Vagaries
Jan. 14th, 2006
07:29 pm - gfb breakout session ...
While gfb(3) gets cracked, I did/planned some behind-the-scenes bookgiving.
psr got Couplehood - the pythagonals believe he needs it :)
and Jake got three of Thomas Covenant chronicles books - he is the only one I know who
actually _liked_ thomas covenant.
If they don't want it, these books come back to the giveaway pool.
Back to gfb(3)
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indescribableJan. 13th, 2006
10:34 am - get free books (3)
Quiz 2 books: to Smi(ta). See Quiz 2 end comments.
Quiz 3 Giveaway books: See Quiz 3 question.
Quiz 3: What books am I giving out today?
Hint 1: three books
Hint 2: All sff
Hint 3: All authored/edited by different female writers
Look at my librarything catalog for help.
will drop more clues as we get along.
Rules: ref. get free books (1)
That's it. Get going then.
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calmJan. 11th, 2006
01:24 pm - get free books (2)
Quiz 1 books: Goes to momma nagul, for sheer persistence.
Quiz 2 giveaway books:
84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie
Famous books both, no explanation required.
Quiz 2: Gollum, Gollum!
Whats have I gots in my pocketses?
Rules: ref. get free books (1)
There you goes, you nasty little hobbitses ...
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blahJan. 8th, 2006
10:59 am - get free books (1)
I have run out of shelf space for my new books and am in no mood to pack them
off in cardboard boxes. Over the next few weeks, I am going to give away some
of my books to caring book-lovers. The books are going to go out as prizes
to the series of quizzes that are going to be posted here. And I get to be
the judge :)
Here we go then ...
Quiz 1: Bridge of Death
. What... is your name?
. What... is your quest?
. What... peculiar geographic feature does Uzbekistan has and which is
the only other country with that feature?
Go on. Off you go!
Quiz 1 Giveaway books:
The books going out today are two volumes containing
all four parts of 'The Book of the New Sun' series by Gene Wolfe.
The Book of the New Sun Vol 1: Shadow and Claw
The Book of the New Sun Vol 2: Sword and Citadel
From the back cover:
"... is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth
transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways.
Severian is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with
one of his victims, and now journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed
with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est..."
Winner of the World Fantasy, Nebula, and British Fantasy awards. One of the
most acclaimed science fantasy ever.
( Rules )
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peacefulJan. 1st, 2006
10:22 pm - LJ yearly roundup
Three things 'calendar' and 'tags' told me about my lj posts over the last year:
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Maximum number of posts are in 2nd Quarter (Apr - Jun; 36) and the least are in the
last quarter (Oct - Dec; 9). Its kind of strange cos as I recall there were
many more things happening in the last quarter than the other three.
Lot of things were happening with work and other projects. Then I attended Intel Developer Forum
and had lot of things to talk about - itanium, montecito, compilers, and the ultimate geek contest!
And there was the Kodai trip and several marriages and engagements for close friends. And reunion for
muwee batch and veritas friends. More books, puzzles, and other vague stuff that I never got to post
about. In comparison, the 2nd quarter had one main event - Munnar trip and all other posts were about
poems, puzzles, and vagaries. Another special for 2Q was that my blog had just completed
one year. I never expected it to last that long and the excitement showed up in the number of posts.
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Most of my posts (according to the tags) were about 'vagaries'. That at least
justifies the blog title.
Other high scoring tags were puzzles, books, and personal.
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Most of my posts are done on Tuesday and only 10% of my posts happen on weekends. Thats
about right as there is something to talk about at the start of the week and
mondays are just too busy. Also, I didn't spend too much time online on
weekends in 05. That's changing in 06 - starting with this mail.
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anxiousSep. 2nd, 2005
11:33 pm - Spreading the Word
This is quoted from Dhar's Blog.
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Horrors of War
Close your eyes and think of someone very close to you. Now imagine someone:
- Piercing this person's ears with hot rods
- Puncturing this person's eyes, gouging them out
- Inflicting burns on his body using cigarettes
- Breaking his bones and teeth
- And after torturing him in this brutal fashion for over 22 days, shooting him dead.
This is what the Pakistani army did to Lt. Saurabh Kalia of the 4th JAT Regiment of the Indian Army during the Kargil war. Imagine the plight of the old parents of this young man who received his body in such a state, imagine their rage and helplessness.
We talk so much about the power of the blogosphere. What use is that power if we can not help these parents by raising this issue so that it is heard by International Human Rights Organisations? We have seen instances of main stream media in the US championing issues that were raised by bloggers. Why not in India?
If nothing else, just sign the online petition of Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father.
Links:
Online Petition by Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father
Geocities Page on Lt. Saurabh Kalia
Rediff Article on Lt. Saurabh Kalia
Dilip D'Souza's Post
/quote
So, if you care and you think you can make a difference, raise the issue through your blog or any other means and add strength to the public voice.
Jul. 20th, 2005
12:44 am - LJ Celeb Blogs
After ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
bramcohen, its George R R Martin who now opens shop at LJ. Check out grrm
I hope some more of my fav writers get on LJ and I would not have
to keep polling their sites for updates.
The Not A Blog is also mentioned on GRRM's site, so its real enough.
Mar. 26th, 2004
06:21 pm - first post
This is my first post on livejournal. Still looking around and trying to get used to stuff here.
Any suggestions where to start(well, I already started here :)
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hopeful