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The one who controls the past controls the future and the one who controls the present controls the past, and we all who don't control the present don't control anything.


The intouchables (a movie review)

19 Sep 2020 2 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano.Starring François Cluzet and Omar Sy.     In a couple of words, this is a story about an unexpected friendship between a cripple Phillip and his hired caretaker Driss; unexpected, because they ar...

Intuition

8 Sep 2020 2 minute read 7 comments mgaft1

People often refer to intuition as a strange feeling that hints or prompts to certain actions although an immediate conscious logic might not rectify them. Intuition might even offer a solution that goes against the apparent logic. That “feeling” cou...

Copying a file to Windows Server 2012 R2

23 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

Hi there,   I figure maybe someone had the same problem as I do.  I am running an application that creates some documents on Windows Server 2012 R2.  The documents are almost completely identical, except for different sort orders.  Let's say one docu...

‘The Boss’s Daughter’ (‘La Fille du patron’) A movie review

22 Jun 2020 3 minute read 1 comment mgaft1

The action takes place in a small town in a textile factory. Reminded me of something old Soviet socialist-realistic films about working villages, but, of course, with a French accent. The protagonist, named Vital, is a simple worker, course and, dir...

Sex doll (A movie review)

20 Jun 2020 3 minute read 2 comments mgaft1

Hi there, I watched the French film “Sex doll” on Netflix. The action takes place in London, but the protag is French or rather French Arabic. Her professional name is Virginia, and her real name is Malik. The film is in English, but often it jumps...

The death of Edward the 2nd

7 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

In my youth, I read a series of fascinated books by Maurice Druon The Accursed Kings. These books cover the medieval period of the so-called "100-year war" between France and England. One of the interesting and gruesome moments of this tale was the d...

Spiritual healing. (Claustrophobia case) non-fiction

6 Jun 2020 8 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Usually, Rachel preferred walking on the 5th floor to her apartment rather than using the elevator. After this exercise, her legs felt like cast irons and she had to take a shower, but it was still better than being in the elevator. She didn’t know...

Water with lemon

5 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment mgaft1

There was a time when I drank lots of coffee. Nothing good came of it. I had to give it up and switched to tea. Recently I watched a video of some doctor explaining how to reduce the influence of my longtime enemy – blood pressure. One advice was to...

The Big Plate (True story)

20 May 2020 3 minute read 1 comment mgaft1

Everything is relative. Einstein was right about that. Only he applied this understanding to the relativity of time that stretches at high speeds, while most people can deduce it from regular life. At the beginning of the nineties, I’ve got the job i...

The value of a bad habit (A true story)

17 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

It happens, at times, that a shortcoming can turn to you with its unexpected facet and became a rescue anchor. Once we went to the restaurant. I forgot what was the occasion: jubilee, bar mitzvah or wedding. For sure it was not the funerals. It alway...