Part One - Wait, this isn’t India ( Read more... )

So my lovely friend Anjali from India told me the other day that she knows nothing about American history. Furthermore, she told me she thinks History is boring. Noooooo! Don't break my heart! I LOVE History! I majored in it TWICE in college. My theory is that people who think History is boring have had it taught to them wrong ( Read more... )

I don't like exercise. I never have. It probably has to do with the horrific childhood memories of gym class that more or less scarred me for life. Sorry, Mrs. Risley, but you completely stamped out any desire to be athletic that I might have been tempted to have. I mean, that woman was downright cruel to me in elementary school. Every gym ( Read more... )

The other day I watched the Hindi film "Swades", which was about an NRI returning to India and rediscovering his motherland and what it means to him. He had been living in America and there was a whole scene discussing what America is as opposed to what India is. At one point one of the villagers scoffs at Mohan, the main character, and tells him ( Read more... )

So a friend posted a lovely blog entry the other day about things in his life that he regrets. It was a really interesting post and it made me think if there is anything in my life that I regret. ... Mmm... Do I really regret anything ( Read more... )

So lately at work when it's been slow I've been reading the Koran online. I've always wanted to read the Koran, ever since the Islam and terrorists and all that started making headlines. And this is way before 9/11, I might add. Plus, you know me, I love studying different religions. I'm fascinated by what people believe and why. And then ( Read more... )

So this morning as I woke up I found myself in deep contemplation. I often find myself in deep contemplation first thing in the morning. Ms. Dawn used to say it's because I am a very old soul and that I could have moved on, but instead I chose to come back into this life to teach people, and that I spend my nights traveling the astral plane ( Read more... )

Reading Shoar's reply to my earlier entry reminded me of a whole other rant I feel like going off on.... (because it's just a tad too ealry to go to bed, but also too late to start anything new ( Read more... )

Can I just say that I am seriously annoyed with people who like to panic over things and think the world is coming to an end? I went online this morning to see what was going on in the world and unfortunately I found this article about 10 things to see before they disappear. Some of the things on that list were the pyramids (because urban sprawl ( Read more... )

I think that This article has a very interesting take on how the world views Obama's election.

It also makes me wonder if the expectations of the world have just been driven to dizzying heights that one man could never fulfill. Hmm. I hope the people of the world don't get really ddisillusioned when change doesn't happen/happen over night.