Natasha (15 years old)  found out this afternoon that I have a Vine account. She had been berating me ever since…

A few minutes back one more of those war of words started. But this time it ended in a very different way.

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Natasha: “You don’t understand Vine. Vine is not for you”

Me: “Says who?”

Natasha: “All kids countrywide says so”

At this point, 9 year old Nikita who had been intently watching us offered this…

Nikita: “Yeah, Daddy. Vine is for troubled teenagers countrywide” 🙂

For the next few moments I could not decide whether to laugh my head off or separate the two girls from each others’ throats 🙂

I was certainly saying “You go, girl!” to Niki mentally 🙂

“The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.”

Whenever I get up in the morning in a particularly chirpy mood, I sit down for a small chat with my wife to get an attitude adjustment 🙂

USA Today headline reports that “4 Oklahoma prisoners escaped from a ‘escape-proof’ prison through the shower vent”.
This is, no doubt, the after effect of the jail officials plea to the prisoners to come out “clean” 🙂

It being Durga Puja time, could not help post this poem in Bengali dedicated to the always-forgotten “bahons” (animals, birds etc that serve as the mode of transport for Hindu Gods).
This is not my original … Found it on the Internet. Nevertheless, very funny!!

I open the bottle of wine and leave it for breathing. About five minutes later I check if it is still breathing. If not, I give it mouth-to-mouth 🙂

Nothing wakes me up more than the first sip of Keurig K-cup coffee on a Saturday morning. Especially when in my half asleep state in the near dark kitchen, I add salt instead of sugar … 🙂

Yesterday, our corporate head of HR – a dear friend, colleague and peer of mine, traveled with me to DC to address my organization there.
She is a great speaker and was eloquently explaining our new healthcare options and the challenges companies like ours face with rising healthcare costs.
Some of the analytics she cited were very insightful. One rather innocuous one she told us was “married people live longer”. Driven by unbounded curiosity, I had to ask what I thought was a very challenging and certainly entirely relevant question: “do they live longer or does it just seem that way to them” 🙂 Then I dutifully sat down expecting an equally insightful answer 🙂
Let’s just say I am glad she tolerates my terrible sense of humor 🙂
She did get back at me during drinks that evening. But I am not going to tell you about that! This is my blog. Let her write about it in her blog 🙂