Well the weak sunlight is fading, the presents are all wrapped and very soon we will all reach the modern date of when Christmas is celebrated. I suppose by tradition I should put a short video or story here, wishing every one a happy holiday and leave it at that. So that’s what I will do. There are however a lot of weird things going … Continue reading Merry Christmas
I was browsing through the print edition of my old nemesis The Economist when I saw a very informative (and accurate) article that made me realize I need to follow up on my original post The Secret History of Advertising, which I know some of you enjoyed. Considering that even we here in the “hinterlands” of Romania are under sustained marketing attack due to the … Continue reading The “Secret” History of Advertising Pt 2
Well enough of the long stuff – too many words can ruin your brain! I am now officially done with Christmas shopping so let’s celebrate with a picture of my cat Mr. Zig apparently whispering secrets into the ear of my other cat Noodles. Enjoy! Continue reading Cat Secret
Well it’s been a tough year all around the planet, starting with a devastating series of earthquakes in Japan (which will never happen in Cernavoda) to the wholesale looting of Greece to deadly riots in England and the ongoing “Occupation” of every major American city. I had the “pleasure” last night of listening to the latest projections on food price increases on the radio and … Continue reading God Bless All The Universe
Hey it’s almost Christmas, it’s cold outside and trying to snow, so who wants to have a lengthy discourse about English grammar? Just me? Oh well :P If Romanian is not your first language but you’re trying to learn it, the good news is that verb tenses and conjugations are extraordinarily simple. In fact, about the only time you’ll ever hear me say Romanian is … Continue reading E4R: Modal Verbs In The Past Tense
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