Let me kill this Hello! tool to death, I actually went searching for some pics that I can blog.
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Google has become almost indispensable and when find Google says there is an "Server error", it is kind of a momentous event :-)
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These days whenever there is no signal on TV or when there is an extended power cut or when the phone lines are down, I quickly try to see if there is anything wrong, has there been a terrorist attack.

It is not fear psychosis or anything but just an apprehension after being glued to the T.V for 2 days non-stop after 9/11. Does that strike a chord with anybody?

World's biggest punching bag, the United States of America, its suprising as to the number of people, including me at times, find it so fashionable to go on  US bashing binge. It hasn't done much towards endearing itself in the last few years.
The last few weeks provided a glimpse to why the "institution" called America is so strong. I haven't heard of many countries setting up a commission to find out if they screwed up.
I was pleased to see the commission report going deep into the actions taken by CIA, FBI and the state department to avert 9/11. Before that there was the commission which question why (I almost said "we") Americans were in Iraq even there dint seem to be any evidence of complicity of the Iraqi government in 9/11.
We got a glimpse of counteracting buoys which keep it floating and keep it respectable. If a movie even remotely close to Fahrenheit 9/11, it would have been banned as it would incite "violence" in our greatest democracy in the world.

Long live the punching bag.

Dear Bond: I'd b glad to be of help,
A professional is a person who does his best, most when (s)he's not upto it :D (exaggeration).

A colleagues gyan on work.

Amen.

Stupid joke cooked up over a nice conversation:
Make hay while sun shines... make babies when it doesn't.

As part of its de-risking strategy Infosys has put a ceiling on the size of individual deals. The company has drafted a policy stating that no client of the company can account for more than 10 percent of its revenues. Smart move after looking at EDS' problems.

philodox (FIL-uh-doks) noun
Someone who loves his or her own opinion; a dogmatic person.

A common trait, an uncommon word.

ING.com / CFO Cees Maas at Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference: "Vice-chairman and CFO Cees Maas recently shared his vision on the growth potential of different life insurance markets around the world. "

I thought it was some kind of an acronym. Cees Maas.

In 1973, the average US citizen needed 17.5 weeks of annual family earnings to buy an average-priced car, a figure that rose to 24.0 weeks by 1994. By 2003, the figure had declined to 20.7 weeks.
20.7 weeks is about 4-5 months of salary. U.S. per capita Purchasing Power Parity= $37,800.
Indian per capita purchasing power parity $2,900.

U.S. price= $15000= 6 months of income based on PPP
Indian Price= $15,000= 6 years of income based on PPP

Where are we heading with this economic system?