Shit! I was about to walk out of the house when I realized I’ve violated my own promise to post shorter pieces. So here’s a little picture I took. I’m not quite sure when I took this picture but it was months ago. It isn’t the best picture I ever took either. But I’ve never deleted it and it’s been sitting around all alone in … Continue reading PZ: Orange Fruit
The other day a reader mentioned the 1976 movie Network and I certainly understand why. In case you’ve never seen the movie, it starts with a older man (Mr. Beale) who is about to be fired from his job reading the news on television. He gets very depressed and angry and on his last broadcast gives a blistering speech about a number of issues. Wikipedia … Continue reading A Radiant Eruption of Democracy
Tonight as I was heading to a meeting I saw about 20-30 people chanting in Piata Unirii (here in Cluj). I was too far away to understand what they were chanting or read their signs but I could tell the protesters were all about 40-60 years old with not a young person in sight (I suppose if I were a better blogger I would’ve had … Continue reading Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Put Your Hands Together For The PDL/UDMR Superstar Cabinet of Ministers™!
Well since not much was going on in the news besides “Hey golly new cabinet coming up” and “holy mackerel it sucks to be in Buzau right about now” and because there’s not much to say about the latest Economist article about Romania except that it sucks, it’s almost entirely factually wrong and written from the usual wooly-headed perspective as always, I thought I’d do … Continue reading Pe Aici Nu Se Trece
I’ve already written extensively about what Romanians aren’t learning about public relations. Now it’s time to learn a bit more about what nobody will teach you about psychology. Today as I was watching the news (as always, with the sound off), I leapt from my chair and shouted the words, “Tactical fucking masterstroke!” In the same day I saw (on various channels) Jeffrey Franks, Mugur … Continue reading Bamboozled
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