Je pense juste que c'est drôle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043411/
recommended to me as a great movie . . . 8.1 on IMDB
Golem is Yiddish . .. cf. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem
Yesterday afternoon, I was called away from my mundane tasks to attend an “Induction” for new employees, including 2 new colleagues, but I am not one of, tho’ I have apparently been on probation for 90 days as a new hire, even tho’ I have been with the company for 5 years, because I transferred from US to CZ . . . we were served Kolaches (Plum (prune) and Pear)), Strudel, anti-pastas, beer, wine, & juice . . . so from 3:30 till 5 pm I sat and drank on the company dime . . . fair enough . . .
I missed my weekly yoga class, but because I had a 5pm phone conf, anyway . . .got home after 6:30 . . . had a glass of champers with Mrs while we tried to visually straighten our new framed picture (by drinking, not by actually moving screws in the wall, if you see what I mean) . . . then we went to Lenka Hlava (Clear Head) vegetarian restaurant . . . but never mind all that . . .
the caterer for the Induction soiree’ was Golem Catering . . . the waiter looked like a Hollywood – no, like a Czech film – stereotype of an evil Marquis, with his goatee curled in different strands – and – this is the point, at long last – I tho’t a golem was kind of an evil, murderous, vampire kinda thingy, which would be a very odd selection for the name of a caterer, I think you will agree, but all the Czechs agreed it just means servant . . .
according to Wikipedia, they are correct . . . it is even the unacknowledged model for Capek’s RUR . . . but . . . I had it in my head that Golum, from Lord of the Rings, was even modeled after the Golem concept, that the Golem was THAT kind of a being . . . but I guess I was just ill-informed . . .
Went to lunch with my office crowd, over to the Slunucnice (sunflower) . . .
My compadres perversely enjoy watching me parse over the menu picking out words I know . . .
Kruti . . .kureci . . .losos . . . pecene. . . .brambori . . . ryze . . . smazene . . . grilada . . .
But they were all smirking and laughing openly last Friday . . . as puzzled over a new entry in the menu . . .
“Veverka Ciperka!”
Means squirrel . . .. Ciperka means cute or perky . . . it’s like a generic name now, from a cartoon character, I think . . .
We all had to have it . . . .when it came, it was chicken sprinkled with chopped nuts . . . I think . . . would have been a very large squirrel . . . but the rabbits here are big as jackrabbits, too . . .
freedom - lehkost (mluvit anglicky ap.)
freedom - plynulost (mluvit anglicky ap.)
freedom - svobodné užívání čeho
freedom - svobodné užívání (čeho)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swoboda
In the 1969 World Series, 
Swoboda, not known for his fielding, made a spectacular rally-snuffing catch of a ball hit by the Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson in the 9th inning of Game Four. The Mets won the game in the 10th inning, and subsequently, the World Series. A photograph of Swoboda, stretched almost horizontally, just inches off the ground, became an iconic image for Mets fans. The Right Field entrance gate of Citi Field, the current ballpark of the Mets, features a metal silhouette of a baseball player making a diving catch similar to the one Swoboda made during the 1969 World Series.
So, picture this . . .
Ron Swoboda’s ancestor at Ellis Island . . . staring incomprehensibly at the Immigration Official asking his name -- as blankly as I do at a Czech waiter asking me if I’m ready to order the food – but he spreads his arms theatrically and shouts “Swoboda” -- “Freedom” -- since he now will be in America . . . and that becomes his name . . . .
I just think its funny . . .
So . . .
