Category: Random Thoughts & Idle Chatter
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The recent article in New York Times magazine, Darwin’s God looking into the debate over religion and evolution has sparked energetic discussions on several science blogs. The question being asked by scientists (evolutionary biologists, cognitive scientists, anthropologists among others) revolves around two central points. Is human religiosity, superstition, belief in the supernatural and "hope beyond…
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No, the Oscars had nothing to do with it – that just solidified in people’s minds what many were thinking already. I have said it before and I am saying it now – Al Gore is the best candidate for a Democratic victory in 2008. (Billary is going nowhere, no matter what the power behind…
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I should have posted this earlier when I received the email from a friend. Starting today, all cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketers and you will start receiving sales calls on your cell phone. To make your cell phone off limits to telemarketers, follow the instructions below. I registered my cell phone to…
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A.B. author Sujatha has launched her own blog to get some "Fluff ‘n’ Stuff" off her chest. Please check it out. Sujatha, as readers may have noticed, has a flair for putting a humorous spin on matters that would have many others seething with anger and sarcasm or reeling from panic attacks. She plans to…
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Here are some of my observations on the events of the past year – related mostly to the political and social happenings in the US. To scrutinize events of the entire world would have been a daunting task. I won’t bother to provide links – please google if in doubt. All the stories are well…
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Just when I think that the Holiday goings-on at the White House couldn’t present a more revolting contrast to the carnage in Iraq, I come across this : Bad enough that the First Lady was wearing something that looked like a Victorian sofa for the Christmas pics this year, but when 3 other ladies showed…
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Ruchira has animals on the brain, and now so do I. I thought immediately of her post "Liquid Explosives and Solid Lies" when I found this curious news item about trained bees being used to detect explosives. There go the hopes of all those corporations spending millions of dollars on developing complex detection equipment! And…
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Now that Sujatha has convinced you that it is not un-American to NOT go shopping on Black Friday, I will add my bit by pursuading you that it is okay not to eat turkey on Thanksgiving. For the last couple of years, my two adult kids have given family Thanksgiving a miss, choosing to come…
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The recent Democratic win in the mid-term elections has had a strange, dampening effect on my desire to blog about political matters. It is almost as if the chief impetus to write is gone and that it is now time to wait and see. In the past week, serious considerations of closing down A.B. has…
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And it looks like the "macaca" too has been dislodged in Virginia. So I should be euphoric and laughing. At last the brake has been applied to the arrogant Bush administration’s reckless juggernaut. Rumsfeld resigned (was fired?). George Bush admitted sheepishly that the election results were a thumpin’. I have waited for six years to…
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Tomorrow is a crucial election day. My advice: "Vote early, vote Democrat and vote often" – the last, only if you are voting Democratic ! All kidding aside, please do remember to cast your ballot (if you haven’t done so already) for what you believe and against what you reject. Remember Bush-Cheney-Rove, Katrina, Jack Abramoff…
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