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Category: how in the world

  • Sleepless in Salt Lake

    We’re visiting my folks during TO’s summer break. It’s tradition. It’s also H-O-T and H-U-M-I-D and we’re in one of the two rooms that has aircon ergo limited choices about…


  • Hodge-Podge Commercialism

    I just returned from a trip to the hills of Darjeeling. The one souvenir that I got for myself was a bunch of bags…one inside the other, nestled together. The…


  • Movie Review: Godzilla King Of Monsters

    There are few things people won’t do for the sake of their children. Sitting through this movie falls in that category because this is a film that shouldn’t have been…


  • The Road Not Taken

    Note: This is hardly an original title but extremely apt nonetheless, especially for this particular post. Somehow this post was particularly difficult to write. The words didn’t flow the way…


  • The Serenity Prayer

    It’s not just in rehab that one prays for serenity. Or even on Seinfeld. Parents frequently pray, atheists and all, for deliverance or the ability to bear with those who…


  • Problem Of Plenty

    A few years ago I was sitting with a bunch of gal pals on a gals’ weekend away and we were talking about how our lives are. Essentially the “why”…


  • Pointy Elbows and Drool

    Everytime you think you’ve reached a time and place where you don’t have to be a crabby cakes about your kid, they prove you wrong! Of late TO’s been climbing…


  • Oh My Angst Hurts

    The Offspring (TO) has been introduced to the world of peer pressure. He has met the “popular” kids, met the jocks, met the goody two-shoes and is trying to fit…


  • Ruminations@3 AM

    I have a slightly off sleeping pattern. I need to time it pretty precisely so I get my required amount of sleep. Too early and I’m up 2-3 hours prior…


  • What Dreams May Come

    For every student who dabbled in Psych, Sigmund Freud is a part of the study one couldn’t escape. He was the pit in the cherry or any fruit that you…


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