Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Murphy's Laws

Being a firm believer in almighty Murphy, I think its appropriate for me to offer tribute to the universally applicable laws. These are not addendum or interpretations of Murphy's laws. Infact these are a few laws about applicability of Murphy's laws in general.

  • For every action there is a reaction (Murphy's laws) which is opposite in direction and far greater in magnitude.
  • When you really want something, the whole world conspires to help you achieve that thing and Murphy conspires to insure that you don't get it. Often, Murphy wins.
  • Every task in a state of completion tends to remain in that state of completion unless Murphy force is applied to it.

  • The force applied by Murphy is directly proportional to the intensity with which you want to achieve that thing.

  • The force applied by Murphy is inversely proportional to the time remaining in achieving that thing.

  • Murphy's laws once created can not be destroyed.
Any comments / additions are most welcome. Join me in worshiping the universal god. In Murphy we trust, all others can go to hell.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Lakshya

After almost half a year and many unkept promises of blogging regularly, its time to get back to work. Its time for blogging.

But this was not the only promise that I made to myself. There were plenty and obviously none of them has been kept. Yesterday was my birthday and I was forced to do some self-introspection. I wondered why I could not fulfill these promises and resolutions. Actually we always tend to set a target for ourselves. From finishing a job in say 30 minutes to scoring 90% marks in exams (or 35% marks depending upon how much crap can you tolerate). But I had no target for these resolutions. Then I decided to set targets and timelines for myself. Hopefilly writing down these resolutions and making it public will do the needful. So here we go. By my next birthday I shall -
  1. Watch atleast 85 of top 100 movies;
  2. See atleast 10 new places;
  3. Read 5 novels;
  4. Do / Learn 5 new things;
  5. Get six pack abs; and
  6. Write blog atleast once every month.

There will be monthly reviews and quartrely results and Annual Report will be published ;-))