December 21 Movies

As American movie studios rush to get their last batch of award-material films into theatres and Bollywood wraps up a rollercoaster year with a bang, December 21st is slated to become D-Day. Given my druthers, I’d like to see all of these (with a couple of exceptions) - and I probably will, come to think [...]

Today Calls for a Song

I woke up today and found out that Terry Pratchett, whom I absolutely adore, has early onset Alzheimer’s (An Embuggerance, as he calls it). Then I read that in Louisiana, just blocks away from Bobby Jindal’s transitional office, a pregnant woman came home to find her husband and his friend shot dead.
Therefore, I give you [...]

It’s Not MSG, It’s Delicious

There’s a new taste in town and it’s delicious. I mean, literally. The powers that be have decided that “Delicious” is a new taste. Right alongside other tastes like Salty, Sweet, Bitter and Sour.
Yes, indeed, you read that right. Delicious is a new taste. Except, of course, that sounds stupid. So the titans of the [...]

Blogger Bans NonBloggers: Boo!

Anybody who’s visited Blogger recently might have noticed that you can no longer leave your URL behind unless you’re on Blogger too. Fine doings from a company that famously promised to do no evil when it first floated its shares in the market. Of course, that was before it made several billions.
Half the people I [...]

A Therapeutic Tag!

Not really. But that’s what Jawahara’s calling it and her way with words is much better than mine, so that’s what I’ll call it too! A list of ten things I miss having in my life right now and ten things I hope to accomplish over the next decade. Hm, I’m not a big planner [...]

The Best Books of 2007

It’s that time of year again when people generally go crazy compiling “Best of” lists. I’m way too lazy to do anything of the kind so I decided to share my personal favorite, The Economist’s Best Books of the Year, with you.
There are, of course, other book lists but I tend to go for The [...]

Outing Bloggers

I was going to write about something entirely different today but I’m so mad right now that I have to get it out of my system before I do something rash like throw down my laptop and stomp on it.
You might have noticed I don’t blog anonymously. This is a conscious decision and it works [...]

Pretty Sex

The world of gossip is often labyrinthine but I find it endlessly fascinating. Take, for example, Queerty’s report yesterday about Ted Casablanca (E! Gossip-in-chief) debating the accidental outing of the original Latino sensation (okay, not really but he was for my generation) Ricky Martin by his skin care guru, Ole Hendrikson:
When asked who he’d spend [...]

Humans on Sale

In the latest issue of Wired Magazine, Scott Carney says:
India has long been the world’s primary source of bones used in medical study, renowned for producing specimens scrubbed to a pristine white patina and fitted with high-quality connecting hardware. In 1985, however, the Indian government outlawed the export of human remains, and the global supply [...]

Veggie Woe

Every child has had this conversation with its parents at least once:
Child: “Veggies. Blech.”
Parent: “It’s good for you.”
Child: “But it tastes awful.”
Parent: “Yes, but it’s good for you.”
You see what happened? The parent admits that yes, the food they are serving their pride and joy tastes like crap, but expects said kiddie to eat it [...]