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After getting a series of bad haircuts, I decided to get a fresh start. So, asked the barber to give me a buzzcut. After looking in the mirror, I was worried about what everyone will say about my new hairstyle. Went home and Ashwini was the first person to see me. She greeted me with, “I like your haircut, Daddy.” Then, I didn’t worry any more about my look.

Saw a post about the show written by locks and I had to post my thoughts.

Yes, I confess. I have seen every single episode of this show on HBO during its original broadcast. As it is true with almost every TV show, it was very interesting in the beginning but got boring later on. I liked the show initially, because it was about these 4 free-spirited women with fun lifestyle. Later on, they were all involved in serious relationships, getting married and having children. Who wants to watch that? It is all around us in real life. Why should I watch the same on the telly?

Anyway, Miranda was my favorite character. Smart and intelligent, totally no-nonsense woman without all the emotional crapiness of Carrie. Carrie was the most annoying of the lot. I just couldn’t bear the parts with her and Aidan. Charlotte was alright and Samantha was wild. Samantha wore the most atrocious clothes. I think the director just wanted to make sure that she looked much better without them on. Carrie was just behind Samantha on the scale of horribly dressed women.

Also, it is a bore to watch the reruns on TBS/TNT without all the nudity and foul language. It takes away the punch of the original show. I am glad that I got to see all the original episodes on HBO while we were without kids. Now, there will be no HBO in our house for at least next 10-15 years.

Google is getting into personals ads business, too. My wife is going to kill me when she reads this… I posted an ad here over the weekend and I have 54 responses. Ay Caramba!

Thanks for the link, splitpeasoup!

This is what it said at lunch time today:

The future is in your hands. Turn your fate into destiny.

Heard on a PBS program last week: Pythagoras, the father of numbers, ran a school to teach mathematics and philosphy. He was very strict about his students' diet. They had to be vegetarian and were not allowed to eat any beans. He believed that whenever someone farts, a part of their soul escapes.

OOPS! Thanks to the chinese food, I just lost some of my soul.

This is what it said at lunch time today:

The future is in your hands. Turn your fate into destiny.

Heard on a PBS program last week: Pythagoras, the father of numbers, ran a school to teach mathematics and philosphy. He was very strict about his students' diet. They had to be vegetarian and were not allowed to eat any beans. He believed that whenever someone farts, a part of their soul escapes.

OOPS! Thanks to the chinese food, I just lost some of my soul.

Learnt something new while watching Blue’s clues with Ashwini.

Primary colors: Red, Yellow and Blue

red + yellow = orange red + blue = purple yellow + blue = green

I knew my colors til this point. Now, here is the new knowledge:

purple + blue = violet purple + red = magenta orange + red = vermillion orange + yellow = marigold green + yellow = chartreuse green + blue = aquamarine

Another wonderful optical illusion.

If you watch the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr.Angry is on the left, and Mrs.Calm is on the right.

Get up from your seat, and move back 12 feet, and PRESTO! They switch places!

This illusion was created by Phillippe G. Schyns and Aude Oliva of the Univ. of Glasgow.

This proves that we may not be seeing what’s actually there, all the time!

Don’t miss the Grand Occultation of Pleiades by Moon this evening. Here is more info. Looks like weather is going to mess up my plans of viewing.

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. Best wishes for Gudhi Padva / Ugadhi.

My photo received the most votes and was the winner of Photochallenge #158. Yay!

My last two phone calls for customer service were extremely pleasant. Didn’t have to go through a maze of voice-prompts, wasn’t put on hold for long, the person took care of my concern without any hesitation and I was done in 3 minutes from the time I started dialing the phone.

Wish it works like this every time for every thing.

My last two phone calls for customer service were extremely pleasant. Didn’t have to go through a maze of voice-prompts, wasn’t put on hold for long, the person took care of my concern without any hesitation and I was done in 3 minutes from the time I started dialing the phone.

Wish it works like this every time for every thing.

• Adit pooped after 4 days. After a brief period of unconciousness, everyone recovered to find a smiling Adit.

• Ashwini fell off her trike in the evening and bumped her lip. It looked really bad with blood and all. But, icing it brought down the swelling by the time she went to bed. Hopefully, it’ll be better by tomorrow.