It's a cat's life...

After laughing at these pictures for almost half a day, I think it's time to stop being selfish and share these scary cats with you.

Here are the rest:
(I can't stop laughing at these... they are too funny)

http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/cats.htm

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html?large=yes&flow=yes

Watch out for the gangsta' cat and the invisible sandwich.

(Disclaimer: some pictures may offend...)

Diwali pics...

We celebrated Diwali at Google this year by lighting a thousand and five hundred candles around the campus in the evening. It was a great sight, and my friend B took pictures of the event. B happens to be American, and so it was quite amazing that he remembered to get his camera on this day and took pictures of the decorations. He told me his camera has a candlelight exposure mode, which perhaps explains why the pictures look so good.

Happy Diwali to all of you!

Missing Riverbend...

Where is Riverbend? I have been missing a post from her for some time now. I hope she is safe. She has not posted on her blog since 5th August now, and she generally posts within 10-15 days.

For the uninitiated, Riverbend is a girl from Baghdad who has documented her life in war-torn Baghdad for the past few years. Her blog has received worldwide attention, many supporters and a large number of detractors. Her blog reminds me of Anne Frank's diary, it is written in similarly simple language, and provides a window into the life of someone living the horror that is Baghdad today. (She writes (understandably) anonymously, and nobody knows the actual person or her real name. Some people claim that she is not real, but after reading her posts for more than an year, I am inclined to believe otherwise.)

Her blog has also been made into a book called "Baghdad Burning". I would recommend it as a very thought provoking read.


Blog:
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Feminist Press:
http://www.feministpress.org/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=55861100869560

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Baghdad-Burning-Girl-Blog-Iraq/dp/1558614893/sr=1-1/qid=1160125501/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3447117-0171120?ie=UTF8&s=books

Was it a coincidence that her last post was titled "Summer of Goodbyes"? I pray to God that it is. That it wasn't a hidden message. That she will come back.