Anecdotal Evidence

I am presently at the age where the loco parentis is gradually reversing. That the pace of reversal can be accelerated has been continually impressed upon me. Based on varying emotional situations I have been likened to Shravana and to Emperor Nero - who played the lute and left for the office when the household was stalled because of a plumbing failure. When the latter situations seem to pile up in memory, in a bid to achieve domestic emotional balance - and at the same time quench our thirst for drinking in all of the world's variety- my parents and I go on vacations. I am usually given a carte blanche in the planning except for one killer clause: any place as long as good filter coffee is available . That leads me to an inevitable digression. > When people like something which I don't, I find it difficult to just walk away. I have to say something. Sometimes I am blunt ("I don't watch hockey...you start watching sports other than cricket then one thing leads to ...

"My boy" said the editor biting into his cigar and letting a puff of smoke envelope his person. He rocked a bit on his reclining chair and toyed with his suspendor straps and continued "we need something new here" " First things first" I said in way of an ahem, "your 'my boy'ness is misplaced. You see, you aren't exactly the blow-hot blow-cold, talent managing rag runner. You are like a publishing consultant guy who will give me inputs. That is all" "Grhmmph" he replied to my curtness, as his smog thickened. "And could your dress be any more clichéd ? Next you'll want me describing your whiskers and liquor cabinet, so we are switching to dialogue mode rightaway",I sai.. Editor : Grhmmph.. Me : Well ? Ed : There is so much about you that the literary public should know Me : Maybe, but this is a family blog, not a tabloid Ed : No no.., what I mean is you could say write a travelogue Me : Pah..I can't even br...

DAE: So, it's been a while, how are things... Me: Writer's blog I guess DAE: Very funny. You know that's not what I meant (crooked grin) Me: Oh ok....well nothing much actually. We are mamihlapinatapai 'ing DAE: Oh I see Me: No you don't.We do.Tee hee DAE: Ugggh ! Grow up will you