Goodreads.com runs the yearly Reading Challenge year after year. One has to commit to reading a certain number of books in the year to participate. There is no award but it is just a personal goal. Reading more is a goal for me as I very strongly believe that people whom I consider smart, areContinue reading “Reading in 2020”
J
Stay home till it’s cured, they said. Don’t go out yet, it’s still really bad. Try to stay sane, mental health is serious, don’t go mad. So much has already happened, it is indeed a tad bit sad. I obeyed, duly complied, stood at one place, didn’t move. I understood the implications, nobody had toContinue reading “J”
So I recently watched: Disney-Pixar Soul
If you have been through a lot in 2020, like everyone else, you aren’t alone. But if you want to end the year on a positive note, I suggest that you watch the new Disney Pixar movie ‘Soul’. It makes a great Christmas/New Year movie which can be watched with your family. It is availableContinue reading “So I recently watched: Disney-Pixar Soul”
But we don’t celebrate
From Netflix’s Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais: “Auschwitz, December 25, 1944 In a dark, dull, and desolate dorm, cramped with many thin, malnutritioned, ready to give up faces, a Schutzstaffel kommander enters. He announces, “tis the time and the Fadar Christmas tells me to release you all. You canContinue reading “But we don’t celebrate”
Not a Foodie
Before I try to disintegrate the etymology of the gastronomically stupid word ‘Foodie’, let me just put it out there: I like food. I have an interest in food. I eat food every day. I have never fasted in my life. I am not planning to fast unless I want to try the kewl intermittentContinue reading “Not a Foodie”
Stop the jokes right now itself
We still have time. You remember, last time we made jokes about how Indians have strong immunity that nothing can make us sick. And see where we are right now? A new strain has come. From the UK. Another even more infectious has come from South Africa. Even kids are susceptible now. The vaccine mightContinue reading “Stop the jokes right now itself”
Acronyms can GFT
A rant is due from a long time. Here it goes: One time I had a dream. It was somewhat like this: I woke up from deep sleep, got ready, and went out to buy something. As soon I reached a shop, I asked the shop owner to give me something. He asked me ‘What?’.Continue reading “Acronyms can GFT”