You know, nobody ever believes me when I remark on just how much Romania has changed in the short period of time I’ve been here. And yet it’s true. Things have changed a lot. A case in point is apartment (UK: flat) hunting. I am currently in the process of finding a new place to live. Yesterday I went to go look at a few … Continue reading Unreal Estate
The fact that the CIA has had secret jail and torture rooms in Romania is not new information. But my email has been blowing up of late on the subject because now there’s new specific information on exactly where one of those torture cells was in Romania. And it turns out it was in downtown (Sector 1) Bucharest. From CBS News, quoting from the AP: … Continue reading Implausible Deniability
In case you’re wondering, that’s not my beautiful hand in the picture. A reader and a fan sent that in after buying and enjoying my book. If you live in Romania I’ve got some very good news. Someone put in a large order of books and then changed their mind so now I’ve got a lot of them! If you’ve ever wanted to read my … Continue reading Book Sale!
As I think I mentioned, it was really nice to do that segment for ProTV because I’ve been writing about my life for a long time but that was the first chance for all of you to see my life here in Romania. But the camera is not always rolling and what happened last night was not filmed. At around 10:45 last night I was … Continue reading No Pit, All Pendulum
I have to sincerely apologize for saying one bad thing about the X-Files the other day because even that crappy episode is a masterpiece compared to the steaming pile of dung that is Criminal Minds. A reader tipped me off to an episode of this show, called Bloodline and I thank them for bringing this to my attention. First broadcast in the United States on … Continue reading Criminal Minds – Bloodline
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