{"id":971,"date":"2007-03-05T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/971"},"modified":"2007-03-05T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T12:47:00","slug":"five-years-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/five-years-of-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years of blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feels like I ate a Bata shoe. But then again, this whole blogging thing has been good for me. I met a lot of interesting people. Made friends with quite a few of them. I am on the verge of getting published in the MSM. Hmmm. Sigh. It is not all that bad. Why do people like metaphors? I mean, if you are a girl, and I told you &#8216;You look great&#8217; you&#8217;d probably say &#8216;thanks&#8217; But if I told you &#8216;You look as fresh as a dew drop&#8217; you will probably kiss me. Ever wondered why? Here is my take:<\/p>\n<p>1) Your brain evolved to defeat camouflage and discover objects. Discovery is great fun for us. <br \/>2) So when I throw a metaphor at you, your brain is decoding the metaphor and discovering what it means to you. And when you discover that it is a compliment, it is like finding a pack of smokes while cleaning up your attic (as against walking up to the store and buying a pack.) <br \/>Read the first line of this post again. \ud83d\ude42 V.S Ramachandra Vaazgha!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\n<map name=\"google_ad_map_070305124811070305121700\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/imgclick\/070305124811070305121700?pos=0\" coords=\"1,2,367,28\"\/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/services.google.com\/feedback\/abg\" coords=\"384,10,453,23\"\/><\/map>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" usemap=\"#google_ad_map_070305124811070305121700\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-1259014363012020&amp;channel=9138153052&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=070305124811070305121700&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fyakpad10.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ffive-years-of-blogging.html\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feels like I ate a Bata shoe. But then again, this whole blogging thing has been good for me. I met a lot of interesting people. Made friends with quite a few of them. I am on the verge of getting published in the MSM. Hmmm. Sigh. It is not all that bad. 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