Just about every week someone new asks me to justify why I live in Romania. I guess I should start a new category of posts just to list all of these answers, which are far too numerous to fit into a single article. One of the simplest reasons is cash money, (pronounced kish by most Romanians). From the first day I got here right up … Continue reading After The Flood Had Swept Over, The Kingship Was In Kish
I came across this news that Cristian Sporis was named Deputy Finance Minister for the state treasury and noted that it was a remarkably unremarkable piece of news. Ho hum, another banker being appointed to help run a country’s finances, a move quite common everywhere from Italy to Greece to the United States and beyond. But it got me to thinking about banking in general. … Continue reading Highway to Hell
INT. SHOT OF KITCHEN INSIDE FRANKS HOME HAGAR is busy at the counter, mixing something in a large bowl as she is preparing breakfast. JEFFREY enters stage right, dressed in a business suit and tie but is carrying his dress shoes in his right hand and a garment bag in the other hand. As he enters the kitchen he realizes HAGAR hasn’t heard him come … Continue reading Act II, Scene 1
You’ll often hear me complain about my Facebook feed but this time I have nothing but thanks for the people who brought my attention to two very interesting experiments. The first one occurred in Washington, D.C. and the second one in Bucharest. I highly recommend you read both of those articles fully (first one is in English, second in Romanian) but the summary is that … Continue reading Understanding Stradivarius
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
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