tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62153412012-04-15T17:47:11.053-07:00My 2 Cents & I am ....proudly going to hell for my unorthodox beliefsSudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1147334609038970212006-05-11T00:54:00.000-07:002006-05-15T23:15:40.466-07:00Phoenix Suns played like total idiots today. Marion was totally clueless missing easy layups and free throws. If Phoenix has to win the series, Marion has to play his best basketball. He needs to beat Chris Kaman off the dribble and pick up some rebounds. I hope he can play a better game on the road in LA, a city whose fans will be eager to give it back to the Suns for eliminating the Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1147243535133814442006-05-09T23:45:00.000-07:002006-05-09T23:45:35.163-07:00An Open Letter to Kobe BryantKobe, How is life without Mr.Bell breathing down your neck all the time? Are you hugging your new born enough? Are you still pissed off that you did not even figure in the top 2 MVP candidates even after averaging close to 36 points a game in the regular season? Are you still upset that your Laker teammates could not make some routine plays and made the Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1130449681426742942005-10-27T14:45:00.000-07:002005-10-27T14:48:01.443-07:00Ultra Marathon in BangaloreUltra Marathons are races where the runners run over 50 kms. [it is around 30 miles]. It is very common in the United States. A friend of mine forwarded a link about an ultramarathon in Bangalore and the event is advertised here It says run 100 miles in 2 days. I thought it takes 2 days to even drive 100 miles in Bangalore :-)Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1127369583978021222005-09-21T23:13:00.000-07:002005-09-21T23:18:27.976-07:00Soles of Compassion - Racing to EducateAlmost there!!! Running in Los Gatos Creek Trail I am training to run the Chicago Marathon on Oct 9, 2005. I am running the Marathon to raise funds for constructing balwadis in Nalbari district of Assam, an area ridden by militant insurgency. Asha Darshan is the Non-Governmental Organization coordinating work on the ground. ASHA and AID are working withSudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1126808829157346332005-09-15T11:23:00.000-07:002005-09-15T11:27:09.163-07:00Geeks Gone Wild - Ver 2.35Napoleon Dynamite is the new cult hero. Look who is hanging out with him to seem cool...Reuters has all the dirt Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1122490468251928092005-07-27T11:53:00.000-07:002005-07-27T13:35:16.853-07:00Sania and Vital StatsGoing to the Bank of the west Classic in Stanford todaySania Mirza vs. Venus Williams Statistics is giving me a new insight into baseball. I am hooked onto Sabermetrics. Watch out Theo Epstein :-)Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1122336942519862052005-07-25T17:15:00.000-07:002005-07-25T17:19:32.800-07:00"No place for Apple in this world" - Says MicrosoftAn Apple a day keeps the doctor away but why does Microsoft wants to keep apple away. Before we start ranting on MS and the evil empire, please read the discussions on this topic at slashdot.Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1122314694586751482005-07-25T10:57:00.000-07:002005-07-25T11:10:12.850-07:00Lance Armstrong called for his toughest assignment everAmidst his euphoric seventh Tour De Lance (I think they should rename it from Tour De France just like Jaya would rename the streets of Chennai after she comes to power), Lance Armstrong got a phone call. A call that has been termed as his biggest assignment ever - something more tougher, more demanding, more excruciating than anything and Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1122266797769452342005-07-24T21:39:00.000-07:002005-07-25T11:05:06.263-07:0013.1 miles and still miles to go before I sleepI finished the Napa Valey Half Marathon last week. It was a hot day and a hilly course from Napa to Sonoma and I finished the race in 2 hours and 49 minutes, little bit slower than my usual pace at the training. Here are some photos.Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1121316890731332882005-07-13T21:42:00.000-07:002005-07-13T22:51:13.850-07:00Get out of the house, we need to build a mall hereI am presuming that by the time I write this there would have been atleast few tens of homes in the United States that might have been brought down by this new law . The law basically states that "The City may take your property through eminent domain to make way for a hotel and convention center if it promises to bring more revenue to the city Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1120959369032046492005-07-09T18:08:00.000-07:002005-07-11T20:17:08.260-07:00Make Poverty HistoryWhen one of the greatest bands ever, come together after a two decade long split and perform together, you better realize that the cause is something special. Pink Floyd [ read kickass] came together and performed at the Live 8 concert. 4 songs, 4 masterful, soul searching, nerve tingling, breathtaking, dumbfounding, eyecatching masterpieces reaffirming their status as the Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1120799291170157882005-07-07T22:08:00.000-07:002005-07-07T22:08:11.170-07:00"Necessity is the mother of invention." said some old man. But sometimes adversity can be also be the mother of invention. Ladies and Gentleman, boys and girls and chldren of all ages, presenting car-o(r)-plane _______________________________________________________________________________________I have forgotten Bush Bashing ever since he won the elections last year. But it is a good time to Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1120769043598177482005-07-07T13:44:00.000-07:002005-07-07T13:44:03.656-07:00You can't let them beat you.
I have never been able to fathom the motivation and the lust for such bloodbaths.
LOndon fell a victim a day after the city was joyously celebrating winning the bid for the 2012 games. Not surprisingly, Al Qaeda has taken responsibility for the killings. Can you ever kill a man for the sake of religion?
Just a few days back, pieces of shit [ although they call Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1119590956031336762005-06-23T22:13:00.000-07:002005-06-23T22:30:29.813-07:00All good things must come to an endI should have written this when we saw the last of Steve Nash for this season but I waited to write the eulogy on this NBA season until it actually got over. Quite predictably, the Spurs won. Detroit with its bunch of thugs could only defend but could not score. Spurs had great weapons...1. Duncan- He is humility personified. He is so humble that if you watch a Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1119483689078996782005-06-22T16:35:00.000-07:002005-06-22T16:41:29.083-07:00Mr. and Mrs.Smith: Bad MarriageI left the theatre fifteen minutes before close as I no longer could stand it. Mr and Mrs. Smith is the perfect example of an absolutely horrible movie. I think the lead pair lacked chemistry on screen although Angelina Jolie looked "hawt". Please go to the movie if you don't have air conditioning at home and want to sleep in the airconditioned theatre.Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1118947222995395282005-06-16T11:27:00.000-07:002005-06-16T11:42:33.773-07:00ReunionsHey they are back together again. As a faithful, I just hope they do one last world tour. There are a very few bands in this world which can do shows better than Pink Floyd. Flying Pigs, hallucinating war victims, breaking walls.... If that union was good, how about the Zen Master coming back to coach his most troubled pupil , Kobe Bryant in the basketball crazy Los Angeles. Ouch, thatSudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1118355830140361892005-06-09T15:16:00.000-07:002005-06-09T19:24:03.030-07:00Marathoning Continues....I was up at about 6:00 in the morning, trying to get ready for my weekday run at Rancho San Antonio park . In the buildup to the big day, we do two week day runs of about 3 to 4 miles each [ I am sure this will increase once I near Oct 9], long runs on Saturdays with increasing mileage every week [ I am supposed to do 7 miles this saturday] and tracks on tuesday to Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1118081226321261462005-06-06T11:01:00.000-07:002005-06-06T11:07:06.326-07:00so, will they call him pseudo nationalistI wanted to stay out of this but I just cannot keep my head out. Wow, politicians change colors faster than chameleons. Advani called Jinnah a seculraist . Let me say it again if you did not hear me or believe me. Advani called Jinnah a secularist. A hardliner and one of the greatest believers in Hindutva said this in Pakistan. Was he afraid that they Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1118034237052848102005-06-05T21:48:00.000-07:002005-06-05T22:03:57.056-07:00Holy SmokesI have read from almost every blog that I visited this morning that smoking has been banned in Indian movies. Some blogs welcomed it and some condemned it. I did not want to be left out on the subject and hence thought I would weigh in my smart ass comments as well. As someone who has been pro choice on most issues like abortion, gay marriage etc, I think the Government is acting like Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1117950578392561822005-06-04T22:49:00.000-07:002005-06-04T22:49:38.473-07:00When were you born? Was it 1871Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1117861174395730512005-06-03T21:59:00.000-07:002005-06-03T21:59:34.460-07:00Can someone explain this to meSudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1117662755415583082005-06-01T14:42:00.000-07:002005-06-01T15:00:12.320-07:00KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness." said Henry David Thoreau and here I am realizing the deep meaning of these words after exactly 143 years and 12 days after the man kicked the bucket. But, yeah as all procastinators say "Better late than never". I Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1117052409962803562005-05-25T13:20:00.000-07:002005-05-25T13:20:10.033-07:00Run Forrest Run
One of the main raison d'etre for this blog becoming reasonably inactive is the fact that I am training to run the Chicago Marathon in October this year. I am training with Team Asha and will be raising funds for their projects.
Why am I running the marathon other than the most common reasons of getting back into shape and bringing about significant socio economic changeSudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1116521661185772652005-05-19T09:50:00.000-07:002005-05-19T09:54:21.190-07:00The Pulp Fiction HangoverThanks to Vincent Vega, we all know that a Quarter Pound Burger is called "Royale With Cheese" in France. Anyone knows, what Papermate pens are called in France?What are French Fries called in the United States?What is Pam Anderson called worldover?What is Mallika Sherawat called around the world?Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215341.post-1116134633572987452005-05-14T22:23:00.000-07:002005-05-14T22:23:53.576-07:00The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison Sudarshanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933739074875190113noreply@blogger.com9