PylaKasha tagged me, so here we go with 8 things about me. I’m a little bit of a snob, and a little self-centered. Like I saw this on Kyla’s blog and mentally snorted and thought, ‘not me’. And then I thought, ooh, a solicitation to yap. About me, no less. Doesn’t happen every day. But it’s [...]
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‘Female’
13Jul07Here’s a fun thing to do when you have some free time: count the number of times women are referred to as ‘females’ in the popular media. I think it started in hip-hop culture (eg, “I can’t congratulate these females”), but it seems to be entering the mainstream now. I don’t quite understand it — [...]
PKBloggers
20Jun07Apparently, PKBloggers have listed me as ‘Voila!’ (check their right-hand column). I can’t tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Trying out annotations with JKN
28May07Woohoo. I just created my first annotated webpage using JKN. It’s an interview with Benny Morris, who wrote ‘The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem’, and it’s absolutely fascinating reading. My annotations aren’t too deep (half are things like ’shocking!’), but there are a few important ones, like the one at the very end. It’s [...]
I’m claiming this
19May07To err is human, to metaphor divine. I Google’d and didn’t find it, so I am officially claiming it. Given most people put emphasis on the second syllable in ‘metaphor’, I’m afraid it’s only going to rhyme half the time (and is therefore a half-rhyme! Thanks folks, I’ll be here all week…). (No seriously, it’s a half-rhyme…Mrs. [...]
Salvador Dali is the King
12May07Was? Hmm. Slate’s awesome Today’s Pictures recently did a (http://todayspictures.slate.com/dalihap/). Dali Atomicus, above, is my favourite of the ones in the gallery — absolutely striking. This is the sort of art I can appreciate: no blather about the artist’s background or influences, just switch off your brain and look. Everyone visiting London should plan to spend an [...]
Random update
20Apr07Y’know, I wonder sometimes just how perfect life would be if my only responsibility was to feed myself. I mean, daaaaamn, I’m good at it. I got back from Pakistan on Sunday and am catching up on my studying, which lost out to Mac and Irti for my time during the trip. So far it’s been [...]
Conversation at The Dorchester
28Mar07Situation: I’m on a chair, sitting across a table from my friend. His sofa is arranged back-to-back with another sofa occupied by a party of extremely high-pitched people. Him: …and then after the revolution, obviously they addressed those issues… Me: Dude, no, after the revolution there was a political void, and that meant more bloodshed. Him: …and that’s [...]
Roland Lazenby, Lakers in-the-know guy, wrote this great piece about Kobe Bryant. For those who don’t know, Kobe has just scored 50 or more points in 4 consecutive game, a feat matched only by Wilt Chamberlain (who did it in 7 straight games and averaged 50 over the season). That’s just plain ridiculous, given the [...]
7kg of whey protein powder…
20Mar07…that is, 5.81kg of pure whey-derived protein, have been consumed. In just under 8 months (probably closer to 6 months, given I didn’t take it for a while). Maybe pictures would help understand this… Here it is as it was when I first got it (milk bottle only to put the size of the damn thing [...]
Why London?
14Mar07I get asked a lot why I moved to London. It was a bit weird the first time, because the person seemed genuinely incredulous that I had left the US by choice to come to, of all places, London! Call it the Brown Saheb syndrome or whatever, but my thinking at the time was the [...]
Music and Lyrics
27Feb07Wow, I just read a great article about jazz’s (?) popularity in the US has dwindled in the last few years. I don’t think an article has resonated as strongly with me in several months: the author describes how he tends to focus on a song’s music, whereas his wife focusses almost entirely on the [...]
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