It is often quoted that one should not come face to face with one’s heroes. It is usually a let down as even heroes seem disappointingly real and falter like mere mortals. San Francisco was a city that had been on mind ever since the Alistair McLean novel I read back in the 8th grade.[…]
Exhausted and horrified, I ended my resistive efforts as they tied me down on the chair. I gasped a few breaths and began wriggling again, my wrists and my ankles against the coarse industrial rope. Understandably, my captors were not pleased and promptly landed another blow on me. I stopped trying for a while. “You[…]
“My life is brilliantMy love is pureI drive an angelOf that I am sure!” –Inspired by James Blunt Desperately seeking curves in a ridiculously straight mid west America had me seeking bikers in the office and asking them for roads that actually involve drivers staying awake. One such road took me from Ann Arbor along[…]
Taking an Electronics class for two years during my college (High school for Americans) has always led me to believe that I know a lot about the electronic world when in fact all I know is a few electronic terms. This comes especially handy when some electronic engineer comes to me with his woes. While[…]
“…And words are all I have to take your heart away…”By Bee Gees No, not true. Coupled with the words from my previous post on the Acura TSX I have managed to upload a few videos of the Engine, Exterior and Interiors. When I was car shopping, I exhausted all printed media, published or uploaded.[…]
The unassuming 2006 Acura TSX in its serene blackness manages to pass off as an introvertIt’s no BMW. It’s actually engineered by Honda. To make matters worse, it is in all sense, the European Honda Accord. Ouch!! That can’t possibly be the best beginning to a “praise” post. Those who know me better would have[…]
Not a race driver for a day,But perhaps, I might feel that way, always. Look at that strong rounded heel,And the thin sole for the perfect pedal feel. Three colors, black, grey and white!Perhaps four, if you count a shade of silver. When worn, with laces tied, the whites walkYet the shoe itself feels like[…]
I have been watching formula one for a while now and I can’t recall the last time when I saw four possible contenders for the championship. I realize that one race cannot be indicative of the entire season, but if you followed the winter testing, you would know that these four teams have been consistently[…]
Ann Arbor MI 9th March 2006 Despite contrary belief, several cases of manual transmission racism have been reported in the states of mid west and North East. This comes as a shock to generally car happy nation that once boasted one of the most powerful cars on the world. Automatic transmission churches have set up[…]
Enough. It ends today. A year of grief and a year of burden. You spoiled my first six months in a new country. A time when I could have made new friends, I, instead, turned everybody away by sounding a broken tape with you on my mind 24X7. It was my fault since I chose[…]