Don’t believe the clowns who tell you the old Zanjeer (1973) is an iconic or classic film. I watched a matinee show of the old Zanjeer (Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Jaya Bhaduri, Ajit) on a hot summer day in its 1978 re-run. And to the great anguish of my dear and near ones, my recovery was […]
Who in their right minds would fork out $10 a month to read books on an iPhone! Apparently, there are Americans who are non compos mentis enough to do so. Why else would NYC startup Oyster launch an e-book subscription service offering a collection of 100,000 e-books across different genres for 10 bucks a month. […]
Jail for Telugu Groper Srinivasa Erramilli Telugu serial groper and convicted felon Srinivasa Erramilli has made several interesting arguments in his bid to escape jail time and obtain probation (albeit with special conditions). Erramilli’s novel arguments were made in his Sentencing Memorandum submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on […]
Serial in-flight groper Srinivasa Erramilli’s sentencing has been postponed to 2PM on September 11, 2013. This is the fourth postponement in Erramilli’s sentencing. Last December, an Illinois jury convicted Erramilli of sexually groping the inner thigh of a Chicago area woman while they were seated next to each other on a Southwest Airlines flight from […]
In the remote chance Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, the so called smartwatch, proves to be a hit with the masses, it’ll only confirm my hypothesis that a lot of humans are no smarter than their simian forbears. You want to sell a “smartwatch” that works only with “certain” Samsung devices, is underpinned with mediocre software, comes […]
In the business of life, every tiny episode is a test, every human encounter a lesson. Look and learn. – the Five Star Billionaire Walter Chao Drowning in a Svedka stupor, I’d be hard pressed to tell you how I stumbled upon Tash Aw’s new book, Five Star Billionaire. How does it even matter? The book […]