http://www.twisted-dna.com Frivolous banter about life. A humorous look at Indian, American and Indian American culture. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:11:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was young, if we wanted to listen to music we used to turn a knob on a Medium Wave radio and it used to croak out music at a pitch of its choice depending on which direction the antenna was pointing to.  If it didn't produce sound, we ... http://www.twisted-dna.com/2009/05/29/at-the-receivers-end/ There was this interesting "Chuck Norris" theme going on Twitter today.  This is my contribution.  I didn't have much time to come up with this so this is all I can manage.  (If you don't know Chuck Norris, you can replace Chuck Norris with Rajnikanth.  It makes equal sense) Chuck Norris ... http://www.twisted-dna.com/2009/04/21/chuck-norris-walks-into-a-bar/ Please help me fill in this value.  How much will thieves steal from me in 2009? http://www.twisted-dna.com/2009/04/06/help-me-with-taxes/ Spring is in the air!  It is time for nasty allergies and unpleasant flu.  You probably called in sick one time or the other.  But did you and your spouse both fall sick and took the day off at the same time?  If you didn't, let me tell ya, this ... http://www.twisted-dna.com/2009/03/30/sick-fun/ Anybody who knows me fairly well would tell you that I am not a 14-year-old girl. Yet I subjected myself to the phenomenal pre-teen hit book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Why I did such unthinkable injustice to myself, in spite of being forewarned, is beyond the scope of ... http://www.twisted-dna.com/2009/02/23/chicken-soup-for-vampire-soul/