Princess Inca levitates

Wonder what Yogi Pullavar would say!

ICC team rankings

Who is the most dominant team in world cricket today? Which team can change the course of a match regardless of the conditions? The answer may (not) surprise you!

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An Insomniac’s camera

Around the house, in the guise of sleeplessness.

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DTC – Wag the dog

I have a conspiracy theory for everything.

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DTC – As an engineer

Thing I learnt at mepco:

Oogaism – the art of getting away with absurdity

DTC – Super underwear

DTC – Now showing

DTC – Seh-whacked

With due respects to the fan who put up the ‘Seh-whacked’ banner during the game.

Deep Trance Comics

Pseudibis papillosa sighting

I saw a family of Red-naped Ibis cranes in Rajapalayam during my last visit there. I was certain that these birds had taken refuge in this small town by way of a respite from their hundreds of thousands of miles of migration between strange lands.It came as a surprise that these birds are indeed common to South India. Never seen one before. Took some time to track down the species – visual search on the internet is still not there yet. Finally stumbled upon a useful site in the form of birding.in.

The cranes were mostly perched on the tallest of branches and were best in view when they were atop one of the many coconut trees. With a simple point and shoot camera, I was only able to get the frustrating pixelated blurry zoom shots. On the day I left the place, however, I was on the terrace and noticed one on a tree and this is the best shot I could get during the entire trip. I’ve added a better picture of the crane from birding.in.

The pseudibis papillosa has a very unique howl like call. Certainly not a song bird!

BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Pseudibis papillosa. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/3/2009

More sewage in S.F. Bay? This has to stop.

More sewage in S.F. Bay? This has to stop. This week, there have been at least four major releases of treated and untreated sewage into San Francisco Bay, constituting more than 1 million gallons of effluent. This is in addition to the more than 400,000 gallons of sewage dumped into the Bay last week after a treatment plant in Sausalito sprung a leak. Obviously, none of this is good for the Bay. This sewage threatens to spread disease among birds and wildlife, and diminish the overall health of this vital ecosystem. But beyond that, it makes the Bay unhealthy for the communities that rely upon it for recreation and commerce. There is no law that says that San Francisco Bay must eat millions of gallons of sewage every time it rains. Clearly, this has to stop, and we need your help to bring this issue to the attention of our local Congressional representatives who can help.  Send a letter to your representatives today.

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Cinema - February

Online

Man on Wire: The ‘height’ of mischief. This was a lovely narrative and Philippe Petit’s stunt during the Oscars was a good motivator to check this out.

Out of Africa: Meryl Streep is truly an actress of a thousand accents. Despite the anticipation the shot among the flamingoes was not a let down. It was like reading a classic on those bygone lazy summer days.

Dog Day Afternoon: Strictly okay – not sure why it was deemed a classic.

The Corpse Bride: Tim Burton and Johnny Depp – quirky partnership in an animated musical of the macabre. Loved it.

Meet the Robinsons: Disney animations are not what it used to be.

Broken Flowers: Dull. Nothing like ‘Lost in Translation’. Tilda Swinton was a surprise.

Cashback: Quirky fantasy movie about an insomniac. If only insomnia had such delightful side effects.

Surf’s up: My third animated movie of the month – truly waking up the inner child this month.

DVD

Kismat Konnection: Juhi Chawla was the stand-out actor in an otherwise average feel-good movie.

Three days of the Condor: Cerebral spy movie – sign me up. The last couple of scenes were chilling in their clear prediction of the world’s dependency on oil. This movie will not be out of place even if it were released today.

At the movies

Naan Kadavul – check out my disturbed account here

Movie of the month: Out of Africa