Three Strikes

Other day, my friend and i were discussing. He is in a new relation and he was telling me, how you can easily miscommunicate in chat. No better way to say: the same words can mean different things. I feel that in a relation (not to sound too much like the worst female Carrie Bradshaw), your first strike is when you miscommunicate over chatting. You call up to explain yourself. Later, you miscommunicate over the phone. You apologize face-up. The last strike is when you miscommunicate directly and that's it, you are OUT!

FYE*

Right under the probing glare of your supervisors, you can, once in a while, afford to steal a laugh. It feels good.

Overheard in NY

PS: For your entertainment. It's probably some shop name somewhere.

Pack your bags

In the book, "At the center of Storm!", ex-CIA direcetor George Tenet talks about how in some high level peace talks when things got stalled, people would pull "Pack your bags" trick. They would just literally pack their bags and put them out in the hotel lobby and the opposing party would relent immediately. I found it really amusing that such trick would work even at such "mature" levels. And, not just those guys, what did the Indian team do in Sydney controversy? And, now look how it worked.