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Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T23:55:00.000-08:00

Alright! Another new year
Looks like i'm supposed to get insanely excited -- going by the trend of status messages on facebook and twitter
Apparently, there's going to be a change in "yyyy" value along with "mm" and "dd" values, in sysdate

..not just excited, i'm also supposed to stare at the sky, put my goggles on, and start introspection, retrospection, whatever!

Ok! Enough of sarcasm
I *am* actually excited; time to welcome a brand new year!
But i'm definitely not going to introstpect the hell out of my mind and the past year

Firstly, it's time to have fun and then passionately surge ahead with things we've started and been doing; not apt to stop, take a u-turn, and re-think on every new year eve/hallmark company-created occasion
Well! That's just my personal opinion, anyway

Secondly, i do introspection and retrospection all the time -- as often as i pee
Alright! I admit a little exaggeration, there
..and no! i don't have a bladder problem; just a joke, courtesy of new year excitement :-)

The year really passed by like a quick flash:
Among the highlights: A new cute little family member, tremendous wisdom/knowledge gained, losing the privilege to start my age with 2, fun with family & friends, few destroyed hair follicles,
addition of gym and jogging to yoga in my, now reasonably frequent, workout regimen

Did I mention losing the prefix "2" in my age?!
Oh yeah! I did

Anyway, let me keep it sweet and short and get back to living the new year excitement
..and to the slightly dramatic ones out there:
Time to stop, take a u-turn, place your hand on the chin, start introspection, retrospection...! :D

Just kidding :-)
Happy New Year! Everyone

Object Oriented Anatomy aka The Tale of Talking Little Dudes!

2011-07-28T19:23:00.000-07:00

A wise person once said: "Insomnia is the pathway to the world of creative fantasy"

Alright, no one said it..I made it up; tried to glorify my inability to push myself into sleep when i want to :-)

The technical part of the heading is right out of my dance with object-oriented Oracle every day. In an object-oriented world, an object instantiates/defines an entity -- what it is and what it does

What if our body parts were independent entities -- with their own personalities and ability to talk their guts out?!

Just say "Boom!" and i'll take you to that magical world! I know you didn't say it; but will take you there anyway

"Hand" dude gets to touch and feel some truly awesome things in this world. Come on! You know what they are!

"Legs" are hard workers but are kind of dependent on the "ass". With the world getting lazier every day, it's not uncommon to see legs complaining: "Hey Ass Dude, Please move yourself once in a while; let's go on a walk"

Cheetah's legs have a different complaint to their master (brain), though: "What's your f***ing problem; why so fast?!"

"Ass" dude is a cool guy and typically takes everything in stride; but unfortunately he's the one who gets hit a lot..How does he respond?!

First, he "bums" you out by spreading some "gassy" love around (Poor "nose" dude takes the hit!) ...and then if you piss him off further, things get really "shitty"

Except for the unexpected and unsavory treat from Mr. Ass, "nose" has a typical life; dog-nose, though, has a constant complaint: "You make me work like a dog!"

If you are the "eye" and your master is a connoisseur of the product of "San Pornando Valley", you go through bliss or torture -- depending on your sensibilities and, of course, quality of the product itself!

As a "hair" dude esp. scalp hair, you have a better life in terms of "flexible" life style compared to nose, eye, ear etc. You can move, stretch, sleep, and enjoy the beautiful "aerial" view; of course if you don't mind getting your ass cut off by a brutal "barber" every couple of weeks

Things are far worse, though, if you have "The nasty curse of the bald dude!"

Life's not the same with this curse. One minute, you are up there enjoying all the perks of hair-dom; next minute, boom! You may be dead and floating in a pool of water waiting to be flushed

You just have to "hang in there" with the pain of missing "fallen" friends, waiting for the inevitable to happen

"Brain" is the anti-typical dude. He's like "frog in a well"...you know, never gets to see the outside world; but ironically he's the wisest of all!

Legend has it that he operates a super-sophisticated fiber optic network and feeds on information from other little dudes (Remember Matrix?!)

Now, on to the tale of inseparable neighbors:

Though they live next to each other all the time, "tooth" and "tongue" are not exactly very amicable to each other. Tooth often complains" Dude! I work my ass off every day and you just sit there and enjoy the delicacies of my hard work". That naturally irks the tongue; says "Bite me!"..There goes that painful "tongue bite" every now and then -- a classic case of "clash of egos"

Wait! That's not the end of the "tooth" chapter. Let's delve a bit deeper into this; after all, this is the point that seeded the whole idea of this article in my mind

When it comes to teeth, you'd think "human teeth" are the superior ones of the pack, up in the tooth hierarchy. I mean, what else would any one want and ask for?!

You don't have to deal with "shit" (literally) like, say, a pig tooth does

You rub shoulders with/get to bite everything worthy there is: Food, Wine, Women ...and you get an enlivening bath, at least once a day, with soothing "Colgate" and "Listerine" chemicals

In many cases you get a nice massage, once every 6 months or so, from a "dentist"

Oh yeah! Awesome life style and massages, right?!

But that's not what every tooth in the mouth thinks:

For wisdom teeth, dentist is the hitler who's hellbent on eliminating them

..and the real problem, in general:

The wise guy in the house (of course, brain) keeps telling the teeth: Whatever the dentist does, it's for your own good and well-being

But some teeth -- esp. those that have to pass the dreaded "root canal" -- beg to differ, and yell out loud: "Oh my god! He's violating me"

"Is this brutal abuse worth the luxurious life style?!" is a million dollar question in the tooth-world!

A mortal's peek into immortality

2010-12-09T22:12:00.001-08:00

It's funny how your mind ventures into fictional territories every now and then esp. when you can't sleep. In one recent tryst with insomnia aggravated by cold/flu, my mind got a peekaboo glimpse of the exciting world of immortality!

Though short-lived, the surreal snapshot was well worth the lost sleep; in fact, it excited me enough into creating a collage of random thoughts and imaginations related to immortal world

Well! let's see how the immortal world compares to our world...

Regular conversations would include things like "I wonder how Kobe plays so well even after 523 years of playing b-ball" ..and day-to-day occurrences would comprise:

A truck runs over you and you say: "Ahh! Gotta get a Tylenol for body pains"

Also, learning history will probably be the easiest thing on earth, in the immortal world, with generations of ancestors quoting live experiences from centuries ago

Activities like sky diving and bungee jumping would be more like healthy life choices than exciting thrills; nothing's gonna happen to you, anyway

"Jumping" becomes more like a doctor-recommended healthy activity, a dose of fresh air on your face -- Oxygen facial, if you will

You go to a doc with some minor problem

He says..Why don't u "jump" for a few weeks? Morning or evening, whenever it's convenient for you

First week, start with roof tops and then gradually practice from Mountain tops! :D

Why don't you participate in this year's "jump"athon?! I heard it's going to start at Hollywood Hills and end at Grand Canyon!

Most significant thing: Marriage will NOT exist

Why?!

Marriage is a commitment for life time; but commitment for "never-ending" forever?! I don't think people would even think in those terms

There would just be short-term relationships; i mean, no matter how long the relationship actually lasts, it'd be short-term when you are going to live for eternity..Right?! :-P

Also, after 1000 years, everybody in the world would've dated every body else (I mean "everybody", irrespective of gender! :-P)

what would people do, then? Repeat, or come up with something innovative?! We'll defer that discussion to some other time

Another exciting part is food!

Since we are talking universal immortality, all those chicken, cows etc. are gonna be immortal too

There would always be an animal rehab center located right next to a butchery!

Get 2 drum sticks and send the chicken to rehab; he'll be back in shape (with "new" legs) in a week :D

People "ogle" at the chicken, saying "Look at those sexy new thighs and legs! Folks at this rehab sure know how to nourish a chicken"!

"Pulling your leg" will be like a holocaust joke for chicken! :-P (Remember the "Dachau", "The Cow" joke from Family Guy?!)

Two chicken talking at a rehab center:

Chicken 1: Dude!! You here, again?! You were here when my 1st leg was sprouting; right in time for the second leg

Chicken 2: Drunken abuse mann! Folks at my place got very drunk last night..and guess what they did! "Pulled my leg" ..for dinner!

Of course, all we would hear is "kokkorokko; kokkorokkor kokoorrrokkorr..."

We'll reserve the idea of talking chicken for another time! :-P

Super Stars and the fascinating world of imagination!

2010-12-03T16:57:00.000-08:00

Firstly, the heading's just a crass manipulation; this is just another random/stupid babble

I'm not going to drool over the world of cinema/sports and the super stars out there (BTW, my company does a great job at that! :-P)

I'm not going to talk about "Super Star" Super Stars, if you know what i mean! Assuming u don't know what i mean, i'll start explaining...

I've been thinking about the stars (asterisks) that we use to replace letters, for sometime! I decided to call them super stars because of their versatility; they add so much zing to words/sentences and can take many forms

They can make/break sentences, changing the meaning and/or mood

Let's say, i got pissed off and said "..many dumb f**ks out here"

What do u think i actually said?!

If u know me well, the sentence is what you think it is!

I meant "..many dumb folks out here"!

Well! If you thought otherwise, you are one of those dumb f**ks :D

It's just a change of mood in the sentence here, not the actual meaning

But when someone says "A warm *iss makes u feel cozy in winter!"

Ahh..True! Many "warm" *isses could make you feel so

..not just a change in mood here :-P

Easy now! ..on to the world of imagination...

I travelled to SFO bay area for last long weekend

It's a 350-mile drive; being the kind of well-organized and always-on-time person i am, i (we) got started at 10

Ok! Again, if you thought it's 10 AM, you're definitely "one of those dumb f**ks"

My wife fell asleep before we actually got out of LA area; well! if you live around LA, you know that isn't too bad

Long drive after a long time..Darkness, Silence, Music...I entered my fascinating world of imagination! (Of course, i was watching the road!)

Car, gas, cold, night, light, air, LA, CA, SFO, songs, movies, technology, poker, stocks...

It's not a clear world up in the head, u know; one of my co-workers once said "Voices in the head"! Haha

..and then i suddenly heard a "KISSSSSS" sound (literally) in the next lane; u know, the screech of brakes

No! It's not an accident, just regular application of brakes

I may've actually heard it as "HISSSSSS" or even "PISSSSSSS", but u know "KISSSSS" is more romantic! Let's go with it...U know, whatever "*ISSSSSS"

That directed my thoughts to a word i learned long ago: Onomatopoeia -- Words/things named after the sounds associated with them (Meow, Buzz etc.)

If you haven't heard of "Onomatopoeia" before and are trying to pronounce it...Good luck with that!:-P

(BTW, if you are not a native speaker of English, please record your pronunciation, and send the tape to me!:-D)

Anyway, going by "onomatopoeia", braking (applying brakes) should probably be called kissing or pissing! Don't know how all those scholars missed such an obvious thing :-p

While these thoughts were meandering around, inside, i was forced to get back to normal world when a driver suddenly cut me off to take a sudden exit

I looked angrily at the fading car on the exit ramp; all i could see was a multi-dented, frequently-abused back of a car, on behalf of its owner, throwing a "wry" smile that probably meant "You think i would learn?!"

I said, in frustration and a muted tone:

As* **le!

This time, I definitely meant what you think i meant

Ask Dole? Ash Pole?...?? :D Haha...

The art of "middle finger" driving!

2010-05-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

I don't know if it's a thrill i crave for or if i'm a masochist by nature, I sometimes take the freeway through LA downtown even when i have a choice of a different one

Last time, few days ago, i was driving back home from Santa Monica, and it was close to midnight; but come on, we are talking about the land of zombie drivers! These drivers never, ever sleep!

In Los Angeles, we measure driving by middle fingers, NOT miles

The longer you drive, more the middle fingers you get..and of course, give back; it's mutual respect and love, u know!

..how exactly?!

Well! There are many ways. For one, u get pissed off with a fickle-minded driver who's trying to decide between left-most and right-most lanes -- in rush hour traffic -- and may be, u honk..and there it is, right at ya!

Almost 2 years ago, i used to drive more than 25 miles, one way to work, everyday, through downtown; that's when i got introduced and became a part of of this LA phenomenon

I gotta admit..I was a little hesitant to participate, early on; but u know, the "phenomenon" dragged me in, pretty fast; from then, it's been a regular give-and-take process

Rules really don't matter, here; i mean, a driver can cut you off from the right lane and still give you the middle finger...All you can do is just reciprocate and be part of the love-spreading process

When i moved to Burbank, few months ago, i missed everyday drive through traffic so much that i, sometimes, woke up in the middle of the night and went on a drive -- waving my middle finger! ..and i guess that also explains my insanely adventurous tendency to take the freeway through downtown :-D

Middle finger is so much part of day-to-day life here that i wonder if, one day, it would become a standard form of greeting..why not?! It saves a lot of talk time, and it's a pretty simple gesture! :-P

OK! I know i've been a little dramatic about all this; but come on, i live a few "middle fingers" away from HOLLYWOOD!

Confessions of "Ant Monster"

2010-01-31T15:15:00.000-08:00

What you are about to read is truth and nothing but stark truth

This is me and this is what i am...

I..AM..ANT MONSTER!

Haha..Enough of this tempo build up for next marvel-based superhero (or super-villain) movie

But i just realized that i am, indeed, a monster; at least that's what ants in my apartment call me (50% of their defence budget goes to "bite attack" planning on me! :-D)

I've been killing ants, ruthlessly, these days..What to do? They pushed me past my threshold

The weird thing with ants is they believe -- strongly -- in one-way traffic; they get in and never get out

Their temporary absence on the floor is in fact very temporary

My apartment is generally very clean; the only creatures that violate this dictum of cleanliness are ants

It's really ridculous...

They feed on literally anything esp. in the trash can; onions, bones, yoghurt cups...I think they just love the inside of my trash can

Now they've extended their heinous act of encroachment to my kitchen sink (they tried..Huhahhahhh)

I left a bowl that had traces of meat in my sink, half-filled with water and detergent; in the morning, ants occupied the part of bowl that's not wet...and ah! that long and never-ending queue on the floor

That's it! That woke up the Ant Monster in me

Two quick things:

Torrent of water on and inside the bowl, flushing these creatures down the sink

Febreze on the floor

I prefer Febreze because of its double-advantage:

It freshens the room

It grants instant, painless death to ants..u know, even when i lose my cool, i'm very humane (or "ant"ane/"ant"ine..whatever ants call it :-P)

After the "ant"icide, i realized there would obviously be intelligent ants that know what the sunrise bestows upon them...Doom!

In ant world, food-orgy must stop before the sun rises (way after the sun rises in my case, though :-P) or reality would "dawn" on you, the hard way (..thru Febreze...)

There must be at least some ants smart enough to have absorbed this harsh truth through generations of survival and evolution

These ants may've survived..Of course, only until the pest cleaning guy pays a visit :-P

Anyway, ladies and gentlemen:

I..AM..ANT MONSTER (a la Iron Man, if u haven't realized :-D)

..and THESE are my confessions!

Cinematic Splendor!

2009-12-20T17:27:00.000-08:00

There are people who dream for a living!
Some of these people have an outstanding ability to inspire, entertain, and exhilarate masses, with their creativity and talent
James Cameron is definitely one among them

..watched Avatar this weekend! Spectacular!!
There are many movies that amaze us, with their awe-inspiring theme and presentation; but some movies add new dimensions to cinematic experience and take this "exhilarating experience" thing to a whole new level
I think it's because these special movies connect to (most) people on different and multiple levels. They engage you and get you involved, all through

I think Avatar is one such "special" movie that provides jaw-dropping spectacle of things you've never even imagined (My jaw actually remained dropped for the whole, almost 3-hr, runtime)
Kudos to James Cameron for scripting such a memorable movie
The greatness of Avatar is not just in the special effects, though; it's in the the way great special effects have been collaged, perfectly, into a theme that everyone can connect to -- at an emotional level
We've seen many futuristic themes and great special effects, before, in movies like Minority Report; but this one's about extraordinary imagination presented in a very ordinary backdrop
I mean the astounding spectacle, here, has a palpable effect too

Steven Spielberg is the one who actually said "i dream for a living"
Though undoubtedly a cinematic genius, Spielberg still prefers to deal with "awe-inspiring" (futuristic) and "inspiring" themes separately. "Minority Report" and "The Terminal" are the best examples i can think of
He, kind of, tried mixing both in "War of the Worlds"; but hmm...So-so
Cameron does it to perfection in Avatar!

There are good movies, great movies, and then Avatar-like movies!

Digressing from Avatar...
As a fan of Star Wars and devotee of Family Guy, i just can't wait for "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side":-D Here's the teaser:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/112304/family-guy-something-something-something-darkside-trailer
"You're going to attack them?!" Haha...

..loved "Blue Harvest" :-)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/13414/family-guy-your-foul-stench
http://www.hulu.com/watch/13409/family-guy-ultimate-power-in-the-universe
http://www.hulu.com/watch/13441/family-guy-only-one-thing-to-do
http://www.hulu.com/watch/13425/family-guy-just-give-it-a-minute

Democracy in India! It's a shame

2009-12-14T18:47:00.000-08:00

Gandhi once said.."Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes"
His children, Indians, esp. political leaders have taken it literally...and India -- world's largest democracy -- is going to the dogs!

An ass hole who's been an epitomization of exploitation and extremely notorious for his political gibberish -- mostly because of alcohol being his most-consumed liquid any given day, managed to pull off an epic fake in broad day light (or 11 day lights)
I'm talking about a degenerate person, inveterate liar, living piece of shit called K Chandra Sekhar Rao aka KCR (Political leader in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Wow! He starts fast-unto-death for a separate state, calls it off in less than 2 days and makes an ass of himself, and supporters of his movement spit on him
He then resumes fake fast even before the spit dries up, and continues the fast in an unmonitored "hospital" room for days and comes out healthy-- despite being diabetic, patient of liver cirrhosis (and who knows, chronic AIDS)

It's not KCR's fake fast/lack of morality i'm digusted with; it's his never-ending penchant for shameless drama despite being rejected by people (He won 10/119 seats and 3.71% vote in last assembly elections) I'm pissed off with the intolerable tolerance toward his antics, by Indian government!
Above all...Role of media! All these news papers, TV channels are supposed to be pillars of democracy and educate people esp. in a not-so-developed country like India; but what they do is take sides with these political parties, sensationalize issues, bury facts, and exploit ignorance of people...real shame!

The leaders of government (pronounced as "corrupt a-holes" in India) could've exposed it, all of that in-the-room drama, through an alcohol test/some medical test or a secret camera...Some way! Instead, they endorsed his drama
Thanks to these f'ing bunch of spineless we-lick-anything-for-vote leaders, KCR-the-AHole succeeds and gets a nod to split the state and suck more blood...this time, forever

Who took this decision of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh?! Great leaders from Congress "high command", almost all of them from other states, even other country! Jesus...
Wow! Really?! I'm speechless...So i'm just writing
With 3.71% of vote behind him, KCR claims support of ALL people of AP for a separate Telangana, throws a few "hard-earned" crores around, fakes a fast in broad day light, makes a never-before mockery of democracy, and he still -- ironically -- pulls it off..and also pulls all the nuts and bolts of democracy off!

Now, all those people agitating against bifurcation and to clean the shit KCR spilled all over Telangana and esp. Hyderabad don't realize that the damage has already been done
Though they may be able to save people (esp. of Telanagana) from KCR, damage to our state's and Hyderabad's reputation has been done -- considerably..Thanks to all these idiots and dysfunctional democracy in India!

It'd be interesting to watch Hyderabad undo all the progress at almost the same rate it did the other way, in the last few years
It's a shame to us -- all Indians esp. people of AP and believers in Indian democracy!
Well! That's my 2 cents..or 2 middle fingers!

More more...Morongo!

2009-06-09T00:40:00.000-07:00

I was kinda down, sick, over the weekend..couldn't do much
I had pretty much same routine both days: After a full half-day of sleep (past noon) and coffee (and things in between), i dragged myself into the living room and spent rest of my life (for the day) there...

While i wasn't sleeping "sleeping"...trying to wriggle out of physical coma, on my couch, i turned to TV for help
It did help, in a weirdly amusing way!
I started switching between movies and actually ended up watching quite a few commercials aka Ads..."Look your best this summer with Bally's...If Extenze didn't do something pretty amazing, could we afford to do this on TV?!..Yippi yo yo mini sirloin burgers"
Then i thought of taking some medicine, to feel better, and heard a voice say "side effects may include nausea, dizziness, brain tumor..."

I wanted to give this whole thing a name and finally, while i was watching Lakers-Magic game, locked down "Ad Overload"
Bingggg!!! U know where it came from..Ah! That bing commerical was some heavy 1-minute overload (Almost comparable to that oddball Bill Gates-Seinfeld ad)
Though MSFT ads, with their weird incoherence factor and mish-mash of things (and 1 minute screen time), typically end up as mediocre ones, i definitely see my LMAO funny moments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsN5hh2G7l8&feature=related
"I'm a PC and a human being; not a human doing, not a human thinking...a human being!"
I see...

Coming back to the "More more more...Morongo" thing..For starters, it's a local casino ad in LA
In this one, i see people gleefully waving loads of money and having xtreme fun at Morongo...Oh Yeah! I know that feeling, in a casino (Poker playah); it lasts for an insanely brief period of time, before you see the cashier and/or the person next to you waving YOUR money -- gleefully!
..and btw, that (and later, lot more) is gone -- forever! Ah! More more...

This one's awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSkaTcjDIMk&feature=channel
Hot singles in your area..They're waiting!
Who's waiting?! :-D

Bada Bing, Bada Boom!

Lois..Get ready to laugh, get ready to laugh!

2009-06-02T23:45:00.000-07:00

I just finished my coffee with the Harper family and moved on to my dinner date with Peter Griffin!
..just a typical weekday evening of Two and Half Men, Family Guy etc.
This evening, i suddenly realized how much Family Guy has become part of my evenings/late evenings/nights. No matter how many times i've watched Peter Griffin say "Lois! Don't get alarmed! I think i might be Jesus" on that episode of Electric Man, i just don't seem to get bored of him and his antics
Stewie is cool, Brian is great, Lois is elegant, Quagmire is %$#&!..But Peter Griffin is awesome, hilarious!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/25091/family-guy-electric-man

It's not just Peter Griffin, it's infact evening television
Kobe's heroics, Howard's tenacity, and Lebron's one-man-show coupled with sore-loser-antics..What not! I love it all!
In fact, i've developed a weird liking toward this eclectic mix of late evening work and TV-Entertainment
Of course, i'd love to skip it all for a nice evening drive/movie/dinner..BTW, i forgot! I gotta go see that Turbonator 24..Oops! Terminator 4

..and Yahoooo! NBA Finals!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AhaW3jaUEtN4P72qJxHNyeN0fNdF?slug=aw-lebron060109&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
U know what?
In the article above, i read "So, yes, maybe they just have to kiss his ass" yesterday! Now, they changed it to "So, yes, maybe they just have to kiss his feet"
I thought Lebron deserved that spanking after his show of stupidity; but hmm...

For now, it's time for dinner and more Peter Griffin
So folks..Get ready to laugh, get ready to laugh!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/18319/family-guy-goodbye-big-fart

UnWorkables!

2009-06-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

K! I know i mutilated English for a while, there; but i thought i'd blend my passion for English language with my love for cinema and create "UnWorkables" ala Untouchables! :-D

..and now, let's talk BS!

If singers sing why don't fingers fing?!
May be, singers are smart enough to have a verb attributed to them and fingers are NOT
As long as we are rhyming and talking about verbs, being smart etc., let's try to bing!
Whattt?! Bing?!! I know it's not a verb and i think it will NEVER be a verb
But there's someone who might disagree with me -- CEO of Microsoft!
For starters, bing(.com) is a fancy face lift of search service from Microsoft -- MSN Search/Live Search/Windows Live Search/MSN Windows Live Search/MSN Search Live Windows (Basically, all possible combinations)
Oh yeah! MSFT thinks bing will be a verb, soon (next week, i guess); they earlier thought "live" will go on to live -- forever; but damn! it was such a misnomer
But bing will never be a misnomer, though! It means nothing and i think it'll remain so (I may be wrong). I think Bing's a pretty good search engine; it's got very good reviews, actually (rightly so)
I tried it; it's not bad..But here's the problem:
When you are no body (in search, here), u gotta distinguish yourself from others -- drastically -- to get some attention; else you'll remain true to your name -- no body!
U don't just go through everything available out there, do a pretty good consolidation job, and say you re-defined search land scape

To get people to bing, i think MSFT should've come up with a drastically different search experience or should've initiated this verb-creation process long long ago -- with quality (like Google)

..and coming back to our original sing, fing, bing rhyme...
Bing is pretty good and so is ask(.com)
But the difference?!
"Ask" folks chose an existing verb; MSFT should've done the same thing, perhaps!
..and if they are so hell-bent on adding a new verb to the English language, they should set up an English language research facility and name it "Verb Research Windows LLC"
(I haven't seen much success outside phenomenal "Windows"; so u might want to play it safe)

For now, let's just SING...

Good Ol' Blogging

2009-06-01T21:23:00.000-07:00

K, here we go! Let's get started...Blogging is no longer "the thing"! Yayyyyyy :-)
"The thing"?! Let's see...

I've always had this passion for writing! Few years ago, holding a tea cup filled with semi-consumed tea, i decided to further my interest in writing through blogging..and almost got into it
I searched for blogging sites, got hold of a mediocre one (On Internet, mediocrity was very much in vogue, then) and almost got started with my first blog
..and then --in a cinematic fashion -- i slipped into a soliloquy of Q&A to get an answer to "why blogging, why now"! (I liked being dramatic, those days)
There wasn't a definite answer in my mind; but by the time my monologue ended, i realized it's "may be 'coz everyone's doing it"
That killed the buzz -- instantly -- and i developed dislike toward blogging

Though i had quite a few of these fancy pastime idea-driven soliloquies -- along with semi-consumed tea/beer/wine (changing times, you know) -- later, there was always this buzz kill at the end!
Anyway, i nurtured my passion for writing on my private website, http://www.janaonline.4t.com/, and through some articles
Meanwhile, fad for blogging faded out naturally..and the idea of blogging no longer pushed me into this frustrating monologue of Q&A, and i was ready to go
But u know -- laziness! It took almost an year after that...and here i am!

After this painstakingly (I know u feel it, too) stupid write-up, what i mean to say is:
"Variety is the spice of life" as opposed to "Everyone's doing it" drives me in life; of course, built on "passion"
It's not being egoistic...it's just a way of expressing yourself

Anyway, why did TBS cut down on Family Guy schedule, on Mondays?! That sad feeling of not being able to watch some episode of Family Guy (for 10th time, may be) pushed me into my version of clinical depression...Thanks! Blogger for sharing my pain