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Archive for March, 2007

Googling “tips for hair growth” gives you about 1,270,000 results. Which just goes to show how desperate people are to make their hair grow.
You see, I decided to stop cutting mine, in September. In the hope that it would be long enough to tie up off my neck in March, which has sort of happened, [...]

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Limerick-a-thon!

So, I wote those limericks at the other blog, and then I wrote this, which I decided to post here.
In the dark eddies of the Income Tax Act
Concealed in little whorls of law and fact
Lie treasures untold
That you may behold
If you have the patience many have lacked
Follow the currents of black-letters-of-law
Sometimes you have to fight [...]

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Trainers, sneakers

No, not sports shoes. No Reebok, Nike, Adidas, or even Bata.
There was once a training programme for teachers, that Tipsy expressed an interest in. Aa bail mujhe maar. So Tipsy spent last weekend at “Training the Trainers”, being a trainer who was being trained. A trainer. Not a sports shoe. Not Reebok, Nike… ah, you [...]

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For Blank Noise ‘07

Last year, Blank Noise asked us for testimonials witnessing street sexual harassment. This year, they asked for testimonials of our action against harassment, and I joined the blogathon on the other blog. And I decided to join it on this one too; but not just cross post from there.
So, I thought I’d make this post [...]

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for Tom agrees with me!
Look at his answer to my question.

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Sensitive, I am

Today of all days, this had to catch my eye! Now, on any other day, I might have even let it pass. But you see, today was today. And I can recognise all three of the adverts they’ve awarded. Now, I can’t find the videos on YouTube, so you’ll have to put up with links: [...]

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Why are programmers trained in science/technology?
If their job is writing programmes, it’s ‘writing’, right? In fact, even more interesting, because they’re (at least sometimes) making up the language as they write. Their work has nothing to do with sci-tech – in fact, it’s only to them that 101010101 probably doesn’t read as ten lakh ten [...]

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