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Monthly Archives: June 2006

Blast from the past

30-Jun-06

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Blog’s RSS Feed. Or my Comment’s RSS Feed. Your funny bone is definitely as big as your femur!You have either landed here for the first time today…or you have been reading my crap since kingdom come. Whatever be the case, you probably wonder […]

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Mirror, mirror on the wall

28-Jun-06

Tomorrow, I will be driving my car to office for the 15th time. Quite a landmark. Rekha and I celebrated the anniversary today with mint flavored ice-cream at Move ‘n Pick. I had a spoonful while Rekha managed to get two spoonfuls out of the cups left by those using the table before we walked […]

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Interesting

28-Jun-06

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
- Clare Booth Luce
(Now you know why I lie so much)
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny …’
- Isaac Asimov
(Like when I turned into […]

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Podcast: Today’s News Headlines

26-Jun-06

(Actually that’s a lie. This podcast was done from the news headlines of 24 June, 2006)
The headlines talk about seven hardcore terrorists who wanted to attack the 103-storey Sears Tower in Chicago, the Iranian nuclear bomb case, US Government tracking your bank deals, Google Earth, Nicole Kidman and Andre Agassi - yes…we are referring […]

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The Chennai Blogger’s Meet

25-Jun-06

Ascendas in Taramani, Chennai is a great place to hangout. For little kids that is. That is precisely what happened at the 769th Chennai Blogger’s meet which took off like a dud…oops…scud at 3 p.m. on June 24 at the IT Park.
After more than ten years I was spending time with college & school students. […]

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A dream and an inbox

23-Jun-06

This post is a result of a dream I had while sleeping in office. Since I can’t force you to sleep in your office and dream my dream, I am being forced to present my Gmail account inbox as it appeared in my dream.
Please keep your eyes open for you will see not so obvious […]

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Heard of Veni, Vidi, Vici?

23-Jun-06

That’s the famous Latin phrase coined by Roman General Julius Caesar after one of his many victories. When translated in English it means “I came, I saw, I conquered.” How melodramatic.
Recently I came across a funny take on Veni, Vidi, Vici. It read – Volvo, Video, Velcro.
Volvo = I came
Video = I saw
Velcro = I […]

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Now I have the license to kill, literally

20-Jun-06

Now I am a proud owner of a four-wheeler driving license. It has not been easy. If you remember I had started taking driving lessons way back in March 2006 A.D.
Today morning I got up at 4.30 a.m. and took bath - I never miss bathing on big days. By 5.00 a.m. Rekha and I […]

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