A brief neural link to memories of Carl Sagan a few weeks ago led to further forays and research into his work which has since cascaded into multiple streams of research, including viewing the (American) Discovery Channel’s recent series with Stephen Hawkings, all of which reminded me and further informed me that Albert Einstein, as a teenage German-speaking Jew, spent a hell of a lot … Continue reading Das Gedankenexperiment
You know, people often ask me why I live here. Oh gosh, I don’t know, about a THOUSAND reasons (hence the name of this category LOL). Here’s even one more! YES!!!!! Oh my gosh, let’s count at least 12 ways how flipping awesome this video is: 1) It’s got a beat and you can dance to it! Seriously, I don’t care if you don’t speak … Continue reading Mămăligă cu mălai
If ancient Dacians battled (Japanese) samurais, who would win? UPDATE: Sorry, I forget that not everyone enjoys my unique sense of humor. For the record, this is, as “Nea Pandele” said, a photoshopped or modified picture of Diaconescu from OTV. I however did not do the modification but found it online somewhere. I posted it because it’s sort of funny on a meta level, that … Continue reading And the winner is…
Looks like I may be on one if not two television channels tomorrow morning to speak, in Romanian, about an American holiday LOL Will do my best to record these and if I succeed, of course I’ll post it here on the blog :) PS – In case your Romanian is a little rusty *AHEM* the poster says “Does anyone know an American in Cluj?” … Continue reading 100% Pure Awesome Sauce
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
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