The following phone conversation happened between me and an old schoolmate of mine that I haven’t seen for years: Caller: Hi. Me: Hey, long time no hear. Caller: Where is my Metal Church CD? Me: What? Caller: I lent it to you a few years ago. Me: No, you did not. Caller: Are you sure? [...]

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Stratovarius’ very own Timo Kotipelto established a new musical genre on the band’s brand new album. When Mountains Fall is a prime example of what should be called a “necrophiliac power metal ballad”. Never had sex in a cemetery? Never even dreamed about it? You’re so old fashioned! Stratovarius is breaking down all the taboos [...]

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Thanks to my Aussie pal Matt for bringing this “Sesame Street” video into my attention by posting it on his FB wall. The other one I found on my own. Both are priceless.

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The first time I went to Bratislava was a year ago to visit my actual girlfriend, who lives there, and with whom we broke up a few hours after my arrival, so there wasn’t a second time until a long time. Then last weekend I travelled to Prague through the Slovak capital where the bus [...]

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Breakfast is usually included in the price of a hotel room you book and most of the times you have a good selection of food to choose from, so it’s a nice way to start the day while you’re on a holiday. Belgrade’s own Hotel Royal is a little bit different in this on many [...]

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A colleague of mine, who is working with computers for 10 years, just called me on the phone. Here’s the little conversation we had: – I need to type the number 2 in Roman numerals. How can I do that? – Err… press “I” twice on your keyboard. – Yeah, but there’s a dot over [...]

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