Welcome, hola, adios!

lambUnfortunately, an introduction:

This is Rollaword.com

Rolando Alvares is my name, and occasional writing of a hopefully humourous nature is somewhat my thing. On this site, you'll find most of the things I've written in the past three years. Also, you'll find stuff written by a handful of other people as well.

Being the home page, this page provides you with a sampler of everything the site has to offer.

If you don't know where to start, the first thing you should do is scroll down and read the Story-of-the-Week, pronto! Apart from that, you can also read one of the five favourite posts listed in the sidebar. Or, you could just start at the beginning and go up from there.

And remember, have fun. Please have some fun.

The Notebook (or, Tales From An Alternate Universe):

As the title suggest, these tales come from a strange place, where strange things happen, and things usually end with a humourous resolution. This should also be the first place to start with, as things are reported here more than in any other section in this altogether strange place.

The latest: Pineapples Galore on Monday, August 25, 2008

  • somewhat frequently updated:

  • The Ruminator

    This is a section written by my father Benjamin Alvares. One might be tempted to compare The Ruminator to The Terminator, due to the slight resemblence in the names, but really, all resemblences end there. While the Terminator 'terminates', the Ruminator 'ruminates'. While the Terminator speaks in a strange otherworldly accent, the Ruminator speaks in common sense. And while the Terminator looked at the world with a stoic, never-changing expression, the Ruminator looks at the world with equal measures of understanding and revultion.

    The latest: The Olympics: A Sham on Saturday, August 16, 2008

    go to The Ruminator

  • Guest Column

    In a fit of generosity, I had decided to create an area where guests, such as yourself, could contribute.

    My generosity was then spat upon and beaten almost to death. How else do you explain the fact that in the three years this place has been around, only three people contributed?

    The latest: Freedom From A Cubicle by Lucano Alvares on Wednesday, August 29, 2007

    go to Guest Column

  • somewhat defunct:

  • School Talkin'

    Formerly known as 'School Bashin'', this section was created simply for me to bitch about my school, while somehow trying to provide some sort of sick entertainment to someone out there. But, as it happens, there are only so many things one can bitch about before one starts to look obsessively fixated on something from one's past, so one name-change operation later, this became "School Talkin'", as it was believed that keeping the topic general would save it from itself. And so there were two stories of epic length, which dealt with the fictional dealings of a school-goer. And much like anything else written my me on this site, this too is simply for humour.

    go to School Talkin'

  • Mexican Shenanigans

    This now defunct section was created to host the writings of one Lucano Alvares, who, incidentally, is the reason this site exists. He had gifted it to me on the day before he left for Mexico, where he stayed for a year before Mexico grew very tired of Lucano. While there, he sent lengthy despatches to us by e-mail, about his experiences and what-not in Mexico. Strangely enough, these despatches came to an abrupt halt when he met the one who would become his wife, with whom he made his grand return to India.

    And he never wrote a despatch again.

    go to Mexican Shenanigans

  • and the indescribable:

  • Guitar Tabs

    My official reason for making this section was because of my other passion, the guitar, and my desire to give back to the tabbing community. The real reason, however, was just to get more traffic directed this site's way.

    go to Guitar Tabs

  • About/Contact

    Information on the history, the evolution and the persons behind Rollaword.com. Also included is a contact form.

    go to About/Contact