Monday, September 29, 2008
To b-school
by Dorothy Parker
When I've made a million dollars—it may take a year or two
At the present rate of speed that things are going—
There are various little matters that are somewhat overdue,
And the prospect, at the moment, isn't glowing;
But as soon as I've a million, as I started in to say,
Life will be, I take it, gloriously happy;
For already I am planning to expend it in a way
That will be, if I may say it, rather snappy.
I will charter me a taxicab of cheery white and brown,
And you'll never catch me glancing at the meter!
And I'll make a little tour of all the milliners in town;
And the question is, Could anything be sweeter?
Just for stamps and lunch and cigarettes, each morn I'll draw a check
For a thousand dollars, payable to bearer,
And you'll hear the pearls a-clanking, as I drape them on my neck.
It occurs to me that little could be fairer.
It is true that a million doesn't take you very far,
And it's hard to find another when you've shot it;
But I'll blow it like the widely known inebriated tar,
For I want to be a good one while I've got it.
So the minute I've a million, I'll go right ahead and spend,
Though it doesn't last me more than over Sunday.
In the meantime, though, I wonder, as a favor to a friend,
Could you let me have a dollar—say, till Monday?
Gwendolyn Brooks
I've stayed in the front yard all of my life.
I want to go in the back yard now
They do some wonderful things.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Now & Next
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Yesterdemain
Watched a contemporary dance performance by Rashid Ansari yesterday. I liked the Japanese sword fighting sequence too. I was pleasantly surprised to see my College Math teacher Nandita Narain singing. She did some bird whistles too. Did sound like the earth bursting in spring- they were some instruments I had not heard earlier.
My heart is yours
What good is advice
I have drunk poison
What good is sugar
They say tie his feet up
What good is that
When it is my heart that's crazy?
'Tis true, 'tis pity. 'Tis pity, 'tis true.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
The weekend so far
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Kairos
Big Brands & Facebook: Demographics, Case Studies & Best Practices
From: charleneli, 11 months ago
Just updated the PPT with demo data from Facebook.
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Kairos
Social network websites: best practices from leading services
From: faberNovel, 9 months ago
This document provides a general background for understanding social network websites and the study of online matchmaking websites and business network websites
This study is only the first step. Distributed under creative commons license, it should be completed and improved through the contribution of external experts, firms and web users as major moves in the industry are expected to occur in the coming months
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
So true
Monday, September 08, 2008
Back, Bang Bang
The air here is polluted. It is hotter too, after the descent. (Incidentally, that is also how a shaadi.com user spells decent.)
Had a bit of a dharmic overdose- but otherwise I had a lot of fun- testing my limits, battling shoebite, trekking in torchlight..the works.
The first trek was easy- I was the first to complete it.
The Valley of Flowers was in another world, another time dimension altogether. the best part was no horses, so no horsedung. The flowers were in a majority, we were in a minority- just how nature intended things to be.
Hemkund Sahib was steep- the toughest trek I have attempted so far- so it felt good to complete it. i count completing a trek when we reach the ground, not the top- as the top is only half done.
The trek back was a breeze.
I liked the temple at Badrinath- a first. Silver. Also did a havan.
Bought wonderful woollens- handknit- from the source:)
A much needed holiday that refreshed me completely- also managed to lose some weight- so am planning to have fruits so as to not undo the good work done:)