Very cute short film

The film reminded me of a Bangalore classroom years ago. Me and this-girl-who-was-not-yet-my-girlfriend were communicating via notes scribbled on paper. It was supposed to be a study session of course but when have such details dampened the excitement that comes with the early stages of a romance? Come to think of it, I am pretty [...]

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Nicole Carroll doing overhead squats

Of late I have enrolled at a gym for Crossfit and Krav Maga. I will write a detailed post a month or two later, but for now, watch this video of the amazing (and beautiful) Nicole Carroll of Crossfit fame attempting 15 overhead squats of her bodyweight (125 lb). 

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An old Obama speech on religion

[Post edited] I discovered this video today. It is a recording of a speech Obama made more than an year ago. The familiar themes of collectivist altruism (this is Obama after all!) have their place but the speech is mainly about religion in a political context. Having heard many good and not so good Obama [...]

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The amazing new Apple laptop

Apple comes out with a laptop without a keyboard. Check out this video!

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The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs

The bizarre story of three young serial killers who tortured and killed 21 people and took live videos of their gruesome murders on cellphone camera. They did it as a ‘hobby’, so that they could have interesting memories when they grew old. The thee youths dubbed themselves The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs. By all accounts, each victim [...]

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Carmen

I went to see the LA Opera production of  Carmen today. What can I say about Carmen that hasn’t been said before? I had been waiting to see it for three years. Too often when your expectations are that high, you end up disappointed. Not so with this one. It was one of the most [...]

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What’s the difference?

In view of certain recent events, it seems appropriate to re-post this wonderful video.

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Barcarolle from Les Contes d’Hoffmann

My car radio is usually tuned to FM 91.5, better known as classical KUSC. The channel plays beautiful classical music, but because they are listener supported, every three months they go on donation overdrive. So, I was listening to them go on and on about how I should help keep the music going, and that [...]

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Milton Friedman on the war on drugs

Milton Friedman, Nobel prize winning economist  — and one of my personal idols — was among the most influential libertarian thinkers of the last century. Friedman was primarily a consequentialist, meaning he advocated libertarian policies based on the fact that they work better. Such an approach has the great advantage of political effectiveness. If you [...]

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Amputee ballet

Watch this pair — he without a leg, she without an arm — dance like a dream. (Hat Tip: Boing Boing)

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Bhajji dragged to court for Ravana act

Here’s the link. The following sequence occured in an alternate universe that I would love to belong to: Judge: Before I ask for the other evidence I would like to ask you a question that I always do; what was, in summary fashion, the intent and purpose of the Ravana dance that you did with [...]

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Obama in the Virginia rain

Some of Obama’s speches, like the 2002 one on the Iraq war, the 2004 one in the DNC or the one earlier this year in race, are magnificiently written and rich in content. By contrast, the one he delivered in Virginia on Saturday night is unremarkable, indeed trite in content, but stylistically brilliant. It starts [...]

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Ron Paul eulogy

I have never been a hardcore Ron Paul fan. Nonetheless, I found the video below touching, not just because it reminded me that I have much more in common with him than not, but also because it poignantly reflects the truth — more stark today than it has ever been — that truth-tellers can never [...]

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How to get a girl

This is hilarious! Videos like this — funny, politically incorrect, quirky, creative and virtually zero-budget — abound on YouTube and represent one of the greatest achievements of the internet; the ability of anyone to disseminate their work to a wide public with minimal advertising. It is the ultimate free-market and I love it.

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Biden, pit-bull

I have my differences with Joe Biden’s policies but I agree with Earl Warren — he will play the attack dog role to perfection. I mean, just watch this amazing clip from last October when Biden was still in the running: It will be entertaining to watch the VP debates.

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