http://www.ramantheb.com/blog Grokking it...totally! Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A quick shout out about rachel assil, who i performed with earlier this week at the Bitter End. Do listen and let her know what you think. She can be reached at live@rachelassil.com http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/12/14/rachel-assil/ So earlier this week, i was waiting outside a subway station midtown when a middle aged (late 20's) man of Indian origin walked up to me. The conversation went along these lines middle aged man: Hi, are you from India ? me: why do you ask ? middle aged man (I shall ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/12/01/are-you-from-india/ Here's a quickly edited video of some footage i managed to get my hands on. The background score is also by yours truly ! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDpGATouDDA] and here's me after the race http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/11/04/marathon-video/ ive been wanting to do this for a while, and finally i managed to set aside a couple of hours to put something together before basketball fantasy season starts in a couple of weeks. Baseball just ended last week, I ended up finishing #1,#4,#10 in 3 different leagues of 12 ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/10/02/yahoo-pipes-at-work/ (half marathon, rather) preparations keeping me busy as I'm traveling to Philadelphia to run 14 miles this Sunday . No particular incentive to compete in the marathon except, i guess, self-fulfillment. I want to use this opportunity to spread the word about Children international, where i have been a sponsor ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/09/15/marathon/ on the sports field; such an integral part of the professional game, is usually fascinating TV. A mouthful of rubbish or a shirt tug on a soccer field can often lead to a crushing tackle or a sickening head-butt(as was the case with zizou). Baseball pitchers often throw a ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/08/26/mind-games/ is back in the news(not that he is ever not in the news), this time for submitting an application to buy the Chicago Cubs. This may exactly be what the Cubs need, some passion, tons of money and the leadership of Cuban. I would not be surprised if one Mr. Rodriguez ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/07/18/cuban/ over the Iphone was/is justified as apple seem to have delivered a very good product. Am just gonna mention a couple of things i noticed when I played around with one last evening at the 5th Ave store. It worked just as well as the advertisements promised,so that encompasses all ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/06/30/the-media-hype/ Whenever attempting to improve my jazz, i always go back to my favorite jazz artists Pat Metheny, Mike Stern and Miles Davis. I had a chance to see Pat mid-April but i decided in favor of this concert the same night. Probably a bad, bad choice. Especially when ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/06/20/are-you-going-with-me/ (or lack of patterns) in my everyday activity seem to reflect inconsistency and tardiness. My blogging seems to be afflicted with the same disease which i shall correct.  Anyway the last month and a half -> a fun little period in my life that included a trip back home, weekly ... http://www.ramantheb.com/blog/2007/06/20/patterns/