Posted by: agsharma on: December 29, 2008
…………this is where I was………so excuse me while I get back into the groove…..
Posted by: agsharma on: December 18, 2008
<Link> Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration next month. Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 17, 2008
Posted by: agsharma on: December 17, 2008
<Link> A head scarf landed a Muslim woman in jail Tuesday after she refused to remove it during a hearing at the Douglasville Municipal Court. Lisa Valentine, also known by her Islamic name, Miedah, 40, was arrested for ‘violating a court policy of no headgear’, Chris Womack, deputy chief of operations for the Douglasville Police [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 16, 2008
I knew, I knew, I knew there was a reason why I detested romantic moveis. LONDON: Planning to go for a romantic comedy with your boyfriend this weekend? Well, scrap all your plans, for according to a study, ‘rom-coms’ can ruin love lives. The study has found that romantic comedies such as Bridget Jones’s Diary [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 16, 2008
It’s frightening how this could be so true today. God, I am so glad Bush is leaving.
Posted by: agsharma on: December 15, 2008
Wow!! Someone seems to have a lot of guts. So much for US troops being showered with flowers and sweets. This guy is more than welcome to my shoes!! Nonsense from MSM Mr Zaidi shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,” at Mr Bush in a news conference he held with [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 10, 2008
<Link> observed one of my students with a group of other children gathered around his laptop. Upon looking at his computer, I saw he was giving a demonstration of some sort. The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 10, 2008
I have always been fascinated by cosmology. I am guessing it started with the TV series COSMOS by Carl Sagan, one of the few western programmes deemed by the Desi bureaucrats to be worthy of being beamed to our homes in the 80′s. I know most of what Carl Sagan said went right over my [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 10, 2008
Here is Russell Peter’s bit about fighting terrorism by not smiling on your passport photograph. ……and here is a fact from the Indiana Government!! Don’t flash a toothy smile, don’t wear your glasses and don’t wear a hat or head scarf while you’re getting your photo taken for an Indiana driver’s license or identification card. [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 4, 2008
Constitutional crisis!! Coup d’etat!!! Backroom politics!!! Separatists!!! These are some of the common words being flung around Canada in the last few days. For those of you not following Canadian politics here is what’s been happening : 1) Conservatives claim minority win in the October federal election. 2) Stephen Harper elected leader and hence the [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: December 2, 2008
Turning my attention to my adopted country, what do I see? The leaders of the three opposition parties presented their plan to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government at a press conference in Ottawa late Monday afternoon. The leaders of the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois publicly signed a [...]
