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This is my 50th post on this blog.

I've come a long way I guess... to look back on the first few posts is a rather painful realization that despite my best efforts, I have grown up. There is a touch of disdain in humor, where there was carefree ruckus. There is an attempt at class, where before there was unbridled joy. There are poems where before there were alter-egos, and there is sentiment where before there was none.

But some things remain the same. There is still that passion to write, to express, and to, above all else, entertain! A small speck of responsibility towards invisible, quiet yet completely real readers - family, friends and the occasional stumbler. But thankfully, there also is a sense of tedium associated with the passion, which acknowledges the effort to log on from the throes of rusticity and hence prevents long, post-less blackouts like those so frequently seen before.

I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate this post to my readers. Yes, even the ones that don't comment, because it feels good to hear people say "I read your Blog", and even better to say, "Oh yeah, I know you love food. It's on your blog!" or something similar.

I also thought it would be good to dedicate this, specifically, to one reader. Who makes it a point to get the blog address, read every post, trudge through long-winded speech and abstract nonsense which he doesn't like, guffaw at all attempts of humor proudly, and promptly forget the address before the next post. Oh, and he was born somewhere around this time, around half a century back. Thank you Appa! :)

The story of the article heading. Well, apart from being deadly and mysterious, it's an experiment. Blogger cuts off the 'The' in the blog title (The Hunt becomes Hunt, for eg.), so I wanted to know how it would save this post.

Note that the blog posts add up to 48 right now. Thats because I have two posts, in drafts, that I wrote and never published. Both are completely context-based, so there's no point putting them up now. Take my word for it, they're not controversial and I didn't chicken out :)