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Sponsored Dasara?

In San Francisco, last night’s Chinese New Year Parade had a proud sponsor: Southwest Airlines.
Can Infosys Mysore Dasara be far behind?

Tatiana

Four year old Tatiana, weighing 350 pounds, got out of her pen (crossing a 15 feet moat and a 20 feet high wall), mauled a bunch of people, (killing one young man and injuring two others) and was found sitting next to one of its victims at the Terrace Cafe at the San Francisco [...]

Resumption

I ran into my friend Abir Bazaz on Market Street in downtown San Francisco a few days ago. Unexpectedly, I might add. While catching up, he said he has been returning to the Land of Lime, and looking for updates. I guess that’s the kick in the backside I needed. A friendly one, though.
Folks much [...]

Something to get excited about

It hasn’t been an easy month to find anything exciting. The Chicago White Sox lost today, as they have done all of September. I couldn’t even motivate myself to catch a game at the Coliseum last weekend. Well, we shall remain hopeful until we are mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs.
In the meanwhile, our Hopeful One [...]

Hiatus

It has been a while since I wrote something. Too many other (and some unexpected) demands on my time. I hope I am back on a regular schedule.
I was hoping to have a clear sense by now of what I want to write here at the Land of Lime, as opposed to the two other [...]

Wikipedia’s discontents

New Yorker has an evaluative piece on Wikipedia, whereas The Onion’s funny take offers the same somewhat differently.
ASIDE: apologies for lack of postings. I hope to make amends soon.