Advent Calendar 2022
Advent Calendar 2022
Advent Calendar 2022

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L'écoulement du temps. En attendant Noël...

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Advent Calendar 2022

I don’t really like the end of year celebrations (at all?) but I take advantage of them, and I like doing it, to question the spice of my life via a calendar that is meant to be fun and reflective. So here is my Advent calendar for the end of 2022.

01. A quote that carries me

I choose a quote from my quotes page that highlights a great scientist and a great lady of the XXe century.

In life, nothing is to be feared, everything is to be understood.

Marie Salomea Skłodowska spouse Curie

02. An image that makes me dream

For the image that makes me dream, I think of a relationship between women, female humans: sisterhood.

The sorority

03. The last musical crush

This is a version of Bella Ciao sung by an Iranian woman following the assassination of a young woman for wearing her veil incorrectly in Iran this year as a sign of solidarity and Sorore resistance.

Bella Ciao in Persian, version performed by an Iranian woman.

04. A super cute image

I choose an image with stuffed animals.

Sources: online stores selling soft toys.
https://boutiquemaman.com/produit/mignon-ours-en-peluche/

05. A song that gets you going

I choose an Italian song: Sarà perché ti amo by Ricchi e Poveri.

Sarà perché ti amo by Ricchi e Poveri.

06. Something that comforts when things are bad

I walk around the Four de Louge lake, near my home. I created a digital album of some photos taken during a bike ride.

07. A little free happiness

Again. I am choosing the same little welfare as last year because it’s something I love doing. Looking at the sky, especially admiring the stars of which we are dust. When I can, I try to contemplate the Milky Way.

A dozen galaxies orbit around the mighty Milky Way, including Segue 1 and Segue 2, dwarf spheroidal galaxies, satellite of the Milky Way, each comprising a thousand stars.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Michael Ver Sprill, National Geographic Your Shot
Source link : https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/espace/10-choses-que-vous-ignorez-probablement-sur-la-voie-lactee

08. A beautiful love song

This year, I choose the piece entitled Aimer (Love) from a French musical: Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l’amour [Romeo and Juliet, from hate to love], by Gérard Presgurvic.

Aimer with Cécilia Cara as Juliet and Damien Sargue as Romeo.

09. The last cinematic crush

The last movie I watched, I don’t remember it anymore, so I’m going to highlight the first one that comes to mind… I choose a film that my eldest son has just seen and that I watched a long time ago now: Gattaca in VO, Bienvenue à Gattaca in French. Here is the trailer of the movie (French version):

Trailer of the Gattaca movie, Bienvenue à Gattaca in French. There is no gene for the human mind.

10. A must-see video

I choose a video from the INA, the French National Audiovisual Institute, dating from the 1970s, which deals with the living conditions of women and which testifies to their personal suffering, which makes them decide to come together to talk about it among themselves without men.

Angry woman. 1973: these women who become feminists.

11. A recipe to try urgently

I’m sharing a recipe called Eggnog.

Ingredients for a person:

  • 25 g of sugar
  • 15 cL of milk
  • 1 pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 egg yolk

Preparation : heat the milk in a saucepan with the cinnamon and nutmeg. Only recommendation: do not boil the preparation. Mix the egg yolk and sugar in a cup. Add the milk at the desired temperature to the cup, continuing to mix well.

TIP: you can add a tablespoon of rum or adjust the recipe to your convenience.

12. A personality to discover

I choose Léon Bourgeois. I recently attended a videoconference of the Léon Bourgeois circle with the curiosity to know more about the concept of solidarity, in connection with the idea of mutual aid. This initiative comes after my last reading: Mutual aid, the other law of the jungle.

Léon Bourgeois

Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (21 May 1851 – 29 September 1925) was a French statesman.

A seasoned legislator, he is one of the rare politicians to have chaired both chambers of the French Parliament.

He is considered as the inspiration and theoretician of solidarism.

(Read the article on the Wikipedia encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Bourgeois)

13. A place to discover

Difficult to choose but when thinking about science, one site stands out; I went there as a student some… twenty-five years ago: the Palais de la Découverte in Paris.

Presentation of the rooms from the Palais de la Découverte.

14. A TV series in the spotlight

Je choisis de mettre l’univers de fiction Star Trek en lumière. Ma série phare du moment est Star Trek Enterprise.

I choose to highlight the Star Trek fictional universe. My current flagship series is Star Trek Enterprise.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise

Credits from the TV series: Star Trek Enterprise.

15. The last literary love at first sight

I choose without hesitation the last book I read: Mutual aid, the other law of the jungle by Pablo Servigne and Gauthier Chapelle. A book of great value for sure.

The second law of the jungle: the mutual aid | Pablo Servigne | TEDxENTPE

16. A memorable memory

Me walking in the snow 🙂

Snowshoe hikes in the Luchonnais area in winter 2006 for example.

17. An initiative to discover

Christmas solidarity shoe boxes. I share a French post about it: https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/morbihan/vannes/noel-et-si-vous-optiez-pour-des-boites-solidaires-pour-les-plus-demunis-2670724.html

18. Something that restores faith in humanity

The existence of funeral rites. In fact, for me it means awareness at a minimum of the value of a living being’s life. During a ceremony, we reflect and honor the memory of a person since the emergence of our species and in all ethnic groups around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral

19. An idea to brighten the daily lives of others

Use a foldable electric bike that fits in a backpack. This can be very useful, especially in large cities.

A foldable electric bike that easily fits in a bag.

20. Common sense advice that does good

To do something new, you have to try something that hasn’t been done.

Yes, written like that, it’s obvious… and so I decide to write this obvious thing down.

21. An exploding expression or play on words

I choose a play on words by Jacques Prévert on the terms truth and freedom:

Quand la vérité n’est pas libre, la liberté n’est pas vraie.
(When the truth is not free, freedom is not true.)

Jacques Prévert

22. A blog to discover

I want to once again put science in the spotlight with this blog: Futura sciences.

On Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@futurasciences

The MAG Futura on Youtube.

23. A fun and easy to set up game

Hopscotch.

I share a French article from the HuffingtonPost: https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/insolite/article/et-vous-qu-auriez-vous-fait-face-a-cette-marelle-dessinee-sur-le-trottoir_121364.html

Question: in the video experience, what would you have done? Play or pass on the hopscotch with indifference?

24. A funny, moving and/or meaningful anecdote

I choose an… urban legend that I like to mention regularly, particularly to promote science because it highlights the construction of scientific thought: The Bohr barometer. I share a French YouTube video that tells it:

The crazy story of the Bohr barometer. PhysiqueChimieDIANA

25. A wish for all other humans

I wish all human beings to be able to help each other with their resources, to contribute to building living together and working for peace. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Post updated on 12/25/2022.

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