Mondegreen — /m?n’d?-gr?n’/ n. A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement. I have shifted through many blogs in the past, gaining an equally huge number of readers each time. This made me realize that what I post here is far more important in reaching a large audience than any advertising gimmick. Mondegreen […]
Extracts from the cynic’s wordbook — Part II — the letter M
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Penned: Monday, April 11th, 2011
Penned: Monday, April 11th, 2011
~This post is dedicated to my own blog. For being there.~ In my last post I gave you ten of what I thought were the finest ‘Devil’s definitions’ of words in Bierce’s ‘The Devil’s Dictionary.’ Today, I shall outline some more, this time from the letter M. This is arguably the most entertaining of all letters in our […]
Extracts from the cynic’s wordbook — Part I — the letter P
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Penned: Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Penned: Saturday, April 9th, 2011
~This post is dedicated to my good friend, Raghul Selvam, for failing to dissociate in lofty hours. He is still alive today.~ While Ambroce ‘Bitter’ Bierce himself rather fancied the name ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ to ‘The Cynic’s Wordbook,’ I think the latter is equally good and thus decided to title this post as you now see […]
Hollywood, tailor-made!
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Penned: Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Penned: Thursday, April 7th, 2011
It pleases one to no small limit to see all (or at least most) of his favourite actors, director(s) and screenplaywright(s) working on a common project and coming out with what can only be a masterpiece of a film. This coming year looks like its my turn. Among my favourite actors are (in no particular order) Al Pacino[The Godfather […]
Because death never strikes twice—a short story
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Penned: Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Penned: Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
The first time that I heard the mellifluous notes of the violin waft through the air, I felt a cold chill run down my spine. Nobody was supposed to be around. The real estate man told me the place was uninhabited at least up to a radius of a couple of miles. And violin notes do not travel that far. I […]