I recently came across a book's review while going through nytimes.com. In the long list of Non-Fiction books, I found one title quite attractive. Not because I could relate with the "Beer" word mentioned in it, but there was a certain intrinsic pun involved.
Anyway, the book is titled I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL by Tucker Max. And that review guided me to the author's webpage. And just after reading the first post I knew that this guy's writing style is kick-ass funny [as Kulhara puts it:] . Though he really lets out the best in him in the second post titled "Tucker tries butts**; hilarity does not ensue - July 12, 2005".
But before you proceed to read this post, let me caution with another word which both of my frnds Khaira and Kulhara used unanimously: HARDCORE!!! Yeah, this is one explicitly told story but seriously funny. Though the author seems to be quite humble when he says "hilarity does not ensue". And after reading a few posts of his, if you want to keep a copy his adventures then you can buy the book as well.
Go on have fun! But try not to repeat those adventures at home :)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
For all the Garfield Fans
I have turned into a huge fan of Garfield from just another reader of his strips over a past few months. All this happened after I subscribed to its strip from arcamax.com. But I was amazed to see this another guy who is a "real" Garfield fan.
He has got all the strips of this lasagna loving creature ever published anywhere since its inception in 1978. And today Garfield turns 30 and here are the first and the latest strips of the cat:
Then:
Now:
Happy B'day Garfield!!
Cheers!
He has got all the strips of this lasagna loving creature ever published anywhere since its inception in 1978. And today Garfield turns 30 and here are the first and the latest strips of the cat:
Then:
Now:
Happy B'day Garfield!!
Cheers!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wishlist!
While creating my profile,I was asked about the "Wishlist". I chose not to populate that at first. On a second thought though, I could have mentioned a few things there. Because it almost sounded like a genie whoz here to grant me 3 wishes.
But then I realized it was too small a space to accommodate my wishlist. No, they are not so grand per se. Its just that, if fulfilled, they would render this whole world ideal, which in theory wouldn't exist. Or could I still tweak them a little to make them fit for this non-ideal world.
i) What if everyone around the world obey the traffic rules on their own. As if they would obey them not for the fear of obeying them, but because they just couldn't disobey them! That again, would be too ideal, non-existent. Tweaked version: What if 80% of the people just couldn't disobey the rules 90% of the time they are on roads. A little realistic I guess. Or just too complex or may be even weird!? Well, there is no one else to blame for such a wish but the "aquarian" mind behind this.
ii) What if there are too many things you want to do but one life time just doesn't seem to be enough. Could you just ask for another life, may be a continued one to finish off what you couldn't do in your first. Is that what re-incarnation is all about? Well, is there a phenomenon like re-incarnation in the first place?
iii) What if people around the world remained happy (and content and satisfied) for just one day, the same day. Would they continue being the same the next morning when they wake up? Wouldn't that happiness take away their pain which they want to feel? Reminds me of an episode from Ally McBeal (that has become Mansi's fav show these days and I automatically get pulled to watch it :), though I have developed a liking for the characters in the show as well), where a brain problem render a man "happy forever".So happy that his own son sues him for "being happy", for he was no longer the same profit obsessed businessman. He would now think of the labour first and would end up distributing the profit amongst them. Simply because he was "happy". He would always wear a smile now, even though he was at loggerheads with his own son to protect his happiness.
He would refuse to get treated, only until he lost his lovely wife, with whom he was in love more than ever before now. He just couldn't grieve for his dead wife, he couldn't cry for her when I wanted it so bad, again because of his happiness. Thats when he chose to let go his happiness...
~ Mohit Arora
But then I realized it was too small a space to accommodate my wishlist. No, they are not so grand per se. Its just that, if fulfilled, they would render this whole world ideal, which in theory wouldn't exist. Or could I still tweak them a little to make them fit for this non-ideal world.
i) What if everyone around the world obey the traffic rules on their own. As if they would obey them not for the fear of obeying them, but because they just couldn't disobey them! That again, would be too ideal, non-existent. Tweaked version: What if 80% of the people just couldn't disobey the rules 90% of the time they are on roads. A little realistic I guess. Or just too complex or may be even weird!? Well, there is no one else to blame for such a wish but the "aquarian" mind behind this.
ii) What if there are too many things you want to do but one life time just doesn't seem to be enough. Could you just ask for another life, may be a continued one to finish off what you couldn't do in your first. Is that what re-incarnation is all about? Well, is there a phenomenon like re-incarnation in the first place?
iii) What if people around the world remained happy (and content and satisfied) for just one day, the same day. Would they continue being the same the next morning when they wake up? Wouldn't that happiness take away their pain which they want to feel? Reminds me of an episode from Ally McBeal (that has become Mansi's fav show these days and I automatically get pulled to watch it :), though I have developed a liking for the characters in the show as well), where a brain problem render a man "happy forever".So happy that his own son sues him for "being happy", for he was no longer the same profit obsessed businessman. He would now think of the labour first and would end up distributing the profit amongst them. Simply because he was "happy". He would always wear a smile now, even though he was at loggerheads with his own son to protect his happiness.
He would refuse to get treated, only until he lost his lovely wife, with whom he was in love more than ever before now. He just couldn't grieve for his dead wife, he couldn't cry for her when I wanted it so bad, again because of his happiness. Thats when he chose to let go his happiness...
~ Mohit Arora
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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