Blog = Pseudo Intellectual chauvinism

The idea of this article came to my mind so long back that I don’t even know if I will remember the facts clearly…. Well on our last trip to Borders I picked the GQ magazine to give me company while I slowly chipped at toffee and macadamia nut cookie (trust me, it was heavenly). I was pleasantly surprised that the GQ magazine held my interest much longer than I anticipated. Anyways getting away from the distractions, let me come to the point. I began to read an article on blogging. I don’t remember the title too well, but it spoke about blogging in a negative light. Being a budding blogger, I immediately took to the article. The article said that the blogging bubble would soon burst. When Justin Hall (yes the first blogger) started his internet diaries (as Wikipedia refers it as) in 1994 , this movement has since seen rapid and exponential growth. Justin H all soon started writing intimate details on his blogs, I am not sure if he is still actively blogging. Blogging gave the co...

I have realized that may be I have too much time, or I am utilizing too much of my time on blogging, hence my new blog name is vellagiri.blogspot.com. LOL. I think that this reflects my state of mind better than my name. what say??

I have recently started to watch the detective series 'Without a trace' on TNT. I think it used to come on CBS or whatever but I am catching the old series on TNT. Well this blog is definitely not about the show (as much as I would love to write on it), but a line on last night's show that made me think. " We all need something to believe in". We all can have different reasons, power, justice, vengence etc etc but we need something to believe in. Religion is often a topic that is part of my household discussion. There is just so much confusion there. Am I religious ?- It is a question I often ask myself. This question can only answered if I correctly operationalize the word "religion" as it appears to me. What constitutes a religion. Why not Google the word religion. So here is what I get. " A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader " - Answer.com. " A religion is a set of beliefs and practices ge...

Ya the Patriots are doing charity work after losing the super bowl. I heard a piece of news that the Patriots had printed millions worth of sweatshirts and other sports accessories that reflected that the Patriots were superbowl champions, 19-0 team, the perfect team etc etc. Now that they could not do anything with that post superbowl, they have shipped the entire stuff to Africa. Imagine the African children wearing 19-0 jerseys, Ha ha ha. ....

When the Patriots took to the podium after a shocking loss to the Giants, they echoed the truth. As Rodney Harrison said, “Nobody can take the credit away from the Giants today, they were the better team on the field and they deserve the victory. However it is the truth that the Patriots have had an unbelievable season and their 18-1 season will go down in history well remembered.” As we can carry on to debate, whether the Giants’ conquest was a “major upset” or a “great win”, I am just too thrilled that Giants did it. I somehow hoped for it and I am so so happy that it happened. It wasn’t a fluke either, the Giants were gathering momentum all along and the finale saw it delivered. Eli Manning was backed defensively and he delivered offensively. I was just so thrilled to see Peyton Manning jubilant. The Patriots are famous for pulling through a close win coming from behind when the last few minutes are ticking away, but today was not their day. The stars aligned for the Gian...