Myriad Musings

The Hindu was its typical pointless self in yesterday's MetroPlus , an article half a page long with 3 superfluous tips at the end. I rarely bother with the main newspaper anymore  (if I want sensation, Jerry Springer or Daytime soaps offer a much more interesting alternative).  I skimmed through this article on the way to Calvin and Hobbes.  Popped Mustard in the fridge?  Popping it in a vaakana karandi would take about as long as it would take you to open the fridge pull out the stored, popped mustard and pour required quantity with a spoon  And as for the tamarind, wouldn't it be just as simple to cook the tamarind with the daal every time (in a small separate container preferably)?  My marathi friend would add the tamarind to the moong / masoor directly, the only dishes where she insisted on tamarind.  She would pick out the tamarind piece when she was adding the masala at the end. Now, that is a shortcut worth remembering, even blogging about. ...

I set my alarm for 5 every morning, which means I am up by 5.40 atleast.  Yet, I leave for work at 9.20 at the earliest, 10 at the latest! This month my goal is to figure out what delays my mornings, why I need 4 hours to get out of the house. Usual Suspects: 1.  Making breakfast 2.  Making lunch for gau 3.  Making lunch for everyone else 4.  Making coffee 5. Optionally making Kanji 6.  Nursing Ashok 7.  Playing with Ashok 8.  Walking Gau to the bus stop and awaiting the school van 9.  Yakking w S. 10.  Newspaper 11.  Exercise infrequently 12.  Pranayama occasionally My goal is to reduce all the above to 2 - 3 hours so that I am out by 8.00.  I had a dry run yesterday, and today was bad, very bad, so I will account for this exercise from 31st July itself. 31st July - Carrot Muffins, Roti, Keerai, Carrot Daal all finished within 1 hr 40 minutes.  Packing lunch and getting Gau moving set me back - I ha...