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Conversations Tire Me 26 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Conversations tire me. There are the interesting, intense work conversations: where I talk to a business-owner about their marketing and exchange ideas. The ones where I explain to someone about what...
Mid Week Reads: Children and Reading 14 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
Happy Independence Day (tomorrow)! Here are a few quick links. I liked both this posts: this mother who doesn't want her daughter to be "nice", and this response to it on Jezebel. These fan illustra...
Thoughts on "Friends," and Disliking Ross 1 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
I have probably watched every episode of Friends at least four times, and I really, really like this post about how Ross Geller is the worst. Unfortunately, when I first started watching -- and in my ...
Reading Courtney Milan: The "Brothers Sinister" Series 29 Jul 2013 | 10:22 pm
I have been ill lately, and for some of the time I was ill, the Guy was away. Never a happy situation, and the incessant rain and gloomy weather seemed to make it worse (not that I was planning to go ...
Mid-Week Reads: Heroes 24 Jul 2013 | 06:30 am
I've been reading these incredibly inspiring, heroic stories that I want to share with you. This teenager rescued a little girl who had been abducted. This fireman rescued a kitten. These women wer...
Mid-Week Reads: Movies and Videos 17 Jul 2013 | 12:49 pm
Dustin Hoffman wanted to be a beautiful woman, and that made him realize the unreasonable societal expectations of women's appearance. There are too many interesting women I haven't had the experienc...
When You Left... 15 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
When you left I wasn't sure who I was. Did I really like rom-coms, or was it your head rolling against my shoulder when you laughed and your hand clasping mine, at the end, that I loved? When I eager...
Mid-Week Reads: Fat, Female Politicians, and Fatherhood 10 Jul 2013 | 01:02 pm
Read this beautiful, poignant personal essay on body image and fat hatred. ‘‘You’re not fat,’’ I said earnestly and innocently, and you replied, ‘‘Yes I am, darling. I’ve always been fat; even as a c...
A Saturday Morning in the Hills 8 Jul 2013 | 10:17 am
Last Saturday, we went with the Pallus to Purandar, a fort in the hills just some 50 km from Pune. We didn't see much of the fort, but the drive, the quiet, the mist, the rain, the birdsong... it was ...
How I Love Blogging 2 Jul 2013 | 07:00 am
So we just started another blog: a place where we write about what we're doing as a team. When Virendra suggested it, I sighed inwardly. One more blog? I'm already being almost absent here, I have a ...
