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The BT Brand of Journalism
The errata column in newspapers and magazines can be entertaining. But the most inane of these has got to be the coy little "Oops" column in the unabashedly sensationalistic Bombay Times, which tries hard to give the impression that its editors are a bunch of apologetic perfectionists - and fails miserably ( Read more... ) -
The politics of friending and unfriending (Part I)
I looked at my LJ profile page the other day and saw that my ‘friends’ list has 110 names, while my ‘friend of’ list has topped 100 (105, to be precise). I also noticed that a few people had added me whom I’d forgotten to add back, so after that was set right, I now have 114 friends. But numbers aren’t everything, right? Yeah, right.
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How NOT to pick up women - or men
Many years ago, I chose what I thought was a perfectly innocuous username for Yahoo chat (my name spelt in reverse), but soon realised that sounding vaguely asexual is no defence against the A/S/L brigade. Having nothing better to do, and tiring of memes, I decided to see how long it would take three ardent young men to get the message, without ( Read more... ) -
Sixes and sevens
I hate memes. They represent everything that's unoriginal and inane and faddish. The OED defines a meme as "a self-replicating element of culture, passed on by imitation". By that definition, religions have got to be the most successful memes ever propagated. Enough said.
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Why I don't update
Top Ten Reasons Why I Don't Update My Journal10. I haven't read a book or seen a new movie in months ( Read more... ) -
Meeting!
Attention jayasankarvs, veenven, patrodz, charlesj, itsjoy, pratibha75, deelight, radhika74
How about catching up at my place this Saturday or Sunday around 7 pm to bid farewell to old pal jayasankarvs? We can take a poll on who's free and who's not, and decide accordingly. Details on how to reach the venue will be posted soon, as soon as we agree on the date.
PS: There's a big bottle of vanilla-flavoured Smirnoff and half ( Read more... )
