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A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else

Archive for November 19th, 2007

It promises to be an interesting debate and has the potential of becoming a fantastic Board. Thanks Bruno for posting the questions.

Written by sankarshan

November 19th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

erudite: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
erudite: characterized by extensive reading or knowledge. […]
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Eric Hoffer
"It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living." […]
Calvin Coolidge
"No man ever listened himself out of a job." […]

And sometimes you do
end up smiling (note I did write smiling instead of smirking) on the predicaments. For instance, it is just the mid March and, instead of the Ides of March we have the beginnings of the hot season. Curiously enough, we had a spell of shower today and predictably enough the weather went all over the [...] […]
There are times when you recall the surroundings
It turns out that I completed 5 years at the work-place recently. It is a bit of a jumble because the employment contract and status during the times I joined was a bit of a mess and, so it was a surprise. It also struck me that through all these 5 years I have seen folks [...] […]
Annoying ice-breakers
“What are you up to ? Long time no see” was the constant refrain that I heard yesterday at GNUnify’10 when I dropped in. I have never been able to respond well to the “What are you up to part ?”. Most of the times I am doing stuff that is either deeply internal to [...] […]