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Palinode

Posted in play_with_words on August 30, 2006 | 2 Comments »

Interesting word on today’s AWAD -
This week’s theme: words about poetry.
palinode (PAL-uh-noad) noun
A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.
[From Greek palinoidia, from palin (again) + oide (song).]
The illustrator and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) once wrote a poem called The Purple Cow:
I never saw a purple cow,I never hope to [...]

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Bibliophile’s dream come true

Posted in books, just_a_ramble, tagged on August 21, 2006 | 6 Comments »

The Book Gods are smiling on me!
New books on my bookshelf -
False Impression (Jeffrey Archer)A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) (Yes, it is a pity that I haven’t read this book yet!)Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)The Afghan (Frederick Forsyth)The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)The Amulet of Samarkand (Jonathan Stroud)Golem’s Eye (Jonathan Stroud)Ptolemy’s Gate (Jonathan Stroud)
Ah, life [...]

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Breakfast Bites

Posted in food, just_a_ramble on August 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »

The vada I had today was sweet. There was definitely sugar in it. I wonder why.
Sweet vada is yuck. Sweet vada with upma is double yuck.

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Posted in books, tagged on August 17, 2006 | 6 Comments »

Two amazing books in one week! The Gods must love me a lot indeed!
This is by far the most simplest, most touching book I’ve ever had the good fortune to read. I’m not exaggerating!
It’s the memoir of Sayuri, the daughter of a fisherman who becomes a geisha and her struggles on the way [...]

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The Fountainhead

Posted in books, tagged on August 16, 2006 | 4 Comments »

Finished reading Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead for the second time. I’m yet to come across a book that can stay on your mind every waking moment for at least a week after you finish reading it.
I want to meet Howard Roark. Yeah, as simple as that. If possible, I want to BE Roark. The philosophy is [...]

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Cacophony

Posted in himesh_reshammiya, just_a_ramble on August 14, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Some people can listen to Himmesh Reshammiya at 8:30 in the morning, while having breakfast.
Am I the only one who finds him as enjoyable as the sound of nails scratching on a blackboard?
(I can’t bear to read the above line – it makes me clench my teeth and close my ears!! But that’s how I [...]

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Untitled

Posted in black, short_story on August 13, 2006 | 5 Comments »

It was pitch black all around her. She instinctively closed her eyes and opened them again, making sure she hadn’t gone blind. She hadn’t. That was a relief. She felt disoriented even in her haven. She was surprised how her own home felt so alien when the lights were out. I have to tell Ani [...]

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Math!

Posted in humor, sourced on August 10, 2006 | 4 Comments »

Loved the teacher’s comment: ‘Very funny Peter’
Hat tip: Amit

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Morons!

Posted in just_a_ramble on August 3, 2006 | 5 Comments »

To all you schmucks standing in front of the coffee-dispenser:
If you’ve taken your coffee, GET THE HELL OUT! It’s a 4ft by 7ft room and you’re not exactly as small as a mosquito (although, I wouldn’t put it past you to be a bug), so do us all a favor and leave!
And for godssakes, pick [...]

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