date: 09-05-2008 21:08 subject: None security: Public

Que: How difficult is it to realize that you are insignificant as an individual. as a race. as anything. in the order of things.
Ans: Very difficult. Indeed.

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date: 29-04-2008 20:25 subject: Nat Geo security: Public tags:# natgeo gokarna pics

So I seem to have made it on a NatGeo page. Web page ...ahem. Its no big deal actually, but to me it means a whole lot.

So kind people, do go to ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/voting-machine and vote for Gokarna (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxaud/1852298690/ ),in the 5th week of April, one among the Daily Dozen for April 28th. Two highest voted pics for the month of April get published in Nat Geo magazine. Not asking for too much am I?

psst..the idea is to give all the other pics 1 while you give mine 10 ;-).

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date: 20-04-2008 12:49 subject: In My Language security: Public

Please to watch.



The internets is primarily for getting to see and know things that you would have never known otherwise. This is also true for pr0n, ofcourse.

Link from here.

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date: 14-04-2008 10:18 subject: Happy Vishu security: Public

I guess you could call this a dead blog now. I still live. Things still happen. But nothing appears here.

Happy Vishu everyone.

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date: 01-02-2008 18:40 subject: The Game (contd) security: Public tags:# misc, story, the game, wizard

contd from here

The King was a man of his word. And that put the Sorcerer in a fix. Of course he had let the King win and he had good reason. The Game was no ordinary one. It harnessed the power of the planets. And that meant playing with Fate. And playing with Fate is never ordinary. And no Game. But that was his little secret and his little source of amusement. He strived, and succeeded so far, to counter the effect of every move the King made. He was the eccentric after all. He could not divulge the true nature of the game, for fear of ridicule; or worse still, abuse. Abuse of the Game. No mortal mind outside his was prepared to comprehend the mysteries of the planets. Beyond comprehension, none could exercise the caution required to handle such power. Each successive throw of the dice could spell unforetellable things. Left to lesser hands, it could bring back the dead, cure the wretched, flood the deserts and dry the seas; Moving mountains and flying fish, rivers of blood and levitating cattle, Man and beast, time and space, everything was vulnerable. And it gave one imperium over all. All.

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date: 01-02-2008 13:27 subject: Sagan speaks security: Public

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
- Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden

Isnt this what is called "shooting oneself in the foot"?

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date: 07-01-2008 14:50 subject: The Farce security: Public tags:# bhaji, cricket, symonds

The Aussies were never known as the pillars of sportsmanship anyway, both on and off the field. To expect anything remotely fair or courteous from them is stupid and pointless. But nobody ever doubted their playing prowess and its sad to see that the mighty Aussies needed 14 people (13 on the field and one watching TV) to defeat India.

The Aussie factory seems to be grooming the future captain Michael Clarke real good. He has learnt his lessons well and the long line of Australian captains would be truly proud of this boy. How I loved the guy's (someone young from Australia for a change!) talent when he came on the scene. Sigh.

And lest I forget, please dont let the seemingly toothless senile unassuming superannuated Jamaican bucket of bones deceive you one bit. He's bloody poisonous. My choicest of salutations to you sire. Oh ye Gods of cricket, how much longer do we have to suffer this vile villain?

( What really transpired between Bhaji and Symonds )

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date: 04-01-2008 17:40 subject: Papua New Guinea - language Super Power security: Public tags:# language

Unbelievable!!

It surprised me in the first place that a country can have more languages than India. (I doubt whether this considers all those dialects that we have which lack a proper script. 387 seems too small a number). But that a country roughly one-tenth in size and with 200 times less people having more than twice the number of languages in India... thats simply amazing!

link from Language Log

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date: 20-12-2007 14:34 subject: who... security: Public tags:# misc, who

Who is best equipped to lead a human child to its adulthood? Who is best to take all the decisions that will determinately influence its adult life? Its parents? Society? Laws? Govt?

The answer, I think, would have to be the least of all evils. Is there a subjectiveness to choosing which is the least evil from the above? Are there more choices?

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date: 28-11-2007 15:30 subject: I feel old security: Public

Just about 2 years have passed since we went on the grand tour.

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