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Now Platini wants January transfer window shut. August 31, 2008

Filed under: Sport — shoebredevil @ 6:27 pm
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Uefa president Michel Platini wants to change the transfer window system after claiming it is ‘wrong’ for a player to represent two clubs in the same season.

From a fan’s point of view transfer windows are the most exciting periods during a season, with all the speculations about players joining or leaving clubs. During the January transfer window managers can look for replacements for injured players midway through the season. Its also a time for young talents to be tapped up by bigger clubs and have their dreams finally realized.

Platini’s done it again, the man’s got too much free time on his hands. Instead of wasting everybody’s time and being bent on making football as dull as he is, he could do something that actually helps the game (eg. goal line technology).

Source : http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_4064140,00.html

 

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch (Reuters) August 29, 2008

Filed under: Its a Mad Mad World — shoebredevil @ 8:22 pm
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When Apple Inc rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting paid to line up.

I guess the poles would buy it if it’d double up as a heating device.

 

111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father (AP) August 29, 2008

Filed under: Its a Mad Mad World — shoebredevil @ 7:55 pm
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Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.

I can see why he had a problem, being one of the last remaining species doesn’t exactly favour you if your’e single!!

 

Maine island loses trash can mail delivery service (AP) August 29, 2008

Filed under: Its a Mad Mad World — shoebredevil @ 7:35 pm
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The Postal Service has ended a long tradition in which mail delivered to Maine’s small offshore Sutton Island by a private ferry service was left in a specially marked trash can on the island’s dock.

Hmm… so all trash mails will now be forwarded… sounds like Yahoo mail to me!

 

Couple’s pumpkin sets SC record at 897 pounds (AP) August 29, 2008

Filed under: Its a Mad Mad World — shoebredevil @ 7:25 pm
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A Lexington County couple’s pumpkin has broken the state record. Frank and Tina Finders’ pumpkin tipped the scales at the State Farmer’s Market Friday at 897 pounds. That’s the equivalent of two Siberian male tigers or about 9 old truck tires.

Carving scary shapes on it is one less thing the couple would have to do on halloween, Its scary enough already!!

 

Rise Of A Nation August 15, 2008

Filed under: Its My Life — shoebredevil @ 5:59 pm

Rise Of A Nation

Like a bird just set free,
From a cage one couldnt see;
A country rose above;
Flying like a white dove.

Golden my country used to be,
Still is for people like me;
Stripped of its riches, it cried,
Sons of her sand had died.

For her freedom they had strived,
Of martyrs she did not deprive;
Sons of a mother proud,
‘Jai Hind’, we cry out loud.

Cultures and traditions live in harmony,
In every state, city and colony;
United in progress, we march on,
Fear of failure wont bog us down.

On all fronts we will succeed,
To make her proud, we will indeed;
So spread the word all around,
Soon India will be crowned;
As the jewel of the east,
For the time being atleast.

Because a superpower she will become,
Eventually in years to come;
Pround indians singing ‘Vande Mataram’,
The future as bright as some.

Celebrating her independence today,
Martyrs in her cause lay;
Fluttering in the clear blue sky,
The tricolour rises high.

 

The Dream Fulfilled August 15, 2008

Filed under: Its My Life — shoebredevil @ 5:57 pm

The Dream Fulfilled

Just when you know you’re ready,
Its when you’re not;
When you think you can hold steady,
Its all u’ve got.

Your mind flickers like a candle,
You find yourself clueless;
More than u can handle,
You feel helpless.

Every day feels like eternity,
You’re half confused;
Life’s a curiosity,
Your’e not amused.

You try to look happy,
You put up with the world;
Everythings so scrappy!,
You wish she’d unfurled.

From the depths of your dreams,
To save you from your misery;
She’s the one it seems,
Like a guiding fairy.

But life goes on,
You cant run;
Like the next dawn,
Or the rising sun.

One day you will find,
Life has changed;
But you wont mind,
‘Cause god has arranged.

The only person you ever cared about,
By your side;
One you couldn’t do without;
For whom u had cried.

All things end well,
So does life;
So leave it to the creator,
And he will strife.

To make your life beautiful;
Love is seldom painful.

 

Friends like us August 15, 2008

Filed under: Its My Life — shoebredevil @ 5:55 pm

This poem is about my gang in college, a unique group of friends who are weird yet lovable, crazy yet fun.

Friends like us

Friends in this world of every sort you will find,
Some false and some who will never leave u behind;
In this race that life has become,
The right kind of friends are truly some;
Stepping into the world of our gang,
Friends of whom u’ll never get a hang;
A special friendship is what exists,
Lets find out of what this gang consists.

Aditya is the first name that comes to my mind,
A more colourful character you will not find;
Dada, Sachin, Undertaker are whom he swears by,
Make him mad and he’ll make grown men cry;
Sports are a part of his life,
Of fun and friendship he is rife;
Does everything to prove his point,
And none of his friends does he ever disappoint.

No lesser than anyone is naga,
Get to know him and u’ll go gaga;
An instant hit with the ladies,
His girlfriends though are atrocities;
A guy who is proud of his hair,
One who will never leave his friends in despair;
A good sportsman is how i’d describe him,
Filled with talent and honesty upto the brim.

A tall and lanky rajiv awaits us next,
Who’ll never abandon his friends on any pretext;
A tech freak he is totally,
And one who fails on the atheletic scale abysmally;
Yet he has run marathons many,
In which none of us did accompany!;
A man as firm as his word,
And a kind of friend of whom u’ve never heard.

Siddharth is the person i could write most about,
A friend no gang can do without;
A wonderfully wierd yet loving person,
One who gives every life a reason;
Only in football could he beat me,
A caring and lovable person, you’ll see;
A guy i made friends with on first sight,
One who’ll honour our friendship with all his might.

Avinash isn’t just your average joe,
Never was his cgpa low;
Two super computers he does possess,
A pc and a brain that does impress;
Wonder why he’s not at IIT,
A person whom everyone does secretly envy;
Luckily he’s landed up with us,
To teach us physics, and that he happily does.

CV is what he is lovingly called,
For a few weeks he did go bald;
Counterstrike is a game he holds in high regard,
Could tell u every movie in which matt damon starred;
Hollywood could easily have been his home,
Oscar movie fever is his syndrome;
A man whose principles are admired,
And our lives he has gracefully inspired.

The seventh completes this tribute,
Shoeb is the last to contribute;
A genuinely true friend to be kept close at heart,
A tinge of humour he does impart;
Writer of this piece of art,
With this we now depart.

A unique group of people u have come to know,
Seeds of our friendship that we did sow;
Fruitful will be the tree that will rise,
Great intellectuals it will comprise;
A gang that makes people go wow!,
And with this we take a bow.

 

The Rebellion August 15, 2008

Filed under: Its My Life — shoebredevil @ 5:49 pm

The Rebellion

There was once a time we loved our home,
Of unending forests and rivers it did comprise;
Gave us food and shelter,
Its importance we didnt realize.

A reckless human race took it for granted,
Always took from it and never gave back;
Now from our slumbers we have woken,
Of common sense we did lack.

The torn forests stare us in the face,
The winds roar in contempt;
The seas threaten to rise,
Unless we make an attempt.

For this is our abode through think and thin,
Its time now to return the favour;
For to mother nature we do owe,
And if her fruits we hope to savour.