Facebook or Orkut

So how many of you are into social networking (If you are not, then obviously you are a stone age relic) This is the latest craze – you talk to people and they ask you – Are you in Orkut or Facebook? Scrap me when you are free. How the hell do you scrap someone [...]

Shocked by the number of readers

I usually dont check my blog stats – I had given my blog to only a cousin of mine and realized the only person reading it is probably him. I had not even given it to my fiancee – the basic thinking was inspired from Seinfeld – I did not want to kill off independent [...]

Sky diving

jumped off a plane for the very first time of my own free will . It was definitely a lot of fun. I did not get as much of an adrenalin rush as I thought I would but it was one heck of a ride while it lasted. We were a group of [...]

Book review – The Prestige

I have been reading this book the last couple of weeks. If you want an opinion in a few short words – dont waste your time reading it. I dont think it has any spoilers but you read at your own risk.
The book was not bad. Unfortunately it was not good either – all it [...]

Random thoughts about half marathon

I did not get all my observations from the half marathon in the previous post so I will add some more random observations.

Runners are a more gregarious bunch than most of the other folks I have seen (Maybe pediatricians will get some votes.) They are also very helpful with giving advise when asked.
I always thought [...]

Chicago half marathon

I did my first half marathon yesterday and it was a ball. I had more fun that I thought I would while running 13 miles.
I was staying at an old room-mates house and he slept on the couch while allowing me to sleep on his bed. I was shocked by the sacrifice and Kaustava [...]

Protein for a vegetarian

It is when you start running that you realize the power of protein. Before I started running, I would vegetate in front of the computer and when ever I was really hungry, eat anything and everything vegetarian. It did not matter what it contained. I was not selective in what I ate. Then I [...]

Breaking in my new shoes – ASICS 2120

This is always one of the more exciting things about running. New shoes. My old shoes had close to 375 miles on them and it was time to retire them. I was kind of hoping they will last me till my half marathon this Sunday but then running in them became more painful. I realized [...]

Running the marathon or losing weight

Ok this has been in the back of my mind for the last week. I was still deciding what I wanted to do more – run a marathon or lose weight. I know people who don’t run think I must be crazy in thinking the two are related but believe me when I tell you [...]