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About two months ago, Maftei, my math teacher in high school, has passed away (fb-maftei). I felt sorry, and that’s why the expression he used to invite us to the blackboard (“iesi pe straße” or “come out on the straße/street”) found its way in the title of this article, which is about the high-school physics teacher Sever Iosif Georgescu and his (or his kids’?) attempts to erase the negative events of his past. This is the third installment in the Georgescu, Iosif SEVER saga:

Un articol de-al lui krossfire m-a aruncat in raul amintirilor muzicale si nu numai. Si-am reascultat muzica pe care-o descopeream la sfarsitul anilor '90..

Nu ma refer la un test de personalitate din Cosmo. Un studiu recent dat publicitatii stabileste o legatura clara intre gusturile in muzica si personalitate. Cercetatorii intentioneaza sa duca studiul pe Internet.

Not only did Klaus Iohannis manage to snatch victory from the claws of the Red Menace, but he did so by a huge, devastating margin AND on the surge in voter participation not only in the diaspora, but also in our birthplace. It’s a November Christmas miracle! 

I haven’t quite followed the morbidly insane “family coalition” initiative (w-coalitia), in all its pathology, but I recently discovered how some UniBuc prof has been using everything, including the Hamangia / Cernavoda sculptures for his fascist crusade against gays. And likely, from the same deep vein of christo-fascism, the nebulous coalition has managed (or is about) to pass a law to stick more Christianity into people’s faces under the guise of celebrating Brancoveanu Constantin, boier vechi si domn crestin (old boyar and Christian voivode).

Un studiu recent arata ca persoanele depresive difera de oamenii veseli in inabilitatea de a-si mentine gandirea pozitiva TIMP INDELUNGAT. E important sa discutam despresia acum, intrucat Craciunul, o vreme de bucurie fortata, este timpul cand pe multi ii pocneste depresia si gandurile sinucigase.

Whenever I talk to Romanians who want to come to Canada and I answer questions, I always end up being a bit upset. I find that people ask me too many simple questions they could answer themselves with Google and too few of the “important” questions. Maybe there’s a guru hiding inside of me, and here’s where I set him free.

In primul episod am inceput cu neuroplasticitatea si acum ajung la Csikszentmihalyi si a sa "state of flow" sau stare de curgere. Nimic altceva decat o Nirvana a productivitatii, sau starea inefabila in care munca se scurge silentios si fara frecare, de la sine.

While writing about Jihadi Jay Abdo, I had started writing about foreigners who study in Romania and half-way through I realized that this deserves a separate article. I had previously assumed (nature) that the Romanian prime-minister’s (Ponta) many scandals, some centered around his plagiarizing of his doctoral thesis will taint Romanian education and significantly decrease its appeal. Further investigation revealed that many are still interested, although it is hard to determine to what extent the scandals have caused the Romanian tuition fees to be the lowest in Europe, or that is due to other market forces. As usual, the links are listed at the end.

Aflu de la Simona Tache despre o noua declaratie Becali, simultan razboinica si luminoasa. Si dintr-un foc, public Miorita insotita de traducerea engleza, pe care n-o gasesc intotdeauna cand o caut.