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in October 2014
No Tall Tales Here
Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...
Chapter 1: The Quest to Conquer
I entered this realm a rather tiny baby. My mother, somewhat concerned, made several visits to the pediatrician who assured her that as an adult, I would be taller than my mom, barely five feet tall herself.
Thirty five years later I, quite ...
Seems egghausting, if you ask me!
Yeah, I know it's not even close to Easter and I'm pulling out the corny egg puns. But I wanted to lead with a joke.
Like this one:
Did you hear about the company that pays women employees so they can freeze their eggs?
That almost sounds like the start of a sexist joke. What it purports to be, though, ...
Why I may have to go back to buying white bread
There was a time, not too long ago, when my family wolfed down white bread like a pack of hyenas attacking prey. A gigantic Costco loaf of white bread would be demolished in a couple of days, slathered with non-natural peanut butter and jelly or, better still, Nutella.
But all of a sudden, I had to ...
Christian Buzz words or Biz words?
Back in the days of yore, when I was but knee-high, I heard around me a uniquely Christian language. I'm talking about Christianese in church-going circles in the 80s and 90s. We always said certain things a certain way. When I got older, I was no exception to the lingo. And, oftentimes, I'm still not.
Have ...
Five reasons why India rocks
Everyone knows India is mystical and spiritual and beautiful. At least everyone that has not stepped foot in the country. Once you've visited you know that India is controlled chaos spinning in kaleidoscopic frenzy. Everything has been distilled so you're left with the best, the worst, the most vibrant, the craziest. There's just nothing vanilla ...
One man down every night
It’s something Ranjit and I love to do together: watch TV at night. Specifically, watch TV where bad guys are chased and captured. The scenarios pop up with regularity - the fearless and indefatigable CIA agent, the bad guy who is Arab, Russian or Chinese, top-secret files and classified documents all over the place and the sounds ...
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