Holiday in Romania

Porajmos: Romani (Gypsy) inmates at forced labor in Ravensbrueck concentration camp. Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Source: USHMM

YM is dispatching a team (me) to take a volunteer "vacation" in Romania this September to work with the Roma people in Brasov who endure much discrimination and are discouraged to attend schools. In the absence of organized relief efforts for Lindsay Lohan, I suppose this is a worthy cause in the meantime.

But let's get one thing straight - I really hope the country's transportation infrastructure is up to snuffleupagusian expectations. I HATE delays and waiting in lines. I'm an American! If not, I may never return. You hear that, Romania? That's a threat.

Sewer Trout - "Holiday In Romania"

Related, Not By Blood: The Washington Post takes the dunking booth clown theory to new levels by goading reader outrage with a tag on Slate's Spiers piece that's the apologetic equivalent of GG Allin's "Eat My Fuck": I'm sorry I was right about the Brazilian airline whose flight crashed Thursday, incinerating nearly 200 people. By Elizabeth Spiers. I would feel bad about how the deluded Spiers is being used by WaPo to generate traffic, but something else bugs me a little more, like the fact 200 people died and someone felt smugly justified in cursing the airline for long lines.

I'm wondering, will this be her new thing? Controversial Ugly American "writer"? Much shorter, less blonde Ann Coulter. Not a bad career move actually, or at least the best she can hope for at this point. I asked Alex Balk and Rachel Sklar if they would publicly comment on this New York media/blogger story but as of this morning, they have not responded. Sklar's Rack and Balk's Cock (dude, blatant rip-off of Sac's old schtick) sit silently poolside while Balk's Head and Sklar's Head split time up Balk's Ass and Sklar's Ass. Despite the phantom "emailers" (who are apparently too shy to leave a comment) from the Niagara and Iguazu Falls area, it's hard to find support for her journalistic abortion.