Cool, Netflix Boosts New Streaming Movies

To all the dickheads forever whining that the Netflix films available for streaming are often old movies, here’s some good news that’ll make their dicks come to attention. Very good news, baby. Netflix today announced a deal with movie studios Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM that will let it offer members new films 90 days after […]

Yale Book of Quotations Review – A Joy to Peruse

For as long as we can remember, we’ve been under the spell of eloquent writers and speakers. And Bartlett’s was our vade mecum, a book we repeatedly borrowed from our local library. On good days and on bad days, we dipped into the heavy tome to great delight. So when we saw favorable reviews of […]

Incredible India 50 – Finally, Shameless Buffoon M.K.Azhagiri Opens Mouth

Only in Incredible India. Folks, only in Incredible India can a 60-year-old buffoon who cannot speak Hindi or English (the two official languages of the country and of Parliament) and to boot a first-time Member of Parliament, become a Central Cabinet Minister. Yes, we’re talking of the buffoon M.K.Azhagiri a.k.a M.K.Alagiri, India’s Union Minister for […]

Put Lipstick on a Dipstick & Other Phrases – 1

Many summers ago, we purchased Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable but never had the time or the will to peruse the book. On the shelves it languished for several years. Lately, we’ve dusted the book and like a starving Oriyan from Kalahandi we’re now gormandizing on the contents. By the way, our copy is […]

Allah’s Ire ‘Rains’ on Pakistan

Terrorist exporter, Taliban sponsor, Al Qaeda haven, repeat attacker on India and whacko nation Pakistan continues to suffer the ravages of heavy floods. Media reports suggest 1,600 have died, 500,000 displaced from their homes and overall 12 million people affected. May the poor souls rest in peace. Read the details here.