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Hindsight
-Guy Kawasaki
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
-Bertrand Russell
Wear sunscreen
-Mary Schmich
Man was given an imagination to compensate for what he isn't;
a sense of humour to console him for what he is.
- Francis Bacon
Leisure
-W.H. Davies
Not all those that wander are lost.
-J.R.R. Tolkein
Life is a tragedy for those who feel,
and a comedy for those who think.
-Jean de La Bruyère
The average person thinks he isn't.
-Father Larry Lorenzoni
Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers.
-Pablo Picasso
Become who you are.
-Nietzshe
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-Frank Tyger
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
-Anon
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muse
Watched Last Samurai and Dr. Strangelove over the weekend!
Watched the first at Skyline, a quaint little theatre in Secunderabad, where balcony tickets are only Rs. 30! I'd thought I'd missed the movie, after Prasad's stopped screening it - but I'm glad we chanced past Skyline after a biryani dinner at Cafe Bahar. Watched Strangelove at home - after borrowing a DVD from Hyderabad's new hip and happening DVD library, Cinema Paradiso. It's nice to have a place sans stolen, grainy, cinema hall prints - and a collection that spans across into "world" and "classic" cinema too!
Both were very watchable. I've seen Last Samurai described as "Braveheart Visits Japan" - and that's probably not very far from the truth :). Very engaging dialogue - and amazing fight sequences! Dr. Strangelove is an amazing piece of black comedy on nuclear war - it delivers well the message about the irony of nuclear warfare and the danger of having so much destructive power on tap - and is as watchable after the cold war and almost 40 years. Highly recommended for Kubrick fans. But then if you're a Kubrick fan - you've probably already seen this movie :)
8:34 AM
Sunday, January 18, 2004
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 One of the "interesting" tricks some houses in the US have is a fireplace with "artificial" logs and hidden gas pipe's inside. These take but a turn of a knob to ignite - a far cry from the kerosene started, wood kindled, coal fireplaces I used to light in Kasauli as a kid.
Spent the evening at Country Club - a resort on the outskirts of the city - sharing experiences with a team from work, grouped around a small fire. Getting the fire started, when all you have to burn is wood, is easy :). It's amazing the tales one can dreg up from the workplace, many, many years after they've ceased to be embarassing!
10:25 AM
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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