<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545648846921437755</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:41:31.879-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blotto on Blooze</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>nikhilguha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10105502226184533552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545648846921437755.post-3084428794158752535</id><published>2008-08-02T00:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T00:44:23.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quite literally ( a few dumb questions)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If my soup tastes funny then why am I not laughing?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why is a doctor’s profession called practice?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do I love you? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Of course I do&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Would I die for you? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;No, my love for you is undying.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;At a restaurant a customer asks&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Excusez moi garcon, do you serve crabs?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Waiter: sir please sit down, we serve everybody.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Are there a lot of virgins in the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Virgin  Islands&lt;/st1:place&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Can fat people go skinny-dipping?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do hummingbirds hum because they don't know the words?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What if someone died in the living room?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do people in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Australia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; call the rest of the world 'up over'?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do pilots take crash-courses?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do witches run spell checkers?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What's the synonym for thesaurus?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Does a man-eating shark eat women, too?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How can there be self-help "groups"?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How do you get off a nonstop flight?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How is it possible to have a "civil" war?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Why are some gay people so unhappy? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why do people tell you when they are speechless?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If I save time, when do I get it back?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why am I posting dumb questions?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ah…finally I am getting debriefed (not in a dirty way).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1545648846921437755-3084428794158752535?l=blottoonblooze.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/feeds/3084428794158752535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1545648846921437755&amp;postID=3084428794158752535' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/3084428794158752535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/3084428794158752535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/2008/08/quite-literally-few-dumb-questions.html' title='Quite literally ( a few dumb questions)'/><author><name>nikhilguha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10105502226184533552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545648846921437755.post-1388115552786121041</id><published>2008-07-24T03:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T03:12:59.107-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Parapraxis</title><content type='html'>Now a word like the above title is most likely to be seen in a G-mat vocabulary list or a really fat dictionary. But what it actually means is-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A slip of the tongue (or pen) that reveals the unconscious mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all experience Para praxis in our own ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oftentimes it s disguised like a court jester being the one who brings a few laughs-read sarcasm or attempts at being funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rest of the times, it s like a straight-faced Scotland Yard detective giving you the shit as it is. But both times, the source is blissfully unaware.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assuming it s a slip that doesn’t make you feel good about something…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now is it the fact that the person is hiding it that makes you feel cheated? Or is it your imagination’s proclivity to see the dark side to it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or do you even care?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you don’t, then by now you are wondering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huhhhh  (scratch of the head)……maybe I should check my mail now&lt;br /&gt;Or check out some videos on youtube or something….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So let s just spare everybody the rigmarole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE BOTTOMLINE: To each his/her own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We find our own answers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s leave it at that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above has been quite a trivial post.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1545648846921437755-1388115552786121041?l=blottoonblooze.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/feeds/1388115552786121041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1545648846921437755&amp;postID=1388115552786121041' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/1388115552786121041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/1388115552786121041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/2008/07/parapraxis.html' title='Parapraxis'/><author><name>nikhilguha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10105502226184533552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545648846921437755.post-935700080356115537</id><published>2008-07-08T01:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T02:22:20.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'>#1</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;A blogger friend of mine once told me in a tone of extreme erudition that-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"A blog should be about starting a revolution with a keyboard. It should be about pressing issues that should bother a concerned citizen and incite him/her to do something about it. It should be about exploring and finding answers to human existence. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;where do we come from? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;who are we?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;what is our purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;why do i find rani mukherjee annoying?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;why are there no drive-in cinemas in india(except in two cities)?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After that extremely sagaciuos advice, i decided that this blog is about everything -but that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A mixture of obscure randomness(like the title suggests), some suprisingly serious attempts at "pressing issues",&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;points of view on everything over and above the sun(including the sun).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Criticism(constructive or meaningless and spiteful) are always welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All cards accepted here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1545648846921437755-935700080356115537?l=blottoonblooze.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/feeds/935700080356115537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1545648846921437755&amp;postID=935700080356115537' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/935700080356115537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1545648846921437755/posts/default/935700080356115537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blottoonblooze.blogspot.com/2008/07/blogger-friend-of-mine-once-told-me-in.html' title='#1'/><author><name>nikhilguha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10105502226184533552</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
