Twentysomething

Lahiri holds onto details that most people would toss away, like diamonds in the rough.

I feel like this is it. Once we pass the late twenty-something stage – we're on the cusp here of settling, foundation-building, whatever — we're close to figuring it out... but once we pass this test, that's it. Easy sailing.

I watch a lot of movies and most of them are entertaining enough (Shrek 3, Knocked Up).  However, there have been two excellent films in the past month that deserves mention... La Vie en Rose: a biopic of the French diva Edith Piaf. Sort of a surreal piece that smashes

How to make crab. Crabs are my second favorite food evar (after lobster and just a smidgeon before steak). So -- how to make them? Well, I like steaming them, but that necessitate a steamer.. something I don't have. The next best thing is to boil them. Try to

The Chinese government is so scared of its own shadow that it's censored major portions of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 where Chow-Yun Fat played a pirate lord.  "The captain starring Chow is bald, his face heavily scarred, he also wears a long beard and has

He's been all over the blogs and I'll add to the clamor.  Hurrah for Paul Potts!  If you didn't know by now, Paul, a mobile phone salesman from Wales, recently won the Britain's Got Talent show.  I'll refrain from saying