To all the people who have managed to affront themselves by reading this blog

Let opinion be taken away, and no man will think himself wronged. If no man shall think himself wronged, then is there no more any such thing as wrong. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

however, if this does not help, try this:

If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now.- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

As pointed as these references might be, i would save my last answer for this :

It's nothing personal...

Now whether its sufficient or not, would depend entirely upon the person reading it. My job is to pontificate and appear intellectual. ur role is to play dumb and post an occasional comment. hope things are understood

I've had quite a few unsolicited comments about people not being happy with what is being written here. rest assured that this contrarian nightmare would endure. if you are not happy at the way things are written here, please click the top right button on your screen. definitely, i could do without such visits. i would rather be visited by the super-secretive brotherhood of whatever bloggers or some other illuminati bullshit society than the current crop of folks who dont know their a$$ from a dot in the web url.

another point. i dont blog for popularity or visit statistics. i blog because i cherish this one outlet of creativity that is still open for me. because this is one thing i am still good at. or i think i am. whatever.

i think i have been sufficiently insulting to everybody in general. i wont apologize because the people whom this was intended to would never accept that they read this and the ones who would accept aren't the intended targets ayway.

one last piece of advice (if i can call it one). stay away from things you dont understand. you would only make a fool of yourself. you wont understand the culture that goes along with any virtual activity. visitors expect this blog to be generally truthful while taking some humorous liberties. the list of people whom you see listed on the left-side of the page isnt for some pseudo-superblog sub-culture points. i expect the same from each and every one of them.

take a case in question, Rohit Kaul in his Thursday, July 07, 2005 entry Life of pi...ends faces much the same problems that i currently am. in the same vein, the chap decides that he would rather go on blogging than be consigned to the dustbins of virtual history. thats what i call real spark.

you see, i am a extreme rebel. to understand me is to be schizophrenic, paranoid & logical. i listen to old classic rock. i am the woodstock generation. frozen in time to an era of psychedelia, i am unrestrained, wild & untramelled. you cant understand me. cant hope to. most people i know, including myself, havent gotten close.

what i value most over all other things are my personal convictions. At the end of the day, i come back to myself. in a daily face-off, i consistently battle the rights & wrongs. believe me, its a heck of a lot easier to be unpopular among a bunch of people than to have a difference of opinion with yourself. thats the reason why i tick. thats why i write what i do. and thats why i would continue doing so. i dont mind rattlling a few bushes in the path. Unpopular i might be, Unethical i wont.

As the immortal AC/DC say.. "For Those who are about to rock, We Salute You"

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on a much lighter note, i was going through a list of searches which people had made and had ended up in my blog. a list follows

1. a no-brainer really: ankush blog fms party
2. this is like more techinical, but still running good : peregrination scintillate
3. i am proud to present this, but what was the person looking for anyway: compaision between TQM & six sigma
4. how weird can you get : nyphomaniacs.. i mean, i am still to find the nymphs on this blog. would someone help {winks at last}