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If you live in the snowy parts of the East Coast like we do, then you can’t help but fear slipping on the dangerously icy surfaces of the roads, decks, backyard, steps et al in winter.

Like all cheapo desis, for many years we stuck to our old Made in India Hush Puppies and similar footwear.

But finally out of concern for our health and the risks of falling on ice we succumbed and got ourself a pair of Ecco boots from Amazon (yes, people buy even shoes online in the U.S.) that can better weather the snow and ice than the usual casualwear leather shoes or sneakers.


Ecco Men’s Country GTX Boot

We first went to the local mall here and checked out Macy’s, Boscov’s and a few shoe chains like Foot Locker. Didn’t like any of the stuff on display.

Back we went to our shack and our trusted e-tailer Amazon. Continue reading »

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Avatar is the most visually gorgeous movie we’ve seen in our life.

A stunningly beautiful riot of colors in 3D, Avatar is a must-not-miss film for all movie buffs.

Folks, Avatar is the first 3D movie that really brings home the magic of the technology to awe you.

Every other 3D movie we’ve seen before is an impostor in comparison.

We watched Avatar in a movie hall on the East Coast that uses DLP technology from Texas Instruments (unfortunately, the nearest IMAX theater is over 150 miles round-trip).

Many Levels
Avatar (written and directed by James ‘Titanic’ Cameron) is a movie that delights on many levels:

* A fine sci-fi movie set over a three-month period in the year 2154

* An instructive morality play on the destructive greed of humans

* A love story between an earthling and a sexy, tall blue-skinned alien

* A preachy tale on the need to live in harmony with our environment

* A rara avis melding of computer graphics and decent human acting

Greedy Quest
As all but the schmucks know by now, Avatar is the story of heavy artillery bearing earthlings on a colonizing mission to distant Pandora in quest of a rare mineral cheekily named Unobtainium.

Pretty expensive stuff that Unobtainium. Costs $20 million a kilogram. So you now how big the stakes are.

Unfortunately for the earthlings, the natives of Pandora known as Na’vi are in no mood to move off their land to accommodate the demand for Unobtainium of the ‘men from the sky’ setting in motion the inevitable fiery denouement between the two sides.

Utopia Disturbed
Tall, blue-toned endearing humanoids with oval eyes, large ears, long tails and slender waists, the Na’vi move with a feline grace on the ground, lithely on the tree branches and amazingly in the air by leveraging gigantic birds as their jet-planes. Continue reading »

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A very cold night  on the East Coast.

Just got back from Avatar.

God, it’s freezing outside.

23° Fahrenheit tonight, i.e. -5° Celsius.

Boy, are we glad to be in a cozy heated room.

Avatar review coming soon.

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