2022-12-18 21:02
As she walked into the Diwali party, she was draped in a stunning pink sari. When folks complimented her on the garment, she to… Read More
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2020-03-24 03:44
The one with Kabir saying Ek Laphda Maroonga...and Kabir loving Luxor Pyramid Hotel.....and iconic Death Valley.....and the Grand canyon still being the best and grandest park of all.... and… Read More
2018-12-18 19:41
Legend has it that the physicist Niels Bohr had a horseshoe hanging above his door. A colleague asked him why, to which he responded, “it’s for luck.” The colleague then as… Read More
2018-12-11 12:18
Might be one of the first or second one's I wrote. The juvenile, forced rhyme pattern is proof :) A Futile Odyssey Searching for an enigmatic entity, Through the waters of my… Read More
2018-12-01 17:04
I like rainy Saturday afternoonsLounging on the couch In my pajamasNear a large window Looking out at the rain As the rain looks in at me Watching the tree leaves, flower petals, grass blad… Read More
2018-03-15 14:31
From the musical South Pacific:You've got to be taught to hate and fear, You've got to be taught from year to year,It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear, You've got to be… Read More
2017-04-04 17:11
I love writing. I hate writing. When I am having trouble with writing, like right now, I hate writing. When the writing is done or when I am editing the final version after many d… Read More
2016-12-25 08:12
This gem of a quote from Mr. Robot.“My father picked me up from school one day, and we played hooky and went to the beach. It was too cold to go in the water, so we sat on a blanket an… Read More
2016-12-25 08:06
Watched Meet Joe Black again after over 10 years, and was reminded of why it was one of my favorite movies... there are so many great quotes by William Parrish... but this conversation was e… Read More
2016-12-22 19:05
You cannot do Science without doing experiments.You cannot do Scholarship without writing.I. Should. Be. Writing Read More
2016-12-22 19:03
Heard a TED talk titled "Unwavering Focus". The speaker made a very compelling case for the need to learn and practice "to focus". He used an analogy we all intuitively know and the research… Read More
2015-12-16 18:48
Na khushi khareed paata hoon,Na hi gum bech paata hoon,Phir bhi main na jaane kyonHar roz kamane jaata hoo Read More
2015-08-12 17:45
Random conversation with the hubby that (I think) ended in him formulating a cool quote worth (ahem) quoting...Me: That gentleman has really big shoulders. Do you think he works out?Hubs: Of… Read More
2012-09-04 01:04
Neuroscience and Philosophy! Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?Cooperation is the Key to Intelligence Our brains are wired to argue for what we believe in, not what is right!Peopl… Read More
2012-08-30 14:08
so often we homo sapiens succumb o spur of the moment feelings.. and start to believe we cannot live without this or that...You don't really know whether you can live without something (or s… Read More
2012-08-30 13:47
Just as behind every succesful man, there is a Woman, and vice versa... Behind every successful scientific experiment, behind every "cool" science-related article that makes it to the he… Read More
2012-08-30 13:46
I don't know if I like the liberals more or conservatives more... of course these terms imply rigidness and black & white when we all have a lot of grey areas in our opinions ... But w… Read More
2012-08-06 15:37
Today, we reached such progress in science and technology that we were able to, for the first time in the history of Mankind, land a rover on Mars...Yet, today, we are still stuck in age-old… Read More
2012-07-12 23:56
"In order to boost the numbers of women who choose to go into those fields (science, academia, technology, and others with fewer women), you have to boost the number (and morale if I might… Read More
2012-07-09 19:14
.... did it cause us women to become 'bad' wives? I was watching 'MadMen'.. the men go to work, drink at work, smoke (a lot) at work, and engage in work and 'play' at work. The wives stay at… Read More
2012-07-05 19:08
Ahh... the wonderful spiritual self-satisfied elated feeling you get when you dive your head into some work and do it ... with all your focus... sure feels better than worship to me ! Read More
2012-06-29 15:03
I go round and round inside my little glass case... caught up in my little world... eat, drink, play, work, eat some more... I do this little dance for a lifetime.. Sometimes, I look out thr… Read More
2012-06-29 15:01
For any task that I have to finish - that is of some significance and needs to be done.. I find that its the beginning and end that are the hardest parts. Its hard to begin... I dilly-dally… Read More
2011-12-16 18:47
Heard on radio today that Christopher Hitchens passed away. Some quotes from Hitchens that caught my fancy... Somehow I think I heard about quite a few people passing away this month.. this… Read More
2010-12-28 19:07
... is fleeting.... ... is so easy to lose track of... ... is almost impossible to define/describe to a 3-year old... ... changes everything......is such an essence of everything... actually… Read More
2010-11-08 16:21
Another good one from A.W.A.D. "Short story writer Guy de Maupassant once wrote, "Whatever you want to say, there is only one noun to express it, one verb to animate it and one adjective to… Read More
2010-09-02 20:46
Have one thing in common... well, one that I can think of. All three, if they are genuine, cannot be persuaded by reason or rationality. They are, almost by essence, irrational and illogica… Read More
2010-08-18 01:23
Excerpts from a philosophical conversation I had with my 2 and half year old son (appropriately referred to as 'Wise Child' below) on our drive home from work... he was just seeing adults in… Read More
2010-06-07 13:46
".... Its funny how Falling feels like Flying... for a little while.." Read More
2010-05-03 14:10
naturalist and author Terry Tempest Williams once said: This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat… Read More
2010-05-02 03:58
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Read More
2010-05-01 20:28
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -S… Read More
2010-05-01 01:58
I lay on the green grass and look up at the calm blue skyAnd I stare at a bird up in the sky..Or..does the bird in the sky stare at me? Read More
2010-04-25 23:27
A boy was walking up the mountain when he came across a rattlesnake shivering in the cold trapped in a pit.. the snake requested the boy to help him, but the boy was skeptical.. "you are a p… Read More
2010-04-16 15:24
Truly Tough decisions Make us nobleOr make us realizeHow far from noble we are Read More
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