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Discussing the tragedy is inescapable. I had started doing this a few days ago, focusing mostly on Andrei Anghel, but didn’t have the time to say all that I wanted to say, which is why I’m continuing here.

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 2009.)

Am scris de cateva ori despre Rusia si de obicei nu in termeni elogiosi. Iata ca un nou arest arunca sub reflector "drama" altor barbati, drogati si violati de o bruneta obsedata.

The ink on the Romanistan series (I, II, III) had yet to dry when news that the Russians are blaming Roma migration on Romania has, verisimilarly, sprung up from Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Nu stiu cine sau ce sunt, dar povestea lor e interesanta, cu atat mai mult cu cat zic unii ca ar fi Barladeni. Cosacii – mai precis cazacii – (Cossacks) sunt crestini si sunt diferiti de Cazahi (Kazakhs), un popor de sorginte turceasca.

I wanted to write a story on my Targus Bluetooth Keyboard paired to my Galaxy Nexus. It's a less used setup, but likely to become more permanent  due to my laptop / SSD getting busted. What would make a good story? Hard to tell, but it must be something that will write itself; otherwise, I'll have too many double letters and typos left uncorrected.

"Little birds" is the English mot-a-mot translation of bijboace, clampacioace, fofoloance. Just the other day, a Latvian friend visited me and brought me as a gift some candy from her native country. And as she explained laughing and blushing, the candy name had a dual meaning.

In 1992, Ion Iliescu dadea un interviu unui ziar prietenos in care spunea ca el crede ca poate fi democratie si sub un "despot luminat". Daca citeai interviul cu atentie, nu era nimic absolut ingrozitor in el; acest citat insa a fost replicat, disecat si mediatizat in special de presa de opozitie. Putin avea sa duca acest concept spre noi culmi de implinire.

I have been staying away from the news of the moment, but this recent tragedy hits extremely close to home, whichever way a member of the Toronto Romanian diaspora (including myself) chooses to define that notion.

Rusia este gluma care nu inceteaza sa ma amuze. Probabil ca daca as vizita-o, ei n-ar inceta sa ma ucida. In orice caz, este preferabil sa mori de ras decat de radiatii sau Kalashnikov (AK-47).

Let us explore and make a bit of historical fun of the announcement of Louis CK stepping on Cage’s path, in Romania – a story that may be false and could possibly be fake. Most importantly, CK stands for a Hungarian name, which is why my Romanian compadres might worry that they are being invaded by the Great Hungarian Junta using Louis as a Trojan condom. 

Am invitat niste pretenari la o seara de film, si cum am trimis invitatia nitel cam tarziu, m-am gandit s-o pun si-aici pentre cei care - ca si mine - isi citesc Reader-ul si Twitter-ul mai des decat email-ul.

Vinettou is back with a vengeance, this time with his superhero S.O., Vinetta. I feel like having an eggplant salad, especially since the two eggplants I bought a while back have started to turn bad in my fridge, so I decided to investigate easy recipes.

Aflam dintr-un ziar indian (1) dar si de la hotnews.ro ca moldovenii expulzeaza 2 diplomati romani si si-au chemat Lidia Gutu (ambasadoarea) inapoi.

Citeam in Economist ca Germania ne-a mijlocit un tratat cu Moldova. Cred c-ar fi un bun prilej sa renuntam la visele de reintregire.

My reservations notwithstanding, I suspect most of the people who voted for Iohannis do not really know who he is, apart from the fact that he is not Ponta. I'm trying to bring a bit more color and background to his wooden personality.

This could very well be a paid post, but it's not (unless you consider a free concert and a couple of Pepsi bottles as 'payment'). I was just passing by their tent and the music caught my ear; I enjoyed it while watching a cover of Talking Heads (Psycho Killer). All in all, a great opportunity to reminisce on what Pepsi meant in my childhood.

I suspect there is a 'TestVote' application for each member country of the EU. I decided to follow my own recommendation from Romanian MEP elections in Toronto and go through this, just before voting. Since there is very likely an English one in existence, and the English vote has already concluded, this article has the questions left in original, in Romanian.

Acum o luna, Google a-mbogatit serviciul de traducere prin adaugarea a inca 11 limbi, pentru un total de 35 de limbi. Un prilej cum nu se poate mai nimerit de a republica widgetul de traducere cu steaguri.

Imi vine greu sa urmaresc ce se-ntampla in Moldova, intre altele fiindca neputinta ma-nfurie. Mai mult, logica sau bunul simt par sa fi fost interzise si proscrise, odata cu diseminarea propagandei referitoare la implicarea Romaniei in “Revolutia Twitter”.