The term ragamuffin is used to refer to a child clothed in shabby, ill-fitting or dirty clothes. More generally it can also be used as a pejorative term to refer to a ragged, disreputable person. It is also used as a term of endearment - for example, when people refer to children as "little ragamuffins".
Been a month today since I quit smoking. No pat on the back required....squeeze my ass instead. My will to write is dying with my urge to smoke.
Saw that "Earth Hour" stuff of the news this morning. I cant get enough of that shit and the farce it is. Hyderabad has been having 2 hour power cuts everyday for a week now. I has earlier written about the Earth Hour here. Here is how I visualized it happened in rich, white, suburban America this time around.
Why the fuck should I care about Pandas'? What have they ever done for me? What have they ever done that has profited this world except give a bunch of looser conservationists part time jobs.
People say Pandas are smart. Wrong. Let me tell you something about Pandas. They are dumb. An animal who wont hump to save its own specie is dumb. Procreation being a living beings top instinct and all. They just sit on their asses all day long. They are a complete waste and add to that, they dont hunt. No logical or entertainment value comes outta this. Plus if the current stock of Pandas keep eating they will exhaust the global bamboo supply by 2011.
Can Pandas do any of the following: 1) Run fast enough to star on a betting circuit? 2) Become a Jedi? 3) Replace bulls in a ring? 4) Work for NASA?
The answer to ALL the above questions is NO. I say we need to put them out of their misery. Get me a Panda that actually does something and then we can talk. And no, the Kung-Fu Panda does not qualify. See, just thinking about Pandas makes one dumber.
This is one of my favorite topics. I love to read about serial killers, what goes into making one, types of serial killers, deeds, trial etc.
Here are the FAQs for you:
Q1)What is a serial killer? A1) A serial killer is a person who murders usually 3 or more people over a period of more than 30 days with a "cooling off" period between each murder, whose motivation for killing is largely based on psychological gratification.
Q2) What are the types of serial killers? A2) a) Organized/nonsocial offenders & b) Disorganized/asocial offenders
a) Organized/nonsocial offenders- are usually of high intelligence, have an above average IQ (>110 range), and plan their crimes quite methodically, usually abducting victims, killing them in one place and disposing of them in another.
b)Disorganized/asocial offenders- Disorganized/asocial offenders are often of low intelligence, have a below average IQ (<90), and commit their crimes impulsively.
Q3) What motivates them? A3) The motives of serial killers are generally placed into 4 categories: 1)visionary 2)mission-oriented 3)hedonistic 4) power/control; however, there is often considerable overlap among these categories
Q4) Their presence in popular culture? A4) a) The Silence of the Lambs b)Hannibal c) Psycho d) Seven e) Copycat etc. You also have serial killer encyclopedias, trading cards, and action figures.
Q5) Famous serial killers? A5) David Berkowitz aka "Son of Sam", Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein (part of the character of Buffalo Bill were based on him)
Q6) Any desi slugdogs? A6) Yes - Surender Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher, Raman Raghav, Charles Sobhraj and thug Behram who seems to top the list of number of kills.
Just finished watching Dexter season 3 this weekend. Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on American premium channel Showtime. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan, a serial killer governed by a strict moral code who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood spatter analyst.
Dexter's opening title sequence features an extended montage where ordinary day-to-day events such as shaving, flossing and preparing breakfast are used to visually evoke Dexter's darker nature. Turn up the volume....
P.S- Salman Khan is not a serial killer. He is just a sociopath. P.P.S - Don't get all judgmental now. I know you dream of your mother-in-laws falling off the 10th floor balcony or siblings ODing so you get all the jaidaat.
Was over at my friends place sometime back. Both of em belong to Mumbai. The wife was going home for the weekend. This is how the conversation panned out:
Wife: You want anything from home?
Husband: Yea. Get some raw poha from Mumbai. Miss that shit here. Also tell my mum to give you her poha recipe. (His mum makes the best poha ever. I vouch for that).
Wife: You mean to say the poha I make for you is not good?
Husband: Na na. Poha is my mum's specialty. Like she mastered in Poha making.
Wife: My mum makes good poha too you know....
I took the hint and left.
Scenario 2:
My wife and I were about to go to bed yesterday when....
Wife: You know what day is tomorrow?
Me: Yes. Thursday.
Wife: Do you know what DAY is tomorrow?
Me: (my head spinning trying to figure it out)....ahhh...you mom's birthday? No, no....dad's.
Wife: Neither. You don't bother to keep a track of any important dates as far as family is concerned right?
Me: Na sweets. Nothing like that. (I grabbed my cellphone and opened the reminder section). Tell me what is tomorrow and I will make sure I wish that person.
Wife: (Smiling) Go to sleep. Am just messing with you. Nothing special about tomorrow.
This is an article posted on Rediff after the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in Pakistan. WTFness at many levels:
1) "They are the same people who attacked Mumbai" - The ghosts of the 9 killed and 1 alive Kasab escaped from custody to carry out this attack?
2) "Pakistan Punjab governor Salmaan Tahseer, Governor of Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, said the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Lahore [Images] was similar to the Mumbai's 26/11 attack" - wtf. 250 people v/s 4 people killed. Mumbai was a suicide mission while this was a hit and run
3) "Around 180 people were killed in Mumbai last November" - 180? Really? Close to 250...
