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Nicely done Australia New Zealand – phew finally life coming back to the World Cup! These are the matches we need! What an effort by New Zealand!

The flooring went in today and I must say it looks far better than we thought it would and looks even better than when we saw it in the showroom. I can’t explain the relief!

So you want to move to Europe eh? I may have grievances against USA but I’d rather live here than anywhere else (except India of course!) — [‘No-go zones’: Why Denmark is demolishing ‘non-Western’ neighborhoods – Times of India](https://m.timesofindia.com/world/europe/no-go-zones-why-denmark-is-demolishing-non-western-neighborhoods/articleshow/104745154.cms)

Its amazing that the killer has still not been caught. I am sure the police would’ve been far more aggressive and intentional if it was a person of color who was the murderer. Heck I am willing to bet the entirety of reddit would be looking for him. But nah, our murderer dude only has mental health issues and needs to be handled with care & nuance, got it!

Fall 2023 has been largely disappointing so far but on the other hand almost 80 degrees end of October is very very welcome and refreshing. Hopefully its sign of things to come and its a nice warm winter!

The first half of this cricket world cup has been one of the most boring world cups ever. Andrew puts its best in [Dear World Cup, please be more exciting, please?](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/odi-world-cup-2023-andrew-fidel-fernando-laments-the-tournaments-lack-of-drama-1405153):

> Part of the World Cup’s damp squibbing so far is down to the everybody-plays-everybody format, which in this version is imparting exactly the kind of soullessness that had to have hung thick in the boardroom where this tournament structure was designed. The thinking was this: if India – and to a lesser extent Australia and England – could play nine matches guaranteed, the tournament would reap much greater profits (and what are fripperies such as an inclusive spirit, and opportunity to meaningfully expand the game, against the tractor-beam pull of making fat stacks on stacks?).
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> If it feels like this tournament hasn’t quite taken off yet, though that is partly a consequence of its design. The best sporting drama arises organically, such as in that 2019 World Cup final, of course, but occasionally it must also be manufactured.

*Kaala Paani (Dark Water)* was such a disappointment after setting up the series so well; after an ok-ish start the series really comes together as an edge-of-seat thriller right uptill the penultimate episode. And then it all falls apart in the finale; its like till episode 6 the makers were convinced this would work as a mini series until someone had a tubelight moment and decided they could potentially conceive another season out of it. The result is so much stupidity and drag in the finale that it just ruins everything that leads to it. I just wish they had settled on making it a mini series and ended it; would’ve been a very very watchable series coming out of India.
*No interest in scientific or linguistic accuracy of the series; it was entertaining and held our interest*.

Like all other big companies my company also runs a PAC that employees can join and contribute. I was invited to join with a suggested per paycheck contribution. One look at the candidates the company has contributed to and I am like nope not happening. Now to be fair the company contributes to both party candidates, sure, but in 2023 one party is literally the party of abhorrent rotten trash and I cannot see a penny of my money in their pockets! And since I don’t get a choice where my penny goes, I shall keep it and contribute directly.

_Man had been a while since I brushed up my thoughts and prayers skills_ – most republicans today.

I swear I went to Costco with a plan to buy exactly three things but I really have no idea how I came out with a cart full of stuff and a bill of 250$. And the strange part is nothing felt like unnecesssry shopping while I was in there!