Memoirs of an Endless Existence
"Memory's a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past." - Julie Delpy in "Before Sunset (2004)"
06 July 2007
Something stupid
I have absolutely no idea why I'm doing this but maybe it has something to do with the fact that on some level, maybe, these lines touch my heart in some way which I am consciously absolutely unaware of.

"Something Stupid"
- Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman

I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
You still despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come true
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

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23 June 2007
Six words
"For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn"

Back in the 1920's, a young newspaperman bet his colleagues $10 - a princely in those days - that he could write a complete story in just 6 words.

Ernest Hemingway later bragged that the six words above constituted one of his greatest stories.

Flash fiction, characterized by extreme brevity, is a piece of fiction less than 1,000 words long. The above-mentioned flash is a result of this concept taken to its extreme.

Other authors decided to take a shot themselves. The result is compiled at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html . Here are a few of my other favorites:

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

It cost too much, staying human.
- Bruce Sterling

Don’t marry her. Buy a house.
- Stephen R. Donaldson

TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison

New genes demand expression -- third eye.
- Greg Bear

I saw, darling, but do lie.
- Orson Scott Card

Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken MacLeod

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posted by Rohit Agarwal  
22 June 2007
Of PG and SLEWG
Pride
Gluttony
Sloth
Lust
Envy
Wrath
Greed

These are the seven deadly sins according to the Bible which when committed destroy the life of grace unless confessed or forgiven.

Just one question though: How many of the landmark achievements in the history of mankind (and womankind) can you recall which can be claimed to be free from these 'sins'? How many great men (and women) can you recall who remained aloof of these 'sins'? How far would the human civilization have progressed had it abstained itself from these 'sins'?

Would you personally prefer the above to the below?

Humility
Faith and Temperance
Zeal
Self control
Love
Kindness
Generosity

ALSO: Vivekanand spoke for 72 hours non-stop on "Zero"

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posted by Rohit Agarwal  
10 February 2007
"I know"
Trivia:

Which movie ends with the words "I know" ?

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