I wondered for past few days why I'm so sleepy and tired. I was going to bed earlier then usual and waking later and still tired. Then I woke up today with so sleepy and short of breath, looked outside at sunny day and understood it's spring. The weather was getting better and I was getting worse. It got really bad today and now my muscles hurt. ( Read more... )

I'm sick again and it prompted me to think about the role of sicknesses in Polish language. Tn Polish we use names of sicknesses as curses. By now you already know about syf - syphilis and its many uses. Another popular one is cholera. In Polish it is used in about the same way you use damn or shit - an exclamation when something goes wrong. ( Read more... )

The PTB behind Sci-Fi Channel name change new what syfy means in Polish beforehand. So it seems they just underestimated the power of internet mocking. Since the announcement I haven’t seen an article or discussion without someone mentioning Polish meanings. There are articles on the Polish meaning of the word and even ones trying to diminish the ( Read more... )

I've just learned that Sci Fi Channel is changing it's name to Syfy. Someone didn't do their homework as in Polish syfy is plural of syf which means mess, crap, filth, shit, junk or pimple. It is short from of syfilis (syphilis) so it also means a venereal disease. In other words it's a swear word with very bad connotations. Most international ( Read more... )

Here I come with more celebratory links. After all I'll have to wait another 50 years for another anniversary so prettily round as this.

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So you think you’ve made a mistake and the procreation services will be needed after all? The reverse vasectomy can help. The Przewalski’s horse is back to being a stallion because his race needs more diversity. BTW I was amused how they tell you to say Przewalski’s - “zshah-VAL-skeez”. I find it unpronounceable. Somebody wrote ‘z’ instead of ‘p’. ( Read more... )

The weather got bad - cold and rainy and just two days ago I was wearing shorts.

Ever been pissed by being forced to use certain programs because they came pre-installed with your hardware? French consumer association, UFC-Que Choisir, has won a court case entitling consumers to return their pre-installed copies of Windows XP for a decent discount. ( Read more... )

I saw a book on the Book Fair yesterday. It was a very thin collection of some of Polish legends translated to English called The Dragon of Krakow: And Other Polish Stories. The title story is the most popular of the lot. Although we know him as The Wawel Dragon - Wawel being the Royal Castle of Krakow and according to legend the dragon lived ( Read more... )

First of May is International Labour Day - a public holiday when we don’t have to work since communist times and no one will take it from us even though only leftie goes to march in pochód anymore. Especially since skinheads come to throw stuff and scream obscenities at the parade. I used to love them as a kid mostly because we got stuff - hats, ( Read more... )