actuality.log

Along the lines of parts one and two of this series.
I was at dinner with this woman, and during the entire time, all I was fixated on was how fabulous she […]

I had a couple of semi-serious posts typed up which tried very hard at being funny. Then I spent a few minutes with everyone’s favourite new pastime, google analytics, and struck gold with little-to-no effort. At the end of this post, I’ve linked […]

Remember this?
I’ve owned one for a few months now, and here are some terse thoughts.
I really like it, and […]

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I have been trying to keep my posts somewhat-short for a while now. This was initiated to benefit those who aren’t keen on large blocks of text, but it hasn’t been pleasant. It’s not me. At least, it’s definitely not how I write […]

This is something I learnt as a toddler and has provided innumerable hours of amusing entertainment ever since. I had forgotten about it for ages, but it came back to me as I was doodling on my steam-misted wall during my shower. I […]

I know that a large portion of the populace that visits this place enjoys lurking and being dormant. I respect that and don’t have any problems with it. But even if […]

I live my life by a set of principled rules formulated based on my notion of morality—of what’s right and what’s not. For the most part, this is a non-issue as these align with traditional laws put forth by the legal system. For […]

As you can see, this is continuing a trend to keep posts somewhat-short, so people won’t be put off. Let’s see how long I can keep it up.
I just got off […]

Sometimes, you come across something and you wonder, “Why the hell didn’t I come up with that?”. Cases in point,
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I don’t know anything about financial markets, but if I’m reading this graph correctly, if I’d put the entire car account into google stock (or shares or whatever it’s called) this […]

It was bring-your-daddy-to-school week, and there I was in my daughter’s kindergarten class. I distinctly remember struggling to explain to a bunch of few-year-olds why what I do really is cool and interesting, or even useful.
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Going out to lunch or whatever with people in this country often results in conversations skewing toward things they’re curious about, but somehow feel you’re the right person to clue them in on—like the concept of arranged marriages. Now I’ve been through my […]

Aural logs.
Yes, I’m finally part of another mindless trend. Click the link you fancy below to listen to my opinions on different things.
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You now why? Because they’ve got breasts, that’s why.
No, it’s not what you’re thinking—the goal here is not to make some sort of blanket sexist-pig statement—just wait for me to explain, […]