If you speak Romanian, you absolutely need to watch this video because for the first time ever, I can explain Project Iceberg. Yes! If you don’t speak Romanian, or not well, you can skip right to minute 7:00 and see a slice of the amazing adventures I’ve been having lately. The good news is that the guy being interviewed in the linked clip above, Andrei … Continue reading Si habla Ud. español, por favor marca el numero dos
If you were walking down the street today in Cluj-Napoca, or any other city in Romania, you’d have no idea that it is “Black Friday”. Slowly but continuously ramped up over the past 20 years in America, the day after Thanksgiving (which is always on a Thursday) is often another day off of work for many people – this fact plus intentionally heavily marketed price … Continue reading The Good Life
Hey folks, again sorry for the slow posting but I am working on three projects. I truly do expect two of them to be ready to be unveiled here within a week or two (esp for December 1). The third one won’t be ready until next year. But hang in there with me, it’s good stuff! Every year, Thanksgiving is a very special day. Because … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
I know this is going to sound weird but for a long time I thought that Pink Floyd was an American band but realized later obviously it wasn’t. Of course you’d think most British people would know about Pink Floyd but apparently Rebecca Ratcliffe at The Guardian had not. Fair enough, I said. So I posted a link to it on my Facebook and Twitter. … Continue reading We don’t need no thought control
Following in the footsteps of Trouble at the Tropeycabana I present yet another common trope you will find here in Romania Back in the days of Soviet Russia, visitors never failed to comment on the ubiquitous дежурная, what Romanians would call femeia de serviciu, the middle-aged or older woman who worked on every floor of a hotel or apartment bloc, whose job it was to … Continue reading The Picayune Rule Enforcer
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