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ennui /ɑnˈwi, ˈɑnwi; Fr. ɑ̃ˈnwi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
Pronunciation: \ˌän-ˈwē\ [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee]
Function: noun
Etymology: French, 18th century. from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome.
Meaning:
a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction.
boredom or discontent caused by a lack of activity or excitement.
A word that perfectly [...]
Happy Deepavali
5 Comments Published by Vijay October 26th, 2008 in Friends, Life in India, Medical blogs, Random NoiseHappy Deepavali
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I’m very late. Posting this on the eve of Deepavali.
This is a post on Fireworks Safety by my friend Ramona. She has posted this twice on her blog, before the July 4th American Independence Day for the past two years.
Very relevant for us in India at this time of the year.
Suture for a [...]
Common Diagnosis Through Uncommon Means - 2
0 Comments Published by Vijay October 20th, 2008 in Random NoiseWhile looking through the archives of ultrasound images I came across a couple of instances of common diagnoses made through tests that are not commonly done to diagnose them. This is the second example. The first is here.
Hydroureteronephrosis with ureteric calculus is a common diagnosis on ultrasonography of the Abdomen (TAS = Transabdominal sonography). Here [...]
F I E L D W O R K . Ammampuram, originally uploaded by © Claude Renault.
Brings back memories of my ancestral village!
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Essential Skills
5 Comments Published by Vijay October 5th, 2008 in Blogging, Friends, Random Noise, twitterThanks to Ves for tweeting about this article in Popular Mechanics
AllergyNotes 100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008’s Ultimate DIY List http://tinyurl.com/6hqp43 about 6 hours ago from web
100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008’s Ultimate DIY List
Brains and charm are fine, but a real guy needs to know how to do real [...]
These Are A Few Of My Favourite Tweets.
6 Comments Published by Vijay September 18th, 2008 in Friends, Random Noise, twitterYesterday’s post was a sort of experiment in trying to post tweets to my blog. Since that was successful, I decided to share some of my favourite tweets.
Here is a bit of gratuitous advice for my few readers who are also on twitter. If you have some time to kill and are not in a [...]
Taking a short break from work for two days.
The last of my first cousins (I have thirty-four of them) is getting married on Wednesday. Going to attend that.
I will continue to tweet through my mobile phone. Of course!!
BBC Top Gear: British Challenger Tank vs Range Rover Sport.
0 Comments Published by Vijay July 20th, 2008 in Medical blogs, Random Noise, Schmooze[H/T]
bookofjoe: British Army Challenger 2 Tank v Range Rover Sport: ‘Top Gear’ Throwdown.
As Joe, the ‘world’s most popular blogging anesthesiologist‘ says, “That’s one impressive off-road car”.
