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Smurf Wars!

From the very excellent Artblog by Brazillian Cartoonist Marcelo Braga,

Check out the whole post.

Blog , blog !!!

Blog more as it improves your social life. check out the news piece , it has been  scientifically proved now

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/regular-blogging-could-improve-your-social-life/60468-11.html

Blogging to become pas-se' pretty soon

The BBC reports that blogs are set to peak by next year and will level out at a 100 million. Analysts of the firm Gartner report that:

"...200 million people have already stopped writing their blogs..and..the reason for the levelling off in blogging was due to the fact that most people who would ever start a web blog had already done so..."

The report mentions that Technorati (blog tracking site) stated that only 55% of registered blogs are considered active, that is they are updated at least once in every three months. Not a surprise that most people blog quite infrequently considering that its a past-time or a hobby for most (at least the people i come across). Very few have blogging as a full-time job, in any-case less competition as the number levels out. Only the serious ones will stay and not the frivolous ones.

Kramer vs Kramer

Last week the actor who played Kramer on Seinfeld (the guy displayed on the right) went on a highly racist and offensive tirade at a comedy club after being heckled by some people in the audience who happened to be African Americans. His apparent pyschotic episode was recorded on a cell by someone in the audience and it ended up on the net. Soon, it was prime time news and a whole circus was created similar to Mel Gibson/s anti-semitic episode. Watch Here.

This didn't end there, Richards then showed up on David Letterman to apologize on the insistence of Jerry Seinfeld, who was scheduled to appear on the show months in advance and at the last minute requested Letterman to help out his friend. Richards seemed quite out of it and it was hard to take him seriously. Many in the audience were laughing too. Watch here.

He is now trying to approach some civil rights leaders to help him make amends. And the people who he insulted showed up on CNN with a lawyer demanding that Richards apologize to them personally, which is quite valid and they get their 15 minutes of fame. Also the fact that they showed up with a lawyers seems suspicicious.

Even all this is common knowledge to anyone watching local news lately, however, the reason i bring it up is because this man represented one of the coolest, hippest characters ever created on TV. I can proudly say he created on of my idols, as corny as that might sound. Kramer is timeless like Lucy from I love Lucy, or Hawkeye from MASH. Some people even asked if i'll still keep that picture up, and i will, because wasn't Kramer. It was sadly a burnt out actor going biserk tarnishing not only himself, but the world of Seinfeld. What would Larry David be thinking right now?

Damn Aishwarya!

Its been over an year since i wrote a post on Aishwarya Rai appearing on some TV shows here in the U.S, marketing that really bad movie, "Bride and Prejudice". However, that single post keeps getting hits every single day and the comments continue. You can see it here, people have such extreme opinions about her, its like a boxing match in the comments section. I laugh with a touch of sadness that despite numerous other posts and much more relevant stuff, the largest collection of comments and views are from that one post. I truly realize now the magnitude of a billion plus population, there'll always be people searching her name and coming over to that post and leaving heated comments anti/pro the actress, despite never actually knowing her.

I might have not liked her "angrezi" (English) acting, but she truly does capture everyone's attention in a very personal way, how and why i don't know..can't be just because she's pretty.

Cairo Dispatch

One of my room-mates is currently on a study abroad trip to Egypt, that's right in the middle of June. Go figure white people? On our insistence he has started a blog on his daily activities there, in addition to just covering Egypt in general. It is quite nicely named Cairo Dispatch, hopefully he will be regular in blogging as he writes quite well (philosophy major). Please do check out the blog, it is already on the blog roll.

Give'em the Finger

Kirti Dhingra has an interesting post on the increasing arrogance and stupidity of the Indian government as they plan to ban the Da Vinci Code (movie) and put in place a 50% Quota system.

And quite understandably, this his is what he has to say to them.

Connecting

Its been a busy week, hopefully i will be able to update this weekend. One piece of good news is that i have bought both TwentyOnwards.org and TwentyOnwards.com. Both of them will link to the blog, much more convinient than the current address. The .org address is already online, i still have to re-route the other one.

Changin the Look

I have really been wanting to change the look of the blog for a while now, especially since typepad decided to add some basic tools. Though, they have a long way to go before making it more accessible for people to design their own blogs or atleast have a wider array of options.

However, for me the things i really want to work on are:

• The picture, even though i pray to my god "Kramer" everyday. Its time to change the pic.
• The banner above, Just the name up there doesn't cut it.
• The "Color" of the blog, even though i will keep it a light color. Since, i hate to read on a black/dark background. Plus, it a lot more inviting.

So, any suggestions are very welcome as i really need them, plus i'll know how many people read the page on a regular basis.

How much can a person internalize?

Kaavya Viswanathan's upto 4 books copied/Internalized now. I really don't have anything else to say, it just speaks for itself.