4 November 2013

Divine Vine :-)

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.

….

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 🙂

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2 November 2013

Busted

In a duel of lack of strength and sheer determination, lack of strength prevailed today. Got this crazy idea this morning to run a half marathon – after two years.
First ten miles (16K) were tolerable at 9:55 pace. Then I hit a wall. Just could not keep up. Walked and ran the last three miles (5K).
Gotta get back in shape again….
For the time being, hot tub and a couple of Advils, here I come…

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2 November 2013

Amazing visibility to the supply chain

In spite of working in the supply chain area for 12 years, I am often pleasantly surprised at some simple things.

Like tracking a FedEx package, I can now see Sharmila’s new car proceeding thru the factory in Japan. This morning it has rolled off the factory and is waiting at the dock to be loaded onto the ship tonite.

It still takes too much time to actually get possession, but when you see that thing move thru the supply chain, somehow the wait does not seem that painful!!

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1 November 2013

Puzzle for this week

I am certainly a little wary of posting a puzzle today lest all my FB friends start wishing me Happy Birthday or something like that 🙂

As always, send me messages in FB and not in the “Comments” section.

How can you get 5 by using only two 2s (and you can use any mathematical operators, symbols etc as many times as you want).

Can you come up with 2 different ways?

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31 October 2013

Red and Yellow

Starbucks coffee with Sharmila … $4.37

Downloading Big Bang Theory episode before going to bed … $2.99

Fooling 47 (and counting) FB friends into wishing us Happy Anniversary …. PRICELESS!!

For everything else (including landline phone and a car) … there is always a MASTERCARD 🙂

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30 October 2013

October 30th, revisited

In my previous post I mentioned that Sharmila told me “No” on this day 21 years back. I also mentioned that it took me of few months to turn her around.
At this point, you have to imagine me like the meerkat in that famous Lion King scene when the lioness Nala is trying to attack them and they just realized that she is a friend of their friend and protector Simba.
I am flailing my arms and legs in the air, jumping up and down, yelling “And my Facebook friends think TODAY is my anniversary day?” 🙂

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