“The guy lost his six pack and gained a family pack recently!!!” :)…
Rantings
2008 SuperBowl : Well worth the hype..
The NY Giants put on another exciting show tonight. I usually support the underdogs, and this was a case of the underdogs playing their heart out and winning the game. If I take data from the Superbowl party, I was at, as the sample data for how many people favoured the Patriots vs. the Gaints, I think 80% of the country is pissed off now that the Patriots lost..
Final Score : 17 Giants – 14 Patriots
I kept saying this line from the movie, The Replacements , throughout the superbowl party “Heart.. miles and miles of heart”. That’s what it seemed the Giants had today. Congratulations to Eli Manning, on coming out of his elder brothers shadow and on being given the MVP award for the 2008 Superbowl..
Bollywood, Hollywood and copy cats..
Bollywood and the rest of the Indian cinema industry are pretty creative. Not only in coming up with original content, but also with copying :).. Back in the 70s and 80s, it was pretty norm, for most of the tunes to be copied from western tunes. I am in no way stating that all the content is copied, but quite a bit of it was. Starting from the movie plots, to the music in the songs. Here’s a good example (although the copy sounds a lot better to me 🙂 ).
ORIGINAL : “500 Miles” by Peter, Paul & Mary
COPY : “Jab Koi Baat” in the movie Jurm
Overheard : comments about the Chicago weather
- Each day in Chicago is one day closer to summer.
- There are only two seasons in Chicago, winter and construction.
Save XP!!
While, I am writing about couples smooching over each other!! :), my buddy Ray is writing something meaningful. As he states, Microsoft is planning on ending sales of Windows XP on June 30 2008. While Vista, has a lot of cool features, none of them are compelling for businesses to make the expensive migration. Not only does the new operating system require extensive planning for the migration and training for the tech support teams, but businesses also have to consider the expense of training end users because the interface has changed so much.
And not to mention the 100 different (I am exaggerating!! 🙂 ) flavors of Vista that Microsoft has come up with to make the decision even tougher.
Sign the petition here . [UPDATE : Link has been corrected.. Thx Ray for pointing this out.]
Insanity is…
having to watch a couple smooch over each other every two 2 minutes for 2 hours in the airport and 3 hours in the plane….And I swear, I could hear their smooches from two rows behind in the plane :). Get a room folks!!!
A moment of silence..
Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the greatest adventurers of our time, passed away today. Sir Edmund, was the first man to climb Mt. Everest along with the Nepalese sherpa Tenzing Norgay. I personally believe, his humanitarian deeds eclipse his physical achievements. Think the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms. Helen Clark, said it best “He was an heroic figure who not only ‘knocked off’ Everest but lived a life of determination, humility and generosity”
Pearls of wisdom from a Taxicab driver..
I took a cab recently, to get to the airport and ran across this very interesting cabbie. He was a Rastafarian and shared these pearls of wisdom.
- Life is like the traffic. You need to know, when to merge to maintain harmony.
- Life is like the traffic, there are always signs to look out for and a destination to reach.
- You have two ears and only one mouth for a reason. Listen!!!
- If you don’t touch the plow, you cannot taste the crop.
Whats more pathetic???
United rolling out a 1 meter piece of red carpet in front of the boarding gate and calling it “premium experience” or the guy, who insists on walking on that small patch of carpet, since he has a business class ticket????
Here’s a picture of the famous red carpet :).. You should understand my question, after looking at it 🙂
(Picture linked from Greg Virdano’s blog)
