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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Welcome to my club
Was your girl-friend just raped before your eyes and you couldn't do anything because a few friends of the rapist held you down? Welcome to my club.
Do you believe in your hearts o hearts that you are Jesus H. Christ (or atleast as much closeness that the Bible allows) but no one wants to take sermons from you on a mount? Welcome to my club.
Have you done a wrong thing which you cannot even confess to the Church father? Welcome to my club.
Do you think that the world is fair and you are not? Welcome to my club.
Do you think that the world is not fair but you are? Welcome to my club.
Do you want to forget all the above nonsense? Welcome to my club.
Do you like my nonsense better than my sense? Welcome to my club.
Do you believe in your hearts o hearts that you are Jesus H. Christ (or atleast as much closeness that the Bible allows) but no one wants to take sermons from you on a mount? Welcome to my club.
Have you done a wrong thing which you cannot even confess to the Church father? Welcome to my club.
Do you think that the world is fair and you are not? Welcome to my club.
Do you think that the world is not fair but you are? Welcome to my club.
Do you want to forget all the above nonsense? Welcome to my club.
Do you like my nonsense better than my sense? Welcome to my club.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The easiest way for me to become unproductive, get more psychotic and. . .
. . .lose all the gains I have made till now is to join the Facebook Pravda.
Still. . .
. . .I like Pravda and I think I will likely some time later join them.
I'm already in touch with some of them and so it's not some unholy alliance. But I don't know what the legal department will think. . .why have you reported that there are undesirable elements there and still go to bed with them? Perhaps it will be like the way our maid works with us even after she was questioned by the police for mobile theft at our house.
Pravda's been good to me and I have been wanting to return back the favour. In fact, I even thought of dedicating a novel that I'm writing to Archana, Pravda and Anandh.
As I posted in the title, getting into the flame wars, political dirt and unnecessary social politeness is the sure-fire way to be a mediocre person and unemployed forever. Please don't mistake me. . .I don't want to sound like a prude to wish to belong to some elite club. But when people do nothing but exchange gossip all day long in a regular forum or Facebook group, the level of IQ, EQ and whatever else is going to be collectively 40-70%. It's alright when you think that anything above 40% is good enough to take one safely across life. But that's missing out 60-30% of real life.
I'm sorry for writing like a snob.
So, here's the unofficial 'Like' of the Facebook Pravda. If and when I'm perfectly alright mentally in a few week's time, I will be there.
Still. . .
. . .I like Pravda and I think I will likely some time later join them.
I'm already in touch with some of them and so it's not some unholy alliance. But I don't know what the legal department will think. . .why have you reported that there are undesirable elements there and still go to bed with them? Perhaps it will be like the way our maid works with us even after she was questioned by the police for mobile theft at our house.
Pravda's been good to me and I have been wanting to return back the favour. In fact, I even thought of dedicating a novel that I'm writing to Archana, Pravda and Anandh.
As I posted in the title, getting into the flame wars, political dirt and unnecessary social politeness is the sure-fire way to be a mediocre person and unemployed forever. Please don't mistake me. . .I don't want to sound like a prude to wish to belong to some elite club. But when people do nothing but exchange gossip all day long in a regular forum or Facebook group, the level of IQ, EQ and whatever else is going to be collectively 40-70%. It's alright when you think that anything above 40% is good enough to take one safely across life. But that's missing out 60-30% of real life.
I'm sorry for writing like a snob.
So, here's the unofficial 'Like' of the Facebook Pravda. If and when I'm perfectly alright mentally in a few week's time, I will be there.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
???
Today I have proved that I'm so smart to prove that I'm smart. That's all. No other use. That makes me wonder if I'm intelligent. I look more like a drunk stupid bum. It's going to take just a sleep to forget the whole thing and what have I gained? Ah! yes. . .I have proved that I'm so smart to prove that I'm smart.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
I'm not right in the head, yet
Sorry to disappoint you. Yesterday was the last day that I took Solian 50mg, an anti-psychotic tablet. Today, I will take Sulpitac 50mg. Compared to Solian, Sulpitac doesn't give a feverish or tranquilizing effect. Solian is not just an anti-psychotic but also a tranquilizer. So when I'm shifting over to Sulpitac, I'm doing it for just the smallest dosage of bare-bones anti-psychotic effect. I plan to take it for another 20-25 days.
The reason I'm not stopping, as planned, is this. I'm doing a practice to get rid of my psychosis. It's been going on for some 25 days now. I'm a firm believer that while it takes 21 days for any practice to become a habit, it takes around 40-48 days (1 Mandalam), for it to bring about the desirable change. So I just don't want to risk disturbing that process. My Psychiatrist told me, "Don't change anything when you are improving." In other words, I'm choosing to err on the safe side. Since Sulpitac is very mild as compared to Solian, this is still a great progress for me. But since I'm still taking a drug, I'm susceptible to behave just a wee-bit oddly - nothing disastrous.
The reason I'm not stopping, as planned, is this. I'm doing a practice to get rid of my psychosis. It's been going on for some 25 days now. I'm a firm believer that while it takes 21 days for any practice to become a habit, it takes around 40-48 days (1 Mandalam), for it to bring about the desirable change. So I just don't want to risk disturbing that process. My Psychiatrist told me, "Don't change anything when you are improving." In other words, I'm choosing to err on the safe side. Since Sulpitac is very mild as compared to Solian, this is still a great progress for me. But since I'm still taking a drug, I'm susceptible to behave just a wee-bit oddly - nothing disastrous.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
To Obama - How to get over the risk of recession
With the threat of a recession, every tom, dick and harry potter is giving 'expert' advice to Obama. And so, why not me too?
Actually, this is a suggestion that I sincerely believe will help any country.
I haven't read exactly what Obama's plans are but 2 things caught my eye - that there were tax cuts and jobs created. I don't know any further detail than this.
My suggestion is this...along with the tax cut must come a mandatory 1 hour community service. Put another way, people can choose one of the two options - pay tax or do community service. I don't know if any government in the world is making the community service mandatory - there are only tax to be paid.
There is just 2 things in economy (excuse me, Nobel Laureates in Economics :D). Earning and spending. People can contribute by 2 ways - by service and by charity. If this is the case, why not give an option to the citizens to choose which way they want to contribute? To give you an example, I don't have money to pay taxes (My bank balance is Rs.2000 and I intend to keep it that way since I believe that money has meaning only when spent in useful ways, but that is another story). Just because I don't earn enough to pay taxes doesn't mean that I can go scot-free using all the services that the country gives me. Why should only the rich folks pay and not lazy bums?
According to the presented plan, where are you going to get the money to pay for the jobs created? You can't say it is a case of Robinhood stealing from the rich to give to the poor - there are too many honest, hard-working and rich Americans who deserve every penny or million they make while there are an equal number of poor people who are willing to work but don't know how. On an average, an American volunteers for 50 hours/year which comes out to be an hour a week. While Americans perhaps contribute the most in volunteering in NGOs compared to the rest of the world, the statistic can easily change from 1 hour / week to 1 hour / day (perhaps excluding weekends and holidays). There is one more great benefit out of this. The average Joe will start working for the good of everyone for the first time in his life and find that it is not bad after all - I'm one average Joe saying this. There are other benefits from volunteering like finding new friends, developing new skills etc.which you can read elsewhere on the net.
When Mahatma Gandhi asked Indians under Imperialism to boycott foreign clothes, he didn't just leave them naked - he brought in the Khadi handloom movement that employed the Indians who made their own clothes to be really independent.
Give an option to pay the taxes or do community service - some will choose the taxes while others will choose community service but in both the cases, the country made up of these same people will move in the right direction.
Actually, this is a suggestion that I sincerely believe will help any country.
I haven't read exactly what Obama's plans are but 2 things caught my eye - that there were tax cuts and jobs created. I don't know any further detail than this.
My suggestion is this...along with the tax cut must come a mandatory 1 hour community service. Put another way, people can choose one of the two options - pay tax or do community service. I don't know if any government in the world is making the community service mandatory - there are only tax to be paid.
There is just 2 things in economy (excuse me, Nobel Laureates in Economics :D). Earning and spending. People can contribute by 2 ways - by service and by charity. If this is the case, why not give an option to the citizens to choose which way they want to contribute? To give you an example, I don't have money to pay taxes (My bank balance is Rs.2000 and I intend to keep it that way since I believe that money has meaning only when spent in useful ways, but that is another story). Just because I don't earn enough to pay taxes doesn't mean that I can go scot-free using all the services that the country gives me. Why should only the rich folks pay and not lazy bums?
According to the presented plan, where are you going to get the money to pay for the jobs created? You can't say it is a case of Robinhood stealing from the rich to give to the poor - there are too many honest, hard-working and rich Americans who deserve every penny or million they make while there are an equal number of poor people who are willing to work but don't know how. On an average, an American volunteers for 50 hours/year which comes out to be an hour a week. While Americans perhaps contribute the most in volunteering in NGOs compared to the rest of the world, the statistic can easily change from 1 hour / week to 1 hour / day (perhaps excluding weekends and holidays). There is one more great benefit out of this. The average Joe will start working for the good of everyone for the first time in his life and find that it is not bad after all - I'm one average Joe saying this. There are other benefits from volunteering like finding new friends, developing new skills etc.which you can read elsewhere on the net.
When Mahatma Gandhi asked Indians under Imperialism to boycott foreign clothes, he didn't just leave them naked - he brought in the Khadi handloom movement that employed the Indians who made their own clothes to be really independent.
Give an option to pay the taxes or do community service - some will choose the taxes while others will choose community service but in both the cases, the country made up of these same people will move in the right direction.
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