I can't believe that for all these years, I thought the line in that 'Message in a Bottle' song by Sting was "A year has passed since I broke my nose"

My good friend Hareesh sent me this link last night. It's an MA thesis, about student slang at IIT Madras.

Heh.

Who's Batman facing off against next? Well - take a look.

Hell, I know it's Miller, but still - why? Well, apparently it's "a reminder to people who seem to have forgotten who we're up against"Being in this country, I don't see how on earth you can possibly forget who you're 'up against' - I suppose the constant reminders on TV and the perpetually ( Read more... )

After almost snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Arizona manages to pull it off. Having held the lead for most of the game, and by as wide a margin as sixteen points at one point of time, I can't believe it came down to the last ten seconds. 70-68, Arizona.

( Excerpts from the highly entertaining game thread on the UA message board: )

To jinx, or not to jinx, that is the question.

Ah heck, to jinx, I say.

Arizona vs. Oregon - 84-72, Cats. If they lose this one, you'll know it's because of me.

Well, so much for optimism.

UA vs. UCLA, tip-off in one hour. I have a bad feeling about this, but I'm still going to be a shameless homer, and predict a Cats victory. 81-78, Arizona.

Now bring it on, I say.

Back after a rather eventful India trip. Strangely now it seems like I wasn't even there, and there's so much more I wish I could have crammed into that short time. In any case, just seeing that Richmond Circle flyover made the trip worth it. Oyez ( Read more... )

Woo-hoo, grades came out today, and I've managed to get through all my Masters coursework with an untarnished 4.0 GPA. Ah, it feels good, even though it really doesn't amount to that much in the larger scheme of things - and in any case, I'll also be taking an additional course next sem on Computer Vision, which promises to be rather interesting. ( Read more... )

Wednesday, Nov 30th: 11:50 pm - All seems well. After an exciting game of living-room golf (which eventually, I lose - but only because the rules don't permit movement of furniture, bah), I settle in to watch the Daily Show. Halfway through a hearty chuckle, I glance at my laptop - and realise that something's wrong. Sure enough, the worst has ( Read more... )