tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94869632011-08-03T00:21:48.672-04:00A diary of interesting things that I would like to remember or share with others. A place where I can vent about otherwise silly things.Chaitan Bandelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14425578226442848981noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9486963.post-57664889119611910632010-04-21T21:17:00.003-04:002010-04-21T21:54:28.888-04:00

I am learning French. Today in class, we learnt the verb: to lie - mentir. Each student was asked to give an example about when we told a lie. During this exercise, a general discussion came about how lying is wrong and should be avoided, etc. I said something to the effect of - lying is very important in life. People were surprised and thought for a while that I misunderstood the meaning of the

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K: Wat type of a girl r u really looking for .... be honest!Me: It's a little late in the game for such a basic question. Hehe. Besides i don't believe in that. I think this is one of the first things we talked about when we first met online and started chatting before phone calls. I believe in meeting someone and then wanting her rather than the other way round.K: I want u to really think and

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I made this in Illustrator CS4 as part of a tutorial. Fun! Which level of happiness does Creation fall into?Wars are an everyday discussion on the radio. Not that it bothers me anyway. I live here sheltered. Still it's nice to stare into the simplicity and serenity of an artificial ripple of water.

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I'm more interested in meeting new people and making new friends than keep my existing friends or staying in touch with old friends.I can never remember if I locked my apartment. It's almost a daily routine for me to walk to my car and walk back to my apartment to check the lock again. Going on a vacation can be painful since I have to do this multiple times (yes, all the way to my car and back.

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© 2008 Chaitan Bandela. All Rights Reserved.Available in 1920x1280.I have been recently very interested in abstract and vector illustrations. This is a product of a tutorial. Graphic illustrations feel like an alternative and sometimes an extension to creative photography. I want to learn the tools better to create more.Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash have piqued my interest. And I'm trying to

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I lost a battle today. But I'm glad. Because I was honest. I wasn't petty. I was fair. Despite what I was up against. I was greedy too. I didn't hesitate revealing this. And yet, I submitted to a rational argument. Which may not have been all that rational. I really don't know. And I honored the presumptions and interpretations set forth. Without understanding. With no explicit trust. Because

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What Truth? Going by the evidence, the truth will scare you. Going by what I have seen, the truth will depress you. They also say, Perspective is everything. And going by that, the truth will humble you. Optimism is supposed to be healthy. So then, the truth will only be a betrayal. Forget about it. Denial works. Embrace it. Live in it. "Truth begins in lies." - House, M. D.

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I have in my hand a receipt from a Gift Store of 'Juliette Low Birthplace' from Feb 19, 2006. This is a receipt for a Coffee mug I bought during my visit to Savannah, GA, for the first time. Juliette Gordon Low is considered the Founder of Girl Scouts in USA and her place is considered the Mecca for Girl Scouts. For an average South Asian immigrant, this place should hold no significance. And yet

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'Moving on' is the biggest "lesson of life". You never get to learn it anywhere but from the pure failures of your own life. Or more specifically, the failures of the constructs you make, when you are the most hopeful. Letting go of the junk you accumulate, when you hoped it would have become valuable, is as bad as betting on a Stock. Something as simple as hope you cling on to, may seem the most

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For a while now, I've been taking photography more and more seriously. Ironically, this means that I post less and less to my flickr site since I'm constantly trying to increase the standards of photographs that I post to the site. But I know my work is improving, because I recently got hired for a 3 hour photo shoot and actually got paid. That was such a good feeling. And I donated it all to my

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Decide how much you don't want to be that guy with the habit. You hate everyone with the habit. So you'll never want to be that guy.Tell yourself how much you are in control. You've had a good upbringing. This is never going to be an issue. You are lucky to have such good parents.Curiosity killed a cat. But you are not a cat. So it's not dangerous. You can try it. No big deal. It's no big

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It's never enough. No matter what. Satisfaction is a myth. Or at least it's very temporary. The insurmountable time spent chasing, waiting, calculating, wondering. It's useless. It never ends. I cannot quench this thirst. Ambition can be such an affliction. And so the search for a balance continues... Good night, my blog. You are just a reminder of how infrequently I update you, and each time I

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Saw the Very Funny Ads of 2007 on TBS last night. Some of my favorites:Statoil: SnowHahn: Super DryBrylcreem: EffortlessIkea: Ordinary PeopleHBA Insurance: AsleepRenault: High JumpMentos: DogDentyne Frost Bites: Frost BittenOslo Horse Racing: CocktailDale Carnegie Training: Robber

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Someone sent me these ... :)

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Saw Michael Moore's documentary Sicko today. It was very interesting, suspiciously propaganda-like but nevertheless brings to light many facts about the non-universal and for-profit health care industry in the U.S. and compares to socialized health care system of other countries.Socialized medicine or state medicine is a health care system which operates by means of government regulation and

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Modern Mafia, Athlete (Tourist, 2005)Alcoholic, Starsailor (Love Is Here, 2002)Mulder and Scully, Catatonia (International Velvet, 1998)Wisemen, James Blunt (Back to Bedlam, 2005)Let's Roll, The Stills (Logic Will Break Your Heart, 2003)High, James Blunt (Back to Bedlam, 2005)Feels Just Like It Should, Jamiroquai (Dynamite, 2005)The Last High, The Dandy Warhols (Welcome To The Monkey House, 2003)

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FacebookFlickrFriendsterGoogle ReaderMySpaceOrkut

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Cornflake Girl, Tori Amos (Under The Pink, 1994)My Favorite Game, The Cardigans (Gran Turismo, 1998)Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2 (The Best of 1990-2000, 2002)Come Undone, Duran Duran (Duran Duran [The Wedding Album], 1993)Laid, James (The Best Of James, 1998)In A Little While, U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000)It's My Life, Talk Talk (It's My Life, 1984)Steal My Sunshine, Len

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It's been a long road since I volunteered to help out at the bunker. Abhi interviewed me over the phone during my drive of nearly seven hours from Atlanta to Orlando. Five months and 16 days since I got the keys to the bunker, I made my contribution today. Yet to see how the Sepia community receives it, but right now - it's a good feeling. :)

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The Sky Is Broken, Moby (Play, 1999) [I heard this on one of my favorite episodes of X-Files and loved it]The Sea, Morcheeba (Big Calm, 1998)Protection, Massive Attack (Protection, 1994)Glory Box, Portishead (Dummy, 1994)Roads, Portishead (Dummy, 1994)Home, Depeche Mode (The Singles 86>98, 1998)Walking In The Sky, DJ Encore (Intuition, 2001)Virtual Insanity, Jamiroquai (Travelling Without Moving,

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Follow, Brandi Carlile (Brandi Carlile, 2005)The Sky Is Broken, Moby (Play, 1999)High, James Blunt (Back To Bedlam, 2005)Unspoken, Four Tet (Rounds, 2003)This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race, Fall Out Boy (Infinity On High, 2007)Right Where It Belongs, Nine Inch Nails (With Teeth, 2005)What Happens Tomorrow, Duran Duran (Astronaut, 2004)It's Not Over, Daughtry (Daughtry, 2006)Good Morning

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27-year old entrepreneur Gauri Nanda, a desi Graduate Student from MIT invents an alarm clock that jumps and runs away if you don't wake up. Funny and very practical! Available at clocky.net.

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Home Now, No Doubt (Return Of Saturn, 2000)Angel, The Corrs (Borrowed Heaven, 2004)Mysterious Ways, U2 (Achtung Baby, 1991)Possession, Sarah McLachlan (Mirror Ball, 1999) [Love love love this song]Hideaway, The Corrs (Borrowed Heaven, 2004)Girlfriend, Avril Lavigne (The Best Damn Thing, 2007)Money For Nothing, Dire Straits (Brothers In Arms, 1985)Wake Me Up, Norah Jones (Not Too Late, 2007)Sleeps

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Cupids Chokehold, Gym Class Heroes (The Papercut Chronicles, 2004)Baba O'Riley, The Who (Who's Next, 1995) [Heard this first on House M.D., awesome intro]Oceans, Rob Dickinson (Fresh Wine For The Horses, 2005)Worn Me Down, Rachael Yamagata (EP, 2003) [Heard this plenty randomly but got attached to it when I heard it on an episode of The O.C. and inspired this post.]The Story, Brandi Carlile (The

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Indian conglomerate Tata has been acquiring / opening call centers in USA! Insourcing has been happening for a while now, but I thought mostly by companies trying to be patriotic or generally more out of concern for the American worker at their own cost. But now, it seems it makes business sense.In this case the center in Reno is targeted toward companies willing to pay apremium - its workers

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...Nine to fiveLiving liesEverydayStealing time...Life after college is just not the same. It feels true more and more everyday. It's the first time you really have to make a schedule and start sticking to it. No more just doing whatever. It's been over four years since I was in graduate school. Looking back at it now, a lot has changed, but the one thing that is truly and fundamentally different

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If you are a skilled foreign worker (or at least know someone closely), you probably heard about what's been going on with USCIS reversal of a surprise opportunity for permanent residency.On June 12, 2007, USCIS published a Visa Bulletin which stated that all skilled foreign workers that were waiting to apply for an 'adjustment of status' through employment, were allowed to apply immediately.

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you know when life is good, but something is still missing. when i know what it is, and i no longer want to pay it any attention. and yet it keeps coming up everywhere i go. in conversations, and on tv. especially what seems to come so naturally to everyone else around me. and so i wait, for something to change. not so much wanting to be a cause for the change, but rather expecting the universe

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A couple month's late posting this, but nevertheless ...Went to Savannah for a weekend with a bunch of friends for St. Patrick's Day.The place was awesome. Tons of people showed up from everywhere proud of their Irish background. Apparently Savannah is Irish Central for St. Patty's. So I was glad to be there to enjoy the parade and take part in the general festivities of being green and getting

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55Friday: The "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" Editionallergies,birthdays forgotten,choices I didn't choose,disappointed mom,early morning meetings,fourth circle of hell,hiccups,incomplete projects,jackasses in power,lost phone numbers,my morning echo,new year resolutions,photographer's block,questioning my loyalty,regret,sleepless nights,thoughtless mistakes,untold tragedies,words of an ex,your

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Saw a beautiful movie today that tells a story of how a housewife overcomes adversity in Defiance.The Prize Winner of Defiance, OhioWhen life treats us an unfair deal, our response to it is typical - anger, despair, finger-pointing, lying, cheating. Based on a real life, the story is about Evelyn Ryan, who displays defiance in place of the above, makes the most of every situation and refuses to

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Saw an interesting and unusual (for the series) X-Files episode today - All Things, Season 7 (1999). Written and Directed by Gillian Anderson, the theme of the episode is my favorite topic - What If.The Scully-centered episode starts with Scully's voice over ...Scully: Time passes in moments. Moments which, rushing past, define the path of a life, just as surely as they lead towards its end. How

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Came across this cartoon on Sepia Mutiny.The artist's interpretation ...The picture is of Desire. Specifically, amorous desire, mine. I was being tormented by desire to the point I couldn't sleep, and a friend suggested a draw a picture of it. She's holding a penis because that's what she wants, but she's also cut it off, because she (my Desire) is a vicious bitch. The head is mine, because, well

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Philosophical Question: How do you accept the inevitable? No, not death. Change.With excitement? No, your choices are depression or denial. I could throw in alcohol and partying, but you'd end up using it only to cover your depression or denial.I usually choose denial, cause it keeps me functional. Besides, it is so much cooler to pretend I can handle anything. Finding a reason to hate something

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Hugh Laurie won again! I'm so happy for him and the show - House, M.D.

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"I can't date you. I don't want to date anyone right now. Do you wanna be friends?""Yeah right! Don't want to date anyone. Unfortunately, I can't be your friend. I'm attracted to you. If you need me, I can may be, be your confidant.""I'm too cynical to trust anyone.""We are doomed then."

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"You wake up in the morning, your paint's peeling, your curtains are gone, and the water's boiling. Which problem do you deal with first? ... None of them, the building's on fire!"This is my favorite quote yet of Gregory House from House, M. D.There are some TV shows that I get addicted to and I hang by every word. This show is my current obsession.

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We are doomed to fruitless labor. Cooking and cleaning is a partial definition of home. At work, bureaucracy promises us enough paperwork to sober up the most passionate workaholic. And the car that takes me back and forth is comparable to high maintenance relationships. Hmmm... if this is a taste of the fourth circle of Hell, I guess it's not scary enough. The religious fanatics need to come up

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Aristotle had it figured out. Happiness is a drug and the pursuit of happiness is an addiction. This is partly why people are miserable when they are unhappy. They are going through a chemical withdrawal. And this withdrawal based misery or depression depends on the original level of addiction.Level 1: As kids, happiness is achieved easily. Candy, cartoons ... yup, doesn't take much. Even as

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For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’ - New York TimesPeople will rationalize anything. According to this NYTimes article, conservative Christians think that it is justifiable per the Bible for US to take the side of Israel and continue waging the war. So much for the separation of the Church and State. In response to the meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister

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Came across this on Chick Pea's blog and thought it was totally hilarious and right on the mark.Ladder TheoryCan't stop laughing.

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Too Close for Comfort - New York TimesBy STEPHANIE COONTZI loved this article by Stephanie Coontz. In fact, I'm going to get her book Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage right away to read her opinions on Marriage."EVER since the Census Bureau released figures last month showing that married-couple households are now a minority, my phone has been

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"Hey, I just made it. My cab should be here any minute. You okay?""You got another call... I talked to him... He says he's sorry. He wanted me to tell you that. May be I should've seen it. I knew it was something. When I'd offer to meet you on the road before Sam was born, you always had some excuse. Fewer and fewer visits every year, always some reason. You distracted yourself with friends even

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Carbon monoxide exposure: silent killerAs winter sets in, most people should become aware that turning up the heat from whatever source, and sealing all doors and windows to keep warm, may as well become a death trap from a faulty heating / burning device that emits Carbon Monoxide. Invest in a decent CO alarm and save lives.

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"Party of the Rich"Limousine liberals are upgrading to Lear jets.By Peter SchweizerAlthough obviously right-biased, this article shows an interesting trend about how Democrats have joined the party of the rich politicians that used to be Republicans mostly because they were allegedly in the pockets of oil companies. Now anti-Bush Democrats and others with silver spoons have themselves amassed a

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Nicaragua Passes Total Ban on Abortion - NYTimesIt's sad to see another country go in the opposite direction of progression along with Chile and El Salvador in the name of Catholic Church. Total ban on Abortion without exceptions for rape or life threatening emergency. The vote was 52 to 0. Zero - not a single representative to take the side of the 32,000 illegal abortions that happen every year

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"She knows you're always there for her.""Yeah... If this is true, it means she wasn't always there for me.""It means she made a mistake." "Can't help it. Part of me, a big part of me, can't handle that. It doesn't want her to get better... Does that make me a terrible person?""...Yes."(Blatantly adapted from a TV Show)

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Hospitals Try Free Basic Care for Uninsured - New York TimesFinally someone is trying to do something about rising healthcare costs. Instead of throwing money at the problem, institutions like the Seton Family of Hospitals are managing it in corporate style with the intent of minimizing financial losses from treating uninsured emergency patients. Ulterior motives aside, if this works out for the

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You won't get anything unless you ask for it. Then if you ask for it and you don't get it, maybe it wasn't worth having in the first place. Some things are just never meant to be, no matter how much we wish they were.-- Dimestore Psychology from Gilmore Girls.

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"The simplest explanation is almost always that somebody screwed up." - House M.D.

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"Do you wanna talk about it?""Talk about what?""Them. It's been bugging you. I can tell that it is.""Why would it be bothering me? I'm the one who told him to ask her out, remember?""Look, I know something happened between you guys when I was gone. So just tell me.""How did you know? Did he ... ?""I figured it out. Why don't you just tell me what happened?""Cause it doesn't matter.""Well, it

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I just found out that Sarah McLachlan (my favorite singer) is married to brown drummer Ashwin Sood. How cool is that!

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"So you're treating her for African sleeping sickness... because you don't think it's possible for someone to be faithful in a relationship?""And you do?""Yes.""And you need to tell me that.""Look. I am not having an affair. I had lunch with someone I work with - at work. Once.""I believe you. What I don't believe is it'll be just once.""I love my wife.""You certainly love saying it... I'm sorry.

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"Maybe someone cheated.""That's impossible.""Because?""They're completely devoted to each other.""Because?""They love each other.""Or?... They're overcompensating for guilt.""You're that convinced that infidelity is the cause of their problems.""No, you're the one convinced that they are a perfect couple. I think that is at least one of the causes.""Which? Infidelity or me?(Blatantly adapted from

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Went to the Pet Shop Boys concert last Thursday with a friend. I thought I should catch them before they get too old to tour. Boy, was I in for an interesting show!It was very flamboyant. Very. I now know how to say "How are you doing?" to a Pet Shop Boys fan, - "Are you fabulous?". There were pink spot lights, and backup singers that doubled as backup dancers! And of all the concerts that I've

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"It's a birthday. It's an excuse to be happy. You think that's lame?""Why are you here? Did you buy me something?""Come on, I'm taking you out. You are not going to spend today sitting here.""Do I need an excuse to be happy? More likely you need an excuse to drink with someone."

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Ref: 55Friday: The Callipygian Edition“It doesn’t matter. Anything you want babe.”“Don’t you have a preference? Pick something. We can go to the Brick Store Pub, we haven’t been there in a while,” she said.I noticed this desi kudi walk in front of us to her car in her gym shorts.“Let’s go to Bhojanic instead,” I said.

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I never thought I would be an opera kind of guy, but The Light in the Piazza was awesome. Went to see this off-broadway winner of six 2005 Tony Awards on Tuesday, because somebody offered free tickets. Loved it.Boy, do they know how to sing. The live music and the impressive sets were brilliant. Nicely done!

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Dengue Fever has generated quite a few headlines recently. Several hundreds of cases have been reported in India. Some facts about the disease ...There are two kinds - Dengue Fever and more deadly Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.Caused by four antigenically distinct virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, DEN-4).Spread by infected domestic mosquito (of genus Aedes and specifically only species Aedes

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The Lonelygirl That Really Wasn’t: "After months of intrigue, the identities of Web video star lonelygirl15 and her producers have been revealed."Times have changed.In yet another 'Blair Witch Project' strategy, a YouTube user called loneygirl15 started posting what seemed to be personal video diary postings. She gathered thousands of fans and millions of hits.Gone are the days when users were

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Open Season, Feist (2006)Open Season is the remix album of the 2004 release Let It Die. I haven't heard the previous one, but this is one of the lighter alternative rock. Perhaps a little too mellow to be exciting, but does make for relaxing music. :)Inside + Out was the only song that I turned the volume up to take notice on this album. The rest were background music.

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Black Holes and Revelations, Muse (2006)The British Rock band Muse released their fourth album. Usually a lot of sound effects and remixes are a sign of telltale over-hyped singer / band. But this time it works for them. Their fast, snappy music has been compared to Radiohead gloom by Rollingstone. Although mostly original, I did find a certain similarity in a few of their songs. Knights of

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Waterloo To Anywhere, Dirty Pretty Things (2006)Good bands break up and form new ones all the time. The Libertines, despite being regarded as one of Britain's best new bands, broke up due to differences between the band's founders Carl Barât and Pete Doherty. Doherty's drug abuse was mainly to blame for Barât to kick him out of the band. After the band dismantled they went to form their own bands

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It's probably silly to do this, but I found this list here, and I wanted to see how much of life I haven't lived.Instructions:Bold the ones you did.* the ones you want to do.the more stars the more desperately you wanna do itHave I Ever?01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (was never that happy to be so generous)02. Swam with wild dolphins03. Climbed a mountain*04. Taken a Ferrari for a test

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'I don't write to titillate. I censor like crazy to make my blogs less erotic' Some people have more success with their blogs than others. The sex diary of a London post-modern feminist blogger gets her a six figure book deal but loses her privacy.So this sex liberal decides to write her sexual experiences explicitly and anonymously on her blog. Her intent was never to write erotica apparently,

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Found the Mathematics equation to Love on Flickr today. :p

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Went to Corinne Bailey Rae's concert last night at The Loft. She is awesome. Her voice and her smile is so mesmerizing. And she has an English accent. She looked like a goddess up there. Wow! She wasn't too much like Norah Jones, she had a little bit more rock to her music. Apart from the songs from her self-titled debut released album, she did a Led Zeppelin song as well.The opening act Gran Bel

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This is how boys with cool camera toys spend their Saturday mornings - by watching tv. :)

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Somebody probably already said it, "The battles we choose to fight is what defines us". I see it to be true more and more everyday.People around us break the rules all the time and get away with it. When we do find out about it, whether we choose to side with the person (and support her) or the principle (and confront her) is what defines us.People will betray you in their own pursuits of life.

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I Wore Shorts to Work, and They All Laughed: "Women dress for the weather, but men still don't dare.""It was partly a show of civic-mindedness, but also a way of redressing the disparity between men, who wear a stifling suit and tie to the office in summer, and women, who breeze by in ventilated cotton eyelet skirts with loose silk camisoles or the bubble silhouette dress of the season that

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I was browsing some photographs on Flickr when I learnt about Jill Greenberg's controversial photo exhibits of crying children.Jill Greenberg is a Sick Woman Who Should Be Arrested and Charged With Child AbuseThink In Pictures: Adventures in Visual Education: The Case Against Jill Greenberg's "End Times"I guess there are plenty of grey areas even in the work of a photographer ...Shooting

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Went to see the Chihuly Exhibit at Lowe Gallery last Saturday. It was the most awesome glass art I've ever seen. Spent hours taking pictures.

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Ever since I saw the Blue Man Group show at Las Vegas, I have been a fan of their music. It's mostly just percussion with no vocals, but it still sounds amazing. I recently saw their video of a song Sing Along featuring Dave Matthews. I guess they were trying their music with vocals by parterning with some cool big names. Don't know about the others cause I haven't yet checked out the album, but

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Some good concerts coming up in Atlanta ...Corinne Bailey Rae, Aug 16 (Got tickets already. Mellow Brit Rock. Saw her showcased on VH1 along with her video Put Your Records On)Flaming Lips, Sep 13 (Fight Test is the song that got a lot of airplay.)Matisyahu, Sep 19 (Not big on Reggae, but this is pretty decent.)REO Speedwagon, Sep 22, 23 (They have a lot of cheesy pop hits. I wanna check them out

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Obviously it is great to have goals. A sense of purpose always adds more meaning to our life. But how often do we actually consider the pitfalls of pursuing these goals? Even if we realize it, is stopping really an option?I discovered Solea (Carmen Gonzalez) on Flickr through less than six degrees of separation of my contacts. I've seen less than four pictures of her before I decided that she was

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It's probably never a good idea to blog after you have drunk five Heinekens on an empty stomach, but what the hell ...Am listening to "Sunday" by Sia. Am totally depressed. It's the perfect song for right now. She advises about doing nothing today. It's probably the most sound and scariest thing to do right now. Have been keeping busy with work, hobbies, friends and helping out those who asked

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I keep coming up with these rules that either I think suit my life or just sound right to me. Have had a problem subscribing to them so far. But after a major breakup today, I came up with a few more and I feel the need to write them, publish them and start sticking to them. Note to self: Ask a doctor if this is how compulsive people deal with breakups - by making lists.Chaitan's Rules For

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What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage - New York TimesIt's official. The only way the female of the human species can understand the male is to reduce us to dumb animals and use the same techniques to train us if they want us in their lives. Seriously? Seriously? It's bad enough that relationships have a hard time surviving all the thoughtlessness, sarcasm and passive aggression. Throw in a

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Excerpts from ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Episode: 17 SecondsMeredith: In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones... Gluttony, Pride, Lust. But the thing you don't hear much about is Anger. Maybe it's because we think Anger is not that dangerous, that you can control it. My point is, maybe we don't give Anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than

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Came upon some authors while reading a book. I feel this compulsion to read books that are referred to in other books. I guess it makes sense you get the references better if you had read them.Currently reading Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner (2003). She talks aboutHenry MillerCarson McCullersSylvia Plath of the Sylvia Plath Effect fame.

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We aren't all the same: "Some of you may consider it good news that the top three finalists in the the Geography Bee, hosted by the great Alex Trebek himself, were Indian American. I do not. Some of you may also think fondly on the fact that the last four contestants in last year's Spelling Bee were also Indian American. I do not. "This is a hilarious post but does have some truth to it. The

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Someone was asking me yesterday about why I have a blog? I thought of a few reasons ...(Noel Crane:) Why does anyone have a blog? Too much time, not enough friends and the need to justify owning a computer.Because I have an opinion about plenty of things and I want people to hear about it.Because nobody wants to discuss Sexual Harassment in Mumbai's Public Transportation at dinner with

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'Slumming' Takes on a Whole New Meaning:I guess the Salaam Baalak (founded by Mira Nair from the proceeds of her movie 'Salaam Bombay') charity organization means well in trying to generate revenue in inventive ways to help the street kids, but I wonder what the price of dignity is for the poor.

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Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot: "This is the story of the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler's armies marched across Europe - a war that has not ended. But is also the story of a trail of blood that leads directly to you: to your remote control, to your mobile phone, to your laptop and to your diamond necklace. In the TV series Lost, a group of plane crash survivors believe they are

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It is sad to hear the ongoing Darfur Tragedy get less than 10 minutes of media coverage over the entire year. (Source: Yahoo! News) Atleast TV shows like ER are doing what little they can to bring attention to the issues.

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Went to Music Trivia Night at The Angel last night in downtown Decatur. It was a fun night. The service was a bit slow and virtually no vegetarian options, but the trivia night was so much fun with friends that I don't mind going back again and again.Discovered some lovely hits from yesteryears that I forgot about ...Unbelievable, EMF (Schubert Dip, 1991)I Love Your Smile, Shanice (Inner Child,

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I attended a talk by Mira Nair last Sunday at Emory University. The hall was packed with desis (as usual). She gave an autobiographical lecture about how she traveled the path down her film career. I was so very impressed. She was one great lady. Born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, she traveled to Calcutta for her initial inspiration and then onwards to Delhi University and then to Harvard. She

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I've come across several posts today on the topic of Sexual Harassment. One of the them, very well written, and made me really aware of what a woman can suffer through in a crowded public place, is Known Turf: Streets, stories, strategies. Annie, while writing about how a Mumbai woman has to be on constant alert from being sexually molested on the streets and in public places, in broad daylight,

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Several studies in the last years have suggested that high regular coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.A group of researchers lead by Dr. Rob M. van Dam from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston evaluated the effect of the consumption of different types of coffee on the risk of diabetes in more than 88,000 US women.They found that the risk was

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This is a copy of the Savannah Bird Girl Statue featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997. Was in Savannah, GA this past weekend. Lovely city. Supposed to be 'Georgia's First City'. The only city not destroyed in Georgia during the Civil War. Went on an architectural tour and learnt a lot about the different styles that influenced the houses surrounding all the different squares.

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Would it be selfish if I asked you?What have you done for me lately?When was the last time you reached out to me?When was the last time you caught me by surprise?What did I get in return the last time I gave you something special?What was your response when I did something to prove myself to you?When was the last time you appreciated me?When was the last time you admitted something to me?How did

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I got this funny email about a while ago ...

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SI Swimsuit 2006 edition is out. And Maria Sharapova looks great. She looks just as sexy, if not more, in a swimsuit on the beach making faces at the camera as she does when she is grunting on the tennis lawn, when she is slightly out of breath and staring at her opponent. Wow!

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Have been to Miami Beach this past weekend. The most heavenly of places. Had the most fun partying in a long time. And lying on the beach listening to the waves all night till morning was one of the best times I had ever.

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Avra Greek TavernWas at Avra in Midtown last night for drinks and I liked the place. Tried a choclate martini, it was gooooood!

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Here is a favorite quote from Insomnia (Stephen King, 1995):How much courage does it take to fire up your tractor and plow under a crop you spent six or seven years growing? How much courage to go on and do that after you've spent all that time finding out how to prepare the soil and when to plant and how much to water and when to reap? How much to just say, "I have to quit these peas, peas are

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One of the most beautiful photoblogs I have come across.Shahin EdalatiI especially like the one of the dancing couple.

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Here's an interesting map of the U.S. drawn from votes of people who feel close/influenced by a major city nearby. May be some of the politicians could look at this before they argue about redistricting.http://www.commoncensus.org/maps/national_1280.gifCommonCensus Map Projecthttp://www.commoncensus.org/

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