(1) Twitter didn't even exist when Monica Lewinsky was comforting Bill Clinton in the off-room of the Oval Office; (2) That was 2...

We once assured you that there would never do a dog-or-cat post on this blog. Well, there you have it (the third one is the best):

 Pictorial warning: this is not an exciting picture, but... ...it answers a question that expats living in the Alcobaça area are...

...our friend Glenn sends this... ..."Godot", yes, Godot .

So, we received a new gate control per Nacex this afternoon at exactly15:06 (even though we are unfindable on Google maps (perhaps we shoul...

...or, to be more specific, a view of the eastern environs of Alcobaça seen through the haze of a very cold, very charming morning, as usual...

 If you're old enough, you'll remember the eternal French words "Je t'aime...Moi non plus", spoken by Serge Gai...

So, while SCOTUS ruled in an unsigned court order sans dissent that Trump has to hand over his tax declarations to the NY prosecutor...

Our friend Glenn sends this: (If you are puzzled, leave a comment, and we'll explain)

  Our garden, as yet untended, on Feb 12, at 11 AM; we are at: 39°32′30.7″ N, 8°58′54.3″ W in Alcobaça, PT The same garden on Feb 15, at 11...

Jan van Rijn, the celebrate bibliophile publisher, has a new book out, and it's about "Notre Dame des Fleurs", the mind-boggli...

(This is funny:)  And...yes...you have seen it coming: our Green Eyes are always about everyt...

Our friend Maud sends this:  

 

  ...nothing, you think (?)... well, let's see... ...the Queen, nah, nothing is wrong with the Queen...she wears the sort of dress my mo...

Donald Trump had a pretty good run in Washington — rampaging through the Republican Party, driving the media to distraction, enraging the De...

 

 We simply had to put this up, an entire post from a member of Quora , our favorite Q-A internet site (which features the invaluable physics...

Finally, finally.

I case you were still wondering: Here's a short clip detailing the Trump-attended Riot Watch Party on the White House grounds, while his...