Archive for August, 2011
Proof of Civilization
I’m going to file this post under Poza Zilei (Picture of the day) because I’m going to write a much longer post in the near future on the subject but today’s photo was taken inside an intercity bus. This sign encapsulates the kind of hectoring attitude that is pretty prevalent in Romania, about which I’ve… Read More ›
Word of the Day: Norod – Neam – Popor
This past weekend I was in Sibiu for their medieval festival and I got to hear a word that was new to me and not yet part of my vocabulary. The cool thing about this word is that one of a rare triplet of synonyms in modern Romanian. As I’ve detailed before, there are lots… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, Noodles!
Hard to believe but I’ve been blogging so long that it’s now been a year since I celebrated the birthday of my little gray cat Noodles, who is now 3 years old. I realize not everyone is a cat person and that’s ok – I only write about my cats sporadically. But the two of… Read More ›
