Saif’s eternal ‘Kareena’ tattoo a temporary one
Saif Ali Khan made news some weeks back by professing his undying love for Kareena by tattooing her name on his forearm. His ladylove Bebo was clearly impressed by his eternal gesture. But then an experienced player like Saif Ali Khan is not dumb to get a permanent a tattoo. Apparently the tattoo is not […]
Archive for March 31st, 2008
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Cancer patient has PSP stolen en route to chemotherapy treatmentPosted by: admin in Games newsCancer patient has PSP stolen en route to chemotherapy treatment Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
[Via PSPFanboy, image courtesy of Flickr]
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Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Robert Trachtenberg discusses the issue of food rules with an essay on the Italian taboo against putting Parmesan on seafood pasta. Trachtenberg knows it’s against the rules, that traditional Italian chefs claim it masks the delicate seafood flavor. But he’s not buying it - he likes it that way. Chefs chastise him, waiters serve him in secret, whispering that they fear for their jobs. Seems pretty silly to me, the idea of rigid food rules. On the one hand, I’m always keen to eat the “original version” of a food, the way it’s supposedly been eaten for hundreds of years in Thailand or made by grandmothers in Mexico for generations, yada yada yada. Tasting things the way the locals eat them is a way of connecting with the culture, of expanding your own horizons. And certainly I wouldn’t want to disrespect a culture or a chef by doing something truly rude. On the other hand, sometimes you just know what you like and what you don’t like. And why is it anyone’s business to tell you different? I would be pretty darn annoyed if a waiter withheld my Parmesan because the chef felt the pasta was better without. If a dining companion warned me against putting more wasabi on my sushi I would probably tell him to shut up. I really like wasabi. The very phrase “It’s a matter of taste” is used to point out that taste is subjective, and necessarily varies from person to person. And does food really need to be taken so seriously anyway? What do you think about following/breaking food “rules?” Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
The Joker To Reappear For April Fool’s Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
I was one of the thousands who received a voice mail from Dent Sunday afternoon urging me to help him fight the Citizens for a Concerned Gotham, the latest viral site to be launched. They’ve been very busy slandering poor Dent in the press as a corrupt and media crazed inquisitor. (I have to say, when my cellphone announced it had a voice mail, I was super excited. And then let down when it turned out to be Aaron Eckhart and not someone I actually knew.) He’s holding a meeting on April 1st, 3pm — presumably Eastern time — to answer all the questions of concerned citizens. The problem is, the Joker has also launched a new site, Clown Travel Agency. A departure is announced for April 1st, 3pm. He’s also told followers that they’ll hear from him again on April Fool’s Day.
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For bold investors: Barron’s thinks it’s time to leg into technology stocksPosted by: admin in Employment opportunitiesFor bold investors: Barron’s thinks it’s time to leg into technology stocks Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Technology, Recession
So, with this info in hand, more aggressive investors are looking to spot a bottom and make a buck along the way. So, it’s interesting to read weekly Barron’s article out over the weekend entitled “For the Bold Investor, This Could Be the Time to Buy Tech Stocks“. The article, written by one of this author’s favorite journalists, Eric Savitz, looks at Oracle’s (Nasdaq: ORCL) recent performance as indicative for what’s happening to tech. Citing Oracle’s Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz, Savitz explains that deals were getting harder to close with some business slipping into the May quarter. Tough times for tech. So why does Barron’s think we should start buying now? Continue reading For bold investors: Barron’s thinks it’s time to leg into technology stocks Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Filed under: Vegetables, Recipes, Raves & Reviews, On the Blogs, Vegetarian/Vegan, Easter
Who ever said Easter feasts required big, slow-roasted birds? The creative folks behind What the hell does a vegan eat, anyway? featured a gorgeous seitan roulade for their holiday entree. Like good vegans, they made their own seitan, the old-fashioned way - no store-bought stuff for them! If you’re feeling ambitious (and have some time on your hands), the seitan recipe is here. After making and rolling out the seitan, it was filled with mushrooms and kale, rolled up, and baked for 25 minutes at 350 degrees F. The best part? Instead of twine, they used these cute reusable silicone ties to secure the roulade while it baked. They added some mushroom gravy at the end, which looked great, but I’m sure it tastes delicious plain, as well. Although if you’re not gonna eat gravy with Easter dinner, when are you gonna eat gravy? Just sayin’, is all. My dream is that these lovely people will welcome me into their home and adopt me and offer to cook for me every night. But until that happens, I’ll just keep featuring their awesome recipes. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Studying the Topix site move & wondering why they still sell linksPosted by: admin in WebsitesCuba lifts restrictions on cellphone use Filed under: Cellphones
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We’ve all heard stories about food “rules” - the chef who refused to serve a food writer for ordering a Diet Coke with her meal, the waiter who wouldn’t bring ketchup to the table because the frites were “supposed to be” eaten with garlic mayonnaise. Ordering the steak well done is sacrilege! Don’t you dare put extra wasabi in your soy sauce dish - the sushi chef has already put in the exact right amount! 
Harvey Dent’s viral campaign has ended with a rather disappointing announcement that Dent is running for D.A. But, no doubt, this political campaign has been leading up to something more. 
Speaking to friends, the $1 trillion question that keeps arising is “when do we start buying?” Astute investors, they’ve certainly lightened up on their exposure to stocks over the past few months and have cash sitting on the sidelines. “Are we making a bottom here?” they ask, readying themselves to start moving back into the stock market. As asset allocation and modern portfolio theory tells us, stay in the market, be diversified, and don’t trade on emotion. The problem is that investors doing that since 2000 would have seen little investment returns in exchange for taking on stock market risk.
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