Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue

Good old David Ciceo is clearly taking the same stupid pills that are handed out to all government employees in Cluj. Today I came across a lengthier statement (Ro) from him concerning Wizz Air canceling a large chunk of their flights into Cluj Airport, a subject I wrote about a few days ago. I’m going to translate his statement and then explain what actually happened … Continue reading Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue

Sam Cel RomanApril 21, 20112 Comments

Unicorn City

At Play in the Glass Hall of the Lord of Cluj

Well it actually happened. I met the mayor of Cluj-Napoca yesterday. Obviously nobody in the administration has discovered my “secret identity” yet LOL. This is a part two of a story which began here but I need to rewind to the very beginning. At some point in the past, someone in the mayor’s office in Cluj decided that it would be a good idea to … Continue reading At Play in the Glass Hall of the Lord of Cluj

Sam Cel RomanApril 21, 20115 Comments

Unicorn City

Data Sorting Dance

This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen and it’s all a creation of a Hungarian university here in Cluj. The Facebook page for the people who made this can be found here. What you’re looking at in the video is a visual representation (on a very small scale) of a sorting algorithm. This is the process by which computers organize … Continue reading Data Sorting Dance

Sam Cel RomanApril 20, 2011

Jesus is my Co-Pilot

Homosexuality in the Bible

There’s an old adage that seems to get more true the longer I live, which is that only atheists read the Bible. Now I’m not an atheist but I never fail to be amazed just how poorly most religious Christians understand the central text of their faith. You can say what you like about Jews or Muslims but in both of those faiths there is … Continue reading Homosexuality in the Bible

Sam Cel RomanApril 20, 20113 Comments

Holiday Road, Jesus is my Co-Pilot

Vine Iepurasul!

As you probably know, the holiday of Easter is rapidly approaching. This year is kind of cool because it’s being celebrated on the same day in both the Romanian Orthodox tradition as well as the other kinds of Christianity, including Catholicism and Protestants. On many years, Hungarians (and others) celebrate it one week while Orthodox Romanians use the old calendar and celebrate it on another … Continue reading Vine Iepurasul!

Sam Cel RomanApril 19, 2011

All Things Romania

Still more Romanian than you!