Hi, I still read a lot. I hope you can see this. Today I just finished this book called Delores Park by Michael Lyons, who's an American writer based in San Francisco. His front is pretty good actually. I've exchanged quite a few emails with him. Now this book took me a long time to read. That was kind of due to my circumstances over the past six or seven or eight months or something. I did finally finish it today and I think this book needs some editing. It's an independent published book, but it's good. What you might not like about it is that there is a lot of explicit sex in this book. And it's kind of an autobiographical book, I think, about the author who lived in a sex commune in San Francisco in the early 80s before the eighth thing was known and herpes was the big scare. And if you like Buddhism and if you studied Buddhism and know something about it or would like sort of an icebreaker with a lot of sex, you might like this. It wasn't bad. It took me an awfully long time to read. That usually doesn't happen, but this was my commuting book. And I've had to commute a lot less in the past six or seven months. Now this one is in Italian and it's by Kenneth Grant and it's called Gamaliel Diario D'Un va Mpito, diario of a vampire. Kenneth Grant is a very, very interesting writer. He's Amegis and this is published by Roberto Miuzie in Livorno, Italy. Kenneth Grant died in 2011. The translation of this book was done by Iren Zanier and Roberto Miuzie. It was reprinted with permission. It's beautifully printed. Everything that Roberto does is printed on a nice paper, beautiful type setting in Tuscany, Italy. If you want this book, if you're into Megas and you know Magic and Alistair Crowley and all that stuff and you read Italian, contact me and I will put you in touch with Roberto. No problem. I've got some of his art on my walls. I have quite a bit of his art here which I'm authorized to sell and just give him a cut. It's very interesting stuff. This is just postcards from the Edg, the Carrie Fisher book and I found it secondhand years ago and I'm rereading it. I'm almost done with it. It's very, very funny. I really like it. I didn't see the movie. All right. Now in this is called the Fousac and it stands for France USA Context and apparently it's available online now. You used to be able to get the print copies by subscription elsewhere outside of France which was kind of expensive and you can get it in and around Paris and some other cities. Basically the people who advertise in this get free copies that they can place around their place of business. Now I do have a bone to pick with these people because I've complained to them about some of their advertisers. One of them who ripped me off very badly for close to 20,000 euros in 2010 for example and they never seem to care or follow up. When I have contact with other shady people who pay the expensive money for advertising here they really don't seem to care. Be careful about this. Also the real estate listed here is extremely pricey. If you want to pay 1 to 2,000 euros for a tiny studio in Paris, go right ahead and look for what's advertised in here. If you want something for less contact me and hire me because I know how to sneak on to college campuses and find out about rooms offered to students and you don't necessarily have to be a student to get one. These ads cost a lot so whatever is sold here is probably going to be pretty expensive. I have gotten a few jobs from this magazine over the last 20 years. This book is using this. Now what I wanted to share with you and it's a little bit dark in here I'm sorry but my eyes are hurting and I'm getting old. Now this is about some stuff that you should never do in France. Do not order coffee with your lunch or dinner. This is written by Sherry Leslie Segal. It will cause an international incident. Own order it only with or as dessert. That's actually very true. Your mother may have told you in the United States for example keep your other hand in your lap while you're eating and don't put your extra hand on the table but in France the mothers used to fear that you were playing with yourself. So you have to keep both hands on the table here in France and that's true. If you're an adult do not order milk with any meal and even ordering it for your kid seems a bit far from you eccentric. Do not ask for ice water. Ask for water. Uncarved dough. See who play but leave the ice for keeping the fish fresh. Do not ask for ice here in France. Don't do it. Trust me on this. Don't pick at the basket of bread until the meal comes. I know the meal comes more slowly than you'd like but don't pick at the bread it's mal vu. Unless they're vegetarians themselves or at least one of them is don't tell your host or hostess that you're one. Except what they serve you move the meat around the plate with your fork is it preparing to eat it eat whatever non meat fair might accompany it and be a brilliant conversationalist so as to distract eyes from your plate to your brain. Telling most French non vegetarians that you don't eat meat catapults them into a frantic tizzy laced with looming horror that their lack of expertise in your particular dietary domain will prevent the culinary experience at hand from reaching the required summit of sacred perfection. In fact don't come here if you don't eat pork don't come here if you're a vegan if you have dietary restrictions keep them to yourself or don't accept invitations to meals in France. I've had people come stay with me here who showed up and were like I don't eat pork you know. My husband just wants to kill those people for one thing and it's rude and they don't understand it. Okay you always have to bring flowers but never bring for sentiments because they're the flower of death which you take on day of the dead or all saints day first or second of November. Now I've had some people kind of screw with me here especially in the past year and weeks later or months later they sent me an apology email and they still don't get it they should have sent me flowers with an apology note. You know idiots idiots I won't deal with people like this they're never going to make it here in France they just won't it won't work out during business meals do not talk shop first do not talk talk shop even second or third as excruciating as it will be save the contract negotiation for dessert at the earliest or well the cheese course which is near the end after you fully exhausted chit chat about family vacation sports geography food. Current events and how difficult it was getting to the restaurant given the strikers blocking the boulevard if you don't do this you risk losing the deal. However you have to be able to pull this off without asking in discrete questions the bane of all Anglo French conversations if you don't ask Anglo acquaintances occasional personal questions they think you don't care if you ask French acquaintances occasional personal questions they think you care about the business. They think you care too much in some circles even a question as seemingly harmless as how did you meet your wife can be a shocker do not eat walking down the street or on public transport vehicles look around you who are the only people doing that although this is changing tourists. Oh my god this restaurant I've seen this restaurant it's got a sign that says French food and it says homemade onions soup and escargot believe me the French do not eat onion soup and they do not eat snails you know so any place that you see that offers French food and it's in English and it's onion soup and snails you can be sure it is a clip joint it is a rip off joint for two. This is near plus mulch because a very good revival theater house. Oh it says all room all they serve French food imagine that yeah you know don't go to any place here in Paris with fondue which is called reclut that's for tourists don't go any place here that serves Keesh my god you really need me as a private guide or you're going to mess up here badly on your vacation or you're going to mess up here badly on your vacation. Or on trying to live in work here I'm sorry to sound rude I had a hard day so I hope you like this little review and see you around bye.