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Mysterious phone number....
I've been waiting for inspiration to strike, to write a mildly interesting blog post. But given that I'm in voluntary isolation mode, inspiration has been hard to come by. However, on Saturday this past weekend, I encountered a funny situation which I'm still trying to resolve ( Read more... ) -
It's time...
To resurrect this old blog o' mine..In case, anyone's wondering, it's been nearly 4 years since my last post. I moved to Austin in the interim. Worked on 2 postdoctoral assignments and moved to San Francisco two weeks ago ( Read more... ) -
The humble Thayir Saatham
This post is sparked off by a topic pioneered by a friend. She writes about loftier things here, I stick to the more local stuff, like my sad life, my weight, some inane topic that I spent hours thinking about, giggling to myself, like the one below....
Thayir saatham... oh the joy! The ultimate panacea.. the cure for everything stomach-related and ( Read more... ) -
Did ya see...did ya see?
I got myself a license.... Hardly original, I know....
Really, it was inspired by Chutney's problems...
Great writer, that one! Oodles of creativity...
My blog is hardly a comparison, but I did the license thingy anyway. Maybe someday, I will have a major stroke of brilliance and actually post something beyond the sorry state of affairs in my life ( Read more... ) -
Winter static
So, every winter, there comes a time when door-knobs, door handles, elevator buttons (metal ones), sweaters and on occasion, people, give me a shock. Literally... because of the static jumping off them making contact with my dry hand ( Read more... ) -
Short list of cribbable things...
In keeping with the cribbing spirit, below is a non-exhaustive list of some things I detest:
Bank accounts: Bane of life... I hate checking them, for one I never have enough money and for two, I ALWAYS find some charge that I don't remember and spend about 20 minutes of m life that I will never get back, chewing my fingernails, racking my brains ( Read more... ) -
Calcutta Chromosome-Bengali baba, this is your platform
So, I have been on a reading spree lately and have read two of Amitav Ghosh' Books - The Calcutta Chromosome and The Hungry Tide...
A word, nay a sentence or two... make that a paragraph of rant, about the former...
What were you thinking, Mr Ghosh? For crying out loud, could you not have churned something other than a 'Raaz' esque storyline?
Until ( Read more... ) -
For Alice...
Alice was a cat that was a permanent fixture in the shelter that I volunteer at. She was an old, cantankerous, crabby cat who ruled the top floor of the shelter. She did not like to be petted except on her own terms. You could never take any liberties with Alice.... of that, she ensured. And taught many an unsuspecting person, a lesson to remember ( Read more... ) -
Petition to indiblogger
So, I signed up for this Indiblogger thingy.... and while they (ahem) go over my blog and stuff, I was supposed to pick out a badge from here that, I guess, most aptly describes my blog... I think... (yes, I hyperlinked....twice!!! I rock:) )
But, I was overcome by an identity crisis as I looked over the page....
I'm not a naturalist....dunno what ( Read more... ) -
My battle with the splinter..
So, about a week ago I was walking around at A&A's place...They have hardwood floors and all of a sudden I pricked myself on some stray splinter from their floor ( Read more... )