Ran-dhum Musings

i had won 2 free tickets to a movie show sometime ago. i went to the pvr in forum mall (after a strenuous 22 km hill run), had lunch, waited for sometime just to kill time and finally went up to the theatre, only to be told by the ticket checker that i had inox tickets! and after all, still made it o inox just around the time the movie began. turned out to be totally crappy. the invasion, based on the body snatchers tale is one of the most tacky movies i have seen in the last dozen years. In other news nicole said she felt alone on oscar night after the awards. she could have called. i was alone too. we could have celebrated with multiple rounds of drinks…

among current peeves is an ad for zen estilo on radio where some b%^& raves about there being no catch in the promo wherein you take a test drive for an estilo and that’s it. you are eligible to win some foreign trip et al. pity the ad ends with a disclaimer saying “conditions apply!” so much for bold claims. if there is one reason i will never buy the estilo, this ad is it.

and then this other ad also on radio is supremely corny, for shamrao vithal bank. some woman called anita calls rustam… rusty, and tells him to watch his cullesterol, huh! and finally adds that his company’s loan is approved. she also says she will join him for tea at 4 pm that day. i mean, really?! one more product to avoid.

and here is a gift for you, my dear reader

i have said more than once, what can’t kill me makes me stronger, with credit to some distortion of what freddie said ;) however here is a study which says the former makes me smarter as well.

and for the car lovers among you, here’s a riot. the authors have really taken it out, would you believe that even ferrari produced a lemon?

and finally, while reading an article on maria sharapova at the us open, on the day she wore her red dress, i found a link to the following at the bottom of the page

“Unified field theory

Problems of a field and neutrino. Maxwell theory+PC solve this all.”

i have not managed to figure out the links between maria and maxwell, let alone the us open and neutrinos!!! just wonder what led google to find these links as relevant.

ideally some of the above would have been separate posts. however life has been a little random these days…

Ever since I found some support for my height, I have begun seeing other trends. For example, a steady job may let you attract women, even if you are bald. Don’t believe me, read this

Sometime ago, also acquired the new paperback version of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.