100!

Yay! This is the 100th post on this blog!

Many say that numbers don't matter, many believe that numbers don't matter and many think that numbers don't matter and the rest understand that all the above three are true.

I have no idea why important things in life are dedicated to anybody or anything. Is it to say thank you? If yes, then why don't you say it. I remember Aman came with the idea of dedicating out btp thesis to our parents respectively. He even got it printed neatly on a separate page. That thesis which they wont even read, and even if they try to read will not understand anything more than the abuse of english words and greek symbols in a fashion otherwise known as mathematics/theory.
I got to write the acknowledgment and i acknowledged Donal Knuth in it for inventing Latex. (Question: Who is a bigger thass amongst us?)

SPICMACAY dedicates its series to well known artists, often to someone who had passed away recently. I guess they are waiting for artists to die before they can dedicate.( bad/sad joke, i agree, but there are no counter examples).

But since we are at the topic of dedicating, i dedicate the first 100 posts to someone who are mentioned in this blog never or very less but to whom i owe a lot. Justin has got a beautiful "Therefore i am" section which is a brilliant idea, something that i had wanted to plagiarize for a long time but a guy with "hazarron khwaishein aisi" can not have less than a 1000 names. So on the 100th blog post, today, here is a partial list of people who have influenced me in more ways than 1:
(Not in any order)
1. Douglas adams : What satire in hitchhiker's guide!
2. Quentin Tarantino: A guy(Madsen) offers a drink to someone and says: "Wrap you lips around that". Can anyone write more cheezy than that?
3. Woody allen: If his movies are hilarious, you should read his novels. An example:

Q: How long do you think a man's legs should be?
A: Long enough to reach the ground.

4. Italo Calvino: The man behind Mr. Palomar. Its funny, i just read one story by him and i knew that yes, this is the model that i want to plagiarize. That story was : The Naked Bossom. The idea of Mr. Naman came out after reading this story.
5. Roger Waters: The man who made me understand the psychedlic jargon. Vera, Vera, what has become of you?
6. Naseeruddin shah: jaadu hai inki adakari mein!
7. Ghalib: The man behind the name of this blog and why i get so much hits everyday.
8. Gulzar: He is the reason why i want to read hindi books now.
9. Seinfeld: How can i forget this guy! "People! they are the worst", extracting humor out of day to day activities.
10. George Constanza: Purists may argue that Constanza is covered in Seinfeld but i disagree. A character in himself. The best character ever on tv for me.
11. Scott Adams: Even though i am over Scott for quite some time now, but he is something!
12. Bill Waterson: I love him but i respect him more. Genius. No more words are required.
13. Rehman: The man behind swades ost. Period.
14. Ayn Rand: She, who has written the best fiction for me.
15. Yudhishtir: The eldest brother who lived by dharma throughout his life and was requested by God himself to lie and had to spend some time in hell for that. A perfect example that there is a flaw in the concept of GOD.
16. Robert Frost: One poem is enough for me to always remember him.
17. Abida Parveen: There is only 1 cd with me and that is Jahan-e-Khusro by Abida Parveen. Too bad i am a Hindu, i cant even say - I will take it to the grave with me. (There is satire in everything!)
18. Harper Lee: One novel, one story a gift to humanity. To kill a mocking bird.
19. Joseph Heller:The joke about numbers above is inspired from Catch 22 by him. My fav quote from it was:

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three

I guess thats it at the moment. I have intentionally left out people whom i have met and those who have inspired me. Why i did what i did above? Well these are names that are often not mentioned in my blog but they are so much in me that its difficult to write about them regularly.


And thats another wish taken care of!