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Archive for November 21st, 2007

Someone I know had a very interesting thing to say. We sure do live in interesting times …

Written by sankarshan

November 21st, 2007 at 2:07 pm

Posted in Personal

phantasmagoria: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
phantasmagoria: a shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined. […]
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H. L. Mencken
"The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal." […]
Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I know nothing about sex because I was always married." […]

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 [...] […]
Why do we …
… think over what we don’t have instead of feeling blessed with the little happy moments that come our way ? … need to compare ourselves to others and then realize our worth instead of realizing what we are ? … want to rush after things that will not make us happy and, delay things that are [...] […]