Entries from October 2006

October 24, 2006

23rd Pullikesi … A True Winner

I watched 23rd Pullikesi last night and it was quite a plesant surprise. A clean political satire with Vadivelu donning the the title role and playing it to perfection. The jabs at foreign investments, advertising, Coke & Pepsi were pretty well done. I think if you find time, you should watch it

October 13, 2006

gerund???

When I was in high school, a “hot” [ I found her hot then, I am told she looks like Anna Nicole Smith before the liposuction now] English teacher taught me – gerunds amd the example of usage was
Flying planes can be dangerous.
The sentence conveys two meaning that Airplanes that are flying [...]

October 13, 2006

million dollar bluffs

is he A-Rod? The NY Yankee fans are calling him Frod . He has gobbled up 25.6 million this year but he had forgotten to lick his butter fingers. He had the maximum errors committed by a third baseman in the American League and was third in the major leagues behind D’back Tracy and Red [...]

October 11, 2006

stretch breaks

Middle of the seventh inning in a baseball game is when you will see the whole stadium , irrecpective of which team you are supporting , stand up and sing the national anthemn of baseball – “Take me out to the ball game” . Even Seventy year old become seven year olds and sing [...]

October 11, 2006

exhorbitant

Google went shopping with a big heart and an even bigger wallet and came back home with a $1.65 billion purchase of an application that it already has. I smell a Steinbrenner in this deal

October 11, 2006

why not

When December third week rolls around, the bowl season starts and there would be a bowl game sponsored by almost every company from the under-garment makers to the airline makers. But I would like to see a bowl to identify the worst team in college football and it would be great if it could [...]

October 6, 2006

clarity of thought

Chris Rock exactly knows where Mr.President stands on issues… Here is an exercpt from one of Chris Rock’s talk shows

‘Mr President what about the war, when’s it gonna end?’
‘Well, you never know, we’re talking to people, and we’re looking for stuff, and we might find it, we might not, and it’s out there, we’re gonna [...]