My Latest !

Finally bought that fountain pen I have been looking for....



See more details of the pen here (You have to rollover the last option - Black/Nickel). Cost me a pretty packet (INR 1850), but its worth it !!!

Was thinking of buying a good fountain pen for some time. Options were to buy a very basic one, which can be used on a daily basis. This would be, of course, a run-up to the a really nice and expensive one...maybe a Mont Blanc or something.

Personally, I'd prefer a Waterman or something like that, but I guess a Sheaffer is better than a Parker ! Interestingly, it seems all the good pens in Shoppers Stop have been imported by William Penn, the same shop in Koramangala, Blr, where I bought my first Sheaffer (a stainless steel body roller-ball one). This one shop seems to be doing great, huh !

Anyway, here's to my Sheaffer, and looking forward to the next one in my collection. Maybe a nice Mont Blanc or a Waterman, perhaps ?!


:-)

ACTUAL QUOTES FROM EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

One of those email fwds I found in my mailbox ....liked it enough to keep it, and here it is:

SINCE MY LAST REPORT, HE HAS REACHED ROCK BOTTOM AND HAS STARTED TO DIG.

HIS MEN WOULD FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE, BUT ONLY OUT OF MORBID CURIOSITY.

I WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS EMPLOYEE TO BREED.

THIS EMPLOYEE IS NOT REALLY SO MUCH OF A HAS-BEEN, BUT MORE OF A DEFINITE WON'T BE.

WORKS WELL WHEN UNDER CONSTANT SUPERVISION AND CORNERED LIKE A RAT IN A TRAP.

WHEN SHE OPENS HER MOUTH, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ONLY TO CHANGE WHICHEVER FOOT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THERE.

THIS YOUNG LADY HAS DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY SHE SETS LOW PERSONAL STANDARDS AND THEN CONSTANTLY FAILS TO ACHIEVE THEM.

THIS EMPLOYEE SHOULD GO FAR-AND THE SOONER HE STARTS, THE BETTER THIS EMPLOYEE IS DEPRIVING A VILLAGE SOMEWHERE OF AN IDIOT

NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER

GOT INTO THE GENE POOL WHILE THE LIFEGUARD WASN'T LOOKING

A ROOM TEMPERATURE I.Q.

GOT A FULL 6-PACK, BUT LACKS THE PLASTIC THINGY TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER

A GROSS IGNORAMUS--144 TIMES WORSE THAN AN ORDINARY IGNORAMUS

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY BUT WITH THE LENS COVER GLUED ON.

A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR NATURAL SELECTION

ONE-CELLED ORGANISMS OUT SCORE HIM ON I.Q. TEST

FELL OUT OF THE FAMILY TREE

GATES ARE DOWN, THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, BUT THE TRAIN ISN'T COMING.

HAS TWO BRAINS; ONE IS LOST AND THE OTHER IS OUT LOOKING FOR IT.

HE'S SO DENSE, LIGHT BENDS AROUND HIM

IF YOU WERE TO GIVE HIM A PENNY FOR HIS THOUGHTS, YOU'D GET CHANGE

IF YOU STAND CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM, YOU CAN HEAR THE OCEAN

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE BEAT OUT 1,000,000 OTHER SPERM

SOME DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE-HE ONLY GARGLED

TAKES HIM 4 HOURS TO WATCH 60 MINUTES

WHEEL IS TURNING, BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD

Great Site for Books !

Stumbled on this terrific site for displaying my book collection called Shelfari. Salient features are:

- I can choose my books and display them on my shelf
- This can be seen by the world
- I can categorise them by tags; my tags include literary fiction, silicon valley stories, business biography, indian fiction, etc.
- There's also a section for wish list, top 10 and reading.

Check out my shelf here.
Am pretty impressed by it, and have added some 65 books on it so far. It seems that this is a pretty new site (launched end of last yr), and amazon has been part of the funding. Thats the reason its a bit similar to its wish list, and all that (thats a bit dissapointing, actually).

The business model is that whenever you buy a book thru this site, a part of the proceeds goes to shelfari.

Have been inviting lotsa ppl on this. They also have a widget to display the bookshelf....