A recent CBS news headline described a foiled terror attack that would have used an upgraded underwear bomb. Now either the terrorist are one step ahead of us bozos or something but in a single invention they have it would seem combined the best of Victoria's secrets and those of Apple software. I mean whoever heard of an upgraded underwear bomb before today?
Perhaps the Fruits of their Looms are designed with a different frame of reference? Cause maximum damage instead of maximum comfort? Is this what our world has come to? A man cannot think of boarding a flight without now walking through a locker room where he is asked to undress and take a shower? Perhaps that may not be a bad idea after all - I mean have you seen how bad today's planes stink?
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
Someone can now market x-ray underwear, and the govt. can make it mandatory for air travelers, maybe? You can then go to Facebook with your lament, and others can 'like' it!
ReplyDeletelol Rajendra .. but perhaps the censor boards will veto it - these days nothing x ra(y)ted is allowed after all ..what will it do to our children?
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