My kinda dance .....

A friend on one of the "social networking" sites put up this video in his favorites, and for once, I enjoyed something from the updates I see on my home page, which I see owing to the feature where they clutter my home page when my "friends" clutter theirs!
(Slightly besides the point, but given that this is an internal RSS feed of sorts, I wonder if they use the same technology :-p).

Anyways, so I really loved this video. Firstly, kudos to the choreographer (as would oft be repeated in the comments section against this video), and also to the 30-odd performers (including the singular girl in the center of the front-row whom I did not notice till after half the video) for maintaining such a straight face throughout the performance !! :-D

Just notice the steps @1:51 where the song goes "मुझको आवाज दो ..... " and also @3:58 where it goes "के दिल करे हाय ..... " !!
Beats the hell out of even The Govinda or The Mithunda steps !!

I cannot help not smiling ..... especially because if I ever get "on stage" to dance, this will be the only kind of dance that I might be able to pull off !!!
(I am sure more than a few people would agree with me here :-))

P.S.: Does the girl fall at the very end, just before the Ganpati dance starts ???

The Three Days Rule

The origin of The Three Days Rule [ as described by The Barney Stinson ]

[ No religious offense meant ]

Seriously, Jesus started the whole wait three days thing. He waited three days to come back to life. It was perfect!

If he'd waited only one day, a lot of people wouldn't have even heard that he died! They'd be all ..... "Heyy Jesus ... whaddup??"
And Jesus'd probably be like ..... "Whaddup?? I died yesterday!!"
And then they'd be all ..... "Err ... you look pretty alive to me dude!!"
And then Jesus would have to explain how he was resurrected and how it was a miracle.
And then the dude would be like ..... "OKAY!! Whatever you say bro!!"

And you're not gonna come back on a Saturday! Everybody's busy ..... doing chores ..... working the loom ..... trimming their beards!!
NO!!
He waits the exact right number of days ..... THREE!!

Plus it's Sunday! Everyone's in church already!
They're all in their ..... "Oh no! Jesus is dead!!"
Then BAAM ..... he bursts through the back door ..... runs up the aisle ..... everyone's totally psyched ..... and FYI ..... that's when he invented the HIGH FIVE!!!!!

THREE DAYS!! You wait three days to call a woman ..... because that's how long Jesus wants us to wait!

True story!!

Shell Age - Manfred looking for Ellie

Absolutely hilarious article here.

There is a sad truth to the world today. I am part of a dying breed of people known as "shell users." We are an old-fashioned bunch, preferring the warm glow of a green screen full of text over the cold blockiness of a graphical interface. We use ssh, scp, and even occassionally ftp. Back in the days before high-speed connections ("broadband"), we would dial up during off-hours to avoid being slammed with huge phone bills. The whole "Microsoft Windows" fad will fade away sooner or later, but in the interim, our kind is facing extinction.

Because there are fewer and fewer of us, I must help keep our lineage alive. I am looking for someone to help me do this. I need a woman (obviously) who is willing to raise a child with me in the method of Unix. Our child will be introduced to computers at a young age, and will be setting emacs mode before any other child can even read. I earn a sufficient income to support a family in modest comfort. Other than the fact our child will be bright, text-based and sarcastic, we will otherwise be a normal family. We will even go to Disney World and see Mickey Mouse.

So, if you are a woman between the ages of 23 and 43 who is ready to raise a child in the way of the shell, let me know so we can begin the process. (If you are ready to raise more than one child, even better.)

PS - yes, this is for real. Given the right person, I would obviously propose before we ... call fork().
PPS - I only set emacs mode for my ksh session. I only edit files using vi. Just wanted to clear that up. And I'm looking to raise the child(ren) as a dedicated couple, so if you aren't interested in being married, you may wish to select() a different posting.

N.B. - on the issue of relocation. I live in a place where my income/expense ratio is proper (i.e., greater than 2:1). I'm willing to live anywhere in the world where this remains true. I've been to much of the country as well as foreign nations. There are no limits to where I will live *so long as the job market for unix admins is robust enough to be sustainable.* And yes, I am interested in a strictly monogamous situation. I've been known to actually turn down offers of "two chicks at the same time."

An even more hilarious discussion about this article here.