A Bend in the Lane

Crocheted this silly bumble bee bookmark on a laaazy Sunday aftie. You can have one, if you are nice to me :-)

Ever experienced logging to email and getting a seizure upon noticing that you have 70 new emails? And all of them replies to the original email, or reply to the reply to the original email, or reply to the reply to the forward of the email. As in "Re: Re: Re: Fw: Re: Re: XYZ"*. And upon opening the 45th Re: Fw: Re: Fw: Re: Re: XYZ* email, you notice that the contents are as far removed from the original topic as can be? Admit it, you are guilty too. [* where subject XYZ can be "Hangout at My Smelly Room on Friday the 13th" or "Who Stole my Muffin in the Fridge in Office Pantry Level 34?" or "Farewell, I am Finally Leaving" or "Movie Plans for 13 December 2023" or "End War in Iraq by Signing This Petition Which Nobody Reads" or or ..well you get the drift] Well, I found the below extract, hilarious and so true to us, the Generation  Re: Fw: Re: Fw: Re: XYZ'.  Something similar happened, albeit with less coll...

There is this cool urban legend that the logo of Apple Computers (multi colored, striped apple with a piece bitten off) was a tribute to 'father of Artificial Intelligence' , 'father of Cryptography' , 'father of Computer Science', Alan Turing. Much persecuted during the WWII because of his homosexuality, Turing committed suicide/accidentally killed himself/was assassinated (whichever theory you believe in) by eating a cyanide laced apple. His cleaning lady found him the next day with a half bitten apple beside him. However, its an urban myth. The Apple Computers logo is a tribute. But it's a tribute to Newton's apple, not Turing's apple. And the compelling evidence is from Kelley Advertising - An earlier Apple Computer logo featured Sir Isaac Newton under an apple tree. "Rob Janoff of Regis McKenna Advertising designed the logo with the apple representing "the acquisition of knowledge." This account g...

Felt like posting excerpts of the immortal wisdom of Dharmaraja'a answers to Yaksha Prashna: What rescues man in danger? A.Courage is mans salvation in danger What is faster than the wind? A. Mind Which is the biggest vessel? A. Earth that contains every thing in it. What is happiness? A. It is the result of good conduct What is that abandoning by which he is loved by all? A. Pride What is that loss that yields joy and not sorrow? A. Anger What is that by giving up which man becomes rich? A. Desire What is the greatest of all wonders in the world? A. Every day man sees creatures die. Yet those who live seek to live for ever.

Late senator Daniel Moynihan said that people are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. How absolutely true, and how often we forget this while getting all tangled up in our opinions.

Inexpressibly, I found this photograph incredibly touching

London -  I scored 6/10 :-( How did you fare?

... I have some remnants of talent. A cellphone case I made over commute and lunch hour - Admit it, its rather shady, innit? Oh, well, I picked up the crochet needle after a 7 year sabbatical. So, I guess I can be excused.

. .. a landmark case that mandated a 'Miranda warning' before arresting a criminal suspect. Without this Miranda warning an incriminating statement bu a suspect will not constitute as admissible evidence. A typical 'miranda warning' sounds like - " You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. " PS - Yes, I lunched in and hence, went berserk on Google.

...is when you stare into the golden glow from the green lamp above your head counting sheep and wondering at the silence of the fourth hour of the new day. By the fifth hour you arise to post a lame post on your already lame blog.

A 4 hour Monday meeting has been canceled! And to think that the very thought of this meeting made me take 35 minutes to get out of bed this morning. Miracles do happen on Monday! PS: On a side, the title has been inspired by a 1940s tearjerker I saw yesterday, "Miracles in the Rain". Jane Wyman as usual made me reach out for my Kleenex.

Nil desparandum! Nil desparandum! There is light at the tunnel. Tread the path Consilio et animis. Nil desparandum.

North by Northwest is my favourite Hitchcock. Close runner up would be The 39 Steps. Though, separated by decades, both movies have the famous Hitchcock touches - The McGuffin. Man on the Run Mistaken Identity Blonde woman embroiled in espionage When I first heard of the McGuffin touch, I thought it was all jolly clever of Hitchcock. The whole movie/plot revolves around this "McGuffin" (which could be an idea/plot/secret/person). But its inconsequential to the movie, what this McGuffin is. What is important is the drama that results around the McGuffin. For example, in The 39 Steps, the whole film revolves around this quest to uncover what The 39 Steps is by the hero, but what the 39 Steps is ultimately unimportant to the plot. What happens in the hero's quest is essential to the movie. Hitchcock also can be terribly original. Take certain chilling scenes of North by Northwest - he revelutionised the thriller genre. Think about this, when we talk about horror/thriller s...