From here and there
We've been obsessively watching "Lost" and here's a good humor quote: Sawyer in a grumpy mood tramping through the lush tropical jungle: "I take comfort in knowing that some day this will be a nice shopping complex or even an auto mall"
The Economist had an obituary for the death of the last living French soldier who had fought in the First World War, Lazare Ponticelli. It quoted him as follows, describing the war: More than anything, he was appalled that he had been made to fire on people he didnt know and to whom he, too, was a stranger. These were fathers of children. He had no quarrel with them. C'est completement idiot la guerre. To the end of of his life, Mr. Ponticelli showed no interest in labelling anyone his enemy. He said he did not understand why on earth he, or they, had been fighting.
The Economist also pushes Earth Hour on the back inside cover. Visit www.earthhour.org , and switch off your lights for an hour at 8pm March 29th. That's the cool thing about the Economist -- despite being weighty and ponderous it has can throw its weight behind idealistic initiatives like these.
Its been raining heavily and unseasonally in Bangalore and I am getting into a funk about global warming (and more. The country and the world seem to be in a mess and digging in deeper).
The Economist had an obituary for the death of the last living French soldier who had fought in the First World War, Lazare Ponticelli. It quoted him as follows, describing the war: More than anything, he was appalled that he had been made to fire on people he didnt know and to whom he, too, was a stranger. These were fathers of children. He had no quarrel with them. C'est completement idiot la guerre. To the end of of his life, Mr. Ponticelli showed no interest in labelling anyone his enemy. He said he did not understand why on earth he, or they, had been fighting.
The Economist also pushes Earth Hour on the back inside cover. Visit www.earthhour.org , and switch off your lights for an hour at 8pm March 29th. That's the cool thing about the Economist -- despite being weighty and ponderous it has can throw its weight behind idealistic initiatives like these.
Its been raining heavily and unseasonally in Bangalore and I am getting into a funk about global warming (and more. The country and the world seem to be in a mess and digging in deeper).
posted by VK at 9:58 AM
4 Comments:
Stop worrying about the world. Find a way to make yourself happy genuinely. That will be useful to the world. Not the worrying.
our elders are to blame. growing up we never got a clue from them. they did not give us any.
Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my blog, it is about the Aluguel de Computadores, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://aluguel-de-computadores.blogspot.com. A hug.
FYI, you can down load selected episodes of Prisonbreak for $1.99.
Arvind
Post a Comment
<< Home