Tall Tales

I have been frustrated by my blog’s comment system for two days.

I am worried that Disqus going AWOL would impact the conversation with my readers.

Therefore I request all of you to use the Contact Me form if you want to communicate anything with me,if you can’t see the comment box.

I swear to the gods of Javascript that if Disqus does not play nice much longer I will kick it off my space.

Peace out.

UPDATE: The commenting system is back on track, it seems. It also seems that Disqus will live on,for now.

Comment away

Food.

To be more specific, I don’t like the way the characters are shown eating their food.

Before I go on a rant and face down brickbats from fans of the series, let me tell you all up front that I am a huge fan of TBBT.Being a  geek myself I identify  in some ways with the characters and their idiosyncrasies, especially their propensity to lecture on geeky topics like the particle-wave nature of light.

I don’t really get most of the comic book references but Schrödinger’s cat and Einstein’s relativity are right up my alley.

What can I say, except that I am a science nerd.

I also happen to think that Sheldon’s “Bazinga!” is a hoot.

And I get Sheldon’s pain about Windows 7 being more user friendly and less a pain in the ass than Windows Vista.
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Renewable energy can easily run your calculator or charge your cellphone.

They are even making cars that can run on solar energy and zero pollution carbon neutral cities.

But no way can you fly an airplane or sail a massive container ship without burning off obscene amounts of fossil fuel, right?

Wrong.

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I was completely sane and sober when I wrote that line

But I do realise that it is counterintuitive and almost blasphemous.After all pollutants in the atmosphere cause ugly stuff like acid rain, smog, diseases and freak weather conditions ,among other things.And besides, for a post on Earth Day related to the environment this seems to be bordering on the sinful.

But before you  bring out the long knives and prepare to gut me out for being sensationalist, playing into the hands of Big Oil, denying climate change and murdering orphaned kittens take a look at this

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Bloated end-of-life batteries are like beached dead whales.

Neglected, both of them tend to burst in an ugly, smelly manner.Only, in case of a whale, a whole town has to bear with the stink of putrefying flesh and blood running  in the sewers.

                                  Also,plenty of entrails

My story begins with a malfunctioning UPS whose battery had oulived its life.

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The past month has brought quite a few changes in my daily schedule, and hence I have been falling behind on my posts. I travelled more than 3000 km in the beginning of the month, attended a wedding near the fabled City of Lakes in Rajasthan and was sicker than a dog for quite some time.   My odyssey on trains is not yet over, as within the next few days I will be again travelling roughly the same distance. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Humans considered storms to be a sign of nature’s fury. While we have gained some bit of understanding of the science behind hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and gales their destructive potential has remained the same.

This is not to say that winds are a scourge of nature-sailboats and windmills were two very useful inventions that were crucial to the progress of human civilization. But the fact remains that if you got caught in a storm while  you were at sea, in nine cases out of ten you were likely to meet your maker. [Read the rest of this entry...]