Life, The Universe, And Everything In Between

1 Australia has a rich history, and indigenous Australians fascinate me no end. Time immemorial: example of postpositive adjective. Liturgical litanies of the laity. Addendum to previous OZ has got monotremes. 2 Biding My Time – Pink Floyd: “…When we was workin' from nine to five…” I mostly use diegesis while writing. Obiter dicta, By The Way – RHCP. I didn’t eat Tim Tams at Sanawar, but we did call biscuits ‘bikkies’. To Surveil With Love is the only episode of the Simpsons, where the title "The Simpsons" is not shown [wiki]. 4 Bovril ties together (pun intended) Douglas Adams and Frasier (specifically Daphne & Niles). Jeremy Irons is from the Isle of Wight, which I reached from Antarctic exploration < Rock of Gibraltar < Pillars of Hercules < Atlantis < Bill & Peter’s Bogus Journey [Family Guy]. Aside: BEAR GRYLLS ON HAUNTED ISLAND  :D And I’ve reached the Cheese Shop sketch of Monty Python from Antarctic exploration. Excellante! Dr. Go...

Today being the last day of a gloriously fought group stage, I found myself thinking about the Round of 16. 2 spots still remain undecided, which proves how down to the wire the group stage has gone. The biggest ouster is Germany, of course, with the winner's curse dogging them in the form of a steadfast Korean team. The takeaway of the group stage is the defensive improvements and VAR-induced level playing field. I am all for VAR, as it negates the luck factor to a certain degree. More severe punishments for intentional aggression is good for the game, especially in these divisive, turbulent times. France - Argentina Albiceleste, for Messi, despite strong leanings towards Les Blues for the Pog Uruguay - Portugal Portugal for Ronaldo Spain - Russia Unfortunate end for the host nation at the hands of a laboring but still brilliant in flashes La Roja Croatia - Denmark The Danes, perhaps in a slight upset Brazil - Mexico Neymar and Coutinho are clicking, so Chicarito ...

22 Get a volcano bowl at a tiki bar Curtain rods that wait for weight TIL: the Matheran line is also in line for UNESCO World Heritage status (while writing/typing for IRCTC) 23 Case study for Google? Maybe I’ll get some author credit for this, if not for the Maharajas’ Express travel blogs and such. My words are mine anyway, what’s a byline gonna do, especially for the nonchalant tech ones I’ve spewed out loquaciously (in a manner of ‘speaking’, of course, considering I’ve often just said things to myself about the droll topic at hand and typed them out along with the responses of my sleep-addled brain). 24 Opened the inbox to be told that it’s an only-IRCTC project day today. Time will tell. Finished the Frasier scripts. Touching and opportune end to the storylines of the alienist analyst and his family. Now on to Seinfeld, and other shows which preferably have references like Frasier did. Murdoch Mysteries involves a lot of historical figures… It’s Towel day tomorrow! I shall...

16 Voix celeste led me to flanging, which was mentioned as the slang for ADT, and coined by Lennon, from made-up acoustic-babble that a sound engineer said to him. 17 Frasier says “nota bene” and it is still the last of the tabs open in Chrome since I started perusing the scripts. Little coincidences that take us full circle, or part-way-spiral. Towel Day is a week away! :D 18 Met the founder of the company today. 19 Saturday. Chilling. Frasier orders a tart tatin, which makes me search, and the intriguing pen name of a gastronome comes up: Curnonsky. His name was M E Sailland, which also raises my brows. He refers to his nom de plume as his “tunic of Nessus”, which was what killed Hercules. I click to make sure I remember correctly, and gain the additional information that Tresckow called it a robe. Reading further, I come upon the tunic/robe having been used as a metaphor in The Count of Monte Cristo, which I vividly remember reading in the smaller prep school library next to t...

1 May Epistemological apperceptions Is any of the music by Eminem syncopatic? Thematic apperception test (cards >> TAroT cards) Read about Tristan and Isolde from the Frasier reference to Wagner, and now checking out Tannhauser from Gravity’s Rainbow. Classical art keeps recurring throughout the kind of creative works that click with my mind. I cannot bring myself to inveigh at anything or anyone – bar a few temporary aggrievances. It is a good change, I am sure, from the venting of young adult angst onto the question papers of engineering exams, in the spaces between the problem statements. 2 The search engine at the Wayback Machine is “having issues momentarily”. What do you do THEN? When even failsafes start to crumble, does anything apart from your experience remain? 3 Tannhauser is Wagner, and Wagner also scored Un Chien Andalou, “written” by Salvador Dali. Found this after starting from Georges Melies’ Google Doodle homage. A Sunday to rest my eyes from the compute...