A Convincing Win in Pittsburgh. In their first outing against a quality team the Giants came through with flying colors and , in many ways, this game was reminiscent of their Super Bowl win. For much of the game, the Giant offense was stymied by the Steeler defense but it hung in there .The Giant defense [...]
Archive for October, 2008
NFL Week 8:From a Giants Fans Perspective
Posted in Sports on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How Should We Interpret This ?
Posted in American Scene, Culture, Thoughts on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
True story…
In New Jersey, a judge was trying to empanel a jury. One hundred potential jurors were gathered in the courtroom and he started to question them.
” How many of you read a newspaper daily?”
Exactly two people put up their hands. Two !!
One was a college professor, the other a school teacher.
The judge persisted, ” [...]
English Idioms… ” Long in the Tooth”
Posted in Words on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Idioms are so much a part of our language that we use them without thinking. Their meaning has become second nature with us and we rarely stop to think why an idiom means what it does. One example is the phrase ” long in the tooth” which means ” getting on in years” or ” [...]
Mohali Madness
Posted in Cricket on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2nd Test Post Mortem : Have the Indians and Australians switched jerseys? I cannot ever recall an Indian bowling attack, spin and pace, so dominant. I’ve not been following cricket as closely as some of you but I doubt that you can either. It is amazing to see the Austalians so completely outplayed in all respects of [...]
NFL Week 7: From a Giants Fan’s Perspective
Posted in Sports on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Unimpressive Win: Well, the Giants won (and the Cowboys lost) but Giants fans cannot be very happy about the Blueshirts performance. Playing at home , Big Blue turned in an unconvincing display while grinding out a 29-17 victory over a mediocre 49ers team. Neither the offense nor the defense was impressive and the Giants will [...]
A Book About China That You Will Really Savor
Posted in Asia, Food, Life, Travel on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The book is Serve the People and it is sub-titled A Stir Fried Journey Through China but neither of these does it full justice. It is about Chinese food and cooking but it’s also a travel book that offers fascinating glimpses of life in China AND it contains recipes. It succeeds at many levels and [...]
NFL Week 6 from a Giants Fan’s Perspective
Posted in Sports on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Collapse in Cleveland: I never thought that the Giants would go through the season undefeated. At the same time, I didn’t think that their unbeaten status would come to an end in Cleveland where the Browns had gotten off to a horrendous 1-3 start. When I woke up this morning, last night’s 35-14 drubbing seemed [...]
NFL Week 5: From a N.Y.Giants Fan’s Perspective
Posted in Sports on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Giants – Seahawks blow-out : Wow! What a game! For the first time this season, I felt that the Giants were really one of the elite teams in the league. It was amazing the way everything clicked. The manner in which they marched down the field seemingly at will ( they scored on their first [...]
Is Iron Chef America better than the original Iron Chef?
Posted in Food, TV on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All foodies are familiar with Iron Chef, the innovative cooking show that debuted on Japanese TV in 1993, and it’s American spin-off, Iron Chef America. ( For non-foodies , a brief description is attached to the end of this post). My wife and I became fans of the show when it was aired only on a Japanese station and [...]
