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Following the commandments by the FSM posted here, I find these very appealing (excerpts below). Dedicated to a journalist named Shakti – I did not know her, but know that she must have been brilliant. She had brilliant friends.

Rule One: Thou Shalt Get Off Thy Lazy Ass And Get A Life,
Thou shalt not moan or groan or bitch or throw thy toaster at thy wife.
Thou art definitely good at something, find it, use it, try and do thy best.
Do what makes thee happy, take an honest shot and screw the rest.

Rule Five is not so soppy: Thou Shalt Be Silly sums it up,
Life’s a joke, a laugh, a dream, a wine-glass, not a bitter cup,
Thou shalt perform most diverse acts of looniness; thou shalt be random,
Thou shalt make them giggle, thus earning glad, undying fandom.

Rule Six: Thou Shalt Listen. Thou Shalt Care, Thou Shalt Reply,
Be thou part of others’ lives, let them find thee standing by
In times of need, let them remember joyous smiles and soft-held hands.
Share their dreams, soothe their screams, be patient, try to understand.
I’m sorry if this sounds too pious; I’m no angel, but I try.
Won’t answer thy every text but there’s no harm in aiming high.

Drunk man tries to kiss Ponting.

Man sues Yahoo and Google for taking their names from the tribes he has descended from.

A man currently being detained by immigration in Houston, TX has filed a lawsuit claiming Yahoo and Google stole their names from Tanzanian tribes. As luck would have it, the man is a descendant of both tribes - what are the odds?

The lawsuit states that Google was taken from the Gogo tribe, and Yahoo from the Yao tribe. The claim is asking for $10,000 be paid to each tribe member for the past three generations.

Yeah right!

From Rediff:

Besides Rahul [Son of Late Rajiv Gandhi], the other young leaders who have found places in the AICC secretariat include Jyotiraditya Scindia [Son of Madhavrao Scindia], Ajay Maken, Priya Dutt [Daughter of Late Sunil Dutt], Milind Deora [Son of Murli Deora], Sachin Pilot [Son of Late Rajesh Pilot], Jitin Prasad [Son of veteran Congress leader Kunwar Jitendra Prasada] and Sandeep Dikshit [Son of Delhi's Chief Minister Mrs. Sheila Dixit].

Is it just me, or does everyone see a pattern here? [emphasis mine]

As a colleague said yesterday night, “It has not yet sunk in totally.”

I hope no one files a case against the team for spraying champagne on the Indian flag.

Comes from the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programmes of India.

Who, in their senses, would nominate Eklavya for Oscars, ahead of Gandhi, My Father and Chak De India.

PS: I intend to make this post a daily feature.

… and Indians have kicked some Paki ass to win the inaugural T20 World Cup.

A whitepaper on filing strategy published by my company has been covered by Information Week and has been dugg enough to reach the frontpage on Digg Tech.

Yeah, I am proud.

We have seen a lot of bad ad placements. Well, we have one more addition to the hallowed list (click for better resolution).

“The things you own end up owning you.” - Tyler Durden

So true. Sometimes you have all that you want, but none that you need.

This article at lifehack (not to be confused with Lifehacker), tells us how to get rid of materialism from our lives.