Archive for August, 2008
Notes about Nothing – Seattle Diary
Its been five months since I returned from Seattle, but somehow something or the other happens that invariably takes my mind back to my trip there. This is a post about some of those memory refreshing incidents that have happened since I got back. * Grey's Anatomy: My sister follows the serial, although I haven't seen more than ten minutes of [...]
Social Experiments on Techies
Having seen the Dark Knight for the second time with Kodhi at PVR, I was thinking about the concept of social experimenting on techies to see how many of them get off their high horses if they're given enough incentive to do the same. I am targetting techies because I like making fun of myself. There, I just absolved myself from all vitriol [...]
Notes about Nothing – 26/08/2008
Yeah, I decided to take a page out of the livejournal owned by purely_narcotic and let my meandering thoughts be compressed such that different ones could fit into the same post. The only difference is that, my posts, pretty much like all episodes in all seasons of Seinfeld are about nothing. * Journalistic Forays: Citizen Matters, I [...]
They Fart
Yes, I am now the proud owner of theyfart at gmail dot com. Don't ask me why I bothered to get this ID. It just seemed like a good idea at that time. (The above statement has been used by many people throughout history, including those that committed the defenestrations of Prague that led to the 30-years war, those that used brandy in [...]
Introducing The ‘Cook Buddy’ Concept
I love to cook. Of course, I love to eat much more than I love to cook, but one look at me and you'd hardly ever think that I'd win a burger-eating contest. Of course, there's this other matter of how most food-eating contests are biased against people who eat slowly and are invariably centered around who consumes the most food in a stipulated [...]
Schadenfraude towards Rule-Breakers
While it is ingrained within our moral fibre to play the role of the good samaritan in case one notices people in distress, especially when they have been part of a grevious accident and require emergency medical treatment, I am facing a serious moral dilemma with regard to how one should approach the situation when rule-breakers are subject to [...]
Dirty Linen Washing
With reference to the below post on Independence Rock, which is seeing its 23rd year is something else that has had people watch with mouths agape. Things like these usually happen only on reality TV shows, with an element of stage-managing, but in this case people are washing their dirty linen in public and making a big deal about it, while the [...]
Avial at Independence Rock
Avial is a band whose music I have recently fallen in love with, despite not understanding their lyrics. I wish I knew enough Malayalam to comprehend what Anand Raj Benjamin Paul is singing, but regretfully, I have to be content with listening to his amazing voice belt out songs such as 'Nada Nada', 'Karakura' and 'Njaan Aara' (which I know means [...]
