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1000 Days of Blogging

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Feb 6, 2012, 2:36 pm
Celebrating 3 Years of the Websnacker Blog Yes, I know I only posted once in January and now it has been a month since that post. My second post this year and the whole world seems to have changed – my favorite file sharing site Megaupload is gone and so have all my cherished mp3 and video uploads...
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Stop SOPA / PIPA - Save The Internet!!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jan 18, 2012, 1:23 pm
And its time You did something about it! If you hadn't heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet's most influential sites—Reddit and Wikipedia among them— have gone dark to protest the much-maligned anti-piracy bill. But other than being a very bad thing, what is SOPA/...
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Waking Life (2001)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jan 6, 2012, 2:25 pm
Richard Linklater's Brilliant Animated MindTripper!! Waking Life (2001) is a dazzling mess. There are probably more ideas generated in those 100 minutes than in all other movies currently playing around town combined, even if its over 10 years old. Richard Linklater's film is presented as one long h...
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The Original Nirvana!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Dec 17, 2011, 2:01 pm
Still Smells Like Teen Spirit After All These Years! These are busy days – insanely busy days but I have had Nirvana for company all through last week. Dunno why but Kurt Cobain has been a savior of sorts for me – first during my school, then my confused college days and now in my work life. And...
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Fly Away Home (1996)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Dec 5, 2011, 2:25 pm
An Outstanding Family Classic from the 90s Hollywood may be a moral wasteland, the epicenter of cultural corruption, a modern-day Gomorrah driven by vanity and venality—but what the heck, it sure cranks out some nice movies (as it did in the 90s – 1996 to be specific). Fly Away Home (1996) not o...
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Lone Star (1996)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Nov 29, 2011, 2:06 pm
A Engaging, Multilayered Murder Mystery from John Sayles John Sayles has worked as a screenwriter and script doctor in mainstream Hollywood, but when he creates his own films, he works independently, retaining total control over the writing, directing, and editing. Of the films of his I've seen, I'v...
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Jerry Maguire (1996) - Show me the Money!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Nov 14, 2011, 2:33 pm
Undoubtedly Tom Cruise's and Cuba Gooding Jr's Best Film Ever! Continuing my coverage of great movies from 1996, here is my take on the universally loved crowdpleaser - Jerry Maguire by the eclectic Cameron Crowe. Cameron Crowe, who began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone, made a brilliant ...
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Rewind! Replay! Repeat!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Nov 10, 2011, 2:48 pm
Dissecting 3 Fav Rock Songs from 1993 Of late, I have been digging into my gargantuan collection of music and movies from the early 80s and 90s. Converting and archiving them onto my new pool of external hard disks and my cherished favorites onto DVDs and CDs (an extra precaution!) I wish I could co...
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Best Halloween Songs of All Time

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Nov 1, 2011, 3:15 pm
15 Superb Halloween Inspired Tracks (or Something like that)!! With Halloween practically over by now, I know this post is at least a full one week late but that should not stop mortal souls like you from downloading this grand, splendid, impressive (well, I cant think of more superlatives) selectio...
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A Small Piece Of My Cinematic Mind!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 27, 2011, 4:11 pm
A Little Vitriol For My Detractors My last post on “From Dusk Till Dawn” received a lot of nasty flak. One intimidating fan who was obviously livid with my review threatened me on email, flooded my Facebook blog page with hostile commentary and then reported it for illegal content! What the heck...
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 25, 2011, 7:59 am
Pulpy Hyper Violent Vampire Splatter, Tarantino/Rodriguez Style The hidden plus point of a drained laptop on a long haul flight is that you get to do something different beyond your usual mundane office work. On a recent trip, I had the pleasure of watching “From Dusk Till Dawn”, the 1996 vampir...
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Independence Day (1996)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 17, 2011, 3:39 pm
1996's Helluva Summer Blockbuster! Last night, I watched (probably for the 10nth time or so) 1996’s biggest summer hit – Independence Day. Apparently, it’s the 31st highest grosser of all time in Hollywood history with total mammoth box-office figures in the tune of $816969000 or more. So this...
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Phenomenon (1996)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 14, 2011, 3:36 pm
Sugary, Syrupy Romantic Tearjerker! Phenomenon is an mood upsetting fantasy that exemplifies much of what I adore and what I detest about Hollywood cinema. This movie gets so many things right that it could have been a magnificent little romantic drama, but instead it opts for cheap melodrama and un...
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Misery Incorporated

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 10, 2011, 3:46 pm
Its still Cool to be Depressed! I just had a harrowing talk with an overambitious ‘depressed’ kid – the 3rd unhappy soul in a row this week (as part of my mentoring gig). I dont mean to be unsympathetic but they’re all young, go to good schools and colleges, come from good families, are well...
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Agree to Disagree

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 7, 2011, 3:42 pm
Living in a Sarcastic World! I meet a whole dozen of people every week and half of ‘em are just plain sarcastic. Sarcasm it seems is a way to avoid serious discussion and conflict. It humors difficult topics and troubled relationships. I wonder if we are living in a culture oversaturated with scor...
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Mr Brooks (2007) Soundtrack - Ramin Djawadi

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Oct 5, 2011, 3:46 pm
A Mesmeric Soundtrack Worthy of Any OST Collection My favorite Kevin Costner film has to be undoubtedly 2007’s Mr. Brooks – a suave suspenseful thriller in an unusual Jekyll and Hyde setting that cleverly reinvents the serial killer genre. Though blessed with an exceptionally creative script and...
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Showgirls (1995)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 29, 2011, 4:25 pm
... out during that time along with Show Girls such as the heartbreaking Nicholas Cage's Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Swingers (1996); or even Tim Burton's hilarious Mars Attacks! (1996) is already a wasteland before the opening credits roll. People come to Vegas to either die, kill themselves with dr...
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Zen and Then

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 25, 2011, 12:22 pm
Zen and the Art of Enlightenment I have been revisiting Zen philosophy lately. The key theme in Zen is that to become the enlightened being, one must know their true self, one’s true character. During my College Days, reading Zen was a frustrating and elusive experience until I realized that my tr...
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A.R. Rahman and World Music

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 19, 2011, 2:55 pm
Why World Music Needs More Recognition On my recent trip to Jakarta, I met a fellow white traveler who had a sack load of CDs with him. In these days of Mp3s and Ipods, I wondered what he was doing with a back pack full of music CDs. Apparently; he was a fusion artist/producer of sorts but with his ...
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9/11 and The Kingdom

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 16, 2011, 8:03 am
Understanding America's Dirty Oil Connection, Hollywood Style! It was exactly 10 years ago, this week, when America was devastated by the daring 9/11 attacks on that deadly September day that killed over 3000 people. But two costly wars later and Osama Bin Laden now dead, many folks especially Ameri...
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Writing about Giant Robot

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 13, 2011, 4:05 pm
Secrets of My Clandestine Writing Career Every so often people ask me why I blog. I am after all a shameless fantasist utterly subsumed by conspiracy theories. Why I write would be appropriate, I guess. Honestly, I just wanted to glue that in my rejoinder because I accomplish both. Ok, back when I b...
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20 Rules To Save Yourself From Serial Killers, Monsters, Aliens and other Assorted Bad Things!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 4, 2011, 2:24 pm
Last night, I watched 3 Horror movies back 2 back – Paris Hilton’s tepid House Of Wax (2005), the Norwegian Dead Snow (2009) featuring resurrected Nazi Zombies and the rather well made, Giallo inspired Italian slasher Deliria (1987). But the one common strand in all the three – were most...
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Whither Horror Cinema

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Sep 1, 2011, 7:05 am
Why Horror Cinema is No More Scary! I just finished watching the latest installment of Wes Craven’s slasher franchise – Scream 4 (2011). It was OK but not scary. That's not to say I don't like a like a slasher flick occasionally, but I really am not frightened by screaming, stupid tee...
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The Curious Case of Dr. Humpp (1969)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Aug 21, 2011, 4:04 pm
Cult 60's Schlocker for the Sexually Curious The Curious Dr. Humpp was one of the first signs that the carnal upheaval of the psychedelic 60s was getting out of hand in South American filmdom: Better known by its original name, La Venganza Del Sexo is an Argentine (black and white) cult f...
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Cents and Gremlins

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Aug 19, 2011, 4:34 pm
I was talking to my colleague today at the Nice airport on my way back from Monte Carlo about cents and pennies; seems to me like coins of small denominations are all like furry little virile rabbits: if you've got a couple of 'em in your garden and you let 'em rub around a bit, pretty soon, y...
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Aug 9, 2011, 3:38 pm
This Time Staying Awake Won't Save You! Wes Craven's New Nightmare is originally the 7th part of the successful Nightmare on Elm Street cult horror series which recently saw a reboot last year. They probably changed the title to New Nightmare because they might have been unsure how many t...
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Dim Sum On Wheels

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Aug 2, 2011, 3:06 pm
A Dim Sum Stall at the Food Street in Kuala Lumpur! You get the most delicous Dim Sums at the ever busy food street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My staple for 3 nights besides other (much bizarre) foods. More pics to follow soon. Websnacker
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Abel Ferrara's Driller Killer (1979)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 31, 2011, 3:19 pm
The Original Ultra Violent 70's Slasher The late 70’s especially 1979 saw an explosion in insanely violent movies, judging from the release of the classic “Dawn of the Dead” and the utterly deranged “Cannibal Holocaust” that year. Another entry in this category was “Driller Killer”, A...
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Saturday Matinee - The Game (1997)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 29, 2011, 4:15 pm
David Fincher’s Outstanding Neo-Noir thriller "The Game" is proof and more evidence that Michael Douglas always picks his films with a curious agenda in mind. Like Basic Instinct, The Game is preoccupied with situations in which nothing can be confirmed, in which what is true depends on...
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Fuzzy Occam's Razor

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 24, 2011, 3:25 pm
To Shave or Not to Shave! Occam's razor must have been the real cut-throat type.... surely it never shaved a leg. This whole leg-shaving thing for women (and men) should really be uncomplicated, you do or you don't, but it's not. I came across a snooty woman at a fashion show rehearsal a few days ba...
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Bessy Beach CleanUp July 24

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 20, 2011, 6:27 am
Green Coalition's Take Care Take Charge Day in Chennai If you live in Chennai, please join in with your family, friends and colleagues for the GREEN COALITION 'BESSY BEACH CLEANUP' JULY 24, 2011. This is an official "Times of India Garnier - Take Care Take Charge" Environment Day Activity in Chennai...
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Death Sport (1978)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 12, 2011, 3:45 pm
Roger Corman's bad sequel to Death Race 2000 The voice-over that opens this terrible follow-up to the cult hit Death Race 2000 (starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone) informs us that we are now in a future set 1000 years after the Neutron Wars, where what passes for civilization...
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Playing the Good Samaritan!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jul 5, 2011, 3:43 pm
Help Somebody Today! Do you believe in good Samaritans and Angels? I do. I recently rammed my car on to a lamp post during a rainwashed trip in the suburbs and an unknown angel who happened to own a house on the street corner, helped me out. He took me in and even made me a hot cuppa of fresh coffee...
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20 Sly Rules to Live Your Life!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 29, 2011, 2:49 pm
My 20 Rules (in alphabetical order) 1. All rules are meant to be bent, stretched, twisted, mangled and broken.2. Always expect the worst, hope for the best and be prepared for the rest.3. Always have ten or twenty good different reasons for everything.4. Daydreams are like lottery tickets, you rarel...
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My Secret Day Off!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 27, 2011, 3:20 pm
I want an extra day in the week. But not one for everybody, just for me, something like a 30 something version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I want a secret day off which only exists for me, a super secret hidden day in which I can get some work done without being interrupted or having to deal with a...
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Out of my Mind!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 24, 2011, 3:43 pm
Maybe I'll Be Back in 5 Minutes Things have taken a mystifying and out of the ordinary turn for me, lately. So, I'm going to be taking a little time away from here, I think. For a few minutes, hours, days whatever. Well, at the very least. Who knows, though? Could change my so-called mind in any of ...
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Taking a Break!

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 20, 2011, 2:12 pm
With Friends for Company! Sometimes I just get asinine for no apparent reason I can pin down. Usually alternative rock or spellbinding electron trance,and at times, the company of old friends in a good mood... whatever it is, it's helluva fun but these days all too very rare. Too often creatives li...
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Advice Unwanted

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 19, 2011, 6:02 am
How Strangers Can Ruin Your Day! Who are these people? I'm working my butt off on some project and some stranger comes along and watches me, then tells me all about exactly how I'm doing it wrong (or at least not the most competent way), how I ought to do it, what I ought to be using and how much I'...
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Donnie Darko 2001 (+ Directors Cut)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 12, 2011, 11:45 am
Richard Kelly’s Inventive Exercise in Surreal Teen Angst I just finished reading Richard Kelly’s “The Donnie Darko Book”, a fascinating addition to the inventive 2001 time travel cult hit - Donnie Darko. The magnetism of Donnie Darko which originally saw a very limited theatrical...
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An Apocalyptic Wedding Invite

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Jun 4, 2011, 5:09 am
Thanks to Ellen Forney for the inspiration, designed this wedding card for a friend of mine. What better way to celebrate our mutual love for Zombies and Graphic Novels!!Websnacker
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10 Great (and Bad) School Songs

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 29, 2011, 2:19 pm
10 School Inspired Songs from the Websnacker Archives In a move obviously perpetrated by ignorant politicians, obsessive academics and greedy education companies, kids these days are having a really short vacation and are going back to school much, much earlier. In fact most of them are back at Scho...
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Billy Idol – Cyberpunk (1993)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 23, 2011, 4:10 am
Remembering the Original Cyberpunk 3 times Grammy nominated William Michael Albert Broad, better known as Billy Idol was the original MTV pioneer and quintessential punk rocker who mined platinum for years with numerous hit albums including the hugely popular Rebel Yell (1983) (featuring the intern...
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The Bell Jar - Victoria Lucas (Sylvia Plath)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 16, 2011, 4:03 pm
An Intimate Peep into a Deeply Troubled but Intelligent Mind The Bell Jar, popular American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath’s semi-autobiographical novel which she wrote under the pen name “Victoria Lucas” is an astonishingly dramatic account of her life through the mendacity of the fashion ind...
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A Letter to Myself

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 13, 2011, 2:31 pm
Writing Your Own DiaryOne of the greatest things I've done for myself in the past few months was to start keeping my very own private journal, because for the first time since I was a child I'm writing something strictly for me, and I'm doing it because I want to do it and not because someone asked ...
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The Thin Red Line (1998)

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 10, 2011, 8:48 am
An Outstanding War Movie Like No Other Terrence Malick's 20-year break from filmmaking was vindicated by the adaptation of the James Jones novel in 1998’s Academy nominated war film - The Thin Red Line. Featuring a gifted assembly of fine fresh faces (then) and a handful of starring cam...
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A Poem - Dark Skies

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 8, 2011, 3:32 pm
On Violence, from the Websnacker Archives As I stare out the window, hoping a new day to dawn,I wonder how destructive, we’ve really become. The daily violence has colored the grime,the view of the sky seems darker this time.Day in and day out, I see the same scene,it only gets worse, when our wor...
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10 Fabulous Songs For Mother's Day

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - May 3, 2011, 4:04 pm
Old but Gold Songs that Celebrate Our Mothers Mother's Day is here and the list below is something I ghost wrote many years ago for a popular music website of those days but still very relevant. So, Mother's Day is nothing more than an industry-fabricated commercial holiday meant to throw retailers...
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Thief (1981) Soundtrack - Tangerine Dream

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Mar 27, 2011, 2:53 pm
Tangerine Dream at its Vintage Best + OST/Movie Links Apologies for the long hiatus. It’s all been work, more work and even more work – not that I am getting any richer, just that making money is getting more arduous these days but that’s an entirely different story so let’s focus...
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Branding, Identity or Logo! What Is It Really?

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Mar 4, 2011, 11:16 am
Isn't It Time We Decoded Branding Correctly? It is a great, huge disgrace that the word 'Branding' has been so overused in recent years. More and more agencies (small and big alike) and clients tout the ‘Branding’ word about as though it were going out of fashion… which of course, some people ...
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Jargon Idiolecture

WebSnacker posted an article on WebSnacker - Automat For the Web Wanderer - Feb 18, 2011, 1:31 pm
Why is that Lawyers and Accountants speak a strange language? Had a bad day with my lawyer today and it was my auditor yesterday. No, nothing wrong with them – its just I cant understand the weird language they speak. It seems that most professionals (like lawyers, accountants, doctors, engineers....
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I am a Kreative Honcho/Ghost Writer @ Ideasonic Studios - A Creative agency and this is an eclectic personal blog - An Escape 2 the daily grind - Random thoughts on Culture, Cinema, Music, Travel, Design, Marketing, Business, Activism and Everything in between. Besides, every now and then, I will take slivers of Words, Mp3s and Avis, squeeze it through the modem and squirt it on your PCs - 4 Free. So, enjoy, share and take care - of yourself and everyone around u! The blog's content changes as my interests do!

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