Taking that boulder up the hill and down the hill.

Glassy-eyed kids before the idiot box, or shooting classmates in school corridors. Of course, it almost never does that’s what makes it so boring.” “At any given moment, the floor may open up. “Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time,” writer-illustrator Edward Gorey had said. It is the one modern-day malady that can turn fatal: death by yawning. In our relentless pursuit of entertainment, by the very act of ratifying most boring, more boring and least boring, we have become default experts in the field of boredom. While eyes are open and seem focused on flickering images, the soul has curled up in a corner with a ’nighty-night. The humdrum monotony of daily living takes its toll. However, boredom can be a powerful incentive too, with its own set of advantages, writes Shinie Antony It is precious time wasted, a dish uncooked, an extra-marital liaison begun, an artistic impulse snuffed, a novel abandoned, a martyrdom, mini or major.

Do not push the red button i am bored