Being Proactive on English

A dozen vocabulary guides, hundreds of books and thousands of magazines later, we are still flummoxed by the English language. So the dictionary and thesaurus are our constant companions. Lately, we’ve noticed that the word proactive is being wrongly used here (by at least two comment-posters). It’s being incorrectly used as a synonym for useful. The […]

Free iPhone Wi-Fi – One More Reason to Visit Starbucks

Ever seen our Gujjus made the coffee at Dunkin Donuts virtually non-potable, we’ve dropped anchor at Starbucks for our Caffeine fix. Now, there’s one more reason Starbucks is better than Dunkin Donuts: AT&T is offering free Wi-Fi to iPhone customers at Starbucks. Since we occasionally use the iPhone to process comment or make brief posts […]

Serial Bomb Blasts Kill 65 in Assam; 335 Injured

Multiple bomb blasts in the northeast state of Assam claimed at least 65 lives and left over 335 injured. The serial bomb blasts occurred in crowded market areas of Guwahati and in the districts of Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon in Assam today. Since 2002, India has been racked by bomb blasts over different parts of the country […]

Forrest Gump – Oh Baby, What a Movie

We had heard in several quarters that Tamil film director Gautam Menon’s upcoming movie Vaaranam Aayiram (Surya) is inspired by the Tom Hanks movie Forrest Gump. So we got the Forrest Gump DVD from Netflix and watched it last night. If (a big if) Forrest Gump is indeed the source for Vaaranam Ayiram, it’d be […]

Forget Joe the Plumber; Let’s Make John the Loser

When our country is facing crises on multiple fronts, Republican nominee John McCain has trivialized the coming Presidential elections by picking up some faltu Joe the Plumber and making much ado about the fella. Folks, let’s not forget that just a few weeks ago our doddering Senator John McCain was telling everyone: the fundamentals of our […]

Movie Critics Screw Ajith’s Aegan

Ajith’s Shame – Hey, Even Genelia’s Better than Him Several movie critics have shown the middle finger to Ajith’s latest crap show Aegan. Not surprising since Aegan represents one of the low points of the Tamil movie industry. Here are some excerpts from various reviews of Aegan: BehindWoods: With that saggy little plot and actors […]

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