
soup. It's unusual to see one eating a bird," he told 9msn.com.

Found on Telegraph, Oct 08/22, by Bonnie Malkin, Sidney... then redirected to 9msn.
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Thanks to Bonnie & co. from all PPG's spider admirers ! Yes, those who still come
to PPG to see once more the legendary camel spider !

Now, if you want to know more about this web weaver specialist...
go ahead > (Script : Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide)

The 'Golden Orb Web Spiders', Nephila spp. are among the largest of the spiders
to build aerial webs.
They sit in the middle of their large 'orb' or circular shaped web usually with their
legs spread out and head pointing downwards.The abdomen is elongated and often
decorated with blacks, yellows and whites.
These spiders are referred to as a 'golden orb web' not because of the colours
sometime found on the spider (that can include golden yellows), but because, at the
right angle, the yellow silk of the web takes on a very delicate golden colour.

Unlike many spiders, they often leave their web up for some time, merely effecting
regular repairs. They can do this because their web of yellow silk is one of the strongest
amongst the spiders (Preston-Mafham and Preston-Mafham 1998).This is probably a
reflection of the large size of much of the prey they capture, for even the remains of
birds have been recorded in their webs (Raven 2000).

Most specimens of Golden Orb Web spiders observed are the females. This is because
the Nephila genus has the biggest size difference between females and males of any
spiders, with the tiny males sometimes being seen in the web.

(Smiling Golden Orb's portrait by Pagebao in Taiwan).

Before I leave you, I think it could be of some interest and pertinence to quote the
following sentence found somewhere in my searching about the Golden Orb :
"Mostly harmless, but they have inadvertently killed some 20 people over the years.
People died either from fright or tripping over as they tried to avoid or escape from
their rather strong webs."
Pat the spider now !
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[More posts about spiders...]

When it comes to optical Cats !

Cat lovers...
will prefer the cat for sure,
isn't it ?






This one starring here looks optically satisfied.
(Click below to see the video)
















(Video by wwwsikhote / Discovered on Moillusions.com)

I couldn't resist and posted this...

A great street show in Nigeria !


(by tosche22)

... and later, added 2 more, because the show must go on !


(by preplan)

... and it does !
In Manila and NY and in many other places where people know better !


(by snubbens)

2008 Blog Action Day... but keep campaigning !

GRID-Arendal is a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP).
Established in 1989 by the Government of Norway as a Norwegian Foundation,
their mission is to communicate environmental information to policy-makers and
facilitate environmental decision-making for change. (go to site).














(Now, when these decisions wil be taken and who's going to take them...)

"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural.
It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated
by the actions of human beings." (Nelson Mandela).

The change will be long without everyone's involvment and will,
so take action now
and keep campaigning
to make poverty and poverty's B(log)A(ction)D(ay)... history.


















2008 > 12,800 Bloggers - 14,053 Blog Posts - 13,498,280 Readers

CENTQUATRE'S OPENING

104 - a building's story beginning in 1873...




... and continuing with today's opening as an Arts' new center.

When ? Today, Saturday, October 11/2008 - from 2;30pm to 2:00am.
What for ? Discover its different spaces through the pieces of artists from all disciplines.
Where ? At 104, rue d'Aubervilliers, of course !
and What ? The Guardian says...



The International Arts Network :

- Los Angeles, CalArts
- Berlin, RadialSystem
- Rome, ZoneAttive
- Madrid, Matadero
- Paris, Centquatre
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(For those who visited Andy's photo exhibition, on last February, at Jardins d'Eole,
the 104 is just a bit higher, righthand, along the same rocking street).

KatuHoria's SlideShows...

There is a beautiful road in the Basque Country...
climbing from Pas de Roland after Itxassou village, following the
Nive river and sneaking across some fairy woods, then leading
up on the Artzamendi (Bear Mountain)...


(KatuHoria)


Pas de Roland.
(oh! mais où est-il donc passé ?)

Philippe Moçotéguy, a Basque
guy, explains what the Basque
Country is...

Don't leave yet, I'm going to show you some streets of Bayonne and a few
other Basque spots around the town... just follow KatuHoria's steps.


(KatuHoria)
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