Wednesday, August 20, 2008

the action, it is not so much

I think this is what is considered action-packed TV programming here:


A guy in lotus position clenching his stomach muscles rhythmically. For a really, really long time.

My action-packed day today has included an hour of power walking and a 4-hour nap. So I guess I can't really make fun.

On an unrelated note, I had trouble while in San Francisco recently conveying to people just how CLEAN it was compared to Bombay. I snapped this typical scene on the drive home one day this week:



Often you'll see people and/or animals picking through small fields of garbage like this. It is so amazing to think that there is anything of enough value in there that it is worth digging through it with one's bare hands. (Click on the photo to get a better feel for just how...trashy it is.)

You also sometimes see big green bins that say "Clean up Mumbai!" in the middle of a pile of garbage. The bins typically are empty.

And also I made another lolcat, from a classic shot of Marie:

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