The Mangalore incident gives us all the perfect excuse to put on our most outraged faces, condemn the Sri Rama Sene, and pontificate at length on what really is wrong with our society. Yet this is not the first of these sort of incidents and one hardly thinks it will be the last. Righteous fundamentalist […]
Batting on 33!
And so another year goes by — in fact, they are going by faster and faster lately. That said, even approaching mid-30s doesn’t seem to have tarnished the joy of getting presents. Or maybe I’m just greedy! Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law, I had a party this year. Just five people, including myself, but […]
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A few lusty blows
This blog challenge that Kate, Marie and I decided to tease ourselves with was to list between five and ten fictional characters we’d like to have a fling with. Ideally one would like to describe a “fling” as an uncomplicated roll in the hay, but the sad truth is that one finds fictional characters fling-able […]
Ringing in 2009
New Year’s day is really only just another day. On the other hand, it does signify a new beginning, a chance to leave behind the baggage of the year past and look to the future with optimism. Miraculously, it also suddenly frees us from the introspection and retrospection that the last weeks of December invariably […]
Still here!
Is there a subcategory of writer’s block for bloggers? If not, it’s high time it was invented. I don’t recall having had to take a month’s gap between posts in all the time that I have had Writer’s Log, not even when I’ve been away on holiday. Why is it so difficult to find the […]
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Hello, MacBeth!
Almost a month. This is probably the longest period I’ve kept away from my blog. There really is no excuse for the hiatus — especially considering that MacBeth has entered my life. For those not already threatening to fling themselves out of the nearest window at any further explanation for the rationale behind “MacBeth”, it […]
Rebus’s Edinburgh
Apologies for the delayed update — moving and settling in seemed to take priority over the past weeks. But there are still a few albums to put up, so without any further ado, let’s jump into Rebus’s Edinburgh… A personal Rebus tour It is quite impossible for any reader of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus books […]
In search of Nessie
[A note: I know everyone wants personal photos, but because I fancy myself a photographer I kinda like to take the photos; not have them taken with me in them! Also, I hate photos of myself; in fact, I prefer photos without people. There’s nothing more annoying than a beautiful view spoilt by a face […]
London: First Leg
I had a few days to kill in London before my Scotland trip, and killing time in London is not difficult at all. Having some fond memories of Maritime Greenwich, I decided to revisit it. It happened to be one of the most perfect days weather-wise of my three-week stay, but the one place I […]