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Category: Shrouded

Your job – get with it or get out

I wrote a post over on my other site that is more focused on the development/engineering side of things on my thoughts on how to handle a mid-job crisis. Check it out and see if it makes sense to you. http://themindfulcoder.com/2010/08/your-job-get-with-it-or-get-out/

Twitch post

This is the occasional twitch post – that seems to be my MO with my blogs. I was just going through my previous posts on this one and they all are pretty embarrassing now and reflect what I was going through a couple of years back combined with unhealthy levels of self pity. The temptation to delete [...]

Our world, my dear…

Siam Paragon was what it was always – busy, transactional and filled with Thais and tourists alike. As I walked by the new Mos burger outlet, I saw people standing in small groups all staring at a spot in the pond of white furniture. A woman was standing and tightly hugging a man who was [...]

Nobel winner blames cultural decline on “blogging and blugging”

Been reading about this all day: Nobel winner blames cultural decline on “blogging and blugging” Almost everybody has ripped into her. I am torn between laying into her myself and well, holding it inside. Hmm, that last sentence pretty much encapsulates my views I guess . Is it fair to expect Nobel prize winners to [...]

What is terror?

True absolute dark terror is having to live in a community, a society, a country or a world where religion or other social norms have devolved to the extent that the helpless are punished for being helpless – as it has in Saudi Arabia. A country where a rape victim is jailed for 6 months [...]

Coral – Derek Walcott

  This coral’s shape echoes the hand It hollowed. Its Immediate absence is heavy. As pumice, As your breast in my cupped palm. Sea-cold, its nipple rasps like sand, Its pores, like yours, shone with salt sweat. Bodies in absence displace their weight, And your smooth body, like none other, Creates an exact absence like [...]

Inspired Ideas for a sustainable future

I especially like the mine-detecting flowers – seeds that save lives at 16:16

It’s not rocket science

An aberration of evolution just sent me a private message on a social networking site asking me for job. I quote dear all m vijay jaiswal hv done MBA in international business n working wd Fedex bt m not getting international exposure, can any one help me to find out d job in Bangkok. I [...]

A Creationist Patient…

This had me sitting with a stupid grin for a few minutes…

The Simpsons Movie

I am going to watch The Simpsons Movie tomorrow. I spent the last 6 weeks in Toronto watching seasons 1-9 and I’ve snorted enough morsels up my nose during my frequent laughing fits to fill Homer up. I am not going to judge the movie too critically. Well, if I was the kind to be [...]