If you’ve given a “like” to this blog’s Facebook page (see the right-hand sidebar), you saw that a couple of days ago I put up a link to an article entitled The Gypsy In Me from the New York Times. It was written by a young woman in excellent English (a nice change of pace after reading Ponta’s illiterate ramblings in the pages of Nature) … Continue reading Gypsy Don’t
I’m going to let you all in on a little secret concerning this here blog. A lot of you first came here because a friend gave you the link to a certain post and you’ve stayed ever since. Others of you found this blog by searching for information on Romania or the Romanian language and then decided to stick around for the show. But by … Continue reading Gypsy-Do
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?
One of these days – and I swear this is true – I’m going to go spend a few weeks up in the mountains, living in a small wooden cabin with nothing but a cot and a typewriter so I can write my academic masterpiece, which will be entitled The Subtle Expression of Latent Third Wave Feminism in Auditory Media Space by Roxana Prințesa Ardealului. … Continue reading Word of the Day: Vai!
In case you ever want to be a well-known blogger with millions of adoring fans, heed my advice – never, ever discuss music. Unless of course you’re writing a music blog. Otherwise the songs you like will almost always be ones your readers dislike and all of their favorite songs are anathema to you. Oh, and whatever you do, do not discuss manele! Strict interzis! … Continue reading Vreau Barbate Silicoane
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