http://rajadnya.net Generally bloviating, tinkering and masticating with ideas... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:52:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Olde samples via Jane Austen “It is more than I engage for, I assure you.”__________________“Huh-uh." “Dare I say my eye might have misjudged the possibility?”________“Really?” “I see no occasion for that.”_____________________________“Whaaa?” “That is not an unnatural surmise.”________________________“Maybe.” “Upon my honour I have not the smallest of objections.”__________“Oh. Okay.” http://rajadnya.net/?p=328 May I introduce you to Bobilli Vijay Kumar, the National Sports Editor (yes!) of the TOI, who once described Raj Singh Dungarpur as the ‘uncrowned father of Indian cricket’. This gentleman had the following to say about the Tiger Woods...er...affair, in a National newspapers blog, and he wasnt joking... "Tiger Woods is ... http://rajadnya.net/?p=318 37 years ago in 1972, a passenger plane crashed into the high Andes. Most died, and 15 people survived well over two months in subzero temeratures and no food until they were rescued. Nando Parrado, a survivor, wrote a book about the ordeal - 'Miracle in the Andes', published 2006. Here ... http://rajadnya.net/?p=314 YES MADAM SIR, the inspiring non-fiction feature film by award-winning Australian filmmaker, Megan Doneman, on the life story of India's most controversial revolutionary, Kiran Bedi. Narrated by Academy Award© winner Helen Mirren, and filmed over six years, YES MADAM, SIR has been scooping the awards and garnering rave reviews during ... http://rajadnya.net/?p=308 What happens when the drummer sings. Gotye, from Victoria, Australia. YouTube - Gotye - Learnalilgivinanlovin. Original Music video here http://rajadnya.net/?p=304 Chart via :  XKCD - By Randall Munroe - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. http://rajadnya.net/?p=297 The November issue of National Geographic magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching as one of their own is wheeled to her burial. Since it was published, the picture and story have gone viral, turning up on websites and TV shows and in newspapers around the world. Monica Szczupider, the ... http://rajadnya.net/?p=287 A gorgeous sideshow of reader-submitted food rules on Chef Michael Pollans Blog at the NYtimes. my  favorites... -  If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you are not hungry. - No second helpings. No matter how delicious. Michael Pollan's 20 Favorite Food Rules http://rajadnya.net/?p=272 Plot similarities between Star Wars Trilogy and The Matrix Trilogy A young man finds his destiny (Luke Skywalker/Neo) He is helped by another who has known a secret about him a long time (Obi Wan /Morpheus) It involves a journey away from everything he has ever known, and he needs to  choose it. ... http://rajadnya.net/?p=267