Posted on June 30, 2008 by zeppelin
..was watching people – scientists, curious nuts, adrenalin junkies, and grossly underprepared boobs – chasing Tornadoes in the american midwest, last night on “National Geographic Presents”… Fantastic programme I must say. Atleast, fantastic enough for the adrenalin junkie in me to start getting insanely curious about chasing some in the near [...]
Filed under: from the telly, life in the US, musings, road trip, summer, travel, weather, youtube | Tagged: extremes of nature, natgeo, National Geographic, oklahoma, storm chasing, tornado | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 26, 2008 by zeppelin
Ever wonder about the similarities and/or the difference between the four most popular comic-book action superheroes? I have, from time to time, and as I was watching Kill Bill 2 recently, there is a bit of a monologue that Bill launches himself into, in that raspy irritating voice of his. This happens right after he [...]
Filed under: musings | Tagged: batman, comic books, dc comics, marvel comics, sci fi, science fiction, spiderman, superman, the phantom | 8 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2008 by zeppelin
I suddenly realized, I completely forgot to make the paper kappal, and the kathi kappal! what a damn shame!
When I said this to my mom, the last time I realized it, she couldn’t believe her ears! “yeppidi da marappe?… poda nee vella kaarana maarindrukke” and all ensued.
I have to make it a point to learn [...]
Filed under: Personal, life in the US, nostalgia | Tagged: childhood memories, mannukku dhrogam, play things | 18 Comments »