Sequentialist

I can eat 22 energy gels without throwing up.

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:31:23 +0530

I can eat 22 energy gels without throwing up.

"With the bulls-eye that’s going to be on these guys’ backs, I’m going to need..."

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:59:03 +0530

“With the bulls-eye that’s going to be on these guys’ backs, I’m going to need these braids this year.”

- Udonis Haslem about his hair in the LeBron, Wade, Bosh era in Miami.

Nussbaum weighs in on the proposed burqa bans

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:46:54 +0530

Nussbaum weighs in on the proposed burqa bans

"FP: What surprised you and touched you the most when you look back at last year’s events in..."

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:54:11 +0530

“

FP: What surprised you and touched you the most when you look back at last year’s events in Iran?

MS: For years we’ve been told that Iranian youth are momma’s boys and sissies. When I watched those so-called “sissies” and “momma’s boys” taking to the streets while they were being beaten up, arrested, jailed, tortured, and killed, I said, “The next time someone calls them sissies, I will punch that person myself.”

”

- Interview with Marjane Satrapi

New Brett Domino

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:36:26 +0530

New Brett Domino

Video

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:41:35 +0530

All the drama of the World Cup on one blog

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:35:00 +0530

All the drama of the World Cup on one blog:

Hoping for some more material tonight.

My appreciation of cricket has grown...but only slightly.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:52:00 +0530

My appreciation of cricket has grown...but only slightly.:

And that was just from reading Netherland.

Crashed test

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:18:39 +0530

My attempt at starting a new blog devoted to my time in India has failed. So…meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

"I knew that some of our players are extremely good at that - Ozil, Poldi, Muller, Kroos - and I said..."

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:11:47 +0530

“I knew that some of our players are extremely good at that - Ozil, Poldi, Muller, Kroos - and I said to the team, ‘If you don’t move around the pitch, you’re not even going to beat teams like Canada!’”

- ‘Jogi’ Low

Little vision

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:05:00 +0530

Little vision

"Chicken teriyaki is the best cheap food there is,” he said. “It’s ideal for international students...."

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:54:35 +0530

““Chicken teriyaki is the best cheap food there is,” he said. “It’s ideal for international students. I got through school on oatmeal cookies and coffee. If only I could have had teriyaki, things would have been different.””

- A City’s Specialty, Japanese in Name Only

Video

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:17:14 +0530

Product of the year.

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:25:19 +0530

Product of the year.

Amazing hairstyling tips from the Jersey Shore. Plus: Dissension...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +0530

Amazing hairstyling tips from the Jersey Shore.

Plus: Dissension in the Shore-going ranks.

Thundersnow

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:35:00 +0530

I still can’t believe it, but this is apparently a real phenomenon (though I ridiculed Janet about it earlier) that I may experience for the first time tomorrow. Three cheers for DC’s massive snowstorm. Or as they’ll call it years down the line, the Health Care Blizzard of 09’.

City Life

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:29:25 +0530

Really makes me miss the winter morning frost on the grass in my yard at home.

Thought of the Decade via Interpol?

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:57:00 +0530

Her stories are boring and stuff, she’s always calling my bluff.

Charles Simic on the couch, at the morgue.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:13:05 +0530

Charles Simic on the couch, at the morgue.:

I read whatever, wherever. That may explain why my attempts are so often unsuccessful.

Woods Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ From Golf

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:00 +0530

Woods Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ From Golf:

deepalc:

Hehe, that’s pretty funny. Few people are afforded the opportunity to quit their job to get their personal life in order. For us normal folk, we have to do all of this at the same time. Its like being rich and famous also makes you sad and pathetic.

True. Sad and pathetic, but with $s.