tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280945002024-02-19T20:50:19.178+05:30I Type, Therefore I Blogtypisto ergo blogSri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-18685772575006163942022-04-30T22:43:00.001+05:302022-04-30T22:43:08.908+05:30Seasons of love<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYToSy2tBpLp58VGUOoFAwfwf1u5egcuatUCtomW4IBsqrB4Kn8ZdO9xrqGEai-ov5tws7h2aAAu_awhy8WEIF-fSHi72RHYiKbpjoX_cLXuGMYmijEBOvIqxF5CWX7ewXA3Pb1DTXXUEaTuyKdYK4ctEXRHNcCW9Fr7c2Wx_RtB--pJcjlA/s1080/four-seasons--1467886239.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYToSy2tBpLp58VGUOoFAwfwf1u5egcuatUCtomW4IBsqrB4Kn8ZdO9xrqGEai-ov5tws7h2aAAu_awhy8WEIF-fSHi72RHYiKbpjoX_cLXuGMYmijEBOvIqxF5CWX7ewXA3Pb1DTXXUEaTuyKdYK4ctEXRHNcCW9Fr7c2Wx_RtB--pJcjlA/s320/four-seasons--1467886239.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYToSy2tBpLp58VGUOoFAwfwf1u5egcuatUCtomW4IBsqrB4Kn8ZdO9xrqGEai-ov5tws7h2aAAu_awhy8WEIF-fSHi72RHYiKbpjoX_cLXuGMYmijEBOvIqxF5CWX7ewXA3Pb1DTXXUEaTuyKdYK4ctEXRHNcCW9Fr7c2Wx_RtB--pJcjlA/s1080/four-seasons--1467886239.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summertime living</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">is easy... go with the flow</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">watch out for currents!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clothes of many hues</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">we put on more, trees shed theirs</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">both pray - fall be kind</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hygge in the mind</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">crave comfort, problems can wait</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Procrastination</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dance at one more chance</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">as we do it all again</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hope springs eternal</span></a></div>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-48526092809085843852022-03-12T08:55:00.002+05:302023-11-06T01:49:50.490+05:30All's Fair<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I left my home, to join the army!<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I left my home, to join the army!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">To save my country, from the foreign man<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Cause she loves me back, as only a mother can!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">So we did both meet, on the battlefield<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Die or survive, our fates are sealed</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">In him I saw, the same resolve<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I had in me, country above all</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I lost a brother, when I took his life<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I sobbed as I wrote, to my patient wife</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I came back home, to join society!<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I came back home, to join society!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">His face haunts me, keeps me up at night<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">As I wake up, shivering in fright</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I seeked out help, to fix my soul<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">But the doctor's bills, left me in a hole</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">We love our vets! They said everywhere<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Yet I could not, fit anywhere</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Thoughts and prayers, they all did bless<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">And then turned their backs, I must confess</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">They say all's fair, in love and war<br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">How could that be, when neither are</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I came across this video on TikTok a little while ago and was pretty moved by the sense of duty- </i></span></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktDhK5wBx4</i></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>But I was also moved by the dereliction of duty by society and government as highlighted by Jon Stewart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7PgaHnup3o</i></span></span></div>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-84152181237124694692017-11-27T06:03:00.000+05:302017-11-27T06:04:41.297+05:30An Ode to Coffee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Awake on the dot like prompted by a bell<br />
something something Pavlov? I digress, but<br />
What I need to jolt me, as far as I can tell<br />
Is a large brew of coffee with some hazelnut<br />
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Add two tiny beads of darkest chocolate<br />
Tucked away hidden behind swirls of cream<br />
More is overkill, this is a refined palate<br />
Coaster's rich purple, with a shiny gleam<br />
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This craving does drive a man insane<br />
It's a crazy affliction<br />
I realize as I look upon my carpet stain<br />
I have a canine addiction</div>
Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-84289646404492024852017-11-19T03:06:00.002+05:302017-11-19T17:15:32.713+05:30That Azure Sea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I sat by the lake shore staring across<br />
Hesitant to even dip my toe in<br />
Afraid it would be cold<br />
Scared I would drown<br />
I am not a good swimmer you see<br />
So I sat there skipping stones<br />
Until I left the shore<br />
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Maybe I should have waded in?<br />
Maybe the water was warm all along?<br />
Maybe life vests are overrated anyway?<br />
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Now I live by the ocean<br />
It is at the end of the lane<br />
Still searching for that life vest<br />
I am not a good swimmer you know<br />
And also running out of pebbles</div>
Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-32663191623088285472015-07-13T08:40:00.002+05:302015-07-13T09:19:18.902+05:30The Frugal Muse!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a hunt for fortunes, a quest for glory!</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show me the trials you put life through, O Fortuna</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus I may breathe life into these dramatis personae</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lets build a world, you and I</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where the strangest things, they do thrive</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lend me a peek, into this other dimension</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is locked away, the key is in your possession</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stoke the embers, rekindle the fire</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of passion, sow the seeds of desire</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show me all this, and so much more</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will follow you there, open the door</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Live a little, why have you been hiding</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no trace to be found, no reported sighting</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lend me your wealth, there's no good excuse</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to be so miserly, my frugal Muse! </span></span></div>
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Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-67128420598635000952009-06-19T18:25:00.007+05:302023-06-25T21:23:46.818+05:30Atheist : Be proud, Come out<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had never really understood the concept of Gay people "coming out" or "Gay Pride" until I "came out" as an Atheist and identified with "Atheist Pride".<br />
I used to think both sexuality and religion were matters of personal concern and not something to be worn on the sleeve, but now my opinion is changed. The social stigma attached to both surely needs to be addressed. While I am neither qualified nor familiar to talk about the former, here's my 2 rupees worth on the latter.<br />
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Those who have been visiting my blog for some time might have noticed the scarlet A on my sidebar. For the benefit of the few reading this from a feed :<br />
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The scarlet A of the Dawkins' out campaign. The symbol of Atheist pride. So why do some Atheists feel ashamed to come out?<br />
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The biggest misconception Theists have about the Atheists is that all Atheists are immoral. When I first told a few religious people many years back that I didn't believe in God, I got quite a reaction from them. It's the same many reaction many people feel all over the world. They just assume, that a Godless person is automatically an immoral, disobedient person. The idea that an Atheist can be equally if not more kind, generous, altruistic is lost on the religious.<br />
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How can you be moral if you don't believe in someone who Judges you, they ask. Where do the Atheists draw their Morals from, if they disregard the religious scripture? The short answer to this would be that the Moral code has always existed in the society.. the Theists just needed to invent an invisible being for Authority.<br />
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Anyone who thinks Morals and ethics are standard and stagnant over time is simply fooling himself. They evolve just as surely as everything else in the world. All but a few Bible thumping religious zealots would follow every word written in the book. Who would stone to death a disobedient teenager just because the Bible says so? Who would kill a person who works on a Saturday because God commanded that none should work on the Sabbath? If every "word of God" were to be followed by the Christians, the population of the world could comfortably reside within the Vatican city.<br />
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And what about the Hindus? The Christians, for all their flaws can atleast claim a central and somewhat consistent scripture.. but Hindus have no such thing. That aside, would you seek morality from Maryada Purushottam Ram, the preserver of Dharma, who goes against Yuddh Dharma(rules of war) and kill a Vali while hiding? Or would you follow everything Krishna says to Arjuna about duty and go ahead in a figh to death with your kith and kin over land.<br />
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The point I am trying to make is that even the religious choose the good stuff over the bad/irrelevant stuff. Common sense and altruism direct the religious to differentiate the good and the bad anyway, so why should it be surprising that atheists could do the same?<br />
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The other major concern some atheists have about atheism is the word itself. They refuse to be labelled as atheists and instead use pretentious word like "Brights" or "Rationalists". The problem they have is one about identity. An atheist, by their definition is one who is Anti theist, and so they would not like their identity to be dependent on that of a Theist.<br />
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So here's an answer which might put their concerns away. I have read this bit somewhere over the internet and can't remember the source, or I would surely credit the person who came up with the following reasoning.<br />
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Atheism is not Theism with an A but rather Atheos with an ism.<br />
The first definition put us as negating the theists. Which is to say,our belief system/philosophy is a negation of that of the theists..<br />
Atheos means godless. The second definition, Atheos with an ism, makes an atheist as having a philosophy, which is simply godless. The lack of god is just one minor thing in their existence and not the whole point of it. This definition makes us have a separate identity as against a direct comparison with theists.<br />
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I prefer using definition 2. And as long as you identify yourself this way, you shouldn't have a problem calling yourself an Atheist.<br />
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So, be proud. Come out.<br />
And check out the <a href="http://outcampaign.org/">Out Campaign.</a></div>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-25036027162434498092009-05-27T00:02:00.006+05:302017-11-19T03:13:32.079+05:30Today, I have nothing to write about<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today, I had nothing to write about</div>
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Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-75963338564976514032009-02-21T11:06:00.016+05:302017-11-19T17:11:00.462+05:30Abou Ben Mayhem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjiuq_mL6B_f-oJBiu9hHxUY2A9gquHbgw6Mhw5fYnnpAEnegUCKdJEnTMaou5Pa_cC7Y0jnkGpy7JDzp9J_2XyORYCzg85lCMnkoYUGXPVqYoBXnC2H8F5izaJUG7ahGj8rL7Q/s1600-h/lucifer_paradise_lost.jpe.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320017514822576706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjiuq_mL6B_f-oJBiu9hHxUY2A9gquHbgw6Mhw5fYnnpAEnegUCKdJEnTMaou5Pa_cC7Y0jnkGpy7JDzp9J_2XyORYCzg85lCMnkoYUGXPVqYoBXnC2H8F5izaJUG7ahGj8rL7Q/s320/lucifer_paradise_lost.jpe.jpeg" style="float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 258px;" width="258" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%;">Abou Ben Mayhem (may his kind decrease),</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Harbinger of destruction.. enemy of peace.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Awoke from his slumber.. to a deep chill and gloom..</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">As a demon made way, into his room</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">A harsh growl emerged,from the creature's throat.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">As it read from the parchment, which his masters wrote.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">"Hear now the words, of the lords whom demons hail,</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Heed the words of Lucifer. Beelzebub and Azrael</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">This be the list of the damned, that God sent forth.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">It is bad news for you, but for what it's worth.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Of all those who sinned and those condemned</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">you lead the list.. you await judgement."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">"This isn't news to me", Mayhem grinned..</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">"Satan is my master, its for him I have sinned.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">A faithful servant,I have been to my Lord.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">wont Lucifer make me, the leader of his Hordes?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">"</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">The demon burst out laughing.. "surely you jest..</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Satan make you captain?? hah.. you imbecile pest.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Of the tools of evil.. you're but one of many.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">You'll all face the heat, the Master doesn't spare any".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">"Go to sleep tonight, tomorrow the Reaper comes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">I am off on my trail again,to cover more homes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Be not deluded..because as much as I can tell.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 100%;">Ages of torment await you.. see you in HELL."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic;">Note : Written with the deepest respect to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leigh_Hunt">James Leigh Hunt</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abou_Ben_Adhem">Abou Ben Adhem</a>. This poem provides an inverse case study to the original poem. Read the original <a href="http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/153.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-53311106646111217462009-01-27T20:10:00.011+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.529+05:30I'm Dreaming Forgiveness<span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7D7BRti89ITaY2B67VBQpY9WHXr3iUmyc8XDeO5J3RG7Ltv5wra9L2gT9WubBGciURp3EaAGbaMK6LeoqPdYgdzxP6YyKxkAMCQe8UxMkuBrfhl9JYrQBniVUSguuDA0DdDjTg/s1600-h/dreaming-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7D7BRti89ITaY2B67VBQpY9WHXr3iUmyc8XDeO5J3RG7Ltv5wra9L2gT9WubBGciURp3EaAGbaMK6LeoqPdYgdzxP6YyKxkAMCQe8UxMkuBrfhl9JYrQBniVUSguuDA0DdDjTg/s320/dreaming-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295983719371674434" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >my eyes grow heavy..<br />..my breath turns rasp<br />life seeps away<br />death's within grasp<br /><br />shut all my senses<br />nothing left to feel<br />my life flashes by<br />like it were a 35 mm reel<br /><br />i see all that i've wronged<br />oh, how i now repent<br />i see those that i loved<br />alas, so little time we spent<br /><br />if.. if only there was time<br />to right what was wrong<br />and one last kiss to my love<br />i wouldn't make it long<br /><br />i realise i don't deserve my love<br />with that i've made my peace<br />but let me have my forgiveness<br />that's all i ask.. please<br /><br />oh death.. dont take me now<br />come back when i am awake..<br />because while i am asleep<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm dreaming of forgiveness.</span></span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-81301339955310049922008-10-17T23:11:00.009+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.540+05:30Give me a place to stand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoPRD-DAGTlx-zjnvhVyzgy4Pe37jEfFHkBrnCqnHB1qngccbQ6oor4zcXFJXLnEmheKBBj0rntoUuFmMRPz8POP3foVJwMwKqjGYDD9dvyq0GcoN3-tixut8PgM9gz4VgOFU8Q/s1600-h/Lever.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoPRD-DAGTlx-zjnvhVyzgy4Pe37jEfFHkBrnCqnHB1qngccbQ6oor4zcXFJXLnEmheKBBj0rntoUuFmMRPz8POP3foVJwMwKqjGYDD9dvyq0GcoN3-tixut8PgM9gz4VgOFU8Q/s320/Lever.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259314070096165234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Give me a place to stand<br />And I will move the world<br />Give me a cup to fill<br />And I will drink the ocean dry<br /><br />Give me a sad face<br />And I will bring out a smile<br />Give me a sympathetic shoulder to lean on<br />And I will cry you a river<br /><br />Give me courage to fight<br />And I will win you a war<br />Give me a cause to believe<br />And I will bring you a revolution<br /><br />Give me a violin to play<br />And I will write you a symphony<br />Give me a pen to write<br />And I will script you a masterpiece<br /><br />Give me some optimism<br />And I will rule tomorrow<br />Give me a reason<br />And I will forever let it be <span style="font-size:78%;">/* thanks to Poornaa */<br /></span><br /> BUT<br /><br />Please don't give me a deadline for my project. I don't think I can f**k*ng finish it on time. :( BOOHOO</span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-51378464145136622152008-09-01T14:01:00.011+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.524+05:30The Heartbreak of Tubby Mouse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ0Z24xfDE3vDSLe7vXOXffn5W4gtrPX8NC8J6twPHDfoEXOcu1WSyM7kKjTu1C6mLXKVgrXhxdCLp346Koca7Dm1tO5dQHSnusVVQYaGFgk7oJE-4g3N9FqDTcYoYrrHAT2cew/s1600-h/180px-Hickety_Dickety_Dock_1_-_WW_Denslow_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_18546.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ0Z24xfDE3vDSLe7vXOXffn5W4gtrPX8NC8J6twPHDfoEXOcu1WSyM7kKjTu1C6mLXKVgrXhxdCLp346Koca7Dm1tO5dQHSnusVVQYaGFgk7oJE-4g3N9FqDTcYoYrrHAT2cew/s320/180px-Hickety_Dickety_Dock_1_-_WW_Denslow_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_18546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240967886703069282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hickety Dickety Dock<br />The Mouse ran up the clock</span><br /><br />And so it was, that late at night<br />Nested away, out of sight<br />In that cozy little clock, in the alcove<br />The mouse did scurry, to meet his lady love.<br /><br />"Blessed be the eyes", the little mouse said,<br />"that have ever gazed upon your lovely face.<br />Of all the mice ever, be they alive or dead,<br />you're the prettiest ever, I rest my case"<br /><br />"Your whiskers' woven from silk, your tail's made of felt,<br />And the fragrance of your sweat, sweeter than cheese."<br />She blushed upon the flattery, while the mouse knelt<br />"I want you to be mine forever, will you say yes Please?"<br /><br />She paused for a minute, stared at his pale face.<br />And burst into laughter, our mouse was in a daze.<br />"Oh my sweet Lord, this is all so funny,<br />You, my dear boy, were just my little bunny."<br /><br />"Despair not, cherish the moments few<br />Remember fondly, our regular rendezvous.<br />Wish you could stay longer, my dear Tubby<br />But off you go now, there comes my hubby."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The clock struck one,<br /> Down the mouse ran,<br /> Hickety Dickety Dock</span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-29780050878391122892008-08-21T01:34:00.002+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.522+05:30Lightning strikes twiceThey say, lightning never strikes twice at the same place. The Bird's nest in Beijing begs to differ as a second bolt struck tonight.<br /><br />A little while ago I made a not so good critique of the opening ceremony. The ceremony might have lacked energy but the Games sure didn't. The tumbling of records by Phelps and Bolt have truly made this edition the most spectacular ever.<br /><br />Add in a dash of patriotism in Bindra's Gold and Sushil's Bronze and you have a recipe of pure joy to the Indian Sports fan.<br /><br />Wishing lots of luck to the India boxers. Picture abhi baaki hai.Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-57564241353328021342008-08-13T11:30:00.008+05:302015-01-06T16:18:52.455+05:30The birth of Ginger and garlic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away (time and distance amount to nothing in a mythological story), the Devas and Asuras were at war. Neither were immortals and there were heavy casualities. So, the Devas decide to churn the Milk sea(Vishnu's private Jacuzzi)to get the Divine Nectar called Amrit.<br />
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So, they approach Vishnu, use Vasuki as rope, Mt. Mandara as churning rod, yada yada yada.. find it here.. <a href="http://www.balagokulam.org/kids/stories/dashavatara.php#kurma">http://www.balagokulam.org/kids/stories/dashavatara.php#kurma</a><br />
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Now, most retellings of this story leave out a very important part. As Lord Vishnu took on the form of Mohini(a very beautiful Apsara) and tried to seduce the Asuras while slyly distributing all the nectar to the Devas, two guys from the Dark side saw through his/her bluff. They were the two strapping young Asuras named Rahu and Ketu (They had their fair share of celestial nymphs and could easily spot the wolf among the sheep).<br />
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So these two Demons jump line and join into the Deva queue and Mohini busy with the clever show she was putting on, feeds the Amrit to the two. On Surya's prodding and realising her folly, she releases the Vishnu chakra(a very deadly discus) on the two and cuts their heads off.<br />
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Now, here's the interesting part. Since the Amrit had already passed by their heads and throats by then, their heads were immortal which became the stars Rahu and Ketu. These are termed in Hindu Mythology as Demon stars (Rahu.. Ketu.. Demons.. stars.. get it?). They are mighty pissed off at Surya till this day and occasionally gobble him up to create eclipses.<br />
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The Amrit, which went through their throats spilled on the earthly ground and gave seed to the Ginger and Garlic plants. Since they are born from Amrit, these two plants have medicinal properties. While the Asura qualities make them harmful at times.<br />
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TRUE STORY!!<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">(This story was told to me by a teacher of mine back in 3rd or 4th standard in an SUPW class. SUPW stands for socially useful productive work. We were taught to stuff like Knitting so one day we guys took a stand and refused to do any knitting in that class. The teacher decided to tell us this story to pass the time. I couldn't find this story anywhere else on the Internet and so decided to reproduce it here.</span><br />
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On a sidenote, I have always wondered why Mohini isn't counted among Vishnu's Dashavatar. Anybody have any idea?<br />
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ps1: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_%28Hinduism%29">Devas</a>->the good guys(Jedi), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura">Asuras</a>->the bad guys(Sith), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu">Vishnu</a>->Yoda, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsara">Apsara</a>->celestial nymph,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya"> Surya</a>->sun god<br />
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ps2: for those whom it is not obvious enough.. True Story is Barney stinson's catchphrase for all the totally far fetched stories he tells</div>
Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-66136603752158465172008-08-10T12:58:00.007+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.533+05:30Mashup feedsI subscribe a lot of feeds on google reader and sometimes the number of feeds feels overwhelming. Thus, in my attempt to organise my feeds I have come up with a couple of mashup feeds. Feel free to use them. I might come up with some more categorized feeds in the future so bookmark this post to find the edits.<br /><br />Harsha's comic feed (Abstruce Goose, Dilbert, Cyanide and Happiness, PHD comics, POPsickleSTRIP, The Perry Bible Fellowship, We The Robots, xkcd) :<br /> <a href="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=oMdvrZRm3RGjwSX9_w6H4A&_render=rss">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=oMdvrZRm3RGjwSX9_w6H4A&_render=rss</a><br /><br />Harsha's Quiz feed (Daly Haal, QFI , Keep Guessing, Quintessential Theory and more..): <br /><a href="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=Zk0kmKRm3RGBu9VFQBJ3AQ&_render=rss">http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=Zk0kmKRm3RGBu9VFQBJ3AQ&_render=rss</a><br /><br />Use any rss reader to subscribe and let me know some good blogs/feeds that I might have missed.<br /><br />ps : the string "feed" occurs 11 times in this postSri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-52786305486224621502008-08-08T23:46:00.006+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.525+05:30Fireworks Do Not, A Ceremony Make!!<span style="font-size:100%;">Boy, do the Chinese have a sense of Grandeur!! The Magnum Opus that was, was truly a remarkable spectacle. The Chinese government pulled out all the stops in their attempt to make a ceremony to remember and kudos to them.<br /><br />And that's done with the positives. This critique of the Beijing opening ceremony is being written before I read any other review. I am sometimes swayed with the public opinion and so let me record my honest view before I read the newspaper tomorrow and start agreeing with the reporter that this was indeed the greatest of all time.(I have noticed that people often rate every new opening ceremony as the best ever). That honor truly belongs to the Sydney games.<br /><br />Now, I myself have a relatively small memory and I honestly do not recollect the Sydney games in their entirety, but what I do remember is the immense joy I felt when I was watching the opening ceremony. It was magic and the energy I felt in the performance was awesome. In contrast, the energy at Beijing was oddly subdued.<br /><br />To be fair, Beijing was grand. It was colorful and it was Magnificent but it was BORING.<br />I thought the paper scroll with the Chinese history and the performances and the art was truly genius. And the 100000++ drummers in sync was just sweet. All good, but for me, not good enough.<br /><br />BTW, Doordarshan has the worst possible commentators on the planet. The Hindi commentator in particular was pathetic. For god's sake (note: I am an agnostic and I don't exactly believe in God. It is just a phrase) Doordarshan, next time you are looking for someone to cover such events, give me a call. I honestly believe I can do a better job.<br /><br />LONDON, the yardstick is still SYDNEY!<br /></br><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">ps: It was very disappointing to see the very small Indian contingent. A small country like Czech republic seemed to have a bigger contingent. And the response we got(or rather, the lack of it) was very sad.<br />pps: I have this huge fetish for straight, shiny black hair (the kind Chinese and the Japanese have) and it was wonderful to see so much on display. :P :D<br />ppps: I need to find out who the flag bearer for Jordan was. I developed a big crush on her.<br />pppps: Just found out on google news that some Tibetan monks attacked the Chinese embassy in India. That is really a sad act on the part of the monks of a peace loving religion. More on that in a future post.<br />ppppps: I think this is the last of the postscripts.<br />pppppps: Unless this is the last one.<br /><br />ppppppps: Or maybe this :)</span></span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-86229115019680127502008-07-23T21:27:00.010+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.542+05:30GoogleWhack<span style="font-size:85%;">It has just come to my attention that I am a Googlewhack. :-) :-) and several more smilies.<br />The search string is "hex$adeca$phobia chl$orofluor$ocar$bon" (without the quotes, of course.. duh.. and more duhs).<br />This is Flying spaghetti Monster fantabulous.<br /><br />ps : For those who don't know what a googlewhack is..<br />A <b>Googlewhack</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> search query consisting of two words, that returns a single result.<br /><br />pps: Ignore the $'s in the string<br /></span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-70307722539511463642008-07-11T18:26:00.004+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.536+05:30Up on cloud number 9,999<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7LVq5uBxhSTpaYqTQCi8IC3H-KBl-6s7GtHTMGQzl-frHl9s_OaDI9uBov_Iglkv3TE7EJOLhIkmSlREVmvkjuIhbFboT3L-Vdy3exuC5UwB-nFUP_DEtbrma9F2yGDiPV8uTA/s1600-h/trip_pic81.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7LVq5uBxhSTpaYqTQCi8IC3H-KBl-6s7GtHTMGQzl-frHl9s_OaDI9uBov_Iglkv3TE7EJOLhIkmSlREVmvkjuIhbFboT3L-Vdy3exuC5UwB-nFUP_DEtbrma9F2yGDiPV8uTA/s400/trip_pic81.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Pic taken from a recent trip to Ooty. The most beautiful sight I have seen in a long time.<br />Find more <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/harsha.dsh/Bliss">here</a>.<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-1481044693973723162008-06-28T15:06:00.004+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.514+05:30SuperSafin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUJgwU-dEiDMqW-iP0QhvjKRCMnQrLvpb1ZENwTPV6jdLd3Cc0jmIA2gcwhFw-6OzPybirO7NWwe1rgbDVZwAC2NG8tTgmCsKaMpIlbJi3Pe7rXMWBwIBGNtyJake762lez75EA/s1600-h/sftsafi128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUJgwU-dEiDMqW-iP0QhvjKRCMnQrLvpb1ZENwTPV6jdLd3Cc0jmIA2gcwhFw-6OzPybirO7NWwe1rgbDVZwAC2NG8tTgmCsKaMpIlbJi3Pe7rXMWBwIBGNtyJake762lez75EA/s320/sftsafi128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216864098606643346" border="0" /></a><br />Wow!! Safin is on a roll at Wimbledon right now and I am very very pleased. I wanted to write a lengthy article on him but decided against doing that due to the fear of jinxing his progress.<br /><br />However, I had to post this amazing pic. For anybody out there who thinks Safin is not commited to Tennis anymore, see this.Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-14920509885560144282008-06-16T18:56:00.008+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.516+05:30Rock-Paper-Scissors-----SAND<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">It's been a long time since my first post and unfortunately, the world is still as it was at that time. I didn't have much to comment on the world then and I still don't have anything to comment on it now.<br /><br />However, everything in life has a purpose and so does this post. The purpose of this post is to talk about an interesting game I came across recently.<br /><br />Background :<br />I have recently started reading the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman and I must say that they are the best comics I have ever read.(but then again, my comics experience is limited to superhero stuff and the odd graphic novel). More on Sandman later (there are 75 issues to browse through).<br /><br />In the first volume, there is this riddling game which occurs between Morpheus, the God of Dreams and a demon called Choronzon. The game is referred only as "the oldest game" and it goes like this :<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am a snake, spider-devouring, poison-toothed.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy footed.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am a world, space-floating, life nurturing.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am a nova, all-exploding, planet-cremating.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am the universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choronzon:</span> I am anti-life, the beast of judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. SSS. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morpheus:</span> I am hope.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Now, during my googling on this riddle game, I found several articles talking about the supremacy of Hope and how it can still be outmatched by despair and so on but that is not the purpose of this post.<br />It is not the purpose of this post to explore this dialogue further or comment on its aspects. The purpose of this post is this:<br />I am bored. And I would love to play this game. So, if you have stumbled upon this post by chance or by fate or by me pinging you on gtalk or however, and are interested in a round of "the oldest game'<br /><br />I am boredom.. mind numbing.. Insanity breeding..<br />What will you be?<br /></span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28094500.post-16348431747275819172008-05-15T20:27:00.008+05:302013-10-11T18:59:36.518+05:30Blog - 101 - Pilot (aka The One With the First Post)<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >Why are you reading this?<br /><br />I am jobless these days. Jobless to the point that I have so much time to kill that I cant even do all the killing myself.<br />Am thinking of hiring a hitman to do the killing if only the company I am at right now payed a bit more. :(<br /><br />And so I decide, since I have so much time anyway, I could start a blog. every Tom, Dick and Harry has one anyway, so why not Harsha. :)<br /><br />Chlorofluorocarbon<br /><br />But being the perfectionist that i am :P I wanted my blog to open with a Bang.<br />I even did a google search on how to write a first post. See <a href="http://www.google.co.in/search?q=how+to+write+your+first+blog+post&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">this</a><br /><br />And <a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/5-simple-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang/">this</a> is what I find :<br /><a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/5-simple-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang/">http://www.copyblogger.com/5-simple-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang/</a><br /></span><h1 style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post<br />With a Bang</span></h1><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >That article seems to have been written just for me. Anyway, I decide to follow all the 5 tips mentioned there.<br /><br />The first tip was to start the blog with a question. I think I have asked the best possible question right at the top.<br />Moving on to the other tips in quick succesion, (I would rather my post wasnt overly long like some other "ramblings" or "musings"),<br /><br />Hexadecaphobia<br /><br />Humorous anecdote : hmmm..<br />Well, I once knew a person.One day, he drank so much water, he went into the restroom and didnt come out for half an hour. hahahaha. moving on<br /><br />Invoke the mind's eye (have absolutely no idea what this means, but still) :<br />Imagine a big bucket. It is filled with water. In the bucket, there is a floating vessel. Imagine it filled with egg yolk.<br />Now put some Jam and flour and soy sauce and ketchup in it. mix it well. pour some coke/pepsi in it<br />What do you see.something gross right? exactly. moving on<br /><br />Metaphor : </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><dl style="font-family:verdana;"><dd><span style="font-size:130%;"><i>All the world's a stage,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:130%;"><i>And all the men and women merely players;</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:130%;"><i>They have their exits and their entrances;</i></span></dd></dl><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >Ahh, the last one. A shocking statistic,</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >I searched for some interesting(and shocking ) statistic and here's what I find.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/10/10/a-shocking-statistic/">http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/10/10/a-shocking-statistic/</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" > A research survey in America reportedly found out that 80% of people didnt tell lies on their resume. Now thats truly shocking. I wonder what the statistic would be for Indian engineering students. :P</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >And now comes the best part. Apart from the five tips mentioned, there was a bonus tip to truly end with a bang. I quote "A great way to close is to tie back into your opening.".</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >So, here it is. If you have reached this point of the post, Why are you still reading this?</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Sri Harsha Dandibhotlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820097851004629034noreply@blogger.com10