Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Contradictions

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The two stories below are connected but seem to contradict each other in some small way. See if you can spot the well hidden paradox: 1. La...
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Not thinking things through

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According to the survey data reported here , among the depressing findings that 91% of Romanians would like to reintroduce the death penalty...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

15th March 1848

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Today is, as you may have noticed, March 15th. Not much special about that for most people, aside from that whole ides of March / et tu brut...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Round the Bloc

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I have had a fairly long period in Romania since my last trip (without really working it out, I suspect the longest uninterrupted period in ...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Stupid quiz

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A completely gratuitous and apropos-of-nothing-in-particular quiz for your Thursday pleasure. Translate the following. What's the link? ...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Sign of the signs

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A very important addition to the Romanian road side. Particularly for people who are not familiar with the fact that driving through any vi...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Beer news

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Romanian beer is decidedly average. The best of the mass produced stuff is Ciuc, made here (and I don't say that because it's a loc...
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Friday, March 05, 2010

Evangelism and its discontents

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Am I the only person who really really cannot stand evangelism? I'm not just talking about religion here, though obviously there are c...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Microclimates

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I occasionally forget that I live in a microclimate. It is well known (at least within Romania) that Csikszereda is the coldest place in th...

Documentary recommendation

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Just watched a nearly hour long astonishing documentary made by a Romanian guy for the BBC on Romanian Rroma kids in Europe being exploited ...
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