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The Pattern of Growth

There comes a time when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead, in your tracks, and somewhere the voice in your head cries out “ENOUGH!” Enough fighting, and crying, and struggling to hold on. And like a child quieting after a blind tantrum, your sobs [...]
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Dealing with Females

Something I’ve noticed, is that females look increasingly good the older I get. It wasn’t them that changed, it was my perception. I really don’t like this, It’s overly tempting. Secondly, how attractive a girl looks unfortunately appears to have very little to do with the qualities of her soul. This can throw you way [...]
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Normal people

I often have conversations, referring offhandedly to “weird people” and “normal people,” and am challenged by the phrase, “there’s no such thing as normal.” Clearly, you do not know how to identify normal people.1 I understand the difficulty: Normal people are a diverse group. They are that generic looking guy who walked passed you on [...]
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Morning Affirmations

I am righteousness upon earth. By my reasoned, free action, I will make the world better every day. I am justice. Whatever truth is, I will know it. Whatever beauty is, I will be it. My eyes have opened, and the world is bestowed a new power. I will crush my goals. When I promise [...]
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X-Prize: Osama Bin Laden

In 2004 aerospace designer Burt Rutan and financier Paul Allen led the first private team to build and launch a spacecraft capable of carrying three people to 100 kilometers above the Earth twice within two weeks. They were racing against 26 other teams to win the $10 million X-Prize and to achieve international fame and [...]
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Typical Ursula.

Miracle Jones blogs about the petition against the Google Book Settlement created by science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin, winner of five Hugo awards and six Nebulas. Leguin is urging professional writers who are opposed to the terms of the settlement to sign her online petition before the January 28th deadline. From the petition: “The [...]
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The Ultimate Prank: TSA Voyerism

Who are we pranking today? Just the entire US Federal Government and all American citizens! CNN is reporting on findings from a Freedom of Information request initiated by the Electronic Privacy Information Center that has revealed that, contrary to public statements by the Transportation Security Agency, full-body scanners can store and transmit images. The scanners [...]
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