…you turn to your local weekend “events around town” and find these – SATURDAY 31 MARCH Sex: Open Wallen Dag Everything you always wanted to know about prostitutes but were afraid to ask. Yep, it’s Open Wallen Dag again, so today all Randy Andies have a legitimate excuse to head for the Red Light District. …
An essay on the increasingly popular phenomenon of simultaneous multiple careers Deny it all you like, but most of us lead multiple lives. Not in the schizophrenic way, but in the “One person – Many interests” kind of way. Gone are the days in which one person could be slotted into one career – the …
Am I the only who finds it disturbing that people would “buy” friends? Whats next – soul mates on sale? Buy2-get1free pals? Bidding started at $2,000, with the winning bid…hitting $2,125. …That’s what one bidder got by purchasing someone’s MySpace.com account for more than two grand late last month. The seller claims to have more …
A Eulogy to a deserted friend A meandering river, that knows not where its headed. It twists and turns at every little rock and rift, headed somewhere, no one knows where Not even me, though I hold the pen. A gentle wind that whispers. Thoughts that were always there, but never heard before Caresses with …
I love doing things last minute – I just realized that today is the last day of the Indibloggies polls. Some of my fav blogs are in the running – do vote if you can spare the time. Nanopolitan for Best Topical IndiBlog Mridula for Best Travel Blog Varnam and Falstaff for Indiblog of the …
She had first seen him at the other end of Father Flanagan’s at Boatquay. Decidedly determined to nurse nothing but a cola in his elegant hands, his eyes shone like dark embers with sharpness and clarity in a room full of slithering slobs. Though dressed casually in dark gray and black, at six foot two …
An interesting article in FT by Lucy Kellaway titled “Thrusting young careerists give the lie to ‘Generation Y‘” caught my attention – I disagree with several points that the author makes in the article, but it sure prompted me to think about what we look for in a job – after all the real war …
Despite the rather lofty post title, don’t expect anything radical here, it’s just some random notes from my recent journey to India. I was there for five weeks. Its seems so long, doesn’t it? Well, it had been over two years since I set foot in the country that issued me my passport and I …
I wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season and a fabulous new year.
The last of the leaves on the trees in my garden gave in to the strong Dutch winds today, and I sadly bid farewell to my favourite season – If fall be a lady, she would be fair; With flaming red hair And beauty beyond compare. If fall be a lady, She would have class; …