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So this Christmas, I have a choice.I can have my integrity, or I can have my fiancee. One, but not the other.They say 'tis the season, but they never say for what. They're only scared of the ugly truth, too cowardly to confront what they know and are too shamed to say out loud.This is the time to bite your tongue, pretend to like the people you can't stand. This is the time to lie, the time to

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The most popular myth of all is that love by definition must be romantic. Sex is not the defining aspect of love: it is only one symptom of one facet of one grain of sand on an infinite beach which encompasses the seething ocean of all humanity. Given enough time and enough patience, an individual could learn to love each and every member of this tumultuous, ever-changing family which we all

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Actual play by play Facebook wall posting from an audience member (that is, me) at the Canby High School Graduation for the graduating class of 2010, made via iPod Touch using the wireless connection available inside the Canby High School outdoors stadium. Each of these posts was made via the Facebook app for the iPhone & iPod touch, which means that each and every one of them had to fit within

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Fragile VictoriesEach time I open my eyes, I wake up to do war with my own nature.Every second is a battle, every night is a victory.Fear, anxiety, doubt, hopelessness...Depression is a hard master, but one which cannot be surpassed for his ability to temper and harden the supple steel of one's soul.Enemies I embrace, and when enemies become friends, from friends I flee: for I am a man with death

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Keep in mind, this writing is four years old. Be gentle with it, please!The Story Begins...The wind lightly rustled the leaves somewhere deep in the forests of Avalon. A slim, athletic shape lightly tread upon the firm cushion of leaves carpeting the ground, silently weaving through tightly knit branches and lush curtains of vines gently swaying from the trees above. Easily gliding through the

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Because my writing deserves better than obscurity. Or, well, really, just better than the place it currently resides.Rules for Roleplaying:First off, let's start with the basics: vocabulary.OT: Off-Topic. This is when you say something out of character or not directly relating to the RP.GM: Game Master. This is the person who runs and supervises the game, throws challenges at the players, sets

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Happy birthday.So here's the song. Listen to it while you read. Over and over again if you need to. Pay attention to the lyrics - they're important.I'll tell the story as closely as I can, but it's been a few years, so I can't promise perfect accuracy.When I was in early high school, I threatened suicide a few times, holding knives to my throat and screaming at my mom until she would break

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glumbert - Shift Happens 2The video, I think, speaks for itself - what will the world be like in 10 years? 50? 100? 500?Even the changes I've witnessed in my lifetime alone would've struck the scientists of one hundred years ago as inconceivable - what will the scientists of millions, or even billions, of years in the future think (if they think in a way that we would even recognize as such) of

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An approach similar to the last, but this time to the Buddhist concept of Anatman/Anatta (the lack of self).Enjoy!First of all...I - yes, I, despite the fact that I still hold I doesn't know what it is in the first place - have to admit that I find Buddhism satisfying and always have.My dad has always told me it's just because I love mind games and always have.Philosophically speaking, though,

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This is taken word for word from my response to a discussion in my philosophy course - just some Q&A on my perspective as a rational Christian approaching Hinduism.1. There is great tolerance in Hinduism. Two phrases that are associated with Hinduism are: "Any road to the summit of the mountain is a good road", and "The truth is one, but the wise speak of it in many ways". The belief is that if

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The many, the humble, the ignorant, the mediocre?I have taken this post nearly word for word from an assignment I have completed for my philosophy course upon reading Dostoevsky's tale of the Grand Inquisitor, omitting only insignificant details in respect to others' privacy.May it lead you, my dear reader, to further doubts and questions regarding the state of your soul, your faith, and indeed,

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Yeah, so it's the end of the class.I think I did okay in a few of the discussion bits here and there, I'm pretty sure I failed the quizzes miserably due to the fact that I missed most of them entirely and didn't realize it until tonight, and I honestly couldn't care less whether I did okay in the blog bit, because the fact of the matter is that I've enjoyed the hell out of blogging.If I fail the

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(Paraphrased) What is your favorite ad? Why is it your favorite, and what makes it effective?Word of mouth=EPIC WIN.First of all, this is a webcomic (by the way, xkcd apparently has more webcomic than Wikipedia). It is one of the few webcomics I read on a daily basis (the others are, of course, Ctrl-Alt-Del and Order of the Stick, if only because 8-Bit Theater doesn't have an RSS feed I can use

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Hitman was awesome. Guns, swords, explosions, bad dialogue, improbable international intrigue, and bald dudes kicking ass. What more could a Bruce Willis/Vin Diesel fan ask for?Question of the day:Why do you/don't you believe in God? And no shallow answers - what really makes you want to believe in it or not?

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Anonymous vs. The Church of Scientology.The power of the internets compels you!...Oughta be interesting to see how this turns out.

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So I wrote this blog entry for class, right?And I wrote it twice. Because I'm that persistent. And because tonight, for some damned reason, Firefox and blogger - two perfectly wonderful pieces of software brilliance - just won't work.Anywho, my e-zines (yeah, this was clever. Twice. But not now. Not now, M$ - you have sapped my creative energy. Twice. How could you.) are the following:

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I think the video pretty much speaks for itself here.The story, though - apparently, European politicians have beaten their American counterparts to the punch. Greens EFA and RåFILM collaborated to create the above advertisement promoting the new "I Wouldn't Steal" pro-filesharing campaign. They've already made their work available via bittorrent, and their website doesn't exactly beat around

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I'm pretty sure that Whatever qualifies as an entrepreneurial blog.As far as blogs go that talk about blogging as a way of business promotion, I dug up this blog on celebrity-copulation for popularity, specifically by reading Scalzi's post on it while listening to the Braindead Monkeys' latest album "Haiku".As far as the first blog goes, I have to say that Scalzi's interpretation is pretty

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John Scalzi captures the essence of SF."Now excuse me, I'm off to write science fiction."You do that, John. I'll get back to you in 50 years or so, 'kay?

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Okay, taking a quick intercession here to comment on the current state of affairs in the music biz...This was originally written in response to a discussion board question concerning the future of music in the digital age, but I figure it's worth reposting here with a few slight alterations to take the class references out of it.There is no future for the physical, major label record store. The

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As we all know, the interwebs are full of LIES (or was that lulz?).In any case, I'm using them for my research. The hypothesis?"I am for the following statement: Blogging has significantly impacted the print journalism industry."Financially affected? Perhaps not. Actually made a dent in sales? Probably not. Changed, though? Certainly.Blogs can indeed be used as an up to date, reliable

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First post - welcome to the world of a java gremlin.I'm Brandon, it's 2 in the morning, and I need more coffee.This, by the way, is a blog that my media and journalism class finally got me to start writing after several months of hemming and hawing around the idea.Blogs, in my not-so-humble opinion, are to print journalism what the Mpeg-3 format and widespread peer-to-peer technology are to the

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