September 6, 2006

Sometimes my job involves reading contracts. They start out shiny and smooth on the surface, impenetrable. I tend to get a lot of other work done before I read a page. Then I’ll reward myself with coffee, sit down again and realize I haven’t absorbed a thing. That’s when I pick up my pen and start...  

It’s that time of the year again here in Prague. The 2006 - 2007 phone books are here! Walking around town, you’re bound to notice locals carrying bright yellow plastic bags with Zlaté stránky (Yellow Pages) written on them. In the Czech Republic, everyone has to pick up their own copy of the...  

“As old as Methuselah” is said. The oldest living organism on Earth has this name. It is a “long-aged pine” (pinus longaeva) living in United States. The tree has 4,780 years and it is older than Giza pyramids in Egypt. Prague now has a one sapling of this tree.  

The weather forecast for next days in Czech Republic is again hot above-average. The window in my room is eastwards, so every morning, I know what I’m talking about. So why not visit Podoli swimming pool complex near Vltava river in these days. This Prague’s swimming complex is the largest in town, and...