Now the years are rolling by me, They are rocking evenly. I am older than I once was, Younger than I’ll be, That’s not unusual. No, it isn’t strange, After changes upon changes, We are more or less the same. After changes we are more or less the same. –”The Boxer” (Concert in Central Park [...]

My last non-middle-aged Sunday. Had good intentions of sleeping in late – didn’t happen. It appears the dog got hosed today – literally He was troubling the gardner, so Shubha told the gardner to spray Judo with water to make him give up. Not smart! Judo of course loved it, and had to be tied [...]

Sorry, no entry for yesterday. Too much happening again. The Secret Project got an unexpected jolt today, which I hope to address on Monday morning. Hope it goes well. Decided to go out and buy myself a birthday gift – a new amplifier for the live music section of the household. Grabbed Mrinal and trudged [...]

Today was the day I was waiting for – major 2 hour “Come Together: A Night for John Lennon’s Words & Music” on Star World. Started at 6:30pm – great stuff. Then the channel went blank. No, this time it as not Star TV playing extortion tricks – all other Star Channels were showing. It [...]

OK, Phase 1 of The Secret Project happened. Now battling with Phase 2. Been spending my days examining wireless networking options – will need that at home, since wiring up the place would be too messy, and IAC I want to be able to sit in the garden and work on my notebook. BTW – [...]

One of those days. My car, a Fiat Siena, has been in the garage for servicing, painting etc, for close to a week now. As expected, Sundaram Motors did not keep up their promise of delivering on Friday. In that way, they haven’t been very different from the dealer that actually sold the car – [...]

Didn’t I tell you guys that the family would (try to) drag me out of bed at an ungodly hour? Fabmart finally delivered a CD I had ordered a long time ago – Eric Clapton’s Time Pieces. I have had this album as a cassette for ages, and the tape was wearing kinda thin. So [...]

If yesterday was a lazy Saturday, today was a lazy Sunday. First of all I slept in very late. Somewhere during that time, the maid came in, fed dog and cat, cleaned house, made breakfast for me, and disappeared. Kewl! Did a lot of email, watched some TV, then snuck into the basement and switched [...]

Hmmm, apart from the dog (who just chewed up either Anjali’s or Shubha’s slippers) and the cat (who has been sleeping all night and day – I need to check if she is alive at all), I am all alone at home. Spent the morning answering mail and doing some office work (from home, of [...]

This is to let you know that the thing that has been bugging me all of these past two weeks is now history. It is a long and painful story, and it is going to take a while to write, so I will not be putting it here in the diary, but will put it [...]