American CEOs An American Problem

In the February 2009 issue of Conde Nast “Portfolio” Matthew Cooper quotes Jack Welch as being apoplectic, “If business leaders are not aware of this terrible piece of legislation, they should be. It would hurt us dramatically in our ability to be competitive globally.”
Mr. Welch was referring to Employee Free Choice Act (EFSA) which [...]

Jay Leno said on the 12th, forget Merrill Lynch lets “lynch Merrill” in reference to reports that 4 company executives paid themselves $121 million in bonuses just as the company was writing down billions due to CDS related losses and at the same time being acquired (with US Government’s help) by BofA due to liquidity [...]

My love …….

The drive up North was pretty, with the hills covered with a neat blanket of snow. But I wasn’t moved. I noticed, can’t help noticing, but that was it. Nothing like a song welling up inside me.
Then, reaching home found the bay the color of molten sunlight with ducks peacefully bobbing about on the rippled [...]

My Love

The drive up North was pretty, with the hills covered with a neat blanket of snow. But I wasn’t moved. I noticed, can’t help noticing, but that was it. Nothing like a song welling up inside me.
Then, reaching home found the bay the color of molten sunlight with ducks peacefully bobbing about on the rippled [...]

Sex

Its that thing adults do and non adults wish to grow up for and the old ones wish they could.
Bang bang what’s the big deal you ask?
Answer is the whole universe is the result of a Big Bang.
So no sex no universe, no you, no me, no consciousness of God or Devil.
So in unison say, [...]

Indian Me

100% Punjabi Indian.
If I didn’t like the food so much I mightn’t have been so Punjabi but despite being away for half my life I’m still into saag (mustard greens) brimming over with butter and makki di roti (corn tortillas), and gajrela (carrots cooked slowly in milk till milk dries) – that’s a hard to [...]

House for rent – the one that isn’t renting

Mine.
That is house for rent.
I mean the house that I don’t live in is for rent. Fully furnished.
It’s a very nice house. Northwest Contemporary, Post & Beam style, with huge windows in a great part of town.
But I can’t rent it. That is cannot find a tenant. With the housing slump the rental market’s taking [...]

Tata, Jaguar and Orient Express

Mumbai, Dec 21 In the event of winning the bid for Ford’s marque brands Jaguar and Land Rover, Tata Motors plans to bring them as completely knocked-down (CKD) units to India and re-export them, according to sources. “The plan is to bring the two brands as CKD kits and assemble them here for further export [...]

Onyx of Bombay

Last time I met Onyx was in May. 
During my first trip to India in 21 years. 
That was also the first time I met him.
Since I was quite jet-lagged I don’t quite recall our initial greetings, but I think I gave him a pat, he wagged his tail, and that was it. The lack of exuberance was [...]

18!?! Anything lower would be illegal

That’s a tag line for one of my products (18 refers to cents).
As the industry has gone digital the demand for printing has gone down since many never ever order a print because all the photos they have are there for anybody to see on Flickr or SmugMug, and they can be put on blogs, [...]