Dump the guy -- but not this way! Aug 14, 2008 3:25 pm 872 Views Sometimes, it's time to end a relationship. Breaking up is never pleasant. Why make it more painful for the other? There are great ways for dumping a man. There are bad ways, too. I’ve listed some of them from an article I just read on the Internet. • Getting poetic: "Roses are red/Violets are blue/Garbage is dumped/And so are you!" You don't want to put the poor boy off haiku and limericks for the rest of his life, do you? The lady who delivered this sendoff is one cruel -- albeit fairly funny -- cookie and now any time this poor schmo tries to buy a greeting card he's going to be reminded of this humiliating moment. • Antisocial networking. Did you hear about the guy who proposed to his girlfriend over Twitter? Yuck. Talk about the dork version of the Jumbotron half-time proposal! By the same token, breaking up with your boyfriend over Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or, perhaps worst of all -- via your blog -- is inexcusable. • Hate mail. Only slightly less cowardly than those who send Dear John e-mails are those who make the mailman do their dirty work. My research suggests that men are especially talented at this: "A guy I was seeing sent me -- via snail mail -- a National Geographic Map of Natural Disasters," reported one disgruntled dumpee. "No note, just the map." Another woman I spoke with told me, "My college boyfriend of two years opted to break up with me via a handwritten letter. He explained he only loved me as a friend and wasn't attracted to me anymore." Nice. Let's NOT emulate this, shall we? • I H8 U. Text message breakups are tacky and should not be utilized by anyone over the age of twelve. • "This is a recording." While slightly less of a jerk move than the "IM dump-and-run", leaving your date a heave-ho message on his voicemail is pretty weak and cruel. If you must do your ditching over the phone -- at least wait until you get him on the line. • The disappearing act. Passive-aggressive be thy name -- if you're not woman enough to actually show someone to the curb, you're not lady enough to date. Vanishing into thin air is possibly the most over-utilized ditching technique and is only excusable if you've been out with him less than four times or are actually afraid of him. • Make him do the dirty work. You're too chicken to pull the plug yourself, so instead of being honest, you force his hand. Maybe you show up for your romantic weekend getaway with a hickey on your neck -- not from him. Or perhaps you giggle at the size of his baby-making parts, or call his grandmother an old hag. Any way you cut it though, bad behavior is just cruelty to save you from looking like the bad guy. That's beneath contempt. And guess what -- you still come off as the jerk. So the next time you want to end a relationship, do it with dignity. 16 Comments

Pramod's in Love (again) Aug 13, 2008 12:24 pm Mood: experimental, 1052 Views Pramod wants a girlfriend so bad that it is irritating to have a conversation with him. His crush this week is Pooja. They work in different departments at his company. I had him send her an email last evening that simply said, "Pooja, I wanted to talk to you today, but you never seem to be alone. Regards, Pramod" He was waiting all last night for a response. I had to explain to him that she will not get this email until today. I said it will peak her curiousity if nothing else. What do you know? It worked. Her reply today, "Do I know you?" She is now sending him IM on the company's communicator. I just drafted another email for him to send. "Pooja, I would like to properly introduce myself to you over lunch this week. Do you like Gaylord's? My I call you to make arrangements? Regards, Pramod" He's so excited right now that I think he is going to burst. 11 Comments

U.S. Presidential Elections Aug 12, 2008 9:36 pm Mood: annoyed, 1130 Views Everytime there is a new U.S. President to be elected, the U.S. economy takes a dive with global impact. I've witnessed this countless times. I don't understand why no one else seems to see the pattern and help educate the world. I've been spreading the word for 2 years after I first noticed it. My voice is finally hitting the public, because someone just quoted to me my exact verbiage about the current situation. I asked him for the source... which lead to me. The U.S. always goes through this bout with job layoff's due to increased oil prices. Homes get taken away from good people. Credit is destroyed for many hard working individuals. Many companies have been ruined by this bad pattern that needs to change! I'm not sure if this is something strategically planned by those in a "higher place" to break the spirits of people (pre-election) only to then give them (post-election) a new hope for the future. My bet is yes. Watch and see, the U.S. economy will take an upswing after the new U.S. President is elected. It won't matter if it is a Democrat or Republican, either. 4 Comments

McCutcheon High School Aug 12, 2008 8:38 pm Mood: nostalgic, 1157 Views Entry formally known as McCutcheon High School... now renamed due to the posts... --- Wikipedia is short and sweet with the high school I graduated from in 1984. There is no mention of why it is named McCutcheon. "McCutcheon High School is located in Lafayette, Indiana, off of Old 231 South. It is active in the Hoosier Cross-Road Conferences. For 2005-06 at McCutcheon, there are 1615 students enrolled. Two hundred seventy-four graduated in 2004-05. There were also 600 students that participated in high school sanctioned sports. Its high school newspaper is the Bull Horn, which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. McCutcheon has just built an Academic Center with about 10 classrooms for Social Studies, ICE, and Mathematics classes. Students refer to it as "The Barn". Just recently McCutcheon had their swim team win sectionals for the first time in school history, and do quite well at State, and their Science Olympiad team placed 18th at their state tournament. They also had someone from a their speech team qualify for the National Forensics Competition." Notable alumni: Shannon Hoon, lead singer Blind Melon Clayton Richard, major league baseball pitcher Candygram, IFF blogger 13 Comments

Oral or Written? Aug 12, 2008 2:33 pm Mood: pleased, 1193 Views I prefer oral. 8 Comments

Words of Wisdom (Job Success) Aug 12, 2008 2:19 pm Mood: thankful, 1095 Views "Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined." - Johnny Carson 2 Comments

I'm feeling naughty! Aug 11, 2008 8:20 pm 1456 Views The question is which day will I have the most visitors to help me "break in" my new bed? I’ve sent invitations out to Deepak, Surya, Sree, Vikas, Khaleel, and Inran today to visit me this week. I'm hoping they all don't want to "come" on the same day, or do I? Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 24 Comments , 5 votes

Snoop Dogg is going Bollywood Aug 11, 2008 8:05 pm Mood: high, 1053 Views Well, this story took me by surprise! Snoop loves the ganja. "MUMBAI, India -- Snoop Dogg's done Hollywood. Now he's moving on to Bollywood. "Yo, what up. This Big Snoop Dogg. Represent the Punjabi. Aye ya, Hit em with this," the rapper says while introducing the title song to "Singh is Kinng," the Bollywood film that opens Friday." 0 Comments

Canadian woman gives birth to 18th child! Aug 11, 2008 1:44 pm Mood: shocked, 1156 Views ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia -- A Romanian immigrant has given birth to her 18th child in British Columbia, making her the province's most prolific mother in 20 years. Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on July 22. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces (3.5 kilograms). "We never planned how many children to have. We just let God guide our lives, you know, because we strongly believe life comes from God and that's the reason we did not stop the life," Alexandru Ionce said. The couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and now live in Abbotsford. Their 17 other children range in age from 20 months to 23 years. 9 Comments

Microcephalics Aug 11, 2008 12:21 pm Mood: sad, 1085 Views Pramod brought home the Indian Reporter yesterday. I was reading through it and found an article about “Rat People”. [Insert after original post - the article I read is called "Rat People". I did not invent this term. In fact, I've never heard of it before.] Being curious, I had to investigate what causes a person to develop microcephalics. I’m not one to believe in “religious” explanation. It’s a sad ending no matter what one believes to be the root cause. The article began… “GUJRAT, Pakistan (AFP) — Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty Pakistani city, a 'rat woman' with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and takes money from worshippers who cling to an ancient fertility rite. Nadia, 25, is one of hundreds of young microcephalics -- people born with small skulls and protruding noses and ears because of a genetic mutation -- who can be found on the streets of Gujrat, in central Punjab province. Officials say many of them have been sold off by their families to begging mafias, who exploit a tradition that the 'rat children' are sacred offerings to Shah Daula, the shrine's 17th century Sufi saint.” Upon further investigation, scientic theories for this mutation of a child is most likely caused by... genetic inheritance, inbreeding between cousins, or the mother abuses alcohol, has diabetes or rubella during her months of pregnancy. Life expectancy for those with microcephaly is less than average, reduced body weight and dwarfism is evident, motor skills are weak ranging from clumsiness to spastic quadriplegia, and/or normal brain function is poor causing hyperactivity and mental retardation. There is no specific treatment for microcephaly. Treatment is symptomatic and supportive. 3 Comments

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