Monthly Archives: July 2007

How to get into trouble

July 20, 2007
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My wife and I are getting ready to go out on a Sunday morning. I’m getting a little irritated because she’s taking forever. Looking into the mirror, she asks: Wife: How does this dress look on me?Me : Great! Awesome!Wife: Really?Me (trying to be a smart ass): No, I’m lying.Wife (giving me THE LOOK)...

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People and Cellphones

July 18, 2007
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Have you noticed how some people always seem to have the latest cell phone? Every time a new phone comes out, they want it real bad. Their conversation seems to revolve around what the latest phone is. Well, I applied my higher powers of reasoning and figured out why these people are so phone-crazy....

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High Art

July 18, 2007
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High Art

My sister got this painting the other day and hung it up on the wall. I get home and look at this painting. Me: “What’s this?”Sis: “It’s a painting”Me: “Really? I’d never have guessed. What’s it doing here?”Sis: “We bought it today. It’s nice isn’t it?”Me: “How much does it cost?”Sis: “Look at the...

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Exercise

July 17, 2007
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I don’t understand why people exercise. People will get out of bed 5 AM to go run around in circles while they have only owls to keep them company. They might also get in a car, drive to a smelly ol’ building, peddle a bicycle that doesn’t go anywhere, and drive back. It makes...

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Crazy Phone Lady

July 16, 2007
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I’m watching my favorite show (Koffee With Karan ) on TV, when the phone rings. There’s a agitated lady on the phone. Lady: “Hello? BSNL? My phone has not been working for….”Me (interrupting) : “I think you have the wrong number”Lady: “Oh! I’m sorry…” and I hang up the phone. 3 seconds later, it...

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Song of the Software Engineer

July 15, 2007
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The dawn comes after a long night’s rest, Waiting for me are 32 bugs and feature requests. It is a glorious morning, and the rest of the day surely follows Lucky me, I’ll spend it in a cubicle farm without windows. I drag myself out of bed, getting ready for the day Greeted by...

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Blog Feed

July 15, 2007
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If you’re thinking of subscribing to my blog, you can use this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PointlessWanderings

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Slam Books

July 15, 2007
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I had this friend in college who hated filling out slam books. But that that didn’t stop people from asking him to fill them anyway. He’d get frustrated and fill it with all kinds of crap, but his entries ended up making him very popular. Here’s why: [Extract from a friend’s slam book that...

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Wedding Reception

July 15, 2007
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I was (un)fortunate enough to be invited to a wedding yesterday. I didn’t even know the guy or the bride. My wife got invited, and I was only tagging along. Anyway, that’s not the story. It was a reception, and we duly joined the long queue to go on stage to wish the newly...

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Don’t recycle paper!

July 12, 2007
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Recycling paper is bad for the environment. Really! There is a lot of hype today about recycling and saving the environment and reducing global warming and things like that. As is often the case with hype, reality and facts get distorted. Sometimes, it’s useful to step back to examine some of the claims in...

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