Blonde talk

Recently, I was privy to a conversation between two blonde bomb shells. I was in my kitchen fixing up a breakfast for myself. I couldn't help myself from overhearing these two girls trying to do something with their laptop. Blondes and computers - it was just too irresistable a combination to miss.

One of them was giving a lecture on computers to the other. It got me really curious mostly because, the one who was lecturing, previously, had thought that Linux was a contraceptive. I wish it was, because I am on it all the time :)

As I continued listening to their conversation, I understood that they were trying to fill some online form. It involved typing out some personal information and as you would have guessed, they did not remember most of their own information.

This was when the smart blondie decided to take out her laptop, instead of the one that they were using already. The other one was wondering how that would help. Thats when the smart one came up with this technical explanation, that was very impressive. At least for the time being.

She said that her laptop has been configured to use its built-in memory that captures personal information and stores it on the disk. When you connect to the internet modem, it talks with the Internet provider and retrieves the information and fills up the information.

Now, I work with computers and make a living out of it. But her explanation left me dizzy for a while. She was cock-sure (cock-sure probably is the best way to describe her confidence :)) about what she was talking.

I walked up to them and took a peek at their work-in-progress. And what do you know? The built-in memory - internet modem- information retriever - configuration was nothing but Google toolbar!

She should probably be Google's technical writer!

Heaven's hired someone new

I had written this post more than a year back. Apparently, I was waiting for a miracle, that was never going to happen.
She should be watching from heaven now. May her soul rest in peace!

Mom

Im not an atheist. I beleive in my mom.

Strange Boundaries

Boundaries amaze me. Who decides them? Who fixes them? I am not talking about a Line of Control or a fence. Boundaries that encapsulate an environment. Boundaries that define human behavior and interaction. Let me explain.

Scene 1. I am having this deep technical discussion with my boss in the confines of a conference room.

Scene 2. After playing volleyball with a bunch of collegues, which includes my boss, I am there in the changing room getting ready for a shower. The technical discussion somehow sneaks in to the changing room and I end up discussing it with my boss in the changing room. As we talk, my boss begins to strip down for the shower. The clothes come down, but the discussion continues.

It was the same discussion. Same participants. But would it be appropriate to be nude in a conference room? When a discussion can take place in both the conference and changing rooms, what makes it inappropriate to be nude in a conference room? This is not the only example, but the others weren't as decent as this one! (you can do the guess work).

Whenever I go to a rest room, I always wonder how a thin wall seperates two people s(h)itting in adjacent stalls. Boundaries amaze me.

Boundaries form an environment, which decides human interaction and behavior. But who draws them and how are they drawn? Is this civilization?

And by the way, nowadays, after a game, I go home for a shower.

Random thoughts

One headline that caught my attention today was that a family from Kerala was asked to get down from an Emirates flight. No. No terrorist connections. Some thing worse than that. Age old Mom-in-law Vs Daughter-in-law feud. The flight had just gotten on the runway, when this lady couldn't resist taking repeated swipes against her mom-in-law, resulting in saying goodbye to fellow passengers. Well, seems like this cat fight has come a long way from kitchen to mid-air. Which makes me wonder why do women have this traditional weakness of not getting along well among themselves. Maybe one of those things which Men will never understand. You put 5 girls in a room. They will form 5 groups. Simple math.

Seems like the film world is so bent on getting Sania Mirza to act in films. Apparently, they need to look beyond what she wears and understand that she plays a game called tennis. And there are objections from you-name-it-they-call-it organizations against her dress code during games. It might be difficult to understand, but worthy to point out that 'purdah' might not be a good wear when you have to run around. Leave the girl alone..for God's sake!

West virginia Miners' tragedy was really bad. Getting trapped far below sea level, with no oxygen and no light, waiting for the death, which takes its own sweet time - worst way to die! A note was found from one of the bodies recovered, which read 'Tell all, I ll see them on the other side. It wasnt that bad. I just went to sleep'. I wish it was that simple!

The worst thing about ending a relationship is getting used to forget things that you had gotten used to.

Talking Straight

Is this world a lil gay-biased? Dont get me wrong, I ve got nothing against homosexuality, but inspite of all the hue and cry over same sex marriage and all, I feel that they enjoy a lot of previleges, that straight people can only dream about.

Just take the locker room in a gym for example. I dont think I have to explain the necessity of having seperate locker rooms for men and women. But doesnt that make locker rooms a gay paradise? Having to look at the nude behinds of my same team is not my idea of having a good workout. But what is an irritation to me could lo and behold, a gay man's pleasure and motivation to go to gym! And talking about motivation, did somebody wonder why gay people have immmaculately sculpted bodies?!

As I said before, I have no intention of ridiculing homosexuality or passing a judgement. I just want to stand up and talk for the straight people. All I am asking for is equality. If a gay man can be allowed in a Men's locker room, a straight man should be allowed in Women's changing room too! Or to make things simple, there should be a common changing room for men and women!

Wat say ppl? ( Straight guys, i can already sense your feelings of gratitude!)

Disclaimer: This post is not meant to offend anyone and in case if it offends anyone, sincere apologies. As my guru Seinfeld says, "Not that there is anything wrong with it!".

65 Limit

An attempt to write a story in 65 words, inspired from vivhyd's blog (changed the limit from 55 to 65!).

He was delighted to see a basket of eggs. He realized that his dad's indifference when he asked him for an egg was just to surprise him. He grabbed one and drank it in a gulp.
His inebriated father was getting a good sleep, as he had a long day ahead. He has been designated to throw the acid-filled eggs in tommorrow's political meeting.