I wish all the stories from my life were glamorous and reflected nothing but the glory and the flying chocolately goodness of my sparkling soul. Alas, that’s not always the case, as you shall see below. True story – many, many moons ago, on my very first day ever in the fabulous metropolis of Cluj-Napoca, I woke up on a morning much like today – … Continue reading Never Having To Say Sare
What’s the difference between me and you? You talk a good one but you don’t do what you supposed to do! —Phish Since the top of this website perennially screams I’m more Romanian than you! and yet my passport continues to remain blue, I’ve spent a lot of time (perhaps too much) thinking about exactly what is the difference between being Romanian and American. Of … Continue reading What’s The Difference Between Me And You?
Looks like I wasn’t the only one: Romania’s National Bank (BNR) was left without electricity for about 20 minutes on Friday because of an “incident”, as electricity provider Electrica put it when contacted by HotNews.ro. BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu was not present at the bank headquarters when the incident took place. Continue reading Singing in the Dark
I will warn you ahead of time – this is going to be a long one. Yes, for an entire week I was indeed “dead” – not in the corporeal sense but in the “virtual” sense. I was cut off from the internet for an entire week. My electricity was cut and without it, almost every trace of my modern life disappeared in an instant. … Continue reading Am Venit Sa Dau Drumu’ La Lumina
Oh my word, yesterday I did something that a normal person would’ve done a long time ago – research the fields of writing, publishing and selling books. You might remember my earlier post on this subject. All of my books (so far) have been self-published, which means that not only did I write them but I also edited them, formatted them and designed the cover … Continue reading Further Adventures in (Self) Publishing
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