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Metallica / Compact and Romanian Fraud

2026-05-14T06:00:00.000-04:00

If you were wondering why did hotel prices jump to 3-5000 RON/night yesterday, it was obviously because of the Metallica concert.

Calin Georgescu Lorax

2026-01-15T05:00:00.009-05:00

I recently overheard Calin Georgescu quoting an old proverb that was also spelled out in Lorax, and although he doesn’t quite disclose his sources, it’s worthy of a discussion.

Courier Shipping in Romania

2026-01-14T09:00:00.004-05:00

I’ve had some issues with mailing an envelope by courier in Romania and I look at the alternatives to the market leader.

existentialism in movies

2025-12-02T10:30:00.013-05:00

A comment to someone's Facebook reel made me think about existentialism in movies and more specifically American Beauty and Fight Club.

cheapest mineral water store brands

2025-09-24T12:00:00.009-04:00

One particularity about Europe is that people enjoy all kinds of brands of water, and it is often carbonated or sparkling (in North America it’s "still" water). I don't care much about brands, I just want sparkling water and I want it at the lowest price.

Romanian Wines

2025-09-23T14:00:00.004-04:00

I’m not a oenologist, I’m not even a “connoisseur” and I drink next to never. But when I buy wine and especially when I’m in Romania, I’ll buy some Romanian wines and I’ll tell you about it.

Best Romanian Music, Films, Festivals

2025-07-10T12:00:00.002-04:00

I’ve discovered a list of 25 best Romanian movies, songs and festivals and I am quick to build upon them, before they disappear.

boschetar homeless

2025-06-23T12:00:00.004-04:00

I woke up to a homeless person in the staircase, so I started looking into this phenomenon as it appears in Bucharest.

hidroelectrica ihidro

2025-06-16T12:00:00.002-04:00

Given the recent surge in interest in Hidroelectrica (and Romanians trying to save money now that energy subsidies for everyone are ending), I took a deeper dive into Hidroelectrica, a publicly traded company on BVB under the symbol H2O.

flowerfall

2025-05-15T12:00:00.006-04:00

Recently, a friend sent me “spring greetings” on WhatsApp consisting of a photo of flowering trees. Immediately, to my mind sprung two Romanian songs consisting a “tree flowers”.

Cracked Soda Cola Honest Ads Translation

2025-03-10T12:30:00.004-04:00

I want to help Cola addicts with a translation of an anti-commercial, and I also look at a poor translation of the “new Rasputins” article.

DeepSeek on Calin Georgescu Kremlin

2025-02-13T12:00:00.004-05:00

I didn't write much about the Romanian elections, and given the significant disruptions, I thought I share my thoughts. Let me start by asking a few LLMs about Calin Georgescu and the odds of Russian meddling as well as the odds of his campaign having broken the law.

Dacian Toponyms

2025-02-04T12:00:00.004-05:00

I felt that merely listing the Dacian toponyms isn’t doing anybody any favours. Much like most people didn’t know about the Dacian treasures until they were stolen, I suspect that most Romanians don’t know where the rivers are unless they see them on a map.

Zamoxeea Claude Zamoxey

2025-01-29T12:00:00.004-05:00

I’ve taken that prompt and fed it to Claude AI with amazing results. Here it is, and the Romanian translation will be more refined.

Zamoseea DeepSeek Zamossey

2025-01-27T12:00:00.021-05:00

Having heard of the magic of the new kid in town (DeepSeek), I put it through the paces of that “novel prompt” with quite impressing results and ask it for an illustration as well.

Deft Theft n Drents

2025-01-26T13:00:00.010-05:00

We’ve discussed in the recent past how the VERY sparse information we have about Dacians has allowed very little “certain” knowledge about our ancestors. And I just learned about a theft that happened on the last day of a travelling expo at the Drents museum: it’s catastrophic.

Dacian Words

2025-01-19T12:00:00.010-05:00

A more recent, newer list of likely Dacian words is an opportunity to look back at a few issues with Meta Marioara.

Occupational Therapists in Bucharest

2025-01-14T05:02:00.005-05:00

Someone asked for my help in finding occupational therapists in Bucharest who speak English and can work with someone in Toronto online.

Da PopoMobile

2025-01-11T14:00:00.006-05:00

Not long ago, a controversy that’s still somewhat alive erupted over Olympic swimming champion David Popovici decision to “live the dream” and buy himself a Porsche Spyder. While I have no right to criticize him, I summarize a few opinions in the mass-media and add my own.

DacOdiseea Shanti Draco DacOdissey

2024-12-31T08:00:00.011-05:00

First, Happy New Year, then let me disclose a project I've been carrying on my mind for quite a while and made a plan to make it real. It's a novel taking place in the Dacian era.

Winter e-Shopping in Romania

2024-12-30T16:30:00.009-05:00

Given my experience with Google automatically censoring my previous article on purchases, then releasing it on each update, I am a bit apprehensive about describing my shopping experiences again, yet if I put work into comparison shopping, I figured it might be useful to others as well.

monologues for a Romanian actor

2024-12-29T16:30:00.002-05:00

Inspired by the multiple suggestions of great monologues in English, I was up to no good searching for the same in Romanian. I’ve gotten a few, but at least at first, they’re mostly hallucinations.

Google Censorship Here

2024-12-27T07:30:00.002-05:00

I document a few recent abuses of Google censorship on this blog and provide context as discussed on other blogs and publications, with the intent to discuss it in depth later and elsewhere.

Meta Marioara

2024-11-29T08:00:00.005-05:00

I present a conversation I had on Facebook with a protochronist lady; it’s an opportunity to recap some of my older articles on Dacians and Dacia and introduce a new hope (not the old one).

Calin Georgescu and my aunt

2024-11-25T16:00:00.005-05:00

I write a few words on the elections even though I’m not going to bother voting because my passport is in another city. Then I discovered I was wrong, but I'm leaving this here for my own recollection.