268. What bridges a freshman's interests, and a research advisers hopes? A PhDians 'ass on the stove' effort to get an apt 'novel' project to satisfy the innocence of the student and the expectation of the faculty.
269. Men are from Earth. Women are.... "Duh!" also from Earth. Deal with it or get screwed.
270. I wish I was color blind. This way I'd always be wrong about 'the grass on the other side'
271. If memories are grains of sand, then I'm a sand clock. Hah!! Now I know, why I flip at odd but rare events.
272. 16 digits - You win. Cvv Number - I win. Now let's toss that credit card - plastic money era.
273. It will change coz you'll be changed by then. That's how life works.
274. Can 'all-nighters' be added as part of technical skills in a resume?
275. There's no point complaining about the sandpaper chillness. Just take it in your spine and convert those brrrrrs into jitters of laughter.... Brrrrr hehhehehehehehahahahahaha haha heheheha hahahaha
276. Some of my brightest days start with the word black (not the coffee, you workaholics..)

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259. All humans have super powers. The problem is, Earth is our Kryptonite.
260. Sucking the marrow out of life does not mean choking to death - "Dead Poets Society"
261. Hope the fat guy does not get stuck in the chimney. Someone gift him a treadmill instead of cookies and milk.
262. (Watching the sky) Sheesh Big Guy!! You ain't bored??? Gimme a break for your home sake (nodding in disbelief).
263. Laws of drying dogs: # 1 - A wet dog always shake. # 2 - A wet dog always shake near you. # 3 - A wet dog always shake near you to make you wet. # 4 The towel is used only to dry yourselves.
264. If being bad is the new good, then I'm very much in vogue.
265. The bait of gauche is the right pick on my life.
266. 2 Thumbs up to the heart - That's Dumb C for Love.
267. The most bizarre yet unbelievable and unacceptable truth to the cliched question 'why' is, "it just sometimes turns out that way"

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251. A hungry kid crying for breakfast doesn't carry a snooze button around.
252. An asthma inhaler is not a deo for pete's sake.
253. Rainbows at times can be fuzzy too.
254. The reductive/simplifying power of the close-up is the greatest sin of photography. It diminishes great complex human life. Emotions of grave depth, ages of character build up, whole life, become reduced to a single snapshot.
255. A jokes failure is directly proportional to the difference of opinion between the listener and the teller.
256. Gift wrapping is not an art. It's a craft, which needs dedication and care beyond imagination.
257. The best photographs of unknown people are those that are taken when they are captured candid on camera. There's a direct relationship between how much they don't notice you.
258. The beauty of a known persons photograph is directly proportional to the sum of how much they don't know about your interest in them and their interest in you.

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243. An yell for the cartoon from the old man; and an equal uproar for the news from the young son. Sometimes I miss those wonderful fights for the idiot box.
244. A successful researcher should have the inherent quality of being a good salesman. If he doesn't, then he better become one.
245. He had campaigned in poetry. Now it's time to govern in prose.... The rest, just keep reading the story or become a character in it.
246. Motivation can take the form of a goal or girl, dream or team, destiny or history, but in most cases, for most men and women it takes the form of a simple 11th hour crisis.
247. The concept of ranting and ruing would never be easy, if one does not put blame on something or someone. At times, I chose 'time' and 'luck' as the 'something' part, though I never believe on their existense.
248. Whenever my dad said, "I know a short cut", I rued to myself, "Sigh... Yet another slow and bumpy roller coaster ride"... I always wondered, how he never missed even the teeniest pothole on the road. :o
249. Strange country. Braile dots in a "drive-in" ATM keypad?
250. Ideas welcome for throwing in the trash. Of course, it does come with idea theft at the later stage. Irony is, there is no fraudulent support to rescue you.

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234. Just coz you see a guy in scrubs walking with batman and flintstone, doesn't mean that he's in a Halloween costume.
235. Desi ishtyle Trick or Treat - Either trick your friend for sponsored food, or get a treat from him for some made-up-happy reason.
236. "The world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming." - From the Ode for nice guys
237. It would be ridiculous for a lab researcher NOT to wear his lab coat, and UV goggles on Halloween night. It's the subliminal social ethics for a researcher.
238. When ppl were busy knowing if Obama won over Mc Cain, I believed Ralph Nader - the independent third party candidate is going to win comfortably against other non sponsored candidates. And guess what. He did. Now that's standing tall at 74
239. I've got to sit down and walk out where I stand before I run out of any more sleep options.
240. One can't be old and wise if he can't be young and crazy.
241. I always believed that there were two kinds of winners in this world, winners who learn from their mistakes, and winners who teach their mistakes. Then I met a third kind.
242. There is no better way to start a day but to wake up from a beautiful dream. Of course, the clause of 'being single' keys the concept.

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227. Sometimes one does the wrong thing of doing the right thing. In such cases, there is no consolable conscience.
228. It either turns out to be the right advice at the wrong time or the wrong joke at the right time.
229. I am in an excellent analysis mood. Let me order a pizza and call 911 in my neighbors name. I need to know who is faster - the police man or the pizza guy.
230. Do do the voo doo that you do so well.
231. What has PhD got me into? Now a days I'm getting warnings for typing fast. What's next? Speeding tickets for short hand?
232. Hunger at times is a pain in the stomach.
233. At times, in need of the 25th hour, I just manage to take the mud off my skull cavity and fill the sand clock.

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221. "Are you ready for Obama?" was all I asked (along with a 5 min discussion) and the unruly mob of Afro-American under grads turned into a bunch of mommy's boys waiting to be baby sat... (PS - am still unsure of whom to support. I'll decide once the election is over)
222. The worst sleep position is to have your feet on the office desk and the worst time to sleep like this is when your boss is around the office wanting to meet you. But the worst thing to say when he yells at you, "Sorry, Was carried away in dreaming about your wife"
223. Pyaar mein log khoon ke aasoon rote hai;
Dil ke zakham jism se gehre hote hai,
Aye bewafa..... Mujhe is bandagi se furkat de de,
Aye khuda...... Mujhe is zindagi se mahulat de de.
Ab uske bina jiya jaaye na, Har pal yun hi tadpa jaaye na.
224. I'm never ever gonna share my bed with my nephew again. At least during my power nap. The whole day has been a mess.
225. "It's government holiday for the Knowledge Goddess of Hinduism", that's what my mom says every year on Saraswathi Pooja. Now, I've got to finish all my work and be a dunce by morro.
226. When my advisor takes a month to correct any of my drafts, I'd presume that he just ran out of red ink, instead of being lazy or busy.