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From the other side

2006-01-19T03:00:00.000-08:00

Bisexuals know that hurt gets inflicted by both sexes in equal measure if not always by the same means. But for these women -- who had never dated other women, and thus never been romantically hurt by them -- men as a subspecies, not the particular men with whom they had been involved, were to blame for the wreck of a relationship and the psychic damage it had done to them.

It's hardly surprising, then, that in this atmosphere, as a single man dating women, I often felt attacked, judged, onthe defensive. Whereas with the men I met and befriended as Ned there was a a presumption of innocence -- that is, you're a good guy until you prove otherwise -- with women there was quite often a presumption of guilt: you're a cad like every other guy until you prove otherwise.

"Pass my test and then we'll see if you're worthy of me" was the implicit message coming across the table at me. And this from women who had demonstrably little to offer. "Be lighthearted," they said, though buoyant as lead zeppelins themselves. "Be kind," they insisted in the harshest of tones. "Don't be like the others," they implied, while having virtually condemned me as such before hand.

Excerpt from Self-Made Man : One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back.

From Instapundit who read the whole book in one sitting. That too at night. Need more endorsement than that?

While on endorsements, Elie Wiesel's Night is Oprah's latest selection for her book club. The book straight away went on to top best seller lists, fittingly replacing James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. After the Frey controversy, she must have decided to go back to classics.

Listen to the world

2005-12-13T09:23:00.001-08:00

America has developed an imperial style of diplomacy. There is much communication with foreign leaders, but it's a one-way street. Most leaders who are consulted are simply informed of U.S. policy. Senior American officials live in their own bubbles, rarely having any genuine interaction with their overseas counterparts, let alone other foreigners

Insider accounts of Tony Blair's involvement with the Iraq war suggest that Blair was, at best, informed of policy before it took effect.

Bush's US would do well to cut the imperial presidency illusions and "listen, learn, help and lead", says Fareed Zakaria.

Solid.

Self destructing text

2005-12-13T05:52:00.000-08:00

Help is at hand for Shane Warne and those of you who plays through txt msgs

Super worry

2005-12-13T05:38:00.000-08:00

In school, i was endlessly assumed by the joke of the difference between a man and a superman. Now it seems superman would need under wear inside and outside.

Salinger cotton, imported splogs...

2005-12-13T04:45:00.001-08:00

Some of the questions our manya sansadeeyas took money to ask were hilarious.

Whether the Railway Ministry has placed any order for purchase of the Yossarian Electro Diesel engine from Germany? Is the ministry aware that the Tom Wolfe committee report in Germany has halted its induction into the Euro Rail system?

Whether the Government has given sanction for the seed trial of Salinger Cotton of Monsanto? If so, has a report been prepared on Catch 22 cotton so far?

Has the ministry lifted the 1962 ban it imposed on the book “For whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway and the 1975 ban on Ken Kesey’s book “One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest” and Hunter Thomson’s book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”? If so, when were the bans removed?

Whether the government is aware that a domestic flying license has been denied to Cobra Cargo for starting operations in India? Since when has Semper Sursum Private Limited, the holding company of Cobra Cargo, applied for the domestic cargo license?

Is it true that while NRI firms such as India Uncut of USA, Sepia Mutiny of Britain and AnarCap Lib of Netherlands have been allowed to invest in Indian SSIs, the reputed German investment firm Desipundit has been denied permission? If so, the reasons thereof? Is the Union Government of India planning to make automatic the long procedure of permission for SSIs to import new technologies such as Trackbacks, Pingbacks, Blogrolls, Splogs and Hitcounters?

While the present sting operation comes with such refreshing humour, Tehelka's operation westend had some unintented humour. When one of the defence middlemen asked Mathew Samuel, part of the under cover team, who their bankers were, he replied: "Thomas Cook". On where their head office was based, Samuel quipped, "Manchester United"!

15 yr old to father 37 yr old's child

2005-12-13T04:28:00.000-08:00

Georgia law allows children of any age to marry - without parental consent - if the bride-to-be is pregnant. The law dates to the early 1960s and was written to discourage out-of-wedlock births.

The result

Life without taxes

2005-12-13T03:12:00.000-08:00

Imagine..

Nirvana fact of the day

2005-12-13T03:06:00.000-08:00

Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of the group Bikini Kill, gave Cobain the idea for the title when she spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his bedroom wall after a night of drinking and spraying graffiti around the Seattle area. In his pre-Courtney Love days, Cobain went out with Bikini Kill lead singer Tobi Vail, but she dumped him. Vail wore Teen Spirit deodorant, and Hanna was implying that Cobain was marked with her scent.

Cobain didn't know it when he wrote the song, but Teen Spirit is a brand of deodorant marketed to young girls. Kurt thought Hanna was complimenting him on his rebellious spirit. Sales of Teen Spirit deodorant shot up when this became a hit, even though it is never mentioned in the lyrics.

Courtesy songfacts.com

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2005-12-13T02:49:00.000-08:00

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