Archive for May, 2003



It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Thomas Sowell

This was the last entry on my old blog. I have imported all the entries into MT and shall selectively post from the […]

The Myth of Passive Smoking

One more junk science scare story bites the dust.
Warning: the health police can seriously addle your brain

Poetry for Geeks

Rob’s Amazing Poem Generator spews out poetry on demand! (link from Shanti).
Comes nowhere near the real thing. For a great classic, click here. For some fresh contemporary flavours, this blog’s a nice place.

Freedom’s Nest

I subscribe to many sites that send a daily email. Freedom’s Nest sends me three libertarian quotes daily. This one by historian Daniel Boorstin hits home on the unseen side of “environmentalism.”
We easily forget that smog is the price of freedom of our streets from manure, and from the flies and diseases it brought.

Got this from Karen De Coster’s blog. Very very funny. My favorite is # 13.
1. A few clowns short of a circus.
2. A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
3. An experiment in Artificial Stupidity.
4. A few beers short of a six-pack.
5. Dumber than a box of hair.
6. A few peas short of a casserole.
7. […]

Cheers! The Bharateeya Blog Mela completes it’s first decade! Let’s celebrate by moving straight on to the main event…
The seminal stuff this week is from Dina Mehta. Her three pieces on Youth Futures scratches way beneath the surface. I liked the way she fuses market research with a social vision and understanding.
Shyamal’s Photolog is […]




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