Posted in India, miscellaneous, politics, tagged aamir khan, blog, cognitive dissonance, dog, funny, humor, israel, lie, obama, quote, shah rukh khan, shahrukh, twisting, words on May 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Aamir Khan writes in his blog that the caretaker of his Panchgani house has a dog named Shahrukh. He emphasises that he had nothing to do with the naming of the dog.
I’m sitting under a tree, on the edge of a valley, approximately 5000 feet above sea level. The river Krishna flows far below us snaking its [...]
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The Vatican’s chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.
The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.
In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Funes [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, tagged animals, antarctica, attempted rape, bizarre, funny, kama sutra, nature, penguin, rape, seal, sex, sexual harassment on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
From the Telegraph report:
Dr de Bruyn and a colleague witnessed the seal, a young adult male in good physical condition and weighing around 100kg (220lb), subdue the 15kg (33lb) penguin by lying on it.
The penguin, of unknown sex, attempted to escape by flapping and trying to stand, but was unable to as the marine predator [...]
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I discovered this really cool site today. Among other things, it allows you to upload your favourite piece of music, edit it to make a customized ringtone and then download it to your phone.
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Posted in miscellaneous, news and links, tagged africa, bizarre, congo, genitals, penis, sorcery, theft, witchcraft on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
This has gotta be one of the most bizarre things I’ve read in a while.
(Link via India Uncut)
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Posted in miscellaneous, tagged cisneros, court, death, drunk driving, dui, illness, imprisonment, jail, justice, mercy, prison, revenge, sentence on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Drunk drivers should be punished, no one doubts that. Yet this story, which I found while randomly surfing through some related news is, I think, a sad tale of vengeful justice, and deserves to be repeated.
For 40 years, Phil Cisneros worked as a heavy-equipment operator in the copper mines outside Globe. He was a family man, a [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, tagged death, final exit, freedom, internet, life, right to die, self deliverance, suicide, suicide method, suicide website on April 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some doctors did a study of the type of websites that come up when one enters suicide related queries in online search engines. The results were interesting - most of the sites are pro-suicide and many of them offer detailed prescriptions on how to commit the act.
While I strongly believe in an unalienable right to commit suicide, I am not pro-suicide [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, tagged child, children, freedom, kids, liberty, new york city, parenting, responsibility, subway on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lenore Skenazy let her 9-year-old son find his way home from downtown NYC using the subway system. When she wrote about it in the New York Sun, many were upset, some wanted her to be charged with child abuse. But there were others who applauded her for trusting her child and felt it was a great parenting [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, news and links, tagged beautiful, beauty, bebo, body, cultures, curves, female beauty, female bodies, force feed, kareena kapoor, mauritania, sexy, size zero, thin, thinness, underweight, weight, women on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Kareena Kapoor has lost a lot of weight, TOI informs us, and looking at the photo that seems to be indeed the case. What a pity!
I have never understood this fascination with thin bodies. The essence of female beauty, methinks, lies in the curves. Of course, I do not advocate going to the other extreme of force-feeding girls to [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, news and links, tagged blog, editing, funny, glossy, humor, humorous, images, photos, photoshop on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A rather amusing blog that chronicles Photoshop edits that went wrong.
(Link via Boing Boing)
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(Link via Libertarian Lifter)
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The TOI reports:
Nine months after Captain Megha Razdan was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her quarters, police has arrested her husband, also a captain posted near Jammu, on charges of pushing the 26-year-old engineer to commit suicide by refusing to break off with a previous lover.
Megha Razfan’s suicide was an unfortunate event. Yet, [...]
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Read this first.
I, for one, almost fell for it - that is to say I read on, horrified, till I came to the sentence that cured my dismay and showed me the light :)
The brand new product line promises to deliver top quality organic vegetables, fruit, meat, organic cereal, chocolate, bread, and pasta to every Target store [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous, tagged blog, theme, wordpress on March 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Muse Free sports a clean new look. Hope you like it!
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Posted in miscellaneous, news and links, tagged ashley, cerebral palsy, disability, disabled, ethics, hysterectomy, medical, medical ethics, morality, parenting, pillow angel, severe disability on March 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A poignant report about Ashley, the severely disabled child whose parents made the decision a year ago to keep her forever small in order to facilitate her care.
Her parents, who obviously love her deeply, took a decision that must have been very difficult, but in their eyes, correct. The issue of consent is irrelevant because Ashley’s mental development is equal to [...]
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