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Dude in Distress

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:21 +0530

My daughter finally got her very own Dora, the Explorer DVD from a friend of mine (Thanks, Gayathri) with a few irritating (to me) episodes which she loves. Anyway, there was this one episode where Dora and her friends save a Prince who is impr...

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Scandalous Scatology

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:14:02 +0530

My four-year old is shocked beyond words. Absolutely stunned. She is unable to believe that some people use paper and not water to clean up after essential bodily functions. "How can they use paper? Won't 'it' stick?," "Won't they get fever be...

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Moving

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:28:22 +0530

I am moving to a new home to include my professional writings as well. All Web-2 frills are eliminated at the new site, but you may always reach me by email, if you care and dare. Of course, Vox will continue, at least for the present, to house s...

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Truth

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:40:20 +0530

When your grandmom says that you have put on "a little" weight, it means you are FAT. Time to hit the gym..

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Einstein or Bach?

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:54:24 +0530

My little daughter just listened to Bach's Barndenburg Concerto 6 and refuses to accept that it is anything but Little Einstein that she watches on the computer, that features the piece. That is the risk of incorporating profound pieces into bana...

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Inspirational Essays

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:30:47 +0530

Writing Briefly and Stuff by Paul Graham

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I believe..

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:06 +0530

I believe for every drop of rain that falls A flower grows I believe that somewhere in the darkest night A candle glows I believe for everyone who goes astray Someone will come to show the way I believe, I believe. I believe above the st...

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Doomsday Prophet

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:49:23 +0530

We are there finally. No fuel in Chennai. For the last couple of days, petrol bunks (gas stations in some parts of the world) have been shooing off customers, because "there is no petrol or diesel supply". Result? I dropped my daughter off at...

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nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:31:08 +0530

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Annapoorani

nobody@vox.com(Lakshmi) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:13:06 +0530

Goddess of food. My best yet. Took really long because, there are are complicated filigree on the "mandapam" and the crown. And I used the technique suggested by an expert and painted colours AROUND and not over the stone colours, which took a h...

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