I am having a feeling that Bill, Bill Clinton that is, might just take an emergency flight and come down to Dallas to hob knob with the BADFW executive committee! After Subhasish, our esteemed President, running for the position for the third, fourth, fifth or maybe the seventh time (I have lost count!) and of course, doing a fine job at it, a question lingered in my mind. Has Bipasha, the one and only lawyer in our midst, helped Subhasish tweak the Articles of the Constitution (BADFW) to facilitate Subhasish to run for the sixth time, no the eigth time? Whatever!
So this has caused Bill to ask -- "Can we do that" --- the tweaking of the term limit, I mean. So, when Bill visits Dallas I plead to the executive committee to allow me to take Bill around in my Lexus though I do not have "charsho tirish" or is it "charsho shaath" like Koustuv's.
N.B. Subhasish, please do not think that I am alluding in any way, to you for not running for Presidentship next year.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Making it to the A-list
This is what I wrote (did not send out to them) after an email exchange beween a BADFW mail between Sasvata and Parthoda/Subho regarding Tuku's pics. in the website.
This year Kushal and I have had the privilege of getting photographed by Tuku. I finally have a feeling of I made the "A-list" or rather, now I belong to the 'homra-chomra club :) Every year when I glanced through the album my heart yearned for one of those pictures-- sitting in the table eating khichuri bhog and looking at Tuku's camera with a look -- "I made it this year!
Though I have to admit that in 19 years no one had accomplished to get a decent picture of ours together. Tuku has achieved that feat. We look half way decent in one of his pictures. I know you must have "what-makes-her-think-she-is better-in-person" feeling but what the heck, I have an elevated self image of myself!
Yes, the gory details -- I can only comment on our pictures (I would love to say a few things on my dearest friends but I think I am going to keep my mouth shut). As I squinted my eyes and peered into our picture I saw the undulating landscape running through my countenance. The holes, valleys and the plains -- are they signs of my aging or I had these all along? The less I say about the angles and the drooping skin, better it is. Never knew my face could be a lesson in geography and geometry!
Everything said and done, Tuku you have achieved the unachievable -- finally a photograph which can be handed down to our grand kids (I can visualize this picture hanging in Rupsha's living room and she telling her children -- there is my mom and dad with a proud smile from ear to ear). Thank god for Tuku's portrait of us or else we would have gone down in the generations to come with the blame "this is why I look ugly"!
This year Kushal and I have had the privilege of getting photographed by Tuku. I finally have a feeling of I made the "A-list" or rather, now I belong to the 'homra-chomra club :) Every year when I glanced through the album my heart yearned for one of those pictures-- sitting in the table eating khichuri bhog and looking at Tuku's camera with a look -- "I made it this year!
Though I have to admit that in 19 years no one had accomplished to get a decent picture of ours together. Tuku has achieved that feat. We look half way decent in one of his pictures. I know you must have "what-makes-her-think-she-is better-in-person" feeling but what the heck, I have an elevated self image of myself!
Yes, the gory details -- I can only comment on our pictures (I would love to say a few things on my dearest friends but I think I am going to keep my mouth shut). As I squinted my eyes and peered into our picture I saw the undulating landscape running through my countenance. The holes, valleys and the plains -- are they signs of my aging or I had these all along? The less I say about the angles and the drooping skin, better it is. Never knew my face could be a lesson in geography and geometry!
Everything said and done, Tuku you have achieved the unachievable -- finally a photograph which can be handed down to our grand kids (I can visualize this picture hanging in Rupsha's living room and she telling her children -- there is my mom and dad with a proud smile from ear to ear). Thank god for Tuku's portrait of us or else we would have gone down in the generations to come with the blame "this is why I look ugly"!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Power of Deliberate Practice
May 6, 2008
Power of Deliberate Practice
Link Via Micro Persuasion
Link Via Secrets of Greatness
Excerpt
These are great articles for the children to read.I want my 14 year old to read this and stop saying -- "I am not good at it".
Power of Deliberate Practice
Link Via Micro Persuasion
Link Via Secrets of Greatness
Excerpt
Certainly some important traits are partly inherited, such as physical size and particular measures of intelligence, but those influence what a person doesn't do more than what he does; a five-footer will never be an NFL lineman, and a seven-footer will never be an Olympic gymnast. Even those restrictions are less severe than you'd expect: Ericsson notes, "Some international chess masters have IQs in the 90s." The more research that's done, the more solid the deliberate-practice model becomes.
These are great articles for the children to read.I want my 14 year old to read this and stop saying -- "I am not good at it".
Monday, May 5, 2008
Talk about razor sharp wit...
May 5th, 2008
Here are couple of razor sharp wits from Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde...
Via www.neatorama.com
Here are couple of razor sharp wits from Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde...
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go," says Oscar Wilde.
George Bernard Shaw wrote to Winston Churchill, "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend....if you have one." And Churchill wrote back, "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second......if there is one"
Via www.neatorama.com
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hilarious!!!!!!
April 22, 2008
Ask the Jihadist
By Andy Borowitz
Following is a post in www.newyorker.com. Absolutely funny. Enjoy!
QAIDA NO. 2 TO ANSWER WEB QUESTIONS SOON
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri will soon answer the hundreds of questions submitted by journalists, militants and others about the terrorist network’s future, its media wing announced Wednesday.
—Associated Press.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
Please find attached my homemade terror video, entitled “Death to America.” In it, you will see that I brandish an AK-47, make angry facial expressions, and threaten the infidels with imminent doom. Am seeking a full- or part-time position with Al Qaeda making spooky tapes. Have own cave.
—Fingers Crossed in Peshawar
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Thank you for sharing this with us. While I’m afraid your terror video does not meet our needs at the present time, we would be interested in seeing anything scary you do in the future.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a member in good standing of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and am considering switching my terror membership to Al Qaeda. Is there a difference in dental?
—Confused in Cairo
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Unfortunately, that is not my department. Please call the office between the hours of eight and five and ask for Al Qaeda No. 37.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I was hatching a terror plot on my cell phone the other day, but now I’m afraid that the C.I.A. was listening in. What should I do?
—Worried in Sharm al-Sheikh
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
American law allows the government to eavesdrop on any phone conversation for no reason whatsoever. But, as a practical matter, this means the Americans are too busy spying on one another to ever spy on us. Plus, they don’t know Arabic. Still, you can never be too cautious. When talking on your cell phone, never use the words “Al Qaeda.” Instead, refer to us by our secret code name, the Emperors Club V.I.P.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a journalist for the U.S. publication Tiger Beat. When I heard you would be taking Web questions, I was like OMG, I totes have to write to him!!! Here are three questions we’re asking celebrities this month:
1. If you could be any character on “Gossip Girl,” who would you be?
2. Who would be a better friend, Lauren on “The Hills” or Ashley Tisdale in “High School Musical”?
3. Who is hotter, Zac Efron or Joe Jonas? (LOL)
—Stacy in Manhattan
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
May you and everyone at your magazine burn in Hell.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
Does Al Qaeda ever endorse political candidates? If so, I recommend that you give a big thumbs-up to Barack Obama. I guarantee you he hates America as much as you do (if not more)! It would be great if you appeared in a bunch of TV ads and called him “the evildoing President that evildoers have been waiting for.”
—Bill in Chappaqua
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Al Qaeda is only interested in American elections to the extent that we can plunge them into abject chaos. So this year, as in every other year, we are supporting Ralph Nader.
Greetings and compliments to you, my good sir:
I am the widow of the late Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha. Please wire $15,000 in U.S. funds to the bank information provided below and in two weeks’ time you will receive $150,000 for your kindly services, my goodly gentleman.
—Mrs. Maryam Abacha
Lagos
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
What kind of simpleton do you take me for? I sent you $15,000 last month and I never heard back.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I have been trying to get through to WFAN Sports Radio 66 for the past three weeks, but they keep putting me on hold. So let me ask you instead: Do you think the Mets will go all the way?
—Mike in Flushing
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Raining down misery and destruction on the Great Satan leaves me little time for such idle contemplations. That said, if Johan Santana puts up the kind of numbers he did for the Twins, look out.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a big fan of Osama bin Laden and would like to get his autograph. I have an eight-by-ten glossy of him but don’t know where to send it. Could you please give me his exact mailing address?
—Borge W. Gush
Washington, D.C.
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Please contact him directly. He’s on Facebook.
Ask the Jihadist
By Andy Borowitz
Following is a post in www.newyorker.com. Absolutely funny. Enjoy!
QAIDA NO. 2 TO ANSWER WEB QUESTIONS SOON
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri will soon answer the hundreds of questions submitted by journalists, militants and others about the terrorist network’s future, its media wing announced Wednesday.
—Associated Press.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
Please find attached my homemade terror video, entitled “Death to America.” In it, you will see that I brandish an AK-47, make angry facial expressions, and threaten the infidels with imminent doom. Am seeking a full- or part-time position with Al Qaeda making spooky tapes. Have own cave.
—Fingers Crossed in Peshawar
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Thank you for sharing this with us. While I’m afraid your terror video does not meet our needs at the present time, we would be interested in seeing anything scary you do in the future.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a member in good standing of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and am considering switching my terror membership to Al Qaeda. Is there a difference in dental?
—Confused in Cairo
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Unfortunately, that is not my department. Please call the office between the hours of eight and five and ask for Al Qaeda No. 37.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I was hatching a terror plot on my cell phone the other day, but now I’m afraid that the C.I.A. was listening in. What should I do?
—Worried in Sharm al-Sheikh
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
American law allows the government to eavesdrop on any phone conversation for no reason whatsoever. But, as a practical matter, this means the Americans are too busy spying on one another to ever spy on us. Plus, they don’t know Arabic. Still, you can never be too cautious. When talking on your cell phone, never use the words “Al Qaeda.” Instead, refer to us by our secret code name, the Emperors Club V.I.P.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a journalist for the U.S. publication Tiger Beat. When I heard you would be taking Web questions, I was like OMG, I totes have to write to him!!! Here are three questions we’re asking celebrities this month:
1. If you could be any character on “Gossip Girl,” who would you be?
2. Who would be a better friend, Lauren on “The Hills” or Ashley Tisdale in “High School Musical”?
3. Who is hotter, Zac Efron or Joe Jonas? (LOL)
—Stacy in Manhattan
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
May you and everyone at your magazine burn in Hell.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
Does Al Qaeda ever endorse political candidates? If so, I recommend that you give a big thumbs-up to Barack Obama. I guarantee you he hates America as much as you do (if not more)! It would be great if you appeared in a bunch of TV ads and called him “the evildoing President that evildoers have been waiting for.”
—Bill in Chappaqua
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Al Qaeda is only interested in American elections to the extent that we can plunge them into abject chaos. So this year, as in every other year, we are supporting Ralph Nader.
Greetings and compliments to you, my good sir:
I am the widow of the late Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha. Please wire $15,000 in U.S. funds to the bank information provided below and in two weeks’ time you will receive $150,000 for your kindly services, my goodly gentleman.
—Mrs. Maryam Abacha
Lagos
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
What kind of simpleton do you take me for? I sent you $15,000 last month and I never heard back.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I have been trying to get through to WFAN Sports Radio 66 for the past three weeks, but they keep putting me on hold. So let me ask you instead: Do you think the Mets will go all the way?
—Mike in Flushing
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Raining down misery and destruction on the Great Satan leaves me little time for such idle contemplations. That said, if Johan Santana puts up the kind of numbers he did for the Twins, look out.
Dear Ayman al-Zawahiri:
I am a big fan of Osama bin Laden and would like to get his autograph. I have an eight-by-ten glossy of him but don’t know where to send it. Could you please give me his exact mailing address?
—Borge W. Gush
Washington, D.C.
Ayman al-Zawahiri writes:
Please contact him directly. He’s on Facebook.
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