slovakia

Update and Pictures

Enough with dentists, right? Contrary to popular belief, I’m also doing other things over here in Slovakia. Like catching up on movies. 🙂 Yesterday I watched two: Constantine and Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I actually enjoyed both of them. The first was one that I always wanted to get around to watching, but never had the chance. (As a side note, I find it interesting that it’s so acceptable in Hollywood to portray the Catholic Church as being true and effective against the power of evil. Not that I have anything against that, but why is it you never […]

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Good or Bad?

So, wife just went to the dentist again. Two teeth fixed, two crowns replaced. $300. Fine. The dentist thought everything was finished, but she asked him to look at one other tooth that had been bothering her. (Yeah–she’s got a lot of teeth, and most of them are apparently on rather poor terms with her). The dentist reluctantly agreed, and discovered the tooth was bad. Quite bad. Bad enough that he couldn’t fix it all right then–and he might not be able to fix it all in the time we have left. It depends on what happens when she goes

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Ixnay on the Imetay

Not much time right now. Had a good, full day–went to Melcice to visit wife’s brother and sister-in-law, and we took a train so that my son could finally ride on one. Very good pictures–I’ll try to post some tomorrow. Wife and I have been working on planning this Ireland trip. Can I just say that this whole weak dollar thing is just that? Weak. Totally weak. I’ve probably already complained about this, but allow me to vent yet again. No. Fun. What. So. Ever. Thanks. Anyway–my back hurts, and the chair I sit in to surf the net isn’t

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German

You know what’s cool? When you haven’t had a real conversation in German for about two years, and then you meet someone who speaks German and you’re not just able to do the whole “how ya doin’” routine, but you can carry on a conversation for a half hour, discussing everything from public relations to typical vacation activities. I don’t mean to brag, but I was pretty darn proud of myself today. Of course, it helps that Joshua Bilmes keeps sending German books my way. I’ve been able to read a few, and that does wonders for keeping my German

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Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

So two good things and one bad. The first good? I wrote over 1,800 words today. This vacation is being very generous to my writing. The second good? We went into Trencin today and had a lovely time walking around and seeing everything that’s changed. I have to say that it feels like Trencin is really coming along as a city. The other two times I’d been here, you could still feel the Communist influence on everything–the gray buildings, small beat up cars, and the general poor service you’d get in any store you went into. Now, things are different.

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