14 October
2015
13 October
2015
National No Bar Day?
WHAT? WHO COMES UP WITH THESE IDEAS?
Why are they closing all the bars for the whole day? How am I going to have a balanced diet today? In any case, how do you celebrate a No Bar day if not by going to the Bar? I am so going to blame those guys who organized this day for my putting on weight. Experience has taught me that alcohol prevents me from getting fat. In fact it makes me lean… admittedly, on chairs and tables but still…
What was that? It is not No “Bar” Day? I misread it? Oh! I see!! So, what is it today? Wait a minute…
WHAT? WHO COMES UP WITH THESE….. Oh! Never mind!!! 🙂
(Reference: http://nationaldaycalendar.com/2015/10/12/october-13-2015-national-no-bra-day-national-train-your-brain-day-national-yorkshire-pudding-day-navys-birthday/)
12 October
2015
Milestone reached for my blogsite
This morning my blogsite “History of my Future! (First Draft)!!” – (www.rajibroy.com) got a visitor from the 100th country! I had always thought that the hundredth country from where I will get a visitor would be some distant small country. Turns out it is almost next door to us – Honduras. Not sure what having readers from hundred different countries really means but figured hundred cannot be bad. What was that old saying about you cannot fool all the people all the time? 🙂
[BTW, there is only one friend I know of – Sharmistha Kolay – who can name the countries for all the hundred flags – and just about any other flag that is there in this world. I might be able to name about ten]
11 October
2015
From the bartender’s corner – Basil’s bite
This has Aperol, Gin, Bitters and muddled basil leaves with more basil leaves as garnish.
Now before you become too judgmental and point out that this is not really the right time of the year to make basil based drinks, may I point out that our basil plant is dying with the advent of cooler weather and the last few basil leaves are left?
Those among you who have a penchant for Bengali literature would recognize my predicament to be akin to that of the spy from Lord Rama’s camp in Sukumar Ray’s play “Lakshman-er Shaktishel”. When asked by Lord Rama to describe what happened the whole day in detail – ostensibly in Ravana’s camp – he started with a mea culpa of having eaten pumpkin gourd in the morning although it was forbidden by the almanac. His simple excuse was that the pumpkin was starting to rot!!
I have attached those lines in the pic in case you wanted your memory jogged…
11 October
2015
Casualty from today’s marathon run…
11 October
2015
From the bartender’s corner – Negroni
10 October
2015
Full marathon distance. 26.2 miles. 42 km. Done. Now can I die?
First time ever covered the full marathon distance. Took 4 hours and 56 minutes. Including bio breaks, water breaks, changing of shirts breaks, catching my breath breaks and simple wondering why the heck am I doing this to myself breaks, the whole run took 5 hours and 35 minutes.
Got caught in sharp rains at the 24th mile. I was glad. It kept me distracted just when I was starting to get tired and made the finishing of the run more fun as I jumped from puddle to puddle.
Now I am ready for my first formal Marathon race. Okay, then. My first formal Marathon race – see you in Marathon!!
10 October
2015
Memorable words from the poet Ahmad Faraz
10 October
2015
‘Twas a full moon night…
9 October
2015
It is NOT my birthday today!
Ok, where did I say it is my birthday today? I was just trying to say that I have been waiting for this day – hoping – like every year – that this year they will give me the Nobel Peace Prize. Which, by the way, they did not. How did you conclude that is my birthday? How come you did not think it is my anniversary? Why do you think that it is not more special to me like I do? (Psssstt…. Sharmila is on my Facebook friend list) 🙂
Okay, I admit. There was some mischief mongering there. I had decided to write a light material on not getting the Peace Prize. So, the previous day, I set up a FB trap to let my gullible friends think I was talking about my birthday.
But here is the irony. When I sent out the light material making fun of me not getting the Nobel Prize this morning (replete with well documented arguments why I should have), I was expecting the same folks to say “Haha! You got us there”! Instead, I am getting more and more sympathetic messages from more and more friends feeling sorry that I did not get the Nobel Prize … that too on my birthday!!!
Now, I have started getting calls from India!!! I might have created a Frankenstein.
I have to further submit that it has been a lot of fun though. Almost enough to take out the pain of not getting the Nobel Peace Prize 🙂
BTW, I am impressed that Arthur Altman caught on to my exact ruse yesterday.
On a more serious note, birthday or otherwise, your remembrance and act of penning a wish or calling me is absolutely returned with a deep sense of gratitude from me cherishing our relationship that I hope will grow thru fun times (like this) and not-fun times, birthdays and non-birthdays.