The Great Ganesha

So, yesterday Genentech [stock symbol: DNA] the big biotech turned 30. They had a huge concert at their campus near San Francisco. The RXGeek works there, and so I was invited for the festivities. Every year they get big artists. Last year it was Elton John. This year, it was kept a surprise until [...]

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The terracotta army, that is. A German art student disguised himself and hid amongst the 8,000 plus Chinese terracotta soldiers as part of an art project. He did it so well, even the police had trouble finding him!
“I got to the area where he was supposed to be, looked around and didn’t see him - [...]

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[Cross-posted on Desicritics] 
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.”
- William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet
“What’s in a name? That which we called Bombay
By any other name smells just as bad.”
- The Great Ganesha
Hey, don’t get me wrong. I love Bombay. Stinky as it is, for [...]

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There are some of you desis out there who know exactly what I’m talking about. That’s right! It’s Gold Spot (the drink, not the band). It even has its own Wikipedia entry, dammit!
This should take you back a few years…

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September 5th is Teacher’s Day in India. It’s the birthday of an ex-president and teacher Dr. Radhakrishnan. When asked by students to celebrate his birthday, he requested that instead, people should celebrate it as Teacher’s Day.
In addition to my dissonant ramblings (I am a grad student and teacher, after all), plenty of other events have [...]

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Although I already posted a tribute to Agassi after his exit from Wimbledon, I hope there won’t be much objection to another posting. Given his performance at the US Open, I think it is well-deserved.
Sunday saw the end of Agassi’s run in the US Open and in Grand Slam tennis. At the age of 36, [...]

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