According to the NY Times, Pakistan gained Independence not from Britain but from India!

Check out this article by their Pakistan 'expert':

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/world/asia/09vox.html

I pride myself on seeing all obvious business ideas.

But I have to confess I missed this one:

www.youporn.com

Dravid's omission boosts Pak morale ( Read more... )

is to drive from Minnesota to Texas - and back.

This is still a tentative plan. The drive itself is almost sure to happen but who we'll meet up with in Dallas is still not 100% confirmed.

So anyone interested in

A) The cross-country drive (in a SERIOUSLY fun car!)

or

B) Meeting up with PESITians in Dallas for the weekend

please let me know.

So my sis did the GRE and got....

Wait for it...

1600/1600. A perfect score!

I'll be home from Jan 2 - Jan 15.

I found some really God-forsaken roads only 3 hours from my house where you can rip along at 100 mph or whatever - no cops n no traffic. Oh joy!

Actually, I really need to find a racetrack before the snow gets here..

Good stuff good stuff! :)

The Indian team apparently has not bothered to follow the other 2oTwenty matches when picking their team ( Read more... )

After a year (more?) in working in a Fortune 500 company in corporate America, solving problems that the CFO of the company worries about, one thing has become pretty obvious ( Read more... )