ARVIews on Life or whatever it is

i must admit my blogging rate is pathetic at its best. in midst of a rejoinder blog which i started a week ago, i decided to post this little one. definitely a blip in my blog mindset of late. all because of a little blip in my mop of hair atop my head.... yes, i am balding and in the back. all the hot shower to clear my head has started working literally. a nice little blip, like a patch of erosion in midst of amazon forest. this has shaken me a bit as it made me aware of slipping of time in more than one ways. i was reminded of 2 incidents from not so long ago past, both dating to good ole times in syracuse when i was in grad school. firstly, tis not a secret, that i have inherited my grandfather's wide forehead. I maintain it is not a receding hairline, but people do tend to disagree with me on this. And all the time, i would remind them of the classical barber's adage with a certain flavor from me Baldness in the front,says the man is a thinker Baldness in the back, shows ...

some time ago, impulsive-outpourings posted a blog on the aura of anonymity in the blog world. This rather touched a raw nerve in me and especially scathed even further when a friend of mine, the same old brutus, wondered about the openness of one self on the cyberworld. I am for one who likes to be an open book in all my affairs, and i try to strictly abide by it as far as possible, with certain acceptable exceptions। The exceptions can be deferred to some other blog for now. let me focus on the content of this blog and that is the (in)validity of nom de plume in modern era. wikipedia defines nom de plume as follows :- A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author for various reasons. Authors may use a pen name to replace a long, difficult, or uninteresting name or a name likely to be confused with the name of another writer or notable individual, or to avoid overexposure. so let us consider the 3 things mentioned above color coded for clarificati...