The other day, in talking with The Woman’s parents, they began to lecture me on how things were in the Communist days. Out of respect, I listened attentively and said nothing in disagreement. But the truth is that I’ve heard every word before (sometimes almost identically) from many other people, many times before. I’ve referred to this as the “narrative” before but in my own … Continue reading The Script
I don’t talk about Twitter too much but the truth is that I use it quite a lot. Amongst watching Markovian chains unfold in real time and other fun with ngrams, it’s an extremely useful tool to see what people (worldwide) are saying about Romania at any given time. Imagine one of those TV-style heart monitors in a hospital with the green background and the … Continue reading Let’s Talk About The Flipping Witch Tax
One of the interesting things about the Romanian language is that is has two words for “kiss” (either the noun or the verb), both of them coming from Latin, yet having two very distinct meanings. The first one – pup – comes from the Latin word for kissing someone, now only surviving in Italian (mostly in colorful phrases I won’t detail here) and Romanian. The … Continue reading When A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
Okay the books are here! I just got 20 copies in the mail today and another 5 should be coming later this week. For the ones that I just picked up, Daciana will be handling all of these so please see her contact details here. It’s first come, first serve. Everything else is rolling along (getting in bookstores in UK, etc) so please continue to … Continue reading Books Are Here!
Yesterday I was perusing books in a local store and came across an old “classic” in business literature that I’d read years ago (in English). The central idea on the back of the book was “if you haven’t learned about how to handle money, then how are you going to know how to handle money?” I have zero interest in becoming a “business” author but … Continue reading How To Budget Your Money
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