tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47924572299188568852024-03-12T21:13:03.385-04:00Also Sprach ZamolxisAşa Grăit-a Zamo.ca, the descendant of a Dacian God; teme personale, culturale şi sociale din Toronto. Patria mé îi limba romgleză. Formerly AlsoSprachZamolxis.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8982441110385164662020-04-01T01:00:00.001-04:002020-04-01T01:00:05.357-04:00#COVID19 austerity and bosom vs tits<span id="description">There are many ways, these days, to celebrate April Fools Day. I'm going to share with you a James Joyce poem along with the story of having sent it. (If you’re looking for a more conventional April Fools celebration, check out <a title="Top April Fools Pranks Online" href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2009/04/top-april-fools-pranks-online.html">2009</a>.)</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/03/covid19-austerity-and-bosom-vs-tits.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-73117728725157167522019-11-06T01:00:00.010-05:002019-11-06T13:14:28.994-05:00Electronic Vote or Nu Votez<span id="description">I probably won’t be voting this year. I’m telling you about my failed attempt to register for “vote by correspondence” or “votul prin corespondenta” as well as my passport application.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/10/electronic-vote-or-nu-votez.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-28046194569531898102019-06-11T14:39:00.001-04:002019-07-16T13:52:48.223-04:00facand bac cu piticu<span id="description">One of my long-term fantasies has been to write the Romanian baccalaureate (aka “bac” / “bacul” / “bacalaureat”, a comprehensive exam you write before the high-school diploma). I haven’t had the time, but I’d like to.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/06/facand-bac-cu-piticu.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-89819652728219590062017-03-22T01:00:00.003-04:002017-03-22T01:00:00.149-04:00grandma, Bunica, is gone<span id="description">I struggle to write about my grandma’s passing away, between expressing all I have to say, and staying within the limits of what a reader might find interesting or useful, without falling into too much drama.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/03/grandma-bunica-is-gone.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15140698225604587052016-12-31T01:00:00.001-05:002016-12-31T12:55:09.722-05:00La Multi Ani, Happy New Year, Resolutions<span id="description">As I’ve done in the past, I am publishing here my resolutions, mostly for this blog and wish all my readers La Multi Ani, <a title="Feliz Navidad - Walk Off The Earth (From WOTE's Christmas Movie)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzV_UCQFY6w" target="_blank">Feliz Navidad</a> (better late than never, right?) and A Happy New Year!</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/la-multi-ani-happy-new-year-resolutions.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-10629340143673064322016-12-30T16:23:00.001-05:002016-12-30T16:31:35.031-05:00Sorin Grindeanu, new official Dragnea puppet<span id="description">There’s a new kid with his bum closely fitting Dragnea’s hand and his name is Sorin Grindeanu. Iohannis accepted him and that has made him Prime Minister. How is he better than our odalisque, I don’t know – seriously, wouldn’t she have been much better?</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/sorin-grindeanu-new-official-dragnea.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-42015084312612115272016-12-08T01:00:00.010-05:002016-12-08T21:02:15.925-05:00PISA 2015, or Eastern vs Western education<span id="description">The results of the latest PISA testing have come out. Will I manage to write about the educational styles in Canada (which is 4th, tied with Finland, after Singapore, Japan and Estonia) and Romania (48th out of 70)?</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-or-eastern-vs-western.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-40272352896969291002016-12-04T01:00:00.005-05:002016-12-22T15:05:40.379-05:00Cabanita lui Gliga - Kanzel, Poiana Brasov<span id="description">Having recently come back from a trip to Calgary, a friend of mine was showing me beautiful photos of a snowy mountain, with real pine forests covered by snow, which all conjured up in my mind the image of the ski camp where I used to spend all of my winter holiday, and more, all throughout my school years in Romania.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/cabanita-lui-gliga-kanzel-poiana-brasov.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-9291671248747347032016-10-24T01:00:00.000-04:002016-11-04T12:59:26.669-04:00Sever Iosif Georgescu: Plagiarizing and Hagiography<span id="description">I have meant to write at length on this individual and, as expected, not only that reality caught up with me, but it left me far behind. I never expected for things to go this far, which is why I am revisiting it now.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/10/sever-iosif-georgescu-plagiarizing-and.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-79187653476361353042015-09-04T01:00:00.000-04:002015-09-04T01:00:09.141-04:00Back To School<span id="description">My head has been getting bigger and bigger from all these stillborn brainchildren, so I thought I write a few down. Besides, it looks like Google has been dropping some of my articles off its index, and that hurts.</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/09/back-to-school.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-38327495514751093922015-04-03T01:00:00.000-04:002015-04-03T01:00:04.160-04:00Women Stalkers<span id="description">One of the many silly “arguements” (sic!) listed in the <a title="No, men and women are not equal from one POV: the desperation in interacting with the opposite sex. I have my mail, mailboxes, mobile phone filled with SMSs from guys more or less known, who want to go out, drink coffee, eat, drink wine, to fuck with or without obligation. On the other hand, very few men can boast that they have the same from me. Ditto all the women I know. (..) This idea of the modern man, that he is freely deserving of all this time of a person who owes him nothing, for the heck of it, is why increasingly more men are completely useless as partners. Nobody is asking today men to buy houses for women, to give them expensive jewellery, or lay the moon at her feet. But if even a coffee they cannot offer, what’s the point of wanting interaction with the opposite sex?" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/the-knight-with-fat-wallet.html#ejemplo">previous article</a> stuck with me: men are more desperate and supposedly stalk women more so than women do men. I do not recall ever stalking someone, but I do recall being stalked a few times (not <a title="violuri si omucideri in america de nord" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/06/violuri-si-omucideri-in-america-de-nord.html">killed or maimed</a>, just a tad annoyed).</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/women-stalkers.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-10388289981669186742015-04-01T01:00:00.000-04:002015-04-02T16:56:10.776-04:00The Knight with a Fat Wallet<span id="description">There was a time when women were dreaming of a “knight in shining armour” but a steady decline in the prestige of shiny things coupled with a long set of economic crises have put an end to those romantic times. Today women seem to want a man who’ll pay and they rely on the State for protection and Facebook and/or Twitter for <abbr title="Do It Yourself" style="border-bottom: navy 1px dotted">DIY</abbr> reputation management (aka PR). A recent article on dating and paying for it (ctch-tspr) reopened a long-forgotten subject, a subject I haven't attacked in a while (since <a title="intre 12 si 12-B" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/05/between-12-and-12-b.html">between 12 and 12-B</a>, to be exact), despite a desire and even a plan to do so.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/the-knight-with-fat-wallet.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-44039122035952694782015-03-15T14:19:00.001-04:002015-03-24T19:43:35.895-04:00Aferim! to slavery and communism<span id="description">A friend of mine published an article in medium on communism and entrepreneurship (ana-medium) and Aferim!, a movie a cousin of mine was involved in producing has hit the theatres, and I feel a debt of honour to write about each one. So hard to stay focused and write meaningfully is.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/aferim-to-slavery-and-communism.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-71699354535118896272015-03-13T11:42:00.001-04:002015-03-21T16:24:04.459-04:00Boston and Ana Birchall<span id="description">A couple of years back I found myself in the Boston airport, meeting face to face <a title="Ana Birchall: se ia pe cale orala..." href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/09/ana-birchall-se-ia-pe-cale-orala.html">Ana Birchall</a>, whom I have <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/09/ana-birchall-cand-ce-e-n-gusa-nu-e-si-n.html">previously</a> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2009/12/video-ana-birchall-si-geoana.html">featured</a> on this blog. It was not a meeting organized by our respective secretaries, but it was nonetheless interesting for me.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/boston-2013-and-ana-birchall.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-7160213073389632362015-02-12T01:00:00.000-05:002015-02-12T01:00:02.140-05:00Back to School with Google Earth Pro<span id="description">I don't work for Google nor do they pay me in any way, but when I recently learned about their Google Earth Pro for Free promotion, I jumped at the opportunity to take yet another trip to my primary school and what would be the second instalment of my ”<a title="Home Alone in Bucharest I" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/home-alone-in-bucharest-i.html" rel="prev">Home Alone in Bucharest</a>” series.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/02/back-to-school-with-google-earth-pro.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-13973986855565574572014-12-11T01:00:00.000-05:002014-12-11T01:00:04.281-05:00A-naughty-a – unchecked checkbox 2<span id="description">I had started back in 2008 with <a title="Radna - o casuta nebifata" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/08/radna-o-casutza-nebifata.html">Radna</a> and continued with an <a title="unchecked checkboxes anthology in DoR magazine" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/07/antologia-casutelor-nebifate-in-dor.html">echo from DoR</a>. Radna was not the only one and when, at a recent party, I met the brother of another such <a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): De Phazz - Trash Box" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u9PG7OTZT8o?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">checkbox</a>, the memories came rushing into my head. I shall call her Anaughtia.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/12/a-naughty-unchecked-checkbox-2.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-33332326406735065502014-12-06T01:00:00.000-05:002014-12-17T17:51:44.739-05:00yet another joke that needs explaining<span id="description">As I was telling you, <a title="Am I complicated?" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/am-i-complicated.html">my sense of humour is a bit niche</a> and, coupled with my allergy to <a title="consistency" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/12/consistency.html">inconsistency</a>, it may result in comments some people may consider a "flame" or trolling. I may be turning in <a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): Funny Because It's Free, Fouad Mexican - Family Guy" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NdQQjfDUBLY?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">Fouad</a>, the <a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): Sarcasm" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UBztjzDr0fM?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">joke-explaining-Indian</a> in Family Guy.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/12/yet-another-joke-that-needs-explaining.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-6525310464060172552014-12-03T01:00:00.000-05:002015-01-30T12:52:13.151-05:00why blog<span id="description">One question I keep getting on this blog despite having answered it more than once is why did I start it. Since I keep getting it, there's a good chance that the answers given so far have been unsatisfying (or invisible to the reader). So here's another attempt at an explanation especially now that even the Ontario Legislature has observed Romania’s National Day and BI thought of coming up with this challenge (i.e., why are you proud of being part of the blogo.ro-oaie).</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/12/why-blog.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-10465914324312642542014-11-30T01:00:00.000-05:002022-01-09T12:06:15.194-05:00Poc-Rrrom IV<span id="description">More than two years have passed since my last <a title="Poc-Rrrom III" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/04/poc-rrrom-iii.html" rel="prev">Poc-Rrrom (III)</a> and today, inspired by a story I've just read, I've decided I'll go through with this one.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/poc-rrrom-iv.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-54065184206998750542014-11-26T00:09:00.001-05:002014-11-30T13:11:40.751-05:00WhatsApp frustrations and Debating satisfactions<span id="description">On the subject of long-distance communications (following my recent WhatsApp-ian conversion). And then I added something a little less annoying and quite satisfying: a debating project.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/whatsapp-frustrations.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-28034040355539257112014-11-24T15:00:00.000-05:002014-11-25T10:37:48.520-05:00Home Alone in Bucharest I<span id="description">The initial motivation in starting this blog was telling a number of "origin" stories. Some I have already told, some I left for later, but for the most part, telling these stories is the main <em>raison d'etre</em> for this collection of characters (i.e., letters, numbers and strange people – the constituent parts of this blog). One of them is the story of my last year or so in Romania, a time when I lived on my own in my Drumul Taberei / Favorit apartment.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/home-alone-in-bucharest-i.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-56820770190476004522014-11-23T01:00:00.000-05:002014-11-24T16:50:29.522-05:00Morning Blogging<span id="description">It's almost like a tradition here, on this blog, to dedicate at least an article every year to mornings. This time, it is mostly a retrospective and about breakfast.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/morning-blogging.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-46004430811432984792014-11-22T01:00:00.000-05:002014-11-28T12:51:16.837-05:00Am I complicated?<span id="description">(I’d place the last word of the title in quotation marks, but they’d get escaped, causing the title to look silly.) Recently, Francois Hollande, the French president who looks like a Mickey Mouse (not Victor Ponta, the real, trademarked one), allowed the press to take photos of him and his lover. I suspect the show is put on so that the French people can convince themselves that they still have a heterosexual president. "Is his lover a woman? Are you sure? Well, then we can keep drinking wine, eating cheese and live long!" Meanwhile, I'm annoyed as hell that a friend of mine won't (or pretends she does not) get my jokes.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/am-i-complicated.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-16948794469195714512014-11-07T01:00:00.000-05:002014-11-09T14:13:32.773-05:00Dacia, Gypsies and Romanistan<span id="description">I’ve hinted before on my personal struggle with answering such philosophical questions as “where are you from?” or “where were you born.” As I started answering with “<a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/likeadacian">Dacia</a>,” more and more of those asking me, unsatisfied with this answer, started to look it up. One such acquaintance, a Brazilian dude, was kind enough to let me record our conversation. So I made a movie to share it more easily (like the <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2013/11/romania-roadtripjens.html">Jens interview</a>).</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/dacia-and-romanistan.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-22559895831500679452014-10-13T01:00:00.000-04:002014-11-20T16:02:34.861-05:00Ad Kalendas Dacas Guarantee<span id="description">Feeling that <a title="Like a Dacian" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/like-dacian.html" rel="first">the previous article, on how I can help you with your misunderstandings or simply to better understand certain concepts you may be unfamiliar with</a>, was incomplete, I added a few more clauses, mostly having to do with a money-back guarantee and also describing my first attempts at implementing the <a title="Like a Dacian" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/like-dacian.html" rel="prev">I'm from <strong>DACIA</strong></a> answer.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/ad-kalendas-dacas-guarantee.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com7