Friday, February 25, 2005

Time Pass

How do you spend an unexpected day off in Ettimadai...

Well you take your friends car and go out and eat " Kothiya Porotta" at some Dhaba. Be sure that the TV is switched on and you are watching KTV or SunTV. Experts say that aids in digestion.

Then you go to the local Dosha kada and have some doshas.
"Aaaa sappadu sappadu"
Cross the road and go to the local bakery for some hot and strong coffee.
"Aiiiiiiiii suuuupper suuuupper"

Drive back with the car stereo screaming some local Tamil hip hop....

Pagalile colorgal poraamal
Iruttile kaNNadichchenna payan
Sudhandhiram mattum illaamal
Swargane irundhum enna payan
Figurigal yarum illaamal
Vaguppugal irundhum enna payan
Iruvadhu vayadhil aadamal
Aruvadhil aadi enna payan

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

The Eternal Stranger

ALAS, I cannot stay in the house, and home has become no home to me, for the eternal Stranger calls, he is going along the road.

The sound of his footfall knocks at my breast; it pains me!

The wind is up, the sea is moaning. I leave all my cares and doubts to follow the homeless tide, for the Stranger calls me, he is going along the road.

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From "Fruit Gathering" by Rabindranath Tagore

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Master Foo

To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System.
- Master Foo

The Absurd Adventures of Algernon Featherby

Algernon Featherby, a middle-aged chap with a penchant for tweed suits and a perpetual furrowed brow, returned to his quaint village after a...