Society's changing address

When our generation was young and in school, we all used to call all people even slightly elder to us as "bhaiya/didi" (north India) or "anna/akka" (south India). Even people who were a year older were called like that and if people below your age call you only by your name, that would be disrespectful. Times have changed. Now people prefer to be called only by their names with no suffixes even by people twenty years younger. There are two possible reasons for this: People are more age conscious and more international exposure/norms. The first is obvious when my female friend and cousin sister dont want to be called aunties by even their 4 yr old niece/nephews. Maybe the popular image of an aunty is a 40 yr old with enough girth that even a baby elephant gets inferiority complex.

The second is perhaps because of the software companies' culture wherein people are addressed only by their first names mostly.

Just an observation and hence no conclusion!

For distracted people

Guess what? There is a global association for distracted people. Check out the board members of this association: The board: chairman: Johan Rapp, one of the founders. He realized the need for an association when, one day, he arrived at work with two bags of garbage in his hands. He had forgotten to dispose of them at home. member: Sven-Erik Fernaeus, neuro-psychologist. He wants to research about the distracted and has come to realize that he himself is very distracted. member: Julia Marshall, from New Zealand. Radiates positive energy with intense and alert eyes and is as charmingly distracted as her hair is red and curly. member: Åke Malm. A Swedish engineer. He can appear very orderly, but those who know him can see that he is seriously distracted. member: Art Max, humorous and somewhat distracted head of the Associated Press in Holland. On a more serious note, there are some really nice and innovative things designed for these people.