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last updated 01/17/08
Week in Croatia
(blog entry)
I just got back yesterday from a week in Croatia. I went with my cousin Ryan -- we flew into and out of Vienna and took the train from Vienna to and from Zagreb. In Zagreb we rented a car and drove all over Croatia. All I can say is Croatia is ...
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Weekend in Istanbul
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I spent three days in Istanbul over the weekend. My mother and sister are there for three weeks, and I decided to fly over to see them (since it's not far from Krakow). This was my first time in a remotely Middle Eastern country, and it was quit...
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A Confession: I LOVE Budweiser!
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Czech Budweiser, that is!
It bears no relation to the American excuse for beer by the same name. In fact, the Czech company is not even allowed to import it into the US due to trademark litigation with Anheuser-Busch.
Why do I care, you ask...
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Easter Monday party fun!
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I was invited to a friend's house in a small town outside of Krakow yesterday evening for some Easter Monday festivities. Many of her friends are musicians, so she asked me to bring my guitar. There was a lot of piano and guitar playing, singing...
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Polish Goths!
(blog entry)
I had no idea they even existed! Check this out -- Polish Goths for your viewing pleasure:
www.youtube.com/watch
Happy Easter everyone! As you might be aware, Easter is a huge holiday in Poland, and celebrations contin...
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Answers to rhetorical questions (A2RQ),
Bach,
Bad Advice ON Any Subject,
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,
Blue Moon Axel Poster Pimps,
British Literature,
Buñuel,
Ceci n'est pas une Tribe,
Chummy says WOO WOO!,
Cupcake Lovers,
Deconstruction City,
Denice's Big Brother House Tribe.....,
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A man cannot say 'I will write poetry'. Not even the greatest poet can say it, for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness; this power arises from within, like the color of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our nature are unprophetic either of its approach or departure.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, _The Defense of Poetry_
LEAR
Thou hast seen a farmer’s dog bark at a beggar?
GLOUCESTER
Ay, sir.
LEAR
And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst
behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office.
Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand.
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back.
Thou hotly lust’st to use her in that kind
For which thou whipp’st her.
April 29, 2009
Brian is a maestro of madness (electronically speaking).
February 28, 2008
Brian is one of the most intellegent men I've met on tribe..... with good humor to match!!
I'm honored to have him as my friend, and in my tribe.
You keep me on my toes... and have me laughing daily, darling! Thank you for that
Those Polish chicks are lucky to have you!
Now I better check this testi for spelling errors or he won't allow it to be posted! Ha
July 13, 2007
Brian is the best even if he does rip on TS Eliot (yeah the guy was a nerd but he did write great poetry-cut him some slack that world war was a bitch!
Salute!!
June 30, 2007
My best friend and the kind of guy who can turn a rented mini-van into Old world POLAND!
March 28, 2007
unfettered candor
raw presence
sheer genius
you made the stars shine brighter
you are my muse
i adore you :)
I just got back yesterday from a week in Croatia. I went with my cousin Ryan -- we flew into and out of Vienna and took the train from Vienna to and from Zagreb. In Zagreb we rented a car and drove all over Croatia. All I can say is Croatia is one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited, and even gives Poland a run for its money... The combination of Slavic culture/language and Mediterranean climate/food is difficult to resist... And Croatia will be joining the EU in two years,...
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I spent three days in Istanbul over the weekend. My mother and sister are there for three weeks, and I decided to fly over to see them (since it's not far from Krakow). This was my first time in a remotely Middle Eastern country, and it was quite an experience.
The first thing that comes to mind is the Call to Prayer five times daily. The song gets transmitted via speakers set up at the top of every mosque. Different mosques have the timing of their call offset so that you hear various...
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Czech Budweiser, that is!
It bears no relation to the American excuse for beer by the same name. In fact, the Czech company is not even allowed to import it into the US due to trademark litigation with Anheuser-Busch.
Why do I care, you ask? I'm usually not one to get crazy about beer. But this Czech Budweiser (the dark variety) tastes like liqufied dark chocolate goodness! I've never had anything like it! I tasted it for the first time at the brewery which produces it in Prague. ...
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I was invited to a friend's house in a small town outside of Krakow yesterday evening for some Easter Monday festivities. Many of her friends are musicians, so she asked me to bring my guitar. There was a lot of piano and guitar playing, singing, and dancing! I felt bad that I don't know more Polish popular songs, but I'm learning them, one by one.
Here I am singing one of the handful of Polish songs I know:
www.youtube.com/watch
The words to this song were co...
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I had no idea they even existed! Check this out -- Polish Goths for your viewing pleasure:
www.youtube.com/watch
Happy Easter everyone! As you might be aware, Easter is a huge holiday in Poland, and celebrations continue through today (Monday). I may have something more interesting to post this evening...
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