Coming Of Age
Thursday, February 22, 2007
According to Wiki it's a term used in reference with a young character who (with age) has developed in some way, through the undertaking of responsibility, or by learning a lesson.
Am a character allright ;), but feels like the term 'young' doesn't go with the 'character' anymore. Amidst the early morning hurry-burry, trying to get to work on a pleasant Feb. Thursday, I discover something that made me ponder. Ponder all the way until I could get busy at work.
Finding a strand of white hair creeping up among a zillion other black ones is not something that you forward to as a 'young character'. It was funny (and I almost laughed at myself) when I tried to pluck it out. Poor chap, I could hear him scream 'Noooooooooooooo'. Felt like asking him - "how long you've been there dude"? "Trying to hide from me eh?"
So, they say it could be 'cause of hazzar (thousand) things going on in your life. Apart from 'Coming of age' it could be 'cause you're tensed always, use Gel on your hair quite a lot and blah blah. All I know is that I ended up just flipping pages of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on my daily commute today.
Am a character allright ;), but feels like the term 'young' doesn't go with the 'character' anymore. Amidst the early morning hurry-burry, trying to get to work on a pleasant Feb. Thursday, I discover something that made me ponder. Ponder all the way until I could get busy at work.
Finding a strand of white hair creeping up among a zillion other black ones is not something that you forward to as a 'young character'. It was funny (and I almost laughed at myself) when I tried to pluck it out. Poor chap, I could hear him scream 'Noooooooooooooo'. Felt like asking him - "how long you've been there dude"? "Trying to hide from me eh?"
So, they say it could be 'cause of hazzar (thousand) things going on in your life. Apart from 'Coming of age' it could be 'cause you're tensed always, use Gel on your hair quite a lot and blah blah. All I know is that I ended up just flipping pages of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on my daily commute today.
Labels: Age, Books, Cuckoo, White, Wikipedia, Work, Young
Posted by Rajesh @ 9:15 PM; PERMALINK,
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Procrastination
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Pro·cras·ti·nate [proh-kras-tuh-neyt, pruh-] : to defer action; delay;to put off till another day or time
təˌneɪt, [definition : dictionary dot com]
[example: below]
Yes. This is what happens when envelopes start piling up on your desk. I've seen the stack grow from 1 to 2 to about 30, but all I could do was to pass a glance every once in a while. Its so difficult isn't it, especially when Homer and Garfield are your inspiration.
Well then, I decided its enough and started the long process of sorting them out and shredding them. It took me close to an hour and had filled 3 huge bags worth of junk. Oh boy, it was fun and a good start to the long weekend. Let's see how many bags I'd be able to fill on the next Long WE.
Well then, I decided its enough and started the long process of sorting them out and shredding them. It took me close to an hour and had filled 3 huge bags worth of junk. Oh boy, it was fun and a good start to the long weekend. Let's see how many bags I'd be able to fill on the next Long WE.
Labels: Garfield, Homer, Procrastinate, Simpsons
Posted by Rajesh @ 12:01 AM; PERMALINK,
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1944
Monday, February 12, 2007
Read this in one of the Indian Newspapers couple of weeks back. Don't know how much it makes sense right now as you read it but think twice and it will :D
"Anyway, this concerns the year 1944 and some leaders involved in the Second World War. Take Churchill for instance. He was born in 1874, his age in 1944 was 70, he took office in 1940 and was there for four years. If you add up the numbers they come to 3888. Now take Hitler. Born: 1889; age in '44: 55; took office 1933, years there: 11. Total 3888. You can do the same with Roosevelt, Stalin and Mussolini too."
See if you can figure it out ...
See if you can figure it out ...
Labels: 1944, Funny, Hitler, India, Puzzle, Roosevelt
Posted by Rajesh @ 9:42 PM; PERMALINK,
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Post for 8th Feb 07
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Time flies they say, other believe that time is relative. Can't believe that 365 days have gone by, 38 days in this year. Cold February, and it has been cold always this time of the year. Not much of a celebration as such for my B'day today apart from wishing myself Happy Badday in the morning ;-).
Labels: 8, Aquarius, Birthday, Feb
Posted by Rajesh @ 10:43 AM; PERMALINK,
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What's up New York?
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Carl Kruger is the name. New York state senator - his occupation. What's he up to? Introducing a legislation to ban the use of Ipods or Cell phone while crossing the streets of NYC. What this means is that, soon you could face a fine of $100 if caught red handed.
Now, the report mentions "listening to Ipod or talking on a cell phone, using Blackberry and Video games". Does that mean that I'm good to go if I use a gadget manufactured by any company other than Apple? Probably not yeah? But the way these product names are used (anything that's plugged into your ears is now known as an Ipod) you could end up in trouble. A while back Google came up with a correct usage of the word Google and I thought it was justified. Apple would definitely come up with something similar.
So NYC residents, be careful while crossing the streets. If not for the vehicles on the road, a fine of 100 bucks. Kruger says "3 pedestrians in Brooklyn have been killed since Sept 06 'cause of negligence while crossing the street, plugging in a gadget into their ears. This electronic gadgetry is reaching the point where it's becoming not only endemic but it's creating an atmosphere where we have a major public safety crisis at hand."
He's got a point, but is this the right kinda way to go for it? What do ya think?
Now, the report mentions "listening to Ipod or talking on a cell phone, using Blackberry and Video games". Does that mean that I'm good to go if I use a gadget manufactured by any company other than Apple? Probably not yeah? But the way these product names are used (anything that's plugged into your ears is now known as an Ipod) you could end up in trouble. A while back Google came up with a correct usage of the word Google and I thought it was justified. Apple would definitely come up with something similar.
So NYC residents, be careful while crossing the streets. If not for the vehicles on the road, a fine of 100 bucks. Kruger says "3 pedestrians in Brooklyn have been killed since Sept 06 'cause of negligence while crossing the street, plugging in a gadget into their ears. This electronic gadgetry is reaching the point where it's becoming not only endemic but it's creating an atmosphere where we have a major public safety crisis at hand."
He's got a point, but is this the right kinda way to go for it? What do ya think?
Labels: 100, Apple, Brooklyn, Google, Ipod, New York, NY, Senate, US
Posted by Rajesh @ 8:37 PM; PERMALINK,
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Scared in Boston
Saturday, February 03, 2007
What was an advertisement campaign by one of the leading Ad firms (Turner Broadcasting), turned out scaring the hell outta Bostonians. Well, I was at work when I heard the news, glad that I was inside one of those buildings and not on the road; for all the major bridges in the city were closed as traffic piled up. Although this happened on the 31st of last month, I could hear people talk about it on talk shows, on the train, Radio, Blog etc... etc... even yesterday.
The campaign was allegedly for the popular cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force, for its 5th season scheduled for a release on Feb 23rd. Bostonians had the right to get scared for the gadget consisted of magnetic blinking lights and had wires protruding out from them. Turner ended up apologizing and has agreed to pay ~ $1 million for causing a security alert.
Two men were arrested by cops and were later released after placing a cash bond of 2500 bucks. Here's what they had to say at the press conference ...
Lol - "Thats not a hair question"
Labels: Boston, Cartoon, Funny, Hair, Interview, Scare, Turner, US
Posted by Rajesh @ 2:13 PM; PERMALINK,
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