mouse potato
Function: noun
Etymology: after couch potato
Date: 1993
slang : a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer
sandwich generation
Function: noun
Date: 1987
: a generation of people who are caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children
BAGGRAVATION, noun. A feeling of annoyance and anger one endures at the airport when his bags have not arrived at the baggage carousel but everyone else's bags have!
DISORIENT EXPRESS, noun. A state of confusion.
EATERS COMA, noun. A condition characterized by sluggishness, sleepiness, and often a lack of motivation to do anything but rest/relax or sleep; a condition whose onset occurs shortly after a meal, usually dinner.
F.I.N.E, adjective. acronym (F*cked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional). Usually derogatory.
VERTICALLY-CHALLENGED, adjective. Short, not tall .
Conscience is the still, small voice which tells a candidate that what he is doing is likely to lose him votes.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
What is Life!!!
Read some real good definitions of life-
Life is like a bagel. It's delicious when it's fresh and warm, but often it's just hard. The hole is the middle is its great mystery, and yet it wouldn't be a bagel without it.
Life is like eating grapefruit. First you have to break through the skin; then it takes a couple of bites to get used to the taste, and just as you begin to enjoy it, it squirts you in the eye.
Life is like a banana. You start out green and get soft and mushy with age. Some people want to be one of the bunch while others want to be top banana. You have to take care not to slip on externals. And, finally, you you have to strip off the outer coating to get at the meat.
Life is like cooking. It all depends on what you add and how you mix it. Sometimes you follow the recipe and at other times, you're creative.
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the picture on the front of the box to know what it's supposed to look like. Sometimes, you're not even sure if you've got all the pieces.
Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.
Life is like riding an elevator. It has a lot of ups and downs and someone is always pushing your buttons. Sometimes you get the shaft, but what really bothers you are the jerks.
Life is like a room full of open doors that close as you get older.
Life is like a puppy dog always searching for a street full of fire hydrants.
Life is like a poker game. You deal or are dealt to. It includes skill and luck. You bet, check, bluff, and raise. You learn from those you play with. Sometimes you win with a pair or lose with a full house. But whatever happens, it's best to keep on shuffling along.
Life is like a bagel. It's delicious when it's fresh and warm, but often it's just hard. The hole is the middle is its great mystery, and yet it wouldn't be a bagel without it.
Life is like eating grapefruit. First you have to break through the skin; then it takes a couple of bites to get used to the taste, and just as you begin to enjoy it, it squirts you in the eye.
Life is like a banana. You start out green and get soft and mushy with age. Some people want to be one of the bunch while others want to be top banana. You have to take care not to slip on externals. And, finally, you you have to strip off the outer coating to get at the meat.
Life is like cooking. It all depends on what you add and how you mix it. Sometimes you follow the recipe and at other times, you're creative.
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the picture on the front of the box to know what it's supposed to look like. Sometimes, you're not even sure if you've got all the pieces.
Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.
Life is like riding an elevator. It has a lot of ups and downs and someone is always pushing your buttons. Sometimes you get the shaft, but what really bothers you are the jerks.
Life is like a room full of open doors that close as you get older.
Life is like a puppy dog always searching for a street full of fire hydrants.
Life is like a poker game. You deal or are dealt to. It includes skill and luck. You bet, check, bluff, and raise. You learn from those you play with. Sometimes you win with a pair or lose with a full house. But whatever happens, it's best to keep on shuffling along.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
television - then and now
Thinking about India and the old days my thought went to the time when there was only one channel there, Doordharshan (India’s official terrestrial channel) Days. There were times fixed for people to watch the shows and on sunday evenings people would not even visit each other's homes as everyone would be watching the movie being shown!!! Some poular ones were Chitrahaar, Phool Khile hain Gulshan Gulshan...I still remember Chitrahaar was sponsored by Topaz blades!!
And then later on when the epic Ramayan was shown on sunday mornings, the streets actually wore a deserted look!!
And now with 24x7 TV , there is nothing worth watching.. so many times I sit with the remote and all I do is channel switching..even the news is so boring!!! Watching news in TV is no longer the same as it was before. Due to competition among the news channels all that is done is sensationalisation ( if there is any word like that) in the channels rather than the news.
And here in the US, TV channels are so polarised politically..you can know by the news presentation whethere they are Replublicans or Democrats!! Even the so called comedy channels do the same..patronise the party they belong to..Gimme a break!!!
And then later on when the epic Ramayan was shown on sunday mornings, the streets actually wore a deserted look!!
And now with 24x7 TV , there is nothing worth watching.. so many times I sit with the remote and all I do is channel switching..even the news is so boring!!! Watching news in TV is no longer the same as it was before. Due to competition among the news channels all that is done is sensationalisation ( if there is any word like that) in the channels rather than the news.
And here in the US, TV channels are so polarised politically..you can know by the news presentation whethere they are Replublicans or Democrats!! Even the so called comedy channels do the same..patronise the party they belong to..Gimme a break!!!
Some Definitions...
Abdicate, v.: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. Abstainer: Weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Adorable: What you ring when you go
Baby : A loud voice at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Bartender: A pharmacist with a limited inventory
Car sickness: The feeling you get when the car payment is due
Courtesy: The art of yawning with your mouth closed. Dentist: a magician who puts metal into your mouth, and pulls coins out of your pocket.
Grandparents: People who think your children are wonderful, even though they are sure you're not raising them right.
Hangover: The Wrath of Grapes.
Raisin: Grape with a bad sunburn.
Halloween
Halloween, or Hallowe’en is celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick or treat, ghost tours ( I have seen one) bonfires, costume parties ,visiting haunted attractions, carving jack o lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia.
The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jac-o-lantern. Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga . Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off any .The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip. The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America, where pumpkins were readily available and much larger, making them easier to carve than turnips. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark. In America the tradition of carving pumpkins is known to have preceded the Greay Famine period of Irish immigration. The carved pumpkin was originally associated with harvest time in general in America and did not become specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.
The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jac-o-lantern. Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga . Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off any .The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip. The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America, where pumpkins were readily available and much larger, making them easier to carve than turnips. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark. In America the tradition of carving pumpkins is known to have preceded the Greay Famine period of Irish immigration. The carved pumpkin was originally associated with harvest time in general in America and did not become specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.
Diwali
One more Diwali went by and now like last year, I am saying again, next year I will go to India for Diwali!! How I miss India at this time. The lights, the crackers, the crowded markets, food, pooja..all that atmosphere cant be replicated no matter how hard one tries! A festive mood comes up right from the Dushhera time.
Out here people in the neighbourhood dont even know what Diwali is all about. I had put the lights in the trees and shrubs in front yard and the kids in the neighbourhood got very excited saying Aunty has put her christmas tree already!!!
Well...
Out here people in the neighbourhood dont even know what Diwali is all about. I had put the lights in the trees and shrubs in front yard and the kids in the neighbourhood got very excited saying Aunty has put her christmas tree already!!!
Well...
Thursday, October 23, 2008
I am confused - About God.
I am confused about GOD!! I have been taught God is Pure Love but then why do the so called holy books or books used for the ceremonies or Pooja's talk of God as being jealous, condemning judgemental, harsh and in some places egoistic. ( Cause you did not do the pooja properly so I am angry with you!!! and hence you are suffering!!!) Does this all not make God with emotions and put Him in the same realm as humans (which He/She is not)?
I do not think that God is petty... God is not jealous. Jealous is a negative emotion. God would not be negative. God is not condemning and judgemental.
God whether a He or a She is not sitting there to judge or condemn but rather as a force to help one out!!
I do not think that God is petty... God is not jealous. Jealous is a negative emotion. God would not be negative. God is not condemning and judgemental.
God whether a He or a She is not sitting there to judge or condemn but rather as a force to help one out!!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Index of the bloggers
Is there any index of the bloggers that are there? I wonder how would it look like...a yellow book!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
SEO or SEM
Lot of people have asked me what is more effectice SEO or SEM. Well I have always maintained that both are equally important.
With the growing importance of bloggers and podcasts and third party endoresements, sites coming up on the organic side have or demand more attention. Sites just showing on the sponsored side and not on the organic side could face a challenge and sites showing on both the sides simultaneously would have a better chance to get the eyeball attention.
With the growing importance of bloggers and podcasts and third party endoresements, sites coming up on the organic side have or demand more attention. Sites just showing on the sponsored side and not on the organic side could face a challenge and sites showing on both the sides simultaneously would have a better chance to get the eyeball attention.
Internet Ads
The One difference internet marketing has to do is to make the customers feel like they are wanted and not that they are just a demograph of the targetted group. In the Virtual world like the real world the customer should feel wanted, they need attention, just like the marketeers need the customer attention. It's a give and take of attention.It needs to
be done in a way that feels natural and unsurprising and with feelings. The ads on the internet are somehow very impersonal. The best way out to reach the customer would be somehow to make those ads more personal. Any ad apprearing on my search should make me feel that it's just for me as it comes up on my search. In my opinion this would be one way of getting the desired customer involved.
I am sure there is a lot to add to it and would definitely put more thought on this post.
How Video Ads on Internet can be so much more useful
With the power of remote and people definitely coming to feel that "they need to decide what they want to see" Ads on TV are taking a beating. This is the time for the Video Ads on the internet. The main reasons for them to do well:
1)They have the pull and not the push factor - people would watch them cause they come up at the right time and they click on them!!
2)It can be easily shared - any good ad on the web can be shared with hundreds of people..So it get's a viral effect.
3)It can be measured. Well they say in some time ads on TV will also be measured but they will still have a push effect!!
And if well done then those ads can also be put up on the ipods/iphones...
1)They have the pull and not the push factor - people would watch them cause they come up at the right time and they click on them!!
2)It can be easily shared - any good ad on the web can be shared with hundreds of people..So it get's a viral effect.
3)It can be measured. Well they say in some time ads on TV will also be measured but they will still have a push effect!!
And if well done then those ads can also be put up on the ipods/iphones...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Learnt a new word
I always love smell of the earth after the first rain..but never knew what to call this smell...finally now i Know ......petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
[From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]
"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain."
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
[From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]
"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain."
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