Edit Preferences
Logout
cktirumalai's Comments (334)
View Comments:
Sort:
1 - 25 of 334
Obama's Childhood Friend Tells Senator He Now Lives In A Car, Has Been In And Out Of Prison
Commented Mar 23, 2007 at 12:21:59 in Politics
“These are two American lives which may have run a parallel course once but ceased to do so decades ago. Success and failure sometimes shadow each other in the United States as well as in other countries.
Years ago I knew an intelligent, troubled man in his thirties in an old American city, who had graduated from a prestigious univesity, and who, although not handicapped by race or family background, was the one unsuccessful member in an otherwise very successful professional family. He often remarked that the first thing people asked of one another on meeting was what they did, without, he implied, gaining an understanding of what they were.
The political life always has its special dificulties in relation to the personal past.”
Years ago I knew an intelligent, troubled man in his thirties in an old American city, who had graduated from a prestigious univesity, and who, although not handicapped by race or family background, was the one unsuccessful member in an otherwise very successful professional family. He often remarked that the first thing people asked of one another on meeting was what they did, without, he implied, gaining an understanding of what they were.
The political life always has its special dificulties in relation to the personal past.”
Angelina Jolie And New Son On Cover Of People
Commented Mar 22, 2007 at 14:10:36 in Entertainment
“The Temple of the two-faced Janus in Rome had two doors, which were closed only in times of peace, rare in war-like Rome. But Augustus did manage to keep them closed for many years: it was the "Pax Romana" or "Pax Augustae."
Clearly, Pax is once more in favor, as with Brangelina's adopted son.”
Clearly, Pax is once more in favor, as with Brangelina's adopted son.”
Stocks Up In Early Trading After Selloff
Commented Mar 14, 2007 at 12:05:40 in Business
“From time to time stock market numbers are bound to look like the chart of someone in the grip of a fever. I am familiar with the phenomenon and pay little attention. Unless you are a trader, watching the market from day to day is bound to give you vertigo. And even professionals do not seem immune. I read today of a young commodity futures trader in New York who was seriously addicted to painkillers.”
Stanford Loses Multi-Million Dollar Donor Over Big Oil Ties
Commented Mar 12, 2007 at 13:36:46 in Business
“The man who founded Stanford was a railroad baron. When he asked President Eliot of Harvard how much it would take to start a new university, Mr. Eliot, who did not relish a potential rival on the West Coast, named a deliberately high figure; Mr. Stanford, who was not discouraged by the reply, turned to his wife and said, "I think we can manage that." Money and Universities, especially private ones, is a subject which is proving increasingly difficult to disentangle.”
Forbes: Almost 1,000 In World "Billionaire Club"
Commented Mar 09, 2007 at 11:54:33 in Business
“Not long ago a million was the summit of aspiration. Now a millionaire pales into insignificance by the billionaire. Will a trillionaire do that to the billionaire in the future?
I am more than satisfied with average, decent human qualities, which the rare billionaire may miraculously possess.”
I am more than satisfied with average, decent human qualities, which the rare billionaire may miraculously possess.”
Study: Atkins Diet More Effective Than Zone, Ornish, US Gov't Recommendations
Commented Mar 08, 2007 at 12:07:48 in Living
“Even if the Atkins diet is more successful than any other in losing pounds and, more importantly, in keeping them out, it strikes me as too one-sided for comfort. I knew two people who after a year or so on the Atkins found their craving for carbohydrates irresistible. At that point they abandoned it. Its high fat content, especially the saturated kind, is worrisome, unless you are a treadmill addict.”
Stocks Poised To Open Higher
Commented Feb 28, 2007 at 12:00:45 in Business
“Unless one is in the business, looking at stocks on a daily basis is like being on a mental and emotional roller-coaster.”
Retailer Recalls Mushrooms Over E. Coli Fears
Commented Feb 21, 2007 at 13:24:37 in Living
“I have reached the point where I don't eat fresh vegetables unless I have cooked them thoroughly first. There have been too disturbing stories in recent months.”
Pig Bladders May Be Used To Regrow Fingers
Commented Feb 20, 2007 at 13:32:03 in Home
“It just shows that we should pause before speaking derisively of pigs.”
Women's Offices Have Over 3 Times The Germs Men's Do
Commented Feb 17, 2007 at 12:12:18 in Home
“Lesson learned: Clean the desktop regularly. Unless you dump everything on it, as some do, it should take no more than a few minutes.”
Wall Street Hits Record Highs After Comments From Fed Chair
Commented Feb 15, 2007 at 12:00:54 in Business
“I know that some are more reliable than others, but has any expert been consistently right about the short-term behavior of Wall Street? Does the "truth" lie between the Chartists and the fundamentalists?”
Networks Have Field Day With Astronaut Puns
Commented Feb 07, 2007 at 13:20:00 in Entertainment
“It is so much easier to make a bad pun (we have all heard the groans in response) than a really good one.”
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring
Commented Feb 02, 2007 at 11:59:13 in Home
“Even if this is superstition, quite a few of us seem to like the idea that the groundhog can anticipate the meteorologist. But unlike the daily "What the Stars Foretell" section in the newspaper, people consult Phil only once a year.”
Rev Haggard's Lover Visits New Life Church Members
Commented Jan 29, 2007 at 11:51:52 in Politics
“Almost anything unusual is the prelude to a book these days-- or a law-suit.”
Julian Glover: "Davos Suspects That That The Losers In The Global Economy Will One Day Turn On The Winners"...
Commented Jan 26, 2007 at 11:58:24 in Business
“You are right about the "over-paid, over-dressed, over-fed" movers and shakers who assemble annually at Davos. And mutual networking seems to take up a lot of their time.”
Record Gas Prices Making Americans Drive Less...
Commented Jan 25, 2007 at 13:41:44 in Home
“I hope that this development will lead not only to less driving but to more walking. There is the energy crisis and there is the health care crisis.”
Virgin Komodo Dragon Gives Birth To 5...
Commented Jan 24, 2007 at 12:05:22 in Home
“Parthenogenesis among certain species is a fully explicable biological phenomenon. The mystical Virgin Birth, on the other hand, does not enjoy unanimous belief even among ministers and clergymen. But I myself do not conclude from the fact that the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection are not scientifically credible that the valuable teaching of Jesus has lost its credibility.”
John Lennon's Half-Sister Disputes Story Of His Childhood...
Commented Jan 23, 2007 at 11:22:02 in Entertainment
“I am yet to read the accounts of a celebrity after his death which did not include surprising or controversial or demeaning revelations. And a family member can always claim, perhaps rightly, that he knew the dead man better than somone else.”
Americans Unhappy About State Of The Union: Two-Thirds Think The Country Is On The Wrong Track...
Commented Jan 22, 2007 at 11:38:45 in Politics
“I don't remember the poll five years ago in which Americans expressed themselves satisfied with the state of the nation. Most of the polls I remember over the last 15 years have said the opposite. Bill Clinton once said that there is nothing wrong with America that what is right with it cannot fix. The challenge is to act on that awareness and bring it about, but somewhere along the line the vision gets corrupted or compromised, as in the recent Congressional ethics proposals.”
American Military Entered Somalia: "No One Can Confirm A High-Value Target" From Al Qaeda Was Killed...
Commented Jan 12, 2007 at 11:50:11 in Home
“Much can be said of the deterioration of language. "A high-value target" qualifies only as bureaucratese.”
Bono Awarded British Knighthood...
Commented Dec 23, 2006 at 12:27:46 in Home
“Sir Bono (not sure if he will be called that) now joins Sir Paul and Sir Mick. In these matters, the Queen and her advisers keep up with the times.”
Bono Awarded British Knighthood...
Commented Dec 23, 2006 at 12:22:30 in Home
“Sir Bono (I am not sure if that is how he will be known) now joins Sir Paul and Sir Mick. In these matters, the Queen and her advisers move with the times.”
Citigroup Exec Arrested For Running Meth Lab Out Of His NYC Penthouse...
Commented Dec 04, 2006 at 11:28:00 in Living
“"Grow your own organic vegetables." "Make your own pure meth."
Illegal drugs now span all social classes, from crack on the streets to meth in the penthouse.”
Illegal drugs now span all social classes, from crack on the streets to meth in the penthouse.”
Nicole Kidman Is Highest Paid Actress In Hollywood...
Commented Nov 30, 2006 at 11:22:40 in Entertainment
“Glad to know that Julia Roberts thinks her twins worth millions.”
IT MAKES YOU WANT "TO PUKE"...
Commented Nov 18, 2006 at 11:39:39 in Home
“The poster who asked us not to watch the interview or buy the book gave the right advice. But I am afraid millions will ignore it out of a strange fascination.”
1 - 25 of 334
