. . . said no one EVER! I have to admit, one learns just how unjust the world really is when a government takes money from selfless hard working individuals who are in the service of others and then uses that money to bankroll politicians and cause useless wars and then waste the rest of it on useless government programs.
It’s time for a minimum flat tax, people!
That is all. Go about the rest of your day now.
That’s right! That little symbol I created all by myself is an official trademark or as the letter states:
“The USPTO has accepted the Statement of Use filed for the trademark application identified above. The mark will now register and the registration certificate will issue in due course barring any extraordinary circumstances.”
I have a LOT of plans for this and will let all of you know in due time. I may have to bother you for some social media love, but that’s the way of the world nowadays. I promise not to spam or harass you guys too much with this though.
Meanwhile, if you guys want to visit my little shop and make a contribution to charity (“Get Dr. Babu Out Of Med School Debt” Fund), feel free to do so. Exciting times with exciting opportunities lie ahead.
Hard to believe one month is in the books in 2016. With the past two weekends filled with Portlandia and ice climbing, I’m looking forward to going skiing again. Moreover, I’m going outdoor rock climbing the as well (yes, you can do both in Colorado as long as you find warmer weather at lower elevations).
Really looking forward to seeing what the rest of this year has to offer. I already have tickets to go see Iggy Pop this year as well as Peter Gabriel and Sting together. Along with that I will make my return to Rock am Ring in Germany during the summer time.
It’s nice to live in a place where I can do cool things outdoors and be able to travel to places and see rock concerts.
It’s been over a week since Governor Gary Johnson announced he was running on the Libertarian ticket, and so far the response and media coverage have been more overwhelming than in 2012.
It’s extremely rare that I would post anything political in nature here, and that’s mainly because I hate how politics divides people. However, I have all the utmost confidence in Governor Gary Johnson, and because of him and ONLY him I proudly describe myself as a Libertarian.
In short the country and the rest of the world needs a U.S. president like Gary Johnson. A socially liberal and tolerant person who will be fiscally conservative and cut unnecessary government waste, end all of these unnecessary wars, end the stupid war on drugs, and reduce the complexity of our ridiculous tax system; this is Gary Johnson and this is why he will have my full support during 2016. Visit here and here to learn more about Gary Johnson and his plan for a brighter tomorrow.
In the words of Jesse Ventura, the American people need to defy the odds and elect a president who has nothing to do with the corrupt two party system of stupid Democrats and bigoted Republicans. The only other president with such a distinction was the first president, George Washington.
I’ve said what I have to say. I can only hope America follows.
Did 2015 really just happen? Did I really just move to Colorado? Did I just become an avid skier and rock climber? Did I just ascend two mountains of 14,000 feet (4,267.2 meters)? Did I really just witness U2 with Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon at Madison Square Garden? Did I really just see the Foo Fighters at sunset in the middle of a large field in Germany? Did I really just visit Machu Picchu in Peru?
It’s hard to imagine how one can fit a lifetime of experiences into one calendar year. I have to admit that I felt a lot of uncertainly and fear when I moved from sunny Florida to snowy Colorado back in February. But with uncertainty comes great excitement in new explorations, and I am looking forward to a lot more adventures as I enter the 36th year of my life.
With all of the chaos and tragic news of this past year, let us not forget to cherish those precious moments we get to make. Onwards to 2016! Now, let’s go out drinking somewhere tonight!
With all of the chaos and problems our world has endured this past year, I hope there is some time for all of us to reflect on peace and that all of us are grateful for the wonderful friends and family we have.
With that said, time to go ski! I had a really bad fall on a run last weekend and if it were not for my goggles and helmet, I surely would have had a broken nose and loss of consciousness. I am dying to get back on that run tomorrow and own it.
Merry Christmas and happy new year to all. May you find peace and calm with family and friends.
It may still be 2015, but I am already planning my adventures for 2016. I already went ahead and booked my flights to Oregon and California for early next year.
During the last week in January I will reunite with an old friend in Portland and then come back to Colorado to go ice climbing for the first time ever. Should be fun.
In early March I will see as much of California as I can see in one and a half weeks and catch the Atlanta Hawks play a couple of games in Los Angeles. Hopefully, they’ll be doing better than they are right now.
2015 is not over yet, and I still want to climb and ski as much as possible and hope to continue to get better at these things each week.
With every horrible thing happening in the world today such as wars, mass shootings in the U.S., and just everyday events, it is sometimes easy to forget those poorest among us who are usually the ones who are most affected by catastrophes.
Chennai, a city in Tamil Nadu, India, is the home town of my father and an important part of my childhood. The city has been devastated by floods recently and approximately 200 people have perished in the floods with the death toll likely to rise. These past days I have been thinking about my many family members who are there during this difficult time.
The people of Chennai are a wonderful, generous, and strong group of people, and I hope that they can recover from this. I’ll try to help with whatever I can give, but I am also hoping to make a long awaited trip to Chennai sometime next year. My last visit to India was over five years ago, and Chennai has and will remain to be my favorite place to visit in India.
Just as the people of Chennai reacted with kindness and generosity after the 2004 tsunami (as evidenced by the picture above of a kind gentleman feeding a stray dog), they will once again arise from these devastating events– but not without our help.
I told myself, I would never post anything about college football, let alone Georgia football, but I felt like I had to share my own Mark Richt story. I have never met Mark Richt, but I clearly remember the first time I saw him on campus at the University of Georgia.
It was back in early 2001, and I was waiting in line at a blood drive to donate blood. And suddenly I heard a couple of guys say, “There’s the new football coach.” I’ll never forget what he was wearing: a sweat suit with Nike sneakers. This young 40 year old dude looked more like a college athlete instead of a coach.
Mark Richt had not even coached a game yet but was showing up already at events like this to show how much he cares about people. I don’t know if he actually donated blood, but that moment was really poignant especially given the impact he had on the University and and the city of Athens.
It’s hard to believe how fast fifteen years can pass. In the middle of Mark Richt’s tenure at Georgia, I managed to fit a European language in my head, travel the world, and become a doctor. And in the middle of all of this and all the places I have seen, I never forgot that Athens, Georgia was my home.
I’m glad that Mark Richt was the coach of our football team all these years and wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors. At the same time, I’m looking forward to seeing who the new UGA football coach will be. He’s going to have some pretty big shoes to fill.
I almost didn’t want to write anything about the horrible attacks that took place in Paris, because I didn’t think I could write anything that hasn’t been said already. However, this attack really affected me on many different levels: as a world traveler, as a rock music fan, but, moreover, as a global citizen.
I spent two years living in Europe (in Germany as a student and in Czech Republic as a businessman), and these attacks really hit me as the news was coming into my smartphone starting with the bomb explosions outside the football stadium and the horrible massacre that took place at the Eagles of Death Metal show.
I was lucky to see the Eagles of Death Metal this past summer in Germany. They are fun loving group of guys who play fun, dancing, rock and roll music. I am really sorry that over a hundred of their fans and friends were murdered so brutally in front of them. They and the victims are great people who didn’t deserve this.
The one thing about this is that Julian from the Whigs was touring with them as well. The Whigs are an Athens, Georgia band I absolutely love, and one of my good friends, who works as a photographer, has taken many pictures of them. While I don’t know any of these musicians personally, Athens Georgia is my hometown and everyone there is like family to me. I’m really saddened that something like this hits so close to home.
All of this kind of reminded me of what it was like to be a student in Germany in 2001. I was in Heidelberg when the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of 11th September 2001 happened. Social media, smartphones, and digital news media didn’t exist back then, so I only saw the images and video the next day, and it was only the next day when I was able to talk with my mother using a prepaid telephone card in a telephone booth. Times certainly have changed since then. Since I was speaking only German at the time, I didn’t hear the term “9/11” until 2002 when I landed back in the United States expecting my parents to greet me at the terminal. They were not at the terminal. I had to walk to baggage claim where they were waiting for me as my dad explained to me, “Ever since “9/11″ they don’t let any non-passengers go to the terminal anymore.” To this day, I still can’t bring myself to describe those attacks openly as “9/11.”
With the current refugee crisis, the rise of right wing radicals, and now this horrible attack, I really fear for the stabilization of Europe as a whole. I know the world is mourning the victims together and showing strength and solidarity, but at the same time I know that terrorists are planning more attacks, and right wing radicals and Neo-Nazis are using this as fuel for their hate filled messages. As an avid world traveler and as a person who has brown skin, I honestly don’t know how I am going to be viewed and whether I will have to look over my shoulder the next time I explore a foreign land. Furthermore, there were so many young, innocent lives taken away, and all that remains are pain and sorrow for their families. I honestly don’t see anything good coming from this.
Through social media, I’ve been in contact with my friends in Germany and the rest of Europe. I found out that two of my friends in Paris are safe and accounted for. I am a born U.S. citizen and Coloradan, but, moreover, I am a global citizen. I have watched German news, British news, and American news coverage of these events just to remind myself of that.
If anything, I hope that we as a whole remember that we have a lot more in common with France than we actually realize.
