tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30298932012-01-30T07:43:36.419-08:00Confessions of an Atheistbishop...dienda filosophariAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-69370825335041522042008-04-26T19:10:00.001-07:002008-04-26T19:33:37.839-07:00Open Letter to Barack Obama (I am bored sitting looking over Boston Harbor):I am not a registered voter in the U.S. But, I spent a majority of the last year in the U.S and like many, followed the elections closely.Here is my message to you (because, there is no button or option on your website saying "send a message to Barack" Sic.)You are losing. I like your campaign and the message, but you areAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-49677559723180164372008-04-19T18:00:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:06:44.689-07:00Post from the past: Definition: Clueless Control Freak: Who has a habit of explaning everything with a kind of fatalistic necessity when he'she doesnt know what to say. -- TolstoyFamiliar? Doesn't that sound very much like a new consultant??? No, that is an under-prepared consultant always.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-76275553752152647222008-04-19T17:37:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:00:40.612-07:00Man! It has been a long time. Once in a few years somebody asks, "why dont you blog anymore?". My standard response was I was bored blogging and I moved on to other forms of expression.I have a knack of coming up with an innocuous response and tagging it with a very hopeful "deep statement".So, does this mean that one (new english usage for you) should come back to check this space often?I don't Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-5973129179039188852007-04-24T03:20:00.000-07:002007-04-24T03:43:27.776-07:00Hutch: S, M and L. Choose your talk size.Strong ad and everybody loves the ad. The Brand manager is a king. He picks up a few addie awards and he makes more money.Cut to Dhruv Sagar, subscriber of Hutch. He enjoyed the ad, saw the ad on his billing envelope, read it. It said the same: Hutch: S, M and L. Choose your talk size. It never told him what the heck is it. He read it and moved on.So HutchAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-66566207437054286992007-04-24T01:54:00.000-07:002007-04-24T01:55:26.413-07:00"We are starting a party because the king has ordered us."TSHERING TOBGAY, a former civil servant in Bhutan.Funny? No. I met a few people from Bhutan and to say the least they are happy. Not ecstatic. Just happy. They need less. They are happy with what they have. They are less ambitious. They trust their rulers. Happy.People like me (and most of you), living in one of the fastest growing Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-28672916787896477862007-04-24T01:48:00.000-07:002007-04-24T01:49:03.323-07:00"We are starting a party because the king has ordered us."TSHERING TOBGAY, a former civil servant in Bhutan.Funny? No. I met a few people from Bhutan and to say the least they are happy. Not ecstatic. Just happy. They need less. They are happy with what they have. They are less ambitious. They trust their rulers. Happy.People like me, living in one of the fastest growing economies, where ambitionAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-14746901985695507672007-04-17T01:09:00.000-07:002007-04-17T01:09:10.828-07:00Banks plan rival to Visa, MasterCardBanks plan rival to Visa, MasterCard: "Banks plan rival to Visa, MasterCardShriya Bubna / Mumbai April 17, 2007Banks are considering setting up a domestic card payment settlement company, called India Pay, that would rival global payment systems Visa and MasterCard. "Interesting, I wonder why we paid Visa and Master for domestic transactions.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-68659388696398687772007-04-03T09:04:00.000-07:002007-04-03T09:15:08.626-07:00Another product crib:Whats with the head rest on the drivers seat?Have you ever seen anybody driving with his/ her rested on the head rest? The head is always hanging with more than a few inches to spare. And this is not small car or big car specific, everybody is guilty of this.I am sure if it had been in use, it would be the dhobi's (laundry) most often washed textile, with all the oil that we Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-36319608042566091622007-03-29T10:53:00.000-07:002007-03-29T10:55:39.287-07:00Addendum,(This blog will start looking more like a product innovation focused crib blog in the near term) (Till I get bored of that issue).Pulpy Orange should seriously consider giving some air space in the bottle, instead of filling it till the brim, the fun of the juice is the pulp and it is usually settled down and I cant shake it up as it filled till the brim, some space would allow a good Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-5489633543239337782007-03-23T01:22:00.000-07:002007-04-03T21:15:39.997-07:00If you are having trouble coming up with the intent to blog interesting thoughts or in general not having ay interesting thoughts, you should consider piggy backing.Here goes another attempt:One of my favorite quotes of all time, no clue where I heard it first:Your eyes cannot see what your mind cannot imagine.Another one in the same direction:"Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yetAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-23739070380479558772007-03-20T06:42:00.000-07:002007-03-20T06:47:35.741-07:00Wow! I dont even remember the last post on this blog!Did I miss it? Nah.Will this be Balaji's return to the active world of blogging and continuoulsy looking for bloggable thoughts?May be not. But lets see, there is no dearth of bloggable thoughts and situations and issues these days!Here is one:Researchers develop biotech mosquito to fight malariaU.S. scientists developed a species of mosquito Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1151654763658143192006-06-30T01:02:00.000-07:002006-06-30T01:12:50.306-07:00InnocenceInnocence, originally uploaded by Atheistbishop.A little girl who was curious to get her picture taken on Impact Day. Her eyes and the expression had incredible depth.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1150303570395613222006-06-14T09:07:00.000-07:002006-06-16T08:02:23.660-07:00Honking in hyderabad, and I am sure in many places, has a taxonomy of its own.Its funny that you never realise that you can honk different honks as well.Honk 1: Bep (a short burst of the horn) almost like a positioning system, saying I am here, usually used when the car in front you is rolling back on you on an inclineHonk 2: Bep Bep Bep A string of shirt bursts: I am over taking you slowly, so Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1150126277821355092006-06-12T08:28:00.000-07:002006-06-12T08:31:17.833-07:00Can I take a movie from my memory? Can I atleast take a picture and make it last?I can only hold on to the details so long before memory blurs and imagination takes over.- -Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1146331913341170402006-04-29T10:29:00.000-07:002006-04-29T10:31:53.350-07:00Need to borrow a 'time machine' for a moment.Can you help me find one?Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1139828196859017242006-02-13T02:54:00.000-08:002006-02-13T02:56:36.860-08:00I hope...Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1139827859402100222006-02-13T02:48:00.000-08:002006-02-13T02:50:59.413-08:00God bless you.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1138119366440933792006-01-24T08:00:00.000-08:002006-01-24T08:16:06.450-08:00Is this blog dead?Nah, its author is either too busy to blog or blogging has temporarily left the circle of reference. Not pushed out but just left.Somebody asked the author, why dont you blog any more?"But, I do", the author says."Well, we haven't seen an update on that site for a few months!""True enough, but there is a fine difference between: I did not blog and I do not blog!""Semantic Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1134196981264596132005-12-09T22:14:00.000-08:002005-12-09T22:43:01.276-08:00ArigatoGozaimasu.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1134194998024264782005-12-09T22:08:00.000-08:002005-12-09T22:09:58.036-08:00Most frequently asked question in the consulting world:What does it mean?Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1132567935917525132005-11-21T02:10:00.000-08:002005-11-21T02:12:15.926-08:00After extensive research, the concept of work-life balance has been renamed to work-sleep balance for those lives where snooze button beats the flat belly button in beauty and utility.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1131644321657341632005-11-10T09:36:00.000-08:002005-11-10T09:38:41.670-08:00Switch.It is never easy.Has to be done sometimes.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1129989778093305992005-10-22T07:02:00.000-07:002005-10-22T07:02:58.160-07:00Hobbies are careers that I am too scared dive into,
Hobbies are careers that I get bored of every month,
Hobbies are careers which give me respite from my career.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1129912905143104212005-10-21T09:41:00.000-07:002005-10-21T09:41:45.146-07:00Prixars2005web.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } prixars2005web, originally uploaded by zigzackly. I worked on it for a few frenetic daysAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1128592924537873262005-10-06T02:45:00.000-07:002005-10-06T03:02:04.543-07:00Can you spot the eclipse?Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1126600991747794132005-09-13T01:43:00.000-07:002005-09-13T01:43:11.813-07:00Unimpressed. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125670711640595312005-09-02T07:04:00.000-07:002005-09-02T07:18:31.646-07:00http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/Read him up.Thanks, Robert.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125668283201845132005-09-02T06:38:00.000-07:002005-09-02T06:38:03.236-07:00It is incredible how much I am going to vent about Katrina in the next few days.
It is incredible to read about the lack of co-ordination and the gusto with which things are being done.
There are no heroes emerging.
Nobody is co-ordinating things
FEMA actually says that first responders from adjoining counties of other states CANNOT come and help out their neighbours a few miles away as theyAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125658533585492802005-09-02T03:55:00.000-07:002005-09-02T07:03:14.186-07:00Richest country in the world,You can send thousands of troops thousands of miles away in hours and you cant rescue 20,000 people stuck in a stadium?One-third of the men and women of the Louisiana National Guard, and an even higher percentage of the Mississippi National Guard, were 7,000 miles away, fighting in Iraq, these are not just soldiers, these are cops and paramedics who could have been Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125572233257530662005-09-01T03:57:00.000-07:002005-09-01T03:57:13.263-07:00Higher Death Toll Seen; Police Ordered to Stop Looters - New York Times: "He called for a 'total evacuation,' adding: 'We have to. The city will not be functional for two or three months.'"
Shoban and Suman, hope you guys are doing ok. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125564584023578862005-09-01T01:30:00.000-07:002005-09-01T01:49:44.026-07:00TumultLive in the realityReality that is yoursSwitchdogma is but a figment of thoughtSwitchReorientStart afreshAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125417899945697732005-08-30T09:04:00.000-07:002005-08-30T09:04:59.953-07:00Si le viol, le poison, le poignard, l'incendie,
N'ont pas encore brodé de leurs plaisants dessins
Le canevas banal de nos piteux destins,
C'est que notre âme, hélas! n'est pas assez hardie.
C'est l'Ennui!—l'oeil chargé d'un pleur involontaire,
Il rêve d'échafauds en fumant son houka.
Tu le connais, lecteur, ce monstre délicat,
—Hypocrite lecteur,—mon semblable,—mon frère!
Je m'en fous ce Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125410836541409682005-08-30T07:04:00.000-07:002005-08-30T07:07:16.543-07:00Intellectual masturbation apart, it is tough to think rationally when you have been dealt with irrationally.It is tough to think irrationally when you are blissfully bored.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125410117637271612005-08-30T06:53:00.000-07:002005-08-30T06:55:17.643-07:00Your eyes cannnot see what your mind cannot imagine.Oracle in Matrix-reloaded.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1125396934432236512005-08-30T03:15:00.000-07:002005-08-30T03:15:34.496-07:00Report: "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations
Published by: Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress. U.S. Government
Says that:
Over the last four years, China has purchased more weapons than any other nation in the developing world, signing $10.4 billion in deals from 2001 to 2004. Such statistics could be used by those in the United States Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1124606270506028542005-08-20T23:34:00.000-07:002005-08-20T23:37:50.510-07:00A few of my recent pics. A hobby revisited. Lets see how long this fad sustains itself.www.flickr.com/photos/atheistbishopAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1123255291412167232005-08-05T08:15:00.000-07:002005-08-25T00:19:46.763-07:00 Collage a bleu (comme elle a commence) et orange (why couldnt they have a different word in French for collage and orange?!!) Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1123082713927302672005-08-03T08:21:00.000-07:002005-08-25T00:51:10.166-07:00 Collage a rouge!Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122904967135664802005-08-01T06:57:00.000-07:002005-08-01T07:02:47.143-07:00I was just reading an article about big an impact United Airlines impending bankruptcy would have on Denver. A biggish city on any parameter. 5,500 employees of Denver contribute millions to the Denver economy.5,500 citizens and a city seems to be concerned about their jobs and the revenues to the city.Cut to the chase in Mumbai...Lets look at some facts:The BMC (Briham Mumbai Corp, city council Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122626397773265662005-07-29T01:39:00.000-07:002005-07-29T01:39:57.833-07:00Insight/ shock oriented writing and the aha oriented logic can only be stretched so far before the marks start showing.
Blogging/ writing/ talk shows/ self help books are becoming so different yet following the same formula that shocking is getting to be boring. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122396709980657672005-07-26T09:48:00.000-07:002005-07-26T09:51:49.980-07:00 Hyderabad airport!Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122396411423919002005-07-26T09:43:00.000-07:002005-07-26T09:46:51.423-07:00Some lady puring through a magazine on our return flightAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122396156420829882005-07-26T09:40:00.000-07:002005-07-26T09:42:36.420-07:00 Random image in Dubai.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122395951068898482005-07-26T09:19:00.000-07:002005-07-26T09:39:11.073-07:00 The dune safari. Was kick ass fun!Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1122381237648370412005-07-26T05:33:00.000-07:002005-07-26T05:33:57.716-07:00Me: 2007, I will be a law student
Wife: 2007, I would need to search for a lawyerAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1121959668924284482005-07-21T08:13:00.000-07:002005-07-21T08:27:48.930-07:00Every indian kid has drawn this picture. Did you do it as well? Is this an indian phenomenon? or does this happen the world over? Did you draw this image? What were the other elements??? It was interesting that EVERY member of my team has made a similar image and surprisingly from imagination not recreating another picture. Strange! Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1121870383378825292005-07-20T07:39:00.000-07:002005-07-20T07:48:36.893-07:00Decisions are a pain.Every decision that you made in your life has shaped what you are and what you have the option to do today.As Sartre says "Man is but a sum total of all his actions. Not intentions".I have 3 options. Each with pros and cons (I heard that, Of course!!).I know each decision will entail a minor regret and a major change in the way I live and work and look at the world.I have fewAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1121323800945997082005-07-13T23:50:00.000-07:002005-07-13T23:50:00.986-07:00Studies which decipher how the space between the ears works are the most engrossing.
Its incredible when you can relate to the experiments and the outcomes. The aha moment is when you reflect back to your decisions and understand the rationale better than what you convinced yourself of.
This particular study talks about how inconsequential, unrelated, peripheral events can cloud your decision Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1121164324648028582005-07-12T02:55:00.000-07:002005-07-12T03:47:15.320-07:00Dubai is a country/ emirate of contrasts.You have guys dressed robin blue white kaftan looking things, trotting around like penguins, with buttoned up chinese collars covered till the toe, trotting hand in hand with a babe in a bikini with cleavage going down till her six pack.It goes against all the typecasted ideas we ever had about an arabic islamic state.You can be pardoned to think that you Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1120643337091933072005-07-06T02:31:00.000-07:002005-07-06T02:48:57.096-07:00Review:War of the WorldsIt was a 200 seater movie theatre in Dubai's famed City Center.I was one of the three people scattered around the largish hall.I usually brood for a few minutes and try and come with a few smart comments about the movie.I was left numb at the end of it. Not because it overwhelmed me. I dont think I was ever involved in the movie. I was just an engrossed by-stander.Did I Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1120065223308102812005-06-29T10:01:00.000-07:002005-06-29T10:13:43.313-07:00Review: Mr. and Mrs. Smith.If Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie were adam and eve, there wouldn't be any brothers, sisters and friends in the world.Review:She is unfair.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1118819995052594422005-06-15T00:19:00.000-07:002005-06-15T00:19:55.086-07:00Text of Commencement address by Steve Jobs: " I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. "
Not a bad idea Steve. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1118313603039982632005-06-09T03:40:00.000-07:002005-06-09T03:40:03.106-07:00Chetan,
You da dude.
Third UmpireAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1116517331539874802005-05-19T08:42:00.000-07:002005-05-19T08:42:11.566-07:00"As we know, there are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know there are known unknowns.
That is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
the ones we don't know we don't know."
- Donald. H. Rumsfeld (U.S. Secretary of Defense)
Geek speak to say,
We know we screwed up because what we thought we knew, we actually dint know.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1114066079733622862005-04-20T23:47:00.000-07:002005-04-20T23:47:59.733-07:00“Patriots Oath”
I am only one
But I am one
I cannot do everything
But I can do something.
And what I can do;
That I ought to do
And what I ought to do
By the grace of God
I will do.
I am non-nationalist so dont read too much into the 'patriot' part of the post.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1114065937175841722005-04-20T23:45:00.000-07:002005-04-20T23:45:37.176-07:00“Leadership is helping the Right People, Do the Right Thing, at the Right Time, and for the Right Reason” - Some smart guy in a Peoplesoft pitch to state governments. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1113827022248656522005-04-18T05:22:00.000-07:002005-04-18T05:23:42.246-07:00Life aint blissfully bored anymore.And I love it!Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1113213666862593082005-04-11T00:10:00.000-07:002005-04-11T03:01:06.863-07:00There is a little black spot on Sun today,It was the same old thing as yesterday.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1112857096926530832005-04-06T23:58:00.000-07:002005-04-06T23:58:16.926-07:00"Reading widely outside of one's discipline has been probably the biggest source of ideas."
- Lawrence Baxter, WachoviaAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1109153710325087742005-02-23T02:15:00.000-08:002005-02-23T02:15:10.326-08:00I like exaggerated people.
Not people who exxagerate. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1109062646647035722005-02-22T00:57:00.000-08:002005-02-22T01:09:37.886-08:00'Why didn't you invite me earlier?':Excerpt from an interview with Mark Knopfler:[...]...."Do you believe honest plug-in-and-play music can survive technological advancements, software, DJs?Yes, because creativity will always outpace technology."Couldn't agree with him more.My comp tries it often but can never get quirky enough to find creative reasons not to work like I do.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1108631912144401302005-02-17T01:18:00.000-08:002005-02-17T01:18:32.146-08:00Stevie- Thanks for getting the job in Mumbai dude, I always needed free accomodation at a posh place in Bandra.
I already have a Stan Chart card so don't try to pitch one to me, you can of course try and get my balance cancelled!
Congratulations, hope you have a lot of fun in Standard Chartered.
Oddity
Hope you have a lot of fun at Ranbaxy, I dont know enough of my interactions with the Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1108480011282079102005-02-15T06:54:00.000-08:002005-02-15T07:12:53.880-08:00A recurring fantasyTo just quit everythingTo quit everything that I am ever comfortable withTo quit the job, the relationships, the ambitions, the passion for workJust quit everything.Make a little hut on top of a snow capped mountains, with higher peaks around it.Be happy serving hot tea to the trekkers from world overLive with small little farm behind the houseI say: What else do I need?She Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1108475812508961742005-02-15T05:56:00.000-08:002005-02-15T05:56:52.506-08:00Vish Kanya
I love the way this babe speaks and rhymes and chimes. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1108365955589765552005-02-13T23:17:00.000-08:002005-02-13T23:25:55.590-08:00Dreams vs ambitionsLove vs passionAdventure vs comfortI am the happiest when the twain meet.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1107969236211752532005-02-09T09:13:00.000-08:002005-02-09T23:47:56.783-08:00He says: I am not in a good frame of mind.
She says: May be you should change the picture.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1107947425954561672005-02-09T03:10:00.000-08:002005-02-09T03:10:25.953-08:00She says: I wonder sometimes if it is ok to read someones blog without telling them - it is like infringing thieir personal space.
He says: It is is not my personal space
It is a public facade of my personal space
I will only post stuff which either I dont mind your seeing it or when I want you to see it.
Stuff which I dont want people to hear will be said in a closed room of an empty house at Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1107945861228705182005-02-09T02:44:00.000-08:002005-02-09T02:44:21.226-08:00It is unfair.
Polyglut, get well soon.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1107861869666976762005-02-08T03:20:00.000-08:002005-02-08T03:27:01.650-08:00The New York Times> Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: How Wall Street Learns to Look the Other Way: "Consider financial theory, the cornerstone of modern business education. The mathematical theory that has developed over the decades has proved extremely valuable in general. But when it comes to individuals, the theory runs into some problems. In effect, it portrays people as nothing more than 'Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1107769689821217972005-02-07T01:48:00.000-08:002005-02-07T01:48:09.820-08:00A new day
A new week
A new role
Kinda new house
A new car
A new team
And there was...
A good yesterday
A busy week
A role that I enjoyed very much
A 4 month old car
An awesome and interesting team.
She says: How are you doing?
I say: Never been better, having a lot of fun.
I say: Was it ever any different?
She says: ... And you think that is good?Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104842614942263232005-01-04T04:43:00.000-08:002005-01-04T04:43:34.943-08:00On a sabbatical at www.tsunamihelp.blogspot.com
brbAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104223761020528952004-12-28T00:49:00.000-08:002004-12-28T00:49:21.020-08:00As we try to find ways in which we can help people in those areas, this is a place where we picked up a lot of directions.
These guys are doing an awesome job:
Please use this resource and get in touch with them:
The South-East Asia Earthquake and TsunamiAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104159694047338772004-12-27T07:01:00.000-08:002004-12-27T23:59:44.860-08:00Asia quake toll tops 23,000
26th December 2004
1. I had a heavy dinner yesterday, I need to get my tummy tucked-in for the New Year party, lemme go for a walk in the morning. Marina beach is a kewl place for a long and vigorous walk. I still haven't decided where to party on the New Year's. Should I go to Shomu's party or should I just go pub hopping?
2. I love X'mas holidays. I get to come Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104152948978285662004-12-27T04:59:00.000-08:002004-12-27T06:40:09.843-08:00
Mocha- 3 months, getting ready for his bath and hating it.
Mocha- 15 months
We are still waiting for him to grow up!
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104088282668384312004-12-26T12:10:00.000-08:002004-12-26T11:11:22.666-08:00According to Kasparov "What separates a winner from a loser at the grand-master level is the willingness to do the unthinkable. A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a matter of intelligence, but intelligence without audaciousness is not enough. Given the opportunity, I must have the guts to explode the game, to upend my opponent's thinking and, in so doing, unnerve him.
So it is in business: One Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104086741617200752004-12-26T11:44:00.000-08:002004-12-26T10:45:41.616-08:00Am like a horse in a stable
feeling all fit and able
get my meals on time
Can sleep when I want to.
Then I dream about
the horses in the wild
can feel the breeze on my mane
and the tingle on my hide
dream about the absence of shackles
wild grass everywhere
snorting and galloping breezong through the days.
I wake up to see
the fence in my stable
know it can be crosseded being Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104063111101426172004-12-26T04:09:00.000-08:002004-12-26T04:11:51.100-08:00Anoop and Jasmine- Honey mooning in Colombo.
Hope you guys are doing well.
Amen.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1104062964992034592004-12-26T04:00:00.000-08:002004-12-26T04:18:57.643-08:00Bomb blasts in bali, 9/11, riots in Aceh, riots in gujrat, war in iraq, fatal accidents every minute, tsunami in India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Either I have been lucky to have escaped such cataclysmic events or...
One is waiting for me round the corner.
Hope I din't tap the wrong door. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103884591876203772004-12-24T02:34:00.000-08:002004-12-24T03:16:57.166-08:00
Englishman with his pipe and a stiff upper lip.
Dinka Man, SudanAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103801862548529522004-12-23T03:36:00.000-08:002004-12-23T03:37:42.546-08:00The worst kind of fatigue is the fatigue of boredom.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103796010011426422004-12-23T01:56:00.000-08:002005-08-24T14:39:17.973-07:00How do I create an early warning system for the last situation?Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103746372784578682004-12-22T12:11:00.000-08:002004-12-22T12:12:52.783-08:00.
Silence.
Confusion.
Decision.
Peace.
Silence. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103549349239942602004-12-20T04:37:00.000-08:002004-12-20T05:29:09.240-08:00It is strange and interesting how our pseudonyms get stuck to us.
I started using "atheistbishop", when I was looking to create a kewl screen name to play chess, something related to chess.
Atheistbishop got stuck to me since that evening.
It was easy to see how he got perpetuated. I din't have to check if anybody else was already using the id on any site and it was a neat name to have on chatAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103222379657337192004-12-16T10:28:00.000-08:002004-12-16T10:46:34.573-08:00Black Yamaha RX 100, 1989 model.
I bought the bike in December of 1994. 10 years till date.
It was my lifeline till 2002.
It still gets my heart racing. I always feel 18 when racing it, I am on it :-).
There is some kind of visceral bond between me and the bike.
It tends to get a smile whenever I get on it and give it a rev and hear that awesome growl.
It kinda understood that I was a pauperAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103221543674853432004-12-16T10:24:00.000-08:002004-12-19T05:39:22.450-08:00gairon ko kab fursat hai dukh dene ki
jab hota hai koi humdum hota hai
sach yeh hai bekaar hume gham hota hai
jo chaha tha duniya mein kam hota hai
hum hongey khud sey ghair
humdum, chahat aur dard key baghairAtheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103099165504165342004-12-15T00:08:00.000-08:002004-12-15T05:42:14.993-08:00"OK," She said. She watched him go out of the door, saw him wave before he stepped into the elevator. She had never felt so close to him, never so much in love and if someone told her she would not see Michael again until three years passed, she would not have been able to bear the anguish of it.
- Mario Puzo in The Godfather, just before Michael Corleone goes to the hospital to check on Don Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103094310201472502004-12-14T23:05:00.000-08:002004-12-14T23:05:10.200-08:00gairon jo kab furst hai dukh dene ki
jab hota hai joi hum dum hota hai.
Not plagiarized, a straight lift off.
- Foolie quoting Jagjit Singh.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103092869645528422004-12-14T22:41:00.000-08:002004-12-14T22:41:09.646-08:00The Schizophrenic Mind
Why does the mind vacillate so often?
Why can't it stick to a stance?
Why does have to present itself with extremely convincing arguments for and against a situation?
Never mind. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103038212652549112004-12-14T07:30:00.000-08:002004-12-14T07:30:12.653-08:00Confessions of an Atheistbishop:
"I analyze every second I exist
Beating on my mind every second with my fist"
-- Limp Bizkit
Revisted.
As true as ever.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103030846295347572004-12-14T05:15:00.000-08:002004-12-14T05:32:18.280-08:00Mind has a great ability to exaggerate the importance and the indispensability of the people in front of you.
So much so that the people start exaggerating their importance in your life.
As time passes, the mind moves on.
People don't. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1103016620837823852004-12-14T01:30:00.000-08:002004-12-14T01:49:32.920-08:00How do citizens communicate their expectations to the governments?
Necessities are easier to communicate as they double up as campaign speeches and vote bank pleasers.
How would the government understand citizen's expectations for developmental needs?
How does the government get to know that the citizens need an better system to pay income tax?
What is the interface?
The elected Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1102659781729183582004-12-09T22:23:00.001-08:002004-12-10T05:37:29.863-08:00I enjoy uncertainity.
But not when I am staring right into it.
I love to have options.
But not when I want all of them
I guess, I am just being hypocritical.
Korli recently told me that I have a tendency to get very comfy with where I am.
I agree.
I love my thoughts and the way they meander.
I get excited by my thoughts and get impressed by them.
I have to minimize these orgasms out Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1102594458007002272004-12-09T04:08:00.000-08:002004-12-09T07:11:20.950-08:00Ohayo Gozaimasu!
I am re-starting Japanese classes from tomorrow morning.
From 6.30 to 8.00 in the morning.
I miss trying to get a hang of that tough script, its like going back to the slate.
Write and repeat.
Write and repeat.
Write and repeat.
Sayonara
Let me get as good at Nihongo as I was at Francais.Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1102593865477737632004-12-09T04:04:00.000-08:002004-12-10T06:12:42.876-08:00IBM-Lenovo deal creates new global PC player - Computer Business Review: "IBM will take an 18.9% stake in Beijing-based Lenovo under the terms of the agreement, which also sees Lenovo become the preferred supplier of PCs to IBM, and IBM becoming the preferred services and customer-financing provider to Lenovo"
Quid pro quo (Without any quid)? You scratch my back, I scratch yours.
I was under Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1102592210233856602004-12-09T03:36:00.000-08:002004-12-09T03:36:50.233-08:00Je m'en fous.
I loved to use this phrase when I was learning French a long time back.
It slipped out of my vocabulary.
"I don't care" or "I couldnt care less" or " I don't bother much" didn't replace the term.
Je m'en fous is leading the rally back.
Welcome home. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1102163890177325862004-12-04T04:36:00.000-08:002004-12-04T04:38:10.176-08:00He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what?d you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1101821832711578812004-11-30T05:35:00.000-08:002004-11-30T05:37:12.710-08:00The most complicated word in english dictionary: Expectations. Dickens wasnt stupid. Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1101607797138998962004-11-27T18:09:00.000-08:002004-11-27T18:09:57.140-08:00Thanks! Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1101601708447014472004-11-27T16:18:00.001-08:002004-11-27T16:28:28.446-08:00November 6th: Arrive at Philadelphia
November 29th: Leave Houston for London.
23 days.
Revelation.
Bliss.
I.
Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029893.post-1101398148215423632004-11-25T07:39:00.000-08:002004-11-25T08:10:09.553-08:00 Rowing
Japanese course
Salsa
Cross country running
Violin
Watch movies at home, the old ones
Get back to listening to music
Darkness aint only for sleeping
Silence is aint only for praying
Solitude aint only when nobody is around Atheistbishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348499067940258280noreply@blogger.com1