There is such a thing as "too vanilla".
And now we have the perfect term for it.
Udhay, you think age - or more specifically, extreme youth - could also be
a factor here?
On 12 Sep 2015 12:03, "Bhaskar Dasgupta" wrote:
> Meet na mila Man ka...
>
> https://youtu.be/EUcnIUYBR4U
>
>
>
> > On 12 Sep
If metta and goodwill are the only things that matter, should we bother to
discuss race, identity or IQ?
On 11 Sep 2015 09:10, "James Bonilla" wrote:
>
> Thank you for a very warm introduction --- and the fascinating discussion
> that followed.
>
> I'm afraid I don't have the time to respond to
ys $100 to chop wood. Nothing wrong with
> that - we pay a heck of a lot of money to buy treadmills when we could
> walk...
>
>
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle,
Infinitely suffering thing"*
r.
> :)
> > >>
> > >> Works for all?
> > >
> > >
> > > Works for me.
> >
> > Show of hands?
> >
> > Udupa
> > Udhay
> > Nikhil Mehra
> > Badri (?)
>
> I'll pass, this time.
>
>
--
*J.
Words."
>
> So far it's definitely been a year to restore faith in fiction.
>
> Supriya
>
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle,
Infinitely suffering thing"*
no Azulia anymore. I think I've had everything on their menu.
> Thrice.
> How about Pod from Park, on Khader Nawaz Khan road?
>
> C
>
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle,
Infinitely suffering thing"*
; Madras folks, will be passing through next weekend. How about lunch
>> > someplace congenial on Saturday?
>>
>> Sounds good, I will be there.
>>
>> Cheeni
>>
>>
> I am in
>
> ~Shiva
>
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by
** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:
> silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net] *On Behalf Of *J.
> Alfred Prufrock
> *Sent:* 19 July 2012 09:28
>
> *To:* silklist@lists.hserus.net
> *Subject:* Re: [silk] Old
, but they were usually informative
and the ads are still a delight. (Anybody remember "To market, to market,
goes New Adipocere"?)
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle,
Infinitely suffering thing"*
rrendous puke-inducing last chapter. Haven't read anything else by the
guy.
Before we pass judgement, we'd do well to remember Tom Lehrer (in a
slightly different context): "I could tell you things about Peter Pan / And
the Wizard of Oz - there's a dirty old man!"
--
> *From: * Indranil Das Gupta
> *Sender: * silklist-bounces+anish.mohammed=gmail@lists.hserus.net
> *Date: *Sun, 20 May 2012 17:10:56 +0530
> *To: *
> *ReplyTo: * silklist@lists.hserus.net
> *Subject: *Re: [silk] Hotel "card" keys - Be Careful
&
ugh> the electronic information strip!> > If you have a
small magnet, pass it across the magnetic strip several> times. Then try it
in the door, it will not work. It erases everything on> the card.> >
Information courtesy of: Metropolitan Police Service.*>
--
*J. Alfred Prufrock*
*"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle,
Infinitely suffering thing"*
<>
times her popularity and not an iota of her class. Said cousin having
christened her firstborn recently. I know I digress, but whathehell, it
might start some thread drift.)
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is th
012 at 6:11 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Deepa Mohan
>> wrote:
>> > Is there something significant in the fact that there has been no
>> response
>> > to this email in the past four hours?
>>
>> I wouldn&#x
You think? Well, to quote Bill Murray in "Stripes", I'm willing to learn
On Mar 10, 2012 8:23 AM, "Biju Chacko" wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Prufrock
> wrote:
> > Any Silkies in Copenhagen?
>
> Silkies
>
> Ew! That sounds fairly disreputable -- some kind of fetishist ak
auction devolvement. I have two young kids, 5 year old
>> Varun and 5 month old Zubin, and we live in Gurgaon. Moving back to
>> Bangalore in a couple months.
>>
>> I write at http://capitalmind.in about money and markets, and I tweet
>> at @deepakshenoy.
>>
>&
Venkat has obviously been corrupted by the law-abiding west. Corkage?!?
Cripes!!
BYOB it is.
I should be at the Lalit. Phone numbers may be exchanged off-list (
another.prufr...@gmail.com).
Shefaly Yogendra off The Other Smooth List may be in town. And I vote we
bring in DD and his better half Th
Delhi I will leave that decision to
> y'all. I am probably staying in The Park. Will travel wherever you folks
> decide to meet. Maybe a good time to compare the Metro with the ones I have
> taken elsewhere. :)
>
> '--Venkat
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 M
oid phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>
> "J. Alfred Prufrock" wrote:
>>
>> 21st would work better for me, but 20th is do-able. Interesting
>> non-Silklisters welcome?
>> On Feb 11, 2012 7:40 AM, "Nikhil Mehra"
>> wrote:
&
21st would work better for me, but 20th is do-able. Interesting
non-Silklisters welcome?
On Feb 11, 2012 7:40 AM, "Nikhil Mehra" wrote:
> I'm in.
> --Original Message--
> From: Venkat Mangudi
> Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net
> To: silklist@lists.hserus
o my choice;
> protest against the opinion, and stick up for my choice; or quietly
> "change" my preferences. The third option makes me a snob, as much as the
> person who says that what s/he doesn't like is actually not good.
>
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
>
> http://bangalore.burrp.com/listing/the-biere-club_vittal-mallya-road_bangalore_bars-pubs-restaurants/18715253722
>
> Shall we say 7pm?
>
> Udhay
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a
aming TV on the phone connection is rubbish)
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
*So the statement "(I) have been a reseacrcher in
*
> * the past" is a bit like saying I have been a rapist.*
>
Could you please explain this to me slowly, in words of three syllables at
most?
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not kn
I am increasingly amazed by listers' ability to divert any discussion, no
matter how simple and linear, into "matters of great import".
I'm waiting for somebody to steer this thread to a solution of the Western
world's economic problems and a justification of Palestine.
to people who agree
> with you? I kinda miss Arsalan Zaidi, for those of you who remember.
>
> On the other hand, I rather object to hidden agendas, sock puppets and
> similar weirdness.
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
*Chestnut alert - "If you can get paid for doing what you enjoy, you never
have to work another day in your life."
I have a 5 year deadline to get to that state.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who
alling several floors. Or landing across the edge of a parapet.
*
*
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"*
e-runner and photographer is a friend.
>
*Would your friend have some information on the groups? And whether they are
open to fat old men?
*
*
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"*
least one fat old person) start training for
parkour? It does look like a celebration of the capabilities of the human
body, even though it's probably hell on the knees and ankles.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
-
ly busy to reply" reply, I wonder what your full
> response would have been. Should I create a filter? :)
>
> --Venkat
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
s etc.
>
> Udhay
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
connecting with folks who
> can review my book in the Indian media.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rajeev
>
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
How about the 5th or 6th instead?
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
ded.
>
> Likewise, those with last names early in the alphabet will be so accustomed
> to being first that that individual opportunities to make a purchase won't
> matter very much; they will 'buy late'," they said.
>
> The researchers also said that the 'las
*I'm in Delhi from Thursday night till Friday night.*
On 11 January 2011 16:56, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
>
> --- On *Tue, 11/1/11, J. Alfred Prufrock *wrote:
>
>
> From: J. Alfred Prufrock
>
> Subject: Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?
> To: silklist@lists.hserus.ne
Park Plaza, at the head of Camac Street.
Call me on 98300-62242, we should do something.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
Sounds good. Just have to check whether I have to travel then.
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On 03-Jan-2011, at 1:33, Volker Grassmuck
wrote:
de-lurking again and +1ing on Deepa’s heartfelt compliment to Udhay.
I do enjoy listening in to the wisdom and gossip among this great g
roup of people and feel hono
;>
>>
> Aye!
>
> C
>
>
> --
> http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages
> http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/
>
> +919884467463, +447940289855
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
ecome President
because he was not a natural-born US citizen. He replied "You know, the
Constitution does not specifically bar the office of Emperor of the United
States."
Good option. At least he wouldn't have to bother about chads, cads and EVMs.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"
d reasonably dedicated, it's a comparatively reliable process.
I've blogged about this in 2006, though that was not about the electoral
process in isolation -
http://sadoldbong.blogspot.com/2006/05/red-reckoner.html
But as I said, what do I know, I may be missing the wood for the trees.
--
Are there different registers of lurking as well?
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
Whew!
I don't know that much about ANY subject, let alone coffee.
Do you give lessons, Charles?
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On 13-Dec-2010, at 17:29, Charles Haynes
wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Aditya Kapil
wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > wrote:
The issue is g
will launch in
> several regional languages. By speaking up, Indians will perhaps shame
> the system into reforming. The Goan who paid the bribe to restore the
> family home speaks up on IPAB: “I am Indian, but I’m ashamed of this
> bribery culture in all walks of life.”
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
rk
Twain model)
>
> --
> sankarshan mukhopadhyay
> <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/>
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
How does one borrow books on a Kindle?
One of the best things about growing up with friends was that our personal
collections were effectively pooled.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
There may be a causal correlation between those two data points.
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On 15-Oct-2010, at 16:07, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM, J. Alfred Prufrock > wrote:
Has anybody here met Ms. Gayatri Ch Spi?
I believe Nishant may have, but he's been curiousl
Has anybody here met Ms. Gayatri Ch Spi?
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
you apologize?
>
> Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you
> fall in love?
>
> Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?
>
> When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?
>
> Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?
>
> Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
>
> I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet
> moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal
> version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and
> meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we
> are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Thank you and good
> luck!
>
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
Ayn Rand ... I no longer find her books difficult to read because I don't
touch them in the first place.
Faulkner, "Scarlet Letter", "Moby Dick", "War and Peace" - all digestible in
the tin-of-biscuits fashion i.e. one goes back to them once in a while,
doesn't try to finish them at a sitting.
J.
> @samanth says "The Bangalore launch has been scheduled for the evening of
> May 27, at the Crossword bookstore on Residency Road. Mumbai launch sometime
> June 3rd week".
>
> Shall try ot be there. Even though Samanth is a *kukur* who does not mail.
--
J. Alfred Pruf
4e3c-ab9d-8700b8757ff9/BONGULY>
> .)
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
An ounce of demonstration can shore up a page of (learned) exposition.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/30d00acf-3659-4e3c-ab9d-8700b8757ff9/BONGULY
(A couple of years ago, a friend in Bates mailed me a sound clip. Take one
passionate Bong voice-over artiste, put him in front of a mike, stir him up
abou
Exactly what aspect of a button is cute? Enlightenment, anybody?
Phone-Mail
aww...he IS "cute as a button", congrats :)
> Insert joke about making bear pie .. "first catch your bear"
>
Easier to hang around and wait for it to catch you. Though perhaps less
pleasant.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
>
> She probably has barbeques in her backyard with guest bears in attendance
> :)
>
If her sometime neighbour Palin, S, is to be believed (which takes some
credulity) bears go ON the barbeque too.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know
What, no bears?
Happy nights, Biju. Since you use the collective, I assume you are an
experienced diaper-changer and night-feeder.
I don't know much about Rhyme, but surely there's a certain ... rhesus-
nuance? Or have I missed the res?
IN Goa, I mean.
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On 20-Apr-2010, at 21:02, J Alfred Prufrock
wrote:
This is the kind of thread I can follow.
Particklerly after 5 days of Gormandising on Goa
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On 20-Apr-2010, at 20:51, Indrajit Gupta
wrote:
--- On Tue, 20/4/10, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote
This is the kind of thread I can follow.
Particklerly after 5 days of Gormandising on Goa
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On 20-Apr-2010, at 20:51, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
--- On Tue, 20/4/10, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Subject: Re: [silk] How does one unregister from Hinduism?
I can jaast pheel the lobh toonaait
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On 20-Apr-2010, at 20:09, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
Kiran Jonnalagadda [20/04/10 19:51 +0530]:
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Deepa Mohan
wrote:
Why, in our country, is the word "vegetarian" invariably preceded
by the
word "pure"
Mail 'em!
enkat Mangudi [26/03/10 17:49 +0530]:
>
> I'll take the PG Wodehouse, Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, Sheldon, Hailey and
>> similar.
>>
>
> welcome to all the above EXCEPT wodehouse
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not k
The Westerns for me, sir please sir ...
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On 26-Mar-2010, at 8:30, sur...@hserus.net (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
wrote:
I'm consolidating a large collection that's kind of heavy on pulp
fiction and
novels
Thin to nonexistent on non fiction
Lots of westerns, thrillers and such. Mos
e she reveals some gaping blind spots that she deftly avoids as she
> uses the power of her rhetoric to push what she sees as the truth, and
> crushes into the dirt anyone who tries to point out that reality is more
> than
> can be visible to one who wears blinkers. A half truth is half
7;s where I read it too. With some lovely drawings.
> I still have a hardcover copy that I found in an old book
> store.
>
Ai yi yi.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
L'Amour"
The only Western writer I really liked, even though he does recycle
essentially the same plot over and over again. But then, its a trope. *
Stagecoach*, for example, neatly encapsulates all the standard Western
stereotypes, plus a happy-ending version of Maupassant's *Boul de
Top-posting! Give her the Goblin treatment ("batter and beat, yammer and
bleat", if I remember aright)
As far as La Ray is concerned, can we all please adopt the Rhett Butler
attitude? And move on?
My apologies if this is *infra dig*, but I would dearly love to know how
many Silklisters share my enthusiasm for the books mentioned here.
http://sadoldbong.blogspot.com/2006/02/so-owd-gaffer-he-sits-heself-down-with.html
(Ummm ... Banville, Barnes, Murakami and *The Hungry Tide **have* been
sam
Changed the title line because I think we've exhausted our vitriol on the
Enron stooge (A. Roy merits a sad sigh, not vitriol)
I have a copy of *To Kill a Mockingbird* (alas, a new one) but I would love
to find copies of
- *A Tree grows in Brooklyn*, Betty Smith
- *84 Charing Cross Road, *Helen H
Arundhati Roy is an over-hyped writer and an unbalanced demagogue (my
opinion)
*To Kill a Mockingbird* is a book I like very much.
The article Suresh sent is a coarse version of A Roy's polemics.
Suresh is free to like it. We are free to think it is poisonous trash that
has little credibility.
T
aching to the converted
> (har har) is valid, but the progress we make in creating relationships
> and channels for understanding is real. Which doesn't explain how I
> got involved--two reasons. One to get some facilitation chops, and the
> second, a disciplined environment to explore how
"volunteer inter-faith facilitator"
Please translate.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
-- next part --
An HTML attachment was scr
Bad timing. Leaving Chennai now. Drat.
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On 23-Dec-2009, at 14:21, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
Venkat Mangudi [23/12/2009 2:13 PM]:
I am in Chennai on 27th and 28th. Another meet? I will be staying
in the
Courtyard in Teynampet.
monday maybe? or sunday dinner.
There is more on heaven and earth, Horatio, than is dreamt of in your
philosophy
2009/11/17 Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Right after teaching spanish teenagers to masturbate.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/educational_leaflet/
>
>
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding
cheap. No, wait - as per the Shiv
Theory, I charge $2000 per hour.
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
Like men might pass a hand over their hair
I begin to suspect this thread is a vile attack on me (considering I haven't
HAD hair since 1996 or thereabouts)
Sigh.
After I spent the first few decades of my life learning how to talk to a
woman's eyes instead of her boobs/bust/breasts, MUST you hijack an entire
thread to the same subject?
The original question, I believe, was "why are there so few women on this
list". Not "why are there so few boobs on
>
> I wonder if farting quietly in public - or even melodiously - is good
> etiquette.
>
It's da nose dat knows! (with apologies to Jimmy Durante)
--
J. Alfred Prufrock
"Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?"
Whew! So THAT'S what top-posting is. (I never had the temerity to ask The
Knife).
As you can see, my posts are neither top nor bottom.
But yes, for once I agree with Amit - we entered these lists on invitation
and until we take them over, we should play by the host's rules.
Anybody for a coup? To
I'm new here, so pardon me if I'm speaking out of turn.
I am a "Bati", with lineage from both sides of the border. Temperamentally,
I consider myself a Bangal and jibe at some stereotypical "Ghoti"
characteristics. Parts of what Bonobashi wrote ring true, parts seem like
popular myth. He may have
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