BLOGGING TO SOOTH THE NERVES.

The Good and the Bad at the moment! GOOD:Telling bye bye to 2004 I blog this on the last day of 2004. So many things I want to blog. I am not lazy, but the mind and the actions don't syncronize. Okay, I may do better during 2005.

The Good and the Bad at the moment! BAD:Feeling down!!!

the tidal wave Posted by: cgbalu . The world's biggest earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia on December 26, 2004, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives. (Reuters Graphic)

1) COLOR IN MOTION My color is blue. 2) JUST LETTERS Try building some words.

The Good and the Bad at the moment! GOOD: I enjoyed these quotes from jason love. "Stuff I Learned While I Was Alive" Brunch is nice, but then later you have to eat linner. Linner is okay, but dinnert is the pits. "Silly Questions" Why do we always want to kick someone's ass? Isn't that where they have the most padding? Click the heading for more.

The Good and the Bad at the moment! BAD:Thirty-seven people are killed in a head on collision between two passenger trains in Punjab. The Kanchi Shankaracharya moves the Supreme Court for bail in the Sankararaman murder case. The apex court asks the CBI, if Papu Yadav can be shifted from the Beur jail to prevent his unlawful activities. India and Pakistan agree to a joint survey of the Sir Creek boundary. The Home Minister says, 209 Indian Reserve Battalions will be raised for policing the border. A series of blasts in Assam claim one life and injure 45 others. <><><> At least 37 people including eleven women and a child were killed and 45 injured in a train accident in Punjab today. The accident occurred when Jammu-Tawi Ahmedabad Express and a DMU local train collided head on near Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district around noon. Railway sources say, both the trains were given the green signals on the single line, the Jalandhar-Pathankot section

The Good and the Bad at the moment! GOOD: No 11, Kotturpuram MS’s monumental career and accolades were belied by the simplicity of her surroundings BY VATSALA VEDANTAM The address was not imposing. Nor was the person residing in it. She owned no material possessions, laid claim to no property. She did all the household chores and was known to cook her own food. Her education ended with the third form and she had very little to say for herself. Yet, prime ministers bowed before her, film magnates travelled across oceans to see her, popes gave her audience. Young and old, rich or poor, her admirers craved her proximity. However, none of this adulation touched her. Till the end she remained simple, self-effacing and unspoilt. Her unpretentious dwelling place said it all. It could have belonged to any middle class householder in Tamil Nadu. A small well-scrubbed courtyard, decorated with kolam. An even smaller verandah with sundry footwear piled in a corner. A h

'Thought & Humor'

The Good and the Bad at the moment! GOOD: FOR THE WIFE WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT, BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME, AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATO, BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS. FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES BECAUSE THAT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME, NOT ON THE STREETS. FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM EMPLOYED. FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS. FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME. FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT