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Monthly Archive May, 2016

The Week Before My First Official Run

Yes, two days ago I actually did what I’ve been planning and sort of preparing for since late March, but I’ll get to that in another post. This one is about the week before, starting on Sunday, May 8, when I walked the route I was to run, to learn it and notice slopes, turns, […]

Eurovision 2016 – II

Seems like I am getting around to adding what was missing from the previous post on Monday, so let me get right to it, starting with comments about the top five acts in the actual classification. The comments about the top ten in mine will follow right after them. See said previous post for the […]

Eurovision 2016 – I

Really don’t have the time to write the usual kind of post tonight, was even considering just throwing my classification here and nothing else, but I’m squeezing in the few other comments as well and leaving the comments about the top songs, both in the actual classification and in mine, for a later time. May […]

"Don’t Dilute Our Health" – May 4 to 9 in Bucharest

A journalistic investigation first revealed on April 25 that neither the authorities nor the hospitals ever check the disinfectants used, merely trusting the information provided by the manufacturers. Then, as more details were released over the following days, it was also revealed that disinfectants manufactured by Hexi Pharma are very diluted, having as little as […]

Supporting the Minister of Culture – April 27 to May 3 in Bucharest

Following a scandal at the Bucharest Opera, which did admittedly seem to have been poorly managed, our Prime Minister asked the Minister of Culture to resign, the latter announcing on April 27 that he will do so. However, this Minister was in the particularly unusual position of enjoying significant support from activists due to a […]