Comments on: Tags, memes and a weird kid http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/ This blog, much like my life, is a work in progress. Mon, 07 May 2012 17:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abhi http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-125418 Abhi Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:51:39 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-125418 Very well-written! :-) (Is this a cliche, or what?) Very well-written! :-) (Is this a cliche, or what?)

]]> By: Celine http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-5086 Celine Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:02:15 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-5086 Hey Megha I came across your blog by accident yesterday. And have been spending a good amount of time reading it since then. I think your writing is brilliant (you must have heard it a million times but since I am not known for being mind-blowing-ly original, nor have a reputation to maintain, I guess I can use the oft-repeated adjective). Your writing is witty and must manage to make anyone with half a sense of humor smile. Keep up the good work. Since I read this post, I thought I will complete this…. Volume of Books owned: Never Counted but is definitely in thousands and probably another thousand in India (yea was a weird kid too, read Louis Fischers, Biography of Gandhi in 7th grade and actually thought it was brilliant :P. By the way, I still do) Books I recently bought: Oh Oh… Well You asked for it!, So here goes… Doctors by Erich Segal - A good read, though the ending is too Bollywood-perfect (well if it was tragic, I would be complaining that it depressed me and put me off-food for 30 mins… so there’s no perfect way to end a book I guess) Love Story by Segal – A short, good read. Liked the sharp-witted heroine. It was a nice mushy read. Sons of Fortune by Archer – I am big fan of Archers. Loved his Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (the fact that I am a Finance Major might explain how I could wade through the initial stages). This book scores an average however. The Alchemist by Coehlo – Deeeeeeeeeeep! Seriously, liked the book and for a change made me think. The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley – OK you have to read this yourself to know what it’s about Islam by Karen Armstrong – Pleasantly Surprising Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray – *nuff Said! Ok you got the Drift…. I can go on and on… since I was on a buying spree and bought at least 30+ books on that day… but I shall be kind and stop… *zip* Last book I read: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown – I am so glad that was NOT the first book of Dan Brown’s I read :P One book that I couldn't finish: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf… I know it is supposed to be really deep and all that… but hey what the hell, I somehow could not move past the 3rd page. Will get back to it when my taste in books are little bit more ‘refined’ Five books I cherish: Awwwww…. This is a toughie, but shall try Ok here goes: Gitanjali: Discovered it in 9th grade… still love it. Love the lines, “The song I have come to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my life stringing and unstringing my instrument”. Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling in my tummy that by procrastinating I am joining the ranks of the likes of Tagore *feigning an angelic smile while rearranging hair to cover the horns* The life of Mahatma Gandhi by Fischer – Seriously brilliant work! The first biography I read without stretching the process to a year  Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught – oh this is the romantic at heart speaking. Definitely not for guys (that’s the official line, but who are u kidding) Rivals by Cooper – Again a fun-ish kinda read. Reminds you of the B&B but thankfully this one actually gets over Anything by Oscar Wilde – As a 13 yr old, I thought his plays were brilliant. An Ideal Husband has also shaped up into a good movie… Hehe… I think I know what you are thinking Megha… “Get your OWN blog!” Got a bit carried away (did is say ‘a bit’?) Once again, good work… and I shall definitely visit again, but shall refrain from leaving comments longer than the post  Ciao Hey Megha
I came across your blog by accident yesterday. And have been spending a good amount of time reading it since then. I think your writing is brilliant (you must have heard it a million times but since I am not known for being mind-blowing-ly original, nor have a reputation to maintain, I guess I can use the oft-repeated adjective). Your writing is witty and must manage to make anyone with half a sense of humor smile. Keep up the good work.
Since I read this post, I thought I will complete this….
Volume of Books owned: Never Counted but is definitely in thousands and probably another thousand in India (yea was a weird kid too, read Louis Fischers, Biography of Gandhi in 7th grade and actually thought it was brilliant :P. By the way, I still do)

Books I recently bought: Oh Oh… Well You asked for it!, So here goes…
Doctors by Erich Segal – A good read, though the ending is too Bollywood-perfect (well if it was tragic, I would be complaining that it depressed me and put me off-food for 30 mins… so there’s no perfect way to end a book I guess)
Love Story by Segal – A short, good read. Liked the sharp-witted heroine. It was a nice mushy read.
Sons of Fortune by Archer – I am big fan of Archers. Loved his Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (the fact that I am a Finance Major might explain how I could wade through the initial stages). This book scores an average however.
The Alchemist by Coehlo – Deeeeeeeeeeep! Seriously, liked the book and for a change made me think.
The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley – OK you have to read this yourself to know what it’s about
Islam by Karen Armstrong – Pleasantly Surprising
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray – *nuff Said!
Ok you got the Drift…. I can go on and on… since I was on a buying spree and bought at least 30+ books on that day… but I shall be kind and stop… *zip*

Last book I read: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown – I am so glad that was NOT the first book of Dan Brown’s I read :P

One book that I couldn’t finish: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf… I know it is supposed to be really deep and all that… but hey what the hell, I somehow could not move past the 3rd page. Will get back to it when my taste in books are little bit more ‘refined’

Five books I cherish: Awwwww…. This is a toughie, but shall try
Ok here goes:
Gitanjali: Discovered it in 9th grade… still love it. Love the lines, “The song I have come to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my life stringing and unstringing my instrument”. Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling in my tummy that by procrastinating I am joining the ranks of the likes of Tagore *feigning an angelic smile while rearranging hair to cover the horns*
The life of Mahatma Gandhi by Fischer – Seriously brilliant work! The first biography I read without stretching the process to a year 
Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught – oh this is the romantic at heart speaking. Definitely not for guys (that’s the official line, but who are u kidding)
Rivals by Cooper – Again a fun-ish kinda read. Reminds you of the B&B but thankfully this one actually gets over
Anything by Oscar Wilde – As a 13 yr old, I thought his plays were brilliant. An Ideal Husband has also shaped up into a good movie…

Hehe… I think I know what you are thinking Megha… “Get your OWN blog!”

Got a bit carried away (did is say ‘a bit’?)

Once again, good work… and I shall definitely visit again, but shall refrain from leaving comments longer than the post 
Ciao

]]> By: the comic project http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 the comic project Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:03:57 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-2662 You have an excellent site. Loved the layout, great colour scheme and damn easy to read through. Not sure how I got here, was goofing off at work and jumping blogs. Cheers. You have an excellent site. Loved the layout, great colour scheme and damn easy to read through. Not sure how I got here, was goofing off at work and jumping blogs. Cheers.

]]> By: Sriram http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Sriram Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1468 "He has an opinion on everything and loves to express it, so here's his chance to put that talent to some good use, for a change" Woot???? Grrr.. fine, *acts grumpy* I'll be putting up a post within the next 365 days. Yep, you read it right.. just kidding.. wil l put it up on tuesday. “He has an opinion on everything and loves to express it, so here’s his chance to put that talent to some good use, for a change” Woot???? Grrr.. fine, *acts grumpy* I’ll be putting up a post within the next 365 days. Yep, you read it right.. just kidding.. wil l put it up on tuesday.

]]> By: Bhim http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Bhim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1469 This post was soo bearable till ... you mentioned the 'pam pam..<BR/><BR/>I almost managed to read through without smiling, and when I read the last few lines, you made me laugh out again! You are soooo bad :P :) This post was soo bearable till … you mentioned the ‘pam pam..

I almost managed to read through without smiling, and when I read the last few lines, you made me laugh out again! You are soooo bad :P :)

]]> By: Megha http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 Megha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1470 <span class="recipient">[Sriram]</span> I am reminded me of a story my mom used to tell me as a kid. A guy found a bottle on the beach and on opening it, out popped a genie. Now this genie was quite the <I>genius</I> so he could do anything you asked him to do, *anything* at all, but he was also a bit of a <I>genie-ass</I> so there was a catch. If you didn't find him something to do, he would break your head into a thousand pieces. Needless to say, after the initial euphoria of finding a personal genie, the guy was going nuts finding things to keep him occupied. So finally, he pulled out a hair off his head (this is a south-Indian story told by a south-Indian mom, so the guy naturally had curly hair ;) ) and asked the genie to straighten it. Apparently it kept the genie occupied for the rest of his life.<BR/><BR/>Now don't ask me why I thought of that story in relation to book-tagging you ;) I am so evil no?<BR/><BR/><span class="recipient">[Bhim]</span> Awww, you didn't smile all the way till the end? Glad the <I>pam pam pam</I> did the trick :) [Sriram] I am reminded me of a story my mom used to tell me as a kid. A guy found a bottle on the beach and on opening it, out popped a genie. Now this genie was quite the genius so he could do anything you asked him to do, *anything* at all, but he was also a bit of a genie-ass so there was a catch. If you didn’t find him something to do, he would break your head into a thousand pieces. Needless to say, after the initial euphoria of finding a personal genie, the guy was going nuts finding things to keep him occupied. So finally, he pulled out a hair off his head (this is a south-Indian story told by a south-Indian mom, so the guy naturally had curly hair ;) ) and asked the genie to straighten it. Apparently it kept the genie occupied for the rest of his life.

Now don’t ask me why I thought of that story in relation to book-tagging you ;) I am so evil no?

[Bhim] Awww, you didn’t smile all the way till the end? Glad the pam pam pam did the trick :)

]]> By: Sriram http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 Sriram Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1471 Awww... that Genie would have been so cool! The power to break heads into a thousand pieces! Damn, I never get any genie like that, even though he is a genie-ass. All I get is a cloud that tags *read "hits"* me with books ;).. BTW, nice story! ANd for that,me is now starting a Voodoo ritual to curse you with ...*err... can't think of anything bad to curse the clouds with*.. oh never mind,, i'll think of something soon! Awww… that Genie would have been so cool! The power to break heads into a thousand pieces! Damn, I never get any genie like that, even though he is a genie-ass. All I get is a cloud that tags *read “hits”* me with books ;).. BTW, nice story! ANd for that,me is now starting a Voodoo ritual to curse you with …*err… can’t think of anything bad to curse the clouds with*.. oh never mind,, i’ll think of something soon!

]]> By: Rajesh J Advani http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Rajesh J Advani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1472 In Bollywood Style - <BR/><BR/>Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! <BR/>*sob* *sob* :'( In Bollywood Style –

Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!
*sob* *sob* :’(

]]> By: Megha http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Megha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1473 <span class="recipient">[Sriram]</span> Yeah, methinks my mom was heavily inspired from Vikram and Betal stories when she told me this one, hence the allusion to head-breaking-into-thousand-pieces. And aww, now i'm feeling guilty about being evil :)<BR/><BR/><span class="recipient">[Rajesh]</span> Hey, if *I* can do it, you certainly can! :) [Sriram] Yeah, methinks my mom was heavily inspired from Vikram and Betal stories when she told me this one, hence the allusion to head-breaking-into-thousand-pieces. And aww, now i’m feeling guilty about being evil :)

[Rajesh] Hey, if *I* can do it, you certainly can! :)

]]> By: Devdutt http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/tags-memes-and-a-weird-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 Devdutt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2005/06/20/110/#comment-1474 Hmmm... no blog = no tag. Makes sense :) Hmmm… no blog = no tag. Makes sense :)

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