Ah, traveling. The joys of leaving behind the comforts of home, willingly accept to be treated like a felon or a convict while at the airport, suffering through 5 to 8 (or more) hours of stale air, questionable food and funky water (I stand by my opinion that plane water tastes funky!) to arrive in… Read More Whatever you do, don’t do this – and trust me, you, too, can get to this point
“My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.” Emo Philips
Everything is so much more complicated when one is on crutches. For example, I went to buy eggs today. As I hobbled into the grocery store, I realized that I hadn’t thought out how I would bring the eggs to the cash. So I took a plastic bag from the front, thinking that I would… Read More Chronicles of a sprained ankle: the case of the ‘stolen’ eggs
Has Sarah Palin helped Saturday Night Live return to its former glory? “Three things happened Saturday night: Tina Fey met her career maker on “Saturday Night Live,” Sarah Palin showed she could laugh along with the joke and the space-time continuum remained intact. At least for now.” SNL used to be one of the most… Read More SNL, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sarah Palin – let the party continue!
Sometimes, when I ponder on the not so many ways I have to increase this blog’s readership, I am very tempted to blog about things that are popular rather than things that I like to blog about. For example, Google Trends has been telling me that, during the last 20 days, over half of the… Read More The mystery of Google Trends
Even if you are not a regular SNL viewer, these two clips are definitely worth watching. http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042/ http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/
On this beautiful, lovely and inspiring day, I would like to take the time to thank creators of such shows as American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance for providing us with hours and hours of entertainment. I’m not referring to the amazing singers and dancers by the way, but rather to the… Read More The art of denial
Like most people (except maybe the bitter, cynical and deeply jaded ones), I love a good laugh. But as I get older (not old, just older), I find myself discriminating against certain types of humor. I seem to be shying away from the meaningless sort and am naturally attracted to hilarious yet thought-provoking pieces which… Read More Jeff Dunham’s Achmed the Dead Terrorist – an unexplored treasure trove of conversation topics
The Top Ten Lies Told by Graduate Students (according to the Harvard Crimson) 10 – It doesn’t bother me at all that my college roommate is making $80,000 a year on Wall Street. 9 – I’d be delighted to proofread your book/chapter/article. 8 – My work has a lot of practical importance. 7 – I… Read More Some graduate humour…
I’ve been emptying out my inbox and have been stumbling on some hilarious forwards. It seemed like a shame to delete them without one last nod – which is why I have decided to post the best ones on my Blog. It also helps when I have writer’s block. Enjoy! You know you are turning… Read More Inbox spring cleaning (I’m still in denial)