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Air Travails 2: Do I Need a Transit Visa in UK

Kaul — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:54:25 +0000

As I was shopping online for airfares from Washington area to Delhi on Oct-2, I came across this incredible price of $569 return fare on British Airways (via Travelocity). Normally any price below a thousand bucks is considered a deal.…

Verb “Googled” Not in Google’s Spellchecker

Kaul — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:06:04 +0000

It has been several years since the verb “to google” was added to the English dictionary. According to Wikipedia,

It was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary on June 15, 2006, and to the eleventh edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate…

Air Travails 1: Eccentricities of Air Tickets

Kaul — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:19 +0000

Past one week has been kind of a roller coaster ride for me. It started with a travel plan and ended with no travel at all, with a number of lessons learned along the way. News of a family member’s…

Kashmir’s War with Plastic Bags

Kaul — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:03:00 +0000

While reading the e-paper edition of Greater Kashmir (a daily newspaper published from Srinagar, Kashmir) today, I saw an interesting front page advertizement from Srinagar Municipal Corporation.

Read the ad yourself, or if you can’t read Urdu, read the translation at the…

PA Gym Killer George Sodini was a Blogger

Kaul — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:30:21 +0000

There is not a lot of detail out yet about who George Sodini, who killed 3 people in a Pittsburgh area Gym yesterday. But what is known is that he kept a blog, and already had his date of death…

Another Armed Maniac Strikes

Kaul — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:42:59 +0000

This story is still unfolding. Looks like another armed maniac has struck and killed a number of people. According to this news item in New York Post, at least 4 people have been killed by a man in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania…

Jaime Pressly is Engaged to Simran Singh

Kaul — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:49:51 +0000

According to this People magazine story updated a few hours ago, Jaime Pressly (best known as Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl (she won an Emmy for it) has got engaged to Simran Singh, an entertainment lawyer.

The name…

Charlie Foxtrot – Who is that?

Kaul — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:26:34 +0000

Charlie Foxtrot is not the name of a person (actually it may well be), but my “word of the day” today. Charlie Foxtrot, according to Wiktionary.com is a noun of military origin, meaning:

clusterfuck, as expressed in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
[Usage]…

NASA Space Shuttle Landing Successful

Kaul — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:45:57 +0000

Space Shuttle Endeavour landed successfully this morning at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:48 am Eastern. Watch out for the post-landing news conference set for approximately 1 pm Eastern. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television. There…

“Cash for Clunkers” Being Suspended?

Kaul — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:25:06 +0000

According to this report on abcnews.com, the government is apparently suspending the “cash for clunkers” program, started by the federal government to give incentives worth upto $4500 to people trading in their old, low fuel efficiency cars (also called “gas-guzzlers”)…