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I no longer feel bad that I feel tired and groggy after 5pm everyday knowing that my 80 year old president also gets tired after 4pm. Also, this Jeff Bezos video on 10am meetings really lays it out what a President’s job also is (He is talking about executives, but applies to anyone). So much for feeling low energy post 4pm.

One of the most annoying aspects of any European website is they don’t auto change the language to English based on ip location. It’s not that hard! Every one of them forces you to switch to English explicitly! Like why not just offer me the English version if you already know my location od access is usa? Fucking annoying!

A terminal has collapsed, there are massive floods in capital causing significant damage to life and property but Modijis most important task is to send video messages fo Indian team and setup meetings with them on winning World Cup. Like I guess once you win thrice you really don’t have to worry about priorities anymore. Dear USA this is the kind of leader you will get by reelectimg Trump but eh but as Indians have shown, this is the kind of leader they do want.

It really is true that around 13-14 year old mark most teens start dropping out of sports. The number of kids at this 13 and over swim meet is half the usual you see at a 13 and under meet. Of course we are in deep summer so that also explains a bit but no denying how much it starts dropping off as they get older.

It’s been a few days after debate now and I can say that I am ok if Biden is indeed replaced and someone else takes over. The other candidate is not going to do better or worse at this point and honestly saving the democracy in this monumental election is on us, We The People. Met a few friends over weekend and parents at swim meets and overarching feeling was it was an absolute disaster. Nobody said they wouldn’t support Biden but practically everyone was like this is a parody at this point. I support Biden all the way but I really do think dropping out might warrant a thought. I wouldn’t mind a Kamala-Pete ticket (which I originally did think would happen in 2024).

I think it was absolutely gracious of Rohit Sharma to delay his retirement announcement until press comference and let Virat have his moment on the field. True captain stuff!

Today I learnt that micro app does no4 support @/‘dscspe mode - how do I stop iOS keyboard from shifting 5p numbers automatically? I can’t figure 5hid out at all!

It’s actually amazing if Kohli did decide to retire on this high from t20. That said I don’t think he will stick around in this team too long with Gambhir taking over coach. I think he is getting ahead of the eventual clash with Gambhir anyway. Great move by him! I will bet he will not continue with Gambhir too long.

This Pant comeback is a story for ages. Almost couldn’t walk after a tragic accident to be part of World Cup winning team. Fairy tale life this!

OMFGWHATISHAPPENING!!!

Is the Amit Shah fix in? Time will tell.

Yep hard to see India pulling off a miracle here. Who knows what can happen but this SA unit is looking on fire!

South Africa will be stupid to lose from here.

Good thing I don’t care about t20 as much so I don’t really care if india wins or loses.

My daughter’s name is only 4 letters. There is absolutely zero reason for any fucking body outside of India to get her name wrong and I will call you out on it.

lol India choking again? Good thing I am at a swim meet.

Not gonna read any reviews but man The Bear S3 episode 1 was such a master class in framing and direction!

Gujarathi in a coke studio Pakistan song? That was wholly unexpected and totally awesome!

On my way to Seattle earlier this week a gentleman took the window seat in my row. He looked like an Indian but I couldn’t be very sure. We got lucky with an empty seat between us so after initial hellos I retired to my now expanded seat and watching movies. After what felt like 3 hours into the flight, this gentleman turns to me and asks, How much longer to Seattle?. I say 3 more hours, and the man is completely surprised that it was going to take another 3 hours; he seemed legit shocked that it was a 6 hour flight. He even remarked that his ticket said he was going to land in Seattle at 8 (and our flight took off at 5 from DC), and he assumed it was a 3 hour flight. I told him he missed the extra 3 hours in time difference and it honestly felt like he couldn’t comprehend this at all. Back of my mind I am like what the F is going on. How hard can this be!

Then he changed the topic and stuck up a conversation. Turns out he was Syed Ainul Hasan (Yes I googled him at home), and he’s an incredibly accomplished man. For the next 2 hours he talked about all the research he has done about sociology, cosmology and astro physics. He remarked he was an invited guest speaker in DC, Chicago and other universities here so he keeps visiting. He worked with Einstein’s lab in older days and published many papers with them. He talked frigging indepth about Upanishads, Vedas, Mahabharata and other ancient scriptures of India. He talked about so many of today’s discoveries and inventions were hinted at in the books. He talked about marrying scientific disciplines with sociology and humanities. He lamented about how today’s generation has become technology obsessed and not thinking about societal impact of technology. He also quipped how I have forgotten my own Indian history. He spoke multiple languages including Persian with much ease he said.

It was only much later he introduced himself as Hasan Ainul. Then he quipped to me that he was a muslim but he knew more about Hindu scriptures than most people, to which I basically said, you probably knew more than 99.99% of the country. He was an absolute gentleman and offered to send me his papers to read. He took my number, and true to his word he sent me a few of his papers! Because whatsapp sends out his full name, thats when I came to know his full name was Syed Hasan Ainul. And then i googled him to find him on Wiki. At the back of my mind I am like, this is kind of people India’s Hindutva is losing. His kids are all settled here now, and he mentioned about desire to move here at some point anyway but he loved India too much to leave right now. I kept thinking how many more like him has Modi’s India sidelined? Anyway, thanks to him it made my journey to Seattle memorable.