Tag Archives: writing

Fino, where have you been?

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Yes, O reader, I dropped off the radar there for a little while. I was exhausted following the week in Miami with the kids and took a small blog-hiatus. I’ll try to back-fill over the next few days, but wanted … Continue reading →

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Spreading the Love: My First Liebster and Five Nominations

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

A big hug and thank you going out to Yakisspurr for nominating me for the prestigious (at least in the world of micro-bloggers) Liebster Award. So here it is in all its glory: From what I gather on the web, as … Continue reading →

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Making Blogging a Habit: 5 Tips and Tricks

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

It may not seem like much, but trying to write something interesting on a daily basis is quite challenging, not to say obsessive-compulsive. Perhaps it is just me, but not having hit 300 posts last year during the #postaday2100 postathon … Continue reading →

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Some Advice: Beware of Lurking Friends in Restaurants – or – The Joys of Business Dining

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

So, I had this business dinner (which I dreaded by the way). I was told it was in this swanky restaurant. Stupidly, I sort of bragged to a friend of mine about it. Well, bragged is rather strong, I just … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Ego, Part 3 – Knitting Gnomes of the World, Unite!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

I guess I am a glutton for punishment sometimes. I made the fatal mistake of checking my Alexa Score (13,357,817) and my Google PageRank (1 out of 10) for this blog. Both scores were underwhelming, not to say depressing. I … Continue reading →

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Mythology and Modern Life, Part 2 – Ganesha

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

Since my mom asked, here is my abridged and blatantly western version of the Ganesha story. It is the one that my colleagues debated in the car in Bangalore traffic on the way into the HP office a few work-lifetimes … Continue reading →

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Mythology and Modern Times

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

My unique voyage to India was a business trip to Bangalore a few years back. I was enchanted by the vibrancy of the city with its myriad of colors and smells. But, the thing that made the deepest impression on … Continue reading →

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Memories of a lost friend

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Do you have some songs that immediately remind you of someone? For me, Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley takes me back to the brief period that I knew a certain AF. I met her almost exactly ten years ago when … Continue reading →

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The Serpent’s Tail – and more thoughts on teaching

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

While sitting in traffic this morning, I thought a bit on the absurdity on modern life. Just sitting in traffic in a car seems absurd when I think of all the more productive things I could be doing. But worse, … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Ego, Part 2 – Klout

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

A while back, I wrote about the egotistical nature of blogging. Well, I continue to obsessively observe my daily hit rate (about 30-90 on a given day but an average of about 50) and remark with satisfaction a growing (though … Continue reading →

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