Random things seen/done/heard today:
"I have never been bored in my life." So says the Good Doctor. Is that even possible? How? Its my default setting. I imagine it would require rigorous self-discipline to forbid boredom. To exile it to the no-think list. Her point is, she doesnt do nothing. If for some reason she has nothing to do, she immediately finds something interesting to do. All I can say is that that sounds exhausting. And to paraphrase REM 'Everybody gets bored'. Its part of the human condition (make that living condition: even my Golden Lion gets bored from time to time).
Mango rice. In all my 30 years I've never eaten it. Even once. Didnt even know it existed. Even worse. Shame on me.
The Pleasure-Seeking Doshi. One of the perks/hazards of having a work-free working day is that one's online trawls sometimes bring up unexpected objects of interest. You begin the day without the least notion that Welsh-Gujarathi dancing poets call Madras home and you end it by discovering that you're separated from them by just a couple of degrees. Apparently Poo and the Doshi's mother belong to the same 'Female of the Species Only' organisation and are therefore well acquainted. So thats two degrees of seperation. And they say the Universe is expanding.
Fishing Quiz Man. This is strictly speaking something I saw yesterday but who cares. My Dad bought a copy of Following Fish authored by this FQM. Its about his travels in India based on the theme of areas where fish and fishing are an important part of the fabric of the local culture. So thats Bengal, TN, Kerala, Goa Bombay etc. I read a couple of pages and it sounded rather promising. Tarot Seeker and I lost rather spectacularly to FQM's team at a movies and literature quiz but I remember meeting him at a Vikram Seth book reading actually. Maybe we'll come full circle and I'll pop into his book reading some day.
My Man Utd Preux Chevalier gave me a tip today about getting tickets for EPL games. Buy a season ticket for one of the lower-ranking, about-to-be-relegated clubs. Then you can watch the big teams when they come to play at the home games of the aforementioned clubs! Easy peasy.
