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PADZ
Sep 83 min read
Closure (Second letter to K.)
I had sworn to myself I would never do that. I had thought about it for so long.
PADZ
Jul 143 min read
The grim counting is on
I've been on and off social media for several years now. First, because I'm not social whatsoever, even through a computer.
PADZ
Jul 22 min read
Becoming KL: a short happy review
I've recently watched the TV mini series "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. I really liked it. I had read Karl Lagerfeld's Wiki page at least a...
PADZ
Jan 112 min read
Anonymous Dust (Feed Me Not)
I can't let you feed me. I don't trust you.
PADZ
Oct 27, 20234 min read
MasterChef Australia and the virtues of criticism
About MasterChef Australia and its brand new "modern" taste...
PADZ
Oct 15, 20233 min read
Flags (the lost hope of lowering gender contrasts)
Will asexual, non-binary people ever get their place in the universal sun? Not so sure...
PADZ
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Je ne parle plus français, but...
I've always wondered why I still write things in French. I've never felt like I was French. From as far as I can remember, I've never felt
PADZ
Sep 9, 20232 min read
Wish for average dumb
You do not want to be intelligent. Not in a world where approximately 95% of people are quite stupid.
PADZ
Aug 26, 20232 min read
The wrinkles of our (Rn'R) idols
There is something more cruel than seeing oneself getting old. It's seeing our idols getting old. Grand-fathers on stage like...
PADZ
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Quick note to mice and shrews
We have a strict policy when it comes to the "littles" (i.e. all types of mice and shrews) here: Don't come into the house and start...
PADZ
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Letter to a woman I knew
I have so many things I wish I would have said to you. But one can live with someone else for a third of a century without getting to know
PADZ
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Marcus vs. Hugh
A few days ago we started watching the 10-part television series "Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden", that aired on BBC Two in...
PADZ
Jul 1, 20233 min read
A quick note to Instagram "photographers"
As a photographer, I use a camera. Stating the obvious? Not anymore. The meaning of the word "photographer" has drastically changed those...
PADZ
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Better with (George, Liam, the Pope and the Queen)
A delirium about Oasis, The Beatles, the Pope and the Queen.
PADZ
May 7, 20232 min read
Petit Précis de Pâtisserie: a note to the Great British Bake Off (and other shows)
I can't help but notice that the English language is pretty messy when it comes to food. Especially pastry... Things got lost in...
PADZ
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Petit Précis de Pâtisserie: Pain aux raisins vs itself
I was surprised to see in UK/Australian cooking shows that they make the humble pain aux raisins using what they call an "enriched...
PADZ
Apr 23, 20233 min read
Making (wild) friends
I'm terrible at making human friends. I always behave awkwardly. I can't handle feelings. I don't know how to react. I don't know if I...
PADZ
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Food and I (part 5/5): the way out
I think this will be the last post regarding my eating disorders.
PADZ
Apr 12, 20232 min read
N'importe quoi or the new aesthetic order
I have to strongly disagree with the aesthetic choices of today's world. It seems to me that we live in an era that turns its back on beauty
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