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Striped Socks and Skinny Jeans
A story about The Olds, an Anniversary and Supermodels
It's been a bit since I've blogged. It has been a bit overwhelmingly overwhelming in these parts lately with the moving and settling in, so I haven't had time to sit down and think on things. But everything is shaking out and getting in place, so I will be back...
Today is Husband's birthday. He is now a number that I cannot tell you, but it's a good round one. Husband is not an easy birthday boy. He half-heartedly pretends that he would rather than we skip it all together, but really does like it when we celebrate just a little...
We've been back in the United States for about six weeks now and (almost*) every single conversation I've had has started with, "So are you guys settled into your house yet?"And the answer is, "No. Thanks so much for asking, but we are not."See this photo? This photo was taken...
We're back and no H is not my middle name
It's been more than three weeks* since my last blog post, and to be fair that one was pretty weak.**(This is currently how we eat dinner. We have no table yet and the pizza is frozen. We are hobos. Hobos with wine*** and nice chairs, but hobos nonetheless.)Yesterday the plumber...
May whomever bring you whatever you deserve! Happy holidays from all of us... We'll be back in the New Year......
We've had a big few weeks. We've changed continents; negotiated baby* jet lag; knocked out an entire list of Christmas presents armed with 90 minutes, the magic of the internets and a highly abused credit card; and sampled the fine cuisines of more than eleven different countries, all of which...
Oh, Dakuwaqa! - Shark sketches and comics
Egoistic people must not stick their heads in furniture
It's been a while so I thought it's time I did a sketch just for the heck of it. I had this doodled a while ago so I thought I'd complete it before it went into the vault of doomed sketches. My mum and I went to a restaurant once...
If one wants to see what Valentine's day is all about, you just need to go to any place that sells cards and other ridiculous things like stuffed white bears holding hearts and flowers. I went to Landmark the day before and as always the silly jewelry counter guy asked...
I'd like to clone my very own Sheldon
I was not very pleased with my Sheldon Cooper. I will most definitely attempt him again (Jim Parsons, if you're reading this - If you come visit me, I'll give you the original of this strip). And I apologise for the poor excuse for The Big Bang Theory set. Backgrounds...
I love those photo-booth photo sequences people do (usually to synopsize a great day in movies). I don't have any of myself though. Probably because most of my photogenicness (my spellchecker says that this is not a valid word. Somehow "spellchecker" made it into the dictionary. It sounds like it...
Apparently I cannot boil an egg
It's a standing joke in my family that I'm lousy at keeping house and so they find it hard to believe that I could be a somewhat decent hostess. I had a friend of mine staying over once while my mom was also staying with me and using my most...
Normal people would have just given you a card.
This is probably the longest and most complicated (character-wise) strip I have done. It's quite painful to draw so many creatures. But this was for my friend's birthday and it works out to be a pretty cheap gift (kidding!). For those who are wondering how/what/why this bizarre concept, allow me...
Chasing a Noodle
Make Your Supermarket Trip Fun
Do you find yourself feeling bored, frustrated and disillusioned when you undertake your regular supermarket shopping expedition? It’s time to change all that! Here’s a few challenges and ideas to make it more interesting for you and your fellow shoppers… Challenge 1 – Don’t Shop From The Shelves Pick yourself a trolley (try...
Sitting in the corner of my lounge are a set of three small tables. These could be referred to as ‘occasional tables.’ My question is this: If they’re occasional tables, what are they the rest of the time? Furthermore, if I have a set of three occasional tables, should I be...
You know what? Snow reminds me of a distant Auntie’s visit on Christmas Day. Everything seems very pleasant and enjoyable for the first 5 minutes and the children enjoy playing with her. But then you realise that she hasn’t really brought anything nice with her. She then overstays her welcome,...
Snow = British Panic Buying Madness
So, you’ve just finished watching the lunchtime news on the television. The economy continues to struggle, there are concerns about terrorists wearing explosive underpants and snow is on the way. For some reason, the first two things don’t worry you (even though you’re due to fly to Manchester next week...
2009 will be remembered for a lot of events. The inauguration of the first black American President, the death of a pop icon; Michael Jackson, and the worldwide spread of an infectious contagion that originated from a porker… no, not swine flu. SuBo (Susan Boyle). Not only is it the...
Some people do it in January. Others leave it until much later in the year. No, I’m not talking about the shameful breaking of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s Christmas shopping. You can certainly tell it’s Christmas. The women featured on the covers of men’s magazines are all wearing red thongs…...
Chasing a Noodle
Make Your Supermarket Trip Fun
Do you find yourself feeling bored, frustrated and disillusioned when you undertake your regular supermarket shopping expedition? It’s time to change all that! Here’s a few challenges and ideas to make it more interesting for you and your fellow shoppers… Challenge 1 – Don’t Shop From The Shelves Pick yourself a trolley (try...
Sitting in the corner of my lounge are a set of three small tables. These could be referred to as ‘occasional tables.’ My question is this: If they’re occasional tables, what are they the rest of the time? Furthermore, if I have a set of three occasional tables, should I be...
2009 will be remembered for a lot of events. The inauguration of the first black American President, the death of a pop icon; Michael Jackson, and the worldwide spread of an infectious contagion that originated from a porker… no, not swine flu. SuBo (Susan Boyle). Not only is it the...
Some people do it in January. Others leave it until much later in the year. No, I’m not talking about the shameful breaking of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s Christmas shopping. You can certainly tell it’s Christmas. The women featured on the covers of men’s magazines are all wearing red thongs…...
Are you addicted to Facebook – the social media website? Do you find yourself logging on whilst at work, at home in bed, on the toilet and in the bath? Following on from my popular article, The Self-Importance of Facebook & Twitter, I aim to find out just how addicted to...
Snakes And Ladders – Pointless Letter #1
Having read the Timewaster Letters, by Robin Cooper (a brilliant book – do buy a copy), I have been inspired to write and send a few humorous letters of my own. These letters will form the Pointless Letters section of my website. Before Christmas, I sent this letter to the Executive...
French-Leave (Fashion, LifeStyle)
Spring's Flung the First Friday My Way!
It's such a perfect day today! Everything seems to be celebrating the arrival of the flirtatious Spring! I feel positive and fresh! It's bright and sunny and I feel over-the-top lazy to do any official work! However, on a day like today, I feel inclined towards being a girly-girl and relishing...
Yesterday my Monday was so good that I actually mentioned about it while hogging on a Buffalo wings chicken pizza with friends at Mellow Mushroom for dinner, "It feels like Friday!" Now how often does that come by?! :) So yeah, I was all happy and excited yesterday about a...
International Women's Day 2010
To all fashionable women, I dedicate this powerful poem by Mary Angelou: Phenomenal Woman. I shall just quote a few lines here:I walk into a roomJust as cool as you please,And to a man,The fellows stand orFall down on their knees.Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees.I say,It's...
All that glitters is not gold; but all that is gold, glitters, right? :) Now that even the sun is golden, crispy and warm to us here in Austin, I couldn't help get inspired to do a home-decor-inspirational post.Presenting someone who needs no introductions, Kelly Wearstler. Applaud. Now, a lot...
500 Days of Summer-- Retro-chic Inspirational
I looooved the freshness that Zooey Deschanel's clothes were oozing out in '500 days of summer'. I recently watched the movie and couldn't help myself from observing and craving for everything that she was wearing from head to toe. Truly retro-chic. Her 1960's or 70's hairdo with the bangs and...
One of my serendipities while shopping in Bombay last month was Kazo. The store was stocked up with mixed radiances offering ambivalent statements of choice. To me it looked as if they were trying to sell to the woman who knew she had in her a girl she'd never want...
i'mRohan.Blog
See the full gallery on posterous Designed by JSª this residential project was recently completed by the beach in Lima, the capital of Peru. A white and captivating exterior, with large windows draws attention to the building that houses 4 apartments. Stone stairs connect the levels on the outside. A...
The On-time clock fast forwards 3 minutes of your time so you don’t have to run for the bus.GENIUS!via Diamantini & Domeniconi Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Zimoun focuses on creating installations and sound sculptures, usually in connection with mechanical features, movement and physically generated sounds. His creations are graceful, mechanically harmonized works of poetic playfulness - simple yet complex, the result of repetitions with slight irregularities caused by routine and coincidence. Zimoun uses simple...
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Here is a sample from their latest album called Digi. Having, until now, remaining completely anonymous - with their only visual representation being the mysterious jackalope silhouette - Miike Snow are a band that produce infectious and intelligent pop, and consist of Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg & Andrew Wyatt....
At a time in history when the print industry is pouncing from one space-age technological advancement to the next, Nick has decided to take a giant leap backwards into the industrial revolution. Meet the Kluge letterpress. An 2,000 pound, cast iron, electric powered monstrosity of vacillating rods, giant spinning...
Poems of Time: by Jessica A.Tucker
Good morning to all, A little collection of poems, for your morning reading today... a bit of everything mixed in. All the poems mentioned here, can be found with my writing published at Helium. Feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, or thoughts on what you find as in my books,...
"A tee spikes A bladed green, Target selected, Weapons primed. Palms grip, fingers wrap Grabbing, a grip takes frame. Wound up tightly, like a clock The batter to the plate..." Continue on here to read the rest of, In the trees - by Jessica A. Tucker For more...
Get your poems published at Inkpop!
I just ran across a site that looks very interesting for all you aspiring poets and creative writers out there. Inkpop is quoted as "the online community of rising stars in teen lit." and even mentions publishing opportunities for the top stars with HarperCollins. Hmmm, intersting... I am going to take...
Living droplets of clear blue sky, Placed gently by nature’s hand. Just like a painted dish of Mother’s pearls Caught by the glaze of a cameras lens. Bedded lightly on a fur of dead, Gleams rusted, browns, and grays Illuminated through the clearly haze... And out of the glossy, glassy past Furry tendrils reach out, so magnified...
"Flicks of purple and white colors glow On a bed of Summer’s vivid greens. Lining walkways, streets and garden paths, This flowering bush can often be seen..." Visit the poem here... Lilacs are one of my favorite parts of spring, especially when that wonderful musky smell of the flower takes...
Another Helium inspired poem has been posted and I just wanted to take a moment to share it. You will find this piece slightly longer than most of my work, but that is kind of what I was aiming for. I have included the first few paragraphs of, The Ledge,...
Victor's posterous
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2009 - The year open data went world wide
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First Impressions
What is the first thing you do when you wake up? Stretch a little, drink a glass of water? Rub your eyes and will your body into leaving the warmth of the bed? That used to be me, a couple of years ago. I’d lie curled under my Jaipuri quilt, gazing...
Sitting in the waiting area of my dentist’s office, I reached for Time magazine with the cover image of an aeroplane and the title “Fear of Flying.” Right beside it was Redbook with a smiling Julia-Louis Dreyfus looking “hotter at 49 than 29.” What caught my attention was this message shouting...
A record of our life, our times, our vanity
What does blogging do for you? Is it a forum for tips? A place where you reflect and have conversations with yourself? A safe haven; an escape? A commentary on social, political, economic issues of our times? A minute-by-minute record of your personal life? A journal that was meant to be personal, but really isn’t? Do...
I watched The Fight Club again after several years and it was interesting that different aspects of the movie resonated with me this time than when I had first seen it. Probably because of where I am in my life right now vis-a-vis a decade ago. There are a lot of...
Here is an article I wrote for Hindustan Times a couple of years ago. For my readers in India, let me know if things have changed for the better on the streets, in the houses, at work … —————— In 1909 some women textile workers in New York went on strike. After...
Gift for your baby girl: a breastfeeding doll
Yesterday, a friend forwarded a Huffington Post slideshow of the seven most inappropriate toys for children. I was appalled, needless to say, but one that had me going “No way!” at the top of my lungs was this particular product: The Bebé Glotón breastfeeding doll. Who in their right minds would buy...