Today I bid adieu to many things that were a part of my life – the blog being just one of them. This blog turned out to be a much better experience than I could ever have imagined, mainly because of the many unexpected visitors and commentors I had. I appreciate it, thank you. Some…
Category: Catch-all
When it falls between the gaps.
To be or not to be?
Some questions remain timeless.. To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; Shakespeare (Hamlet’s Soliloquy) Update: And the answer is..Not…
Murphy’s other law
Came across this Murphy’s other law today.. “ If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page numberâ€.
Not newsworthy?
I just watched my daily CNN News headlines and was hoping to catch an update on the blasts in Bangladesh. The strange thing is – it wasn’t even mentioned in the headlines! I thought I had perhaps read the earlier piece wrongly and checked the BBC News site. And its not even in the main…
Seasonality in blogging
Summer is a hard time to blog. Its easier to keep yourself in a room with a laptop, when the weather is freezing outside and its dark at 4pm. With lovely sunshine (I got back to Duesseldorf today and was reminded again how summer comes with lots of rain though ) and long days and…
A day of silence
Silent Eloquence is observing a day of mourning, in view of the heinous bombings at London. I offer my sincere prayers and wishes to victims and their families.
Discovering German joys
Came across this wonderful piece by Andrew Hammel in German joys via Washington Monthly via Venk@. As someone who used to think working 12 hours a day and then some more on the weekends was pretty normal, I can easily say the one thing that took me the longest to adjust to here was the…
No confidence at the Bundestag
Gerhard Schroeder has lost a confidence motion in the Bundestag, the German Parliament, apparently, just as he had planned. This means that Germany will have early elections – probably in September of this year. It had a lot to do with the recent victory of the Christian Democratics (CDU) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), which was…
Beethovan’s Symphonies MP3s
BBC has MP3s of Beethoven Symphonies, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. They are available only till the 7th of July and you can get them here.
8.3 million millionaires and growing!
According to the World Wealth Report 2005, there are 8.3 million millionaires worldwide. So, the next time you you blow out your birthday candles and make a wish, remember ~ being a millionaire is no big deal, you will just one among the many millions! More on the world wealth distribution can be found here…