This morning I had the pleasure to speak at yet another high school, this time to a group of all Hungarian kids here in Unicorn City (Koloszvar in their language) and it made me truly appreciate the story of the blind men and the elephant. The original story came from India but you can read a Romanian version with a Christian interpretation aici. Over the … Continue reading The Blind Men and The Elephant
Well as you most assuredly know, there was a championship game of soccer (football) played last night in Bucharest between one team from Spain and another team from the Basque part of Spain. Tens of thousands of fans from the motherland were in Romania for a few days and it seems like a good time was had by all. I don’t care much for sports … Continue reading Muy Bueno Es Bucaresto
Well folks, as much as I hate to say it, I’m getting desperately close to a flameout. Lately I’ve been making mistakes at my (paid) work and I’ve got a stack of things to do that just aren’t getting done. I’ve got half a dozen articles plotted for the blog plus at least 4 more episodes for the “Romanians on American TV” cued up, more … Continue reading Flameout
Well right now it’s just his proposed cabinet but likely future PM Victor “Skeletor” Ponta unveiled his line-up and gave a little speech which I will translate: Today we’re talking about a special government formed under special circumstances, to govern until the elections. Our intention in these next 6 months [until the election] is to do a great job so that the people will vote … Continue reading Skeletor’s New Cabinet
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