Brown Motion

Nothing dramatic here like the famed masters of the renaissance but more mundane as in getting the abode painted. As in our home from the inside and out. Now we (as in born in India) have tried this form of DIY task in the past with mixed results. It takes quite a while to do one room and the results are mixed. As in not mix of paints on a wall but the finish leaves a lot to be desired in spite of having the right tools (or so we thought). Now use the concept of hiring domain experts and typically you would go with folks that have a heritage from south of the border. This largely implies folks with a Mexican lineage (not to sound racist but some in our government with their stance against illegal immigration will literally run against a resource wall with their thinking on sending all so called illegals back to their homes - no salads at dinner to no clean restrooms at their favorite restaurant to no food in most cases); who are skilled to handle repetitive and laborious tasks t...

As in you have kicked the bucket or said your Sayonara, what really happens? For one you do not occupy any more physical space on our planet at least if you are cremated. Here the organic matter will simply convert into multiple gases and a lot of the matter will convert into heat energy as it grills on the flame until a pile of ashes is left behind. Gruesome some may say but that is really all there is to it. Now on the subject of how people will remember you there can be some benchmarks established if you were a well known entity when living. Examples could be - Mahatma Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Osama BL, Mark Twain, Steve Jobs, George Carlin or Jerry Seinfeld. But for most of us that is not a privilege we are able to earn. So then the host of romantic write ups of how one should not chase money and material things in life, because you cannot take them with you; you are only remembered by your deeds etc. seems kind of blah. If chasing material things in life makes you happy ...

Why do humans (perhaps more stateside than other countries I have visited) tend to ask this of another human? Like Clinton famously said "It depends on what 'it' is"? Then there are variants to that like - Hows it hanging or hangin?; Whats up? (that literally depends on ones point of view I believe - if you are doing a Shirsasana or a gymnast doing a headstand then Up is confusing. Also it is now the name of a famous animated movie. On the subject of hanging and what it is - there could be various possibilities. Answers could vary from - A little on the right to twisted and bunched or its not. 'How are you?' is another flavor of the same general retarded question. I am right there in front of you - how do you think I am? Also on the previous question about going - why is it assumed that it has to go? I may be constipated. Perhaps I need to get some coffee before I drive myself crazy.

What the heck does that mean? I find this line of thinking oxymoronic. (I am not sure if oxymoronic is good use of the word or if it is even a legit word). But you get the idea (perhaps you do not). I have heard the journalists assign this term to the President of the US. First of all if there is a free world it is incongruent to have leaders and followers - they would all be free without bondage or subservience. Also it is mildly hypocritical to declare that we have a good idea of what a free world is since such a notion is entirely utopian. We think we know everything there is to know of global cultures and forms of government that rule across the world and believe that a free world is the only sustainable world out there and want to publish that idea on non believers. Trying to impress that concept through speeches and propaganda is not good marketing. It should work somewhat along the lines of how Apple makes people into believers of its product. i.e. create a need whe...

When I look at ruins or significant works of cultural art I notice that each is qualified with the word 'ancient'. Does that mean that as a society humans have ceased to leave behind anything significant for generations to come? Does that bode ill for our grand grand grand children where the only concept of history may be clunky touch screen devices that were all the rage during the 21st century? Today we seem to be in awe of former kings and emperors and even are willing to spend significant time and money to go understand their cultures, imbibe their food and stare at what are admittedly ugliest stones ever (think ruins of any fortress or old dwellings that have survived and acknowledge them as a feat of engineering). What has man done in the recent decades that compares to the Incan and Egyptian pyramids; Notre Dame or the Taj Mahal or even the Brooklyn bridge in recent history, that can withstand the test of time? Are there new Mona Lisa's or Sistine Chapel...

One could argue that this media outlet has a lot of smart morons. So here is a short list of their oxy morons hashed out on their daily broadcasts and reports - Instant analysis Unemployed workers Slam dunk Investment trade Short term advice Solid erosion etc

Call me crazy but at this point I pretty much rent a movie when I see Matt Damon on the cast. Matt is from the east coast (a Bostonite) and has grown into a very mature and versatile actor over the last decade providing very involved roles from movies like 'Goodwill Hunting' through the 'Bourne trilogy' (though I found Ludlum pretty boring during the college years) through most recent roles in 'True Grit' and 'Adjustment Bureau'. The latter is a perspective movie in many ways that 'The Truman Show' was. It provides the audience a chance to ponder the 'what if' in how there may be a power beyond our comprehension that guides and steers our daily rituals and what we think is a fair or unfair hand that life has dealt. The protagonist (Matt) gets pulled into this world where he comes face to face with this Adjustment Bureau. They try to coax him to behave a certain way because not doing so would change the rhythm of the big picture th...