Best Seller !!!!!

A book is a best seller only when the one who bought it feels it's the best purchase. Number of copies sold alone cannot make the book a best seller, in which case a pocket dictionary or a pocket calender could have been the best selling ones too! 

Of the million books, half of them will have ' best seller' written at the back of the book cover assuming that alone will make it a big success. Example, what's the use of a best selling cookbook? I would say,same as the one selling least ! If I want to be a good cook, I will follow my mum (or dad,whoever is good at cooking) and ask her for the tips. I don't need a cook book. Even if people bought one enthusiastically,they end up stalking it on the top of the shelf leaving it there for years as a food for termites thus serving it purpose as a cook book,there you go !

What's the use of a best selling 'weight loss' book? 90% of the people lose nothing except for the money spent on the book. It's as good as becoming a member at a local gym and not turning up until validity expires ! And what happens to the book? Well, it loses it's face value ! Likewise M&B, TDH etc become best sellers for unknown reasons.


All in all, a publicity gimmick like 'best seller' leads to the malnutrition of mind and soul resulting in intellectually challenged people. My favorite best selling book is my husband's cheque book. But only concern is, this book contains leaves instead of pages and I get extremely worried when it's autumn !!!!!!

God's practical joke on women !

I wonder how it feels to get under the skin of someone who's just not you. I wish I could ask the great warrior Arjuna if he felt any discomfort. But there are some stupendously talented actors who have made it impossible to believe that in reality,they are just the opposite. 

Matt Bomer/Neil Caffery

Matt Bomer is one of my favorites. He has that chiseled looks and tempting mannerism which is tailor made for his role as a ladies' man in 'White Collar'. It's heart breaking to know he likes men in real life.Of all the things that says otherwise, his acting skills are one of them. It's hard to believe what  he's in real life. I want to ask the Almighty one day whether he meant it as a practical joke on women???? 

Neil Patrick Harrison/Barney

Neil Patrick Harris,commonly known as Barney from 'How I met your mother' series, looks adorable and charming as an 'innocent(!!!!) womanizer' but much believable during the end of season9 when he transforms himself in to being a romantic lover dedicated to one woman. In real life? It's another tragedy for us,women!

Do you remember the chocolate bad boy in spiderman who's Peter's friend and turns foe later? Yeah John Franco ! The list never ends... John Travolta,Ricky Martin,Bradley Cooper and goes on and on and on. Too many miseries ladies,just too many!! But again what I would like to reiterate here is, they are all unbelievable actors and there's no way you could make out looking at their characters on the screen that their orientation is just the opposite. Our beloved Sheldon (Jim Parsons) falls into no such category when you look at him, he's purely robotic :-p !

John Travolta

But the problem is when the straight people play the opposite of their orientation they go to an extent of over doing which might cause certain aversion towards them and the people with that kind of orientation. Haven't we seen them doing things very demeaning? Hope the straight actors get better over a period of time. For a change, Justin Bartha is much better as a gay lover and very warm. I completely enjoy those who are not straight and essay the similar roles on screen too. They are quiet entertaining and I fall in love with them for they are funny,cute,smart and sensitive like Michael Urie,Mark Indelicato and Andrew Rannells. 

Buck up straight men, you have a long way to go in acting and slim chance of attracting women ;-) Meanwhile,I might start a prayer group for women to send a message to God Almighty that we get your jokes but it's getting too much so please put an end to it !

" What's,in your case, an aphrodisiac?

                 It's commonly said that 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach' (Ahem Ahem, I wonder if they measured it a bit too high !)

 I always wondered how it could ever be true since everyone has a stomach to satisfy with good food, so I thought let's not be sexist when we say that U..N..T..I..L I came across an article which made me consider the saying and I began to believe as I read through. They say that the type of food intake has a direct impact on the sex life. when  'cooking and the way to man's heart' are involved in the same article it's hard not to read. Especially when you  have a foodie husband ;-) 

I found that some food can actually have an effect on hormones,brain chemistry,energy & stress levels. Some are psychologically suggestive and cause increased blood flow to the genitals! I never mulled over such things. In 17th century, grooms were carefully fed with all the aphrodisiac food before the wedding night. It sounds very sexist that they didn't care for brides. The funny part is, Avocado was referred to as 'testicle tree' as the fruits were hanging in pairs and would look very similar and therefore the catholic priests had banned having avocado...!!!! I 
It's worth imagining the look on their face ;-)

Sweet basil sauce is said to have your heart racing. This sauce is extensively used in making pastas. No wonder Italians are so romantic :-) Avocado basil,Figs,Almonds,Asparagus,Chocolate/Coco etc are all non-Indian products but we don't need to feel sad since these are easy imports. We anyway have our own share of aphrodisiacs like bananas,garlic  etc. After all, we are hardcore romantic too,aren't we?
So the moral of the story is " Way to a man's heart is through his..errr.... stomach ?! "

It's time to pause and think " What's,in your case, an aphrodisiac?....."

Mine....well,it's on my mind !

P.S: This is not the entire list of food. Google it up as and when it's necessary :-)

Don't buy a new car, buy an old one. We can drive faster !

" Speed thrills but kills " is the common punch dialogue that seems to appear in every nook and corner. I must  have seen that a million times when we set out for an impulsive road trip to Mysore last weekend. That was first of it kinds for many reasons. One, we had never done anything on impulse since my son was born and two...well, you will know by the end of this post !

Mysore is approximately at a distance of 140km and could be reached in about 3 hours depending on the traffic and weather conditions. My husband was participating in a marathon held in Srirangapatna on Sunday morning and was scheduled to travel alone on the previous night but in the spur of the moment on Saturday evening, after we got back from a long drive on Kanakapura road, we (me and my son) decided to join him. My hubby was only happy about the company if not overwhelmed. He decided to take up the drive and we played along. We left about 4pm and expected to reach by 7pm if we didn't take any pit stops. Mind you, we were driving in the new car which was barely a month old and was due for its first service on the following Monday!  


My little son and I were excited to be in the car as it was our first long drive since our car was delivered. City limits....my gosh! Can someone actually enjoy the drive while trying to escape the potholes,rash drivers and the heavy traffic. I could understand why was it taking a long time to reach the outskirts. Then it was the humid weather that was killing us and I knew a/c would restrict  the speed too.

All these while, I was playing the DJ for my son's and my hubby's requests and I was going through each bill-boards/hoardings appreciating them for the creativity.We were somewhere on the Ramanagaram and Channapatna road when my son saw a group of cyclists who were on their way to Mysore or someplace else. He was excited to see them and waved at them shouting. They responded by smiling and waving back at him while they rode past us !!

He kept quiet for couple minutes before he came up with his theory
Son:  " Appa, next time we will also ride bi-cycles like them. Amma, you and me , all                  three of us."
Appa:  " Why baby? it's tiresome to ride for that long. You need to practice everyday to do        do something like that.
Son:  " But Appa, it's faster than our car. Look they have left us behind, we could also                 reach Mysore faster if we were on our cycles !!!"

It struck to me right then, since my hubby was trying to stay within the speed of 60 it had slowed down so much that I could read all boards and my son could talk to everyone on the road going past us. Just then I knew, it was going to be one long journey !!!!!
And so it was. We reached around 9pm and checked into a hotel. By the time we plopped up on the bed my whole body was killing. 

Then I said it aloud " Speed definitely kills irrespective of the speedometer reading !". 
My son had another theory " Appa, next time don't buy a new car, buy an old one. We can drive faster !" 
My husband just shrugged and hit the sack,next I heard him snoring!

Return was equally painful if not more. We left around 1pm but reached around only 6pm. Thanks to my New car and the Old hubby :-)