As I write this, my heating system is chugging along, dispelling the cold and dark outside and I see that snow is once again falling on the streets of this little town I have come to call home. And so I am taking a little break from my normal activities to pause and reflect on what a strange and wonderful year this has been. Some … Continue reading A Year of Days
Still busy as a beaver these days but here’s three little stories all in one post for your enjoyment! The guy who absolutely insisted on a full Securitate dossier on me but never got one managed to make his money just fine, this time by selling a photograph of me to CanCan, Romania’s #2 gossip magazine. If you’re a long-time reader of this website, you … Continue reading 3 Little Birds
As Project Iceberg continues to unfurl at a steady clip, I am continually finding myself in new and interesting places, meeting people that cheer my soul as I see them stand up and exercise their full rights as citizens in a democratic country instead of waiting around for politicians or the European Union to hand out gifts. Yesterday I had the good fortune to meet … Continue reading Food Not Bombs
Well folks, as I trudged home through the icy darkness last night, I had a revelation about my future and the future of this very website that you are reading. Two things are happening right now, the first is that we are getting very close to one thousand posts, that is to say 1,000 actual posts with real content (some of it quite exhaustive) and … Continue reading Batting a Thousand
Hey folks, I’m sure some of you might be expecting a lengthy analysis of this week’s elections but honestly I have no desire to get in-depth on this subject at the moment. Quite honestly the USL is screwed because they’ve just inherited ALL of the mistakes and blunders of the former government PLUS their own screw-ups (Barroso letters *coughcough*) committed over the last 6 months … Continue reading The Dirty Secret of Romanian Television
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