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<title><![CDATA[more Angry Robots]]></title>
<link>http://jasonnahrung.com/2009/11/15/more-angry-robots/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jason nahrung</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jasonnahrung.com/2009/11/15/more-angry-robots/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two out of four ain&#8217;t bad, neh? HarperCollins&#8217; new spec fic imprint, Angry Robot, has re]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Two out of four ain&#8217;t bad, neh?</p>
<p>HarperCollins&#8217; new spec fic imprint, <a href="http://angryrobotbooks.com/">Angry Robot</a>, has released four books to launch itself, showing a wide scope. There&#8217;s Aussie <a href="http://kaaronwarren.wordpress.com/">Kaaron Warren&#8217;s <em>Slights</em></a> (which I&#8217;ve <a href="http://jasonnahrung.com/2009/08/18/continuum-slights-from-angry-robots-and-some-vampires/">reviewed here previously</a>), <a href="http://www.chrisroberson.net/">Chris Roberson&#8217;s <em>Book of Secrets</em></a>, <a href="http://www.timwaggoner.com/">Tim Waggoner&#8217;s <em>Nekropolis</em></a> and <a href="http://laurenbeukes.book.co.za/">Lauren Beukes&#8217; Moxyland</a>.</p>
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<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-459" title="moxyland" src="http://jasonnahrung.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/moxyland.jpg?w=99" alt="moxyland book cover, by Lauren Beukes" width="99" height="150" /></p>
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Beukes, a South African, riffs off that country&#8217;s socio-political injustices with her near-future, Orwellian vision. The tale is told through the viewpoints of four characters, each giving an insight into different levels of that society: the rebels, the corporate ladder climbers, the celebrity blogger, and a dysfunctional artist caught up in the latest corporate skullduggery.<br />
The story unfolds at a pedestrian pace and never really accelerates towards a climax, but the characters are effective and Beukes&#8217; world is wonderfully drawn. The conclusion is gorgeous, for a cynic such as myself.<br />
Unlike some others in the Angry Robot range, the text is delightfully clean of typos, perhaps thanks in part to Beukes&#8217; background in journalism (ah, those heady days when sloppy work could be remedied by a whack to the back of the head with a Concise Oxford, or perhaps a tap with a Strunk &#38; White).</p>
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<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-463" title="book of secrets by chris roberson" src="http://jasonnahrung.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/secrt1.jpg?w=93" alt="book of secrets by chris roberson" width="93" height="150" /></p>
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Roberson, who I had the pleasure to meet at World Fantasy in San Jose and is a very cool guy, has delivered a story with many stories within it, a conspiracy tale involving a Biblical secret sought by nefarious, homicidal agencies. Into this is thrown a down-at-heel freelance journo with an unusual past &#8212; one that is proven to be even more unusual than he realises thanks to his own family mysteries.<br />
This isn&#8217;t my kind of story at all, and its structure didn&#8217;t warm me to it. The pulp stories contained within the text didn&#8217;t need to be there (I&#8217;m sure others will love these homages), vying with interminable info dumps for causing the greatest urge to skim read, and the supernatural conclusion left me cold. As I said, not my kind of story, but I suspect those with an inclination towards <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> will find plenty here to entertain (and what a shame it is that that book has become the benchmark for this style of story).</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-464" title="Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner" src="http://jasonnahrung.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nekropolis1.jpg?w=92" alt="Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner" width="92" height="150" /></p>
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Which leaves the most disappointing of the four, <em>Nekropolis</em>. A great idea is so quickly hamstrung by some clunky structure and an appallingly Hollywood ending reminiscent of the ugly denouement forced on Ridley Scott&#8217;s original <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/">Blade Runner</a></em>. The protagonist is a former cop from Earth who has found himself turned into a zombie in a demon dimension. He has garnered a deep understanding of this bizarre world and its denizens, as well as forging a wide network of contacts of dubious moral worth. It&#8217;s a very cool world, filled with neat critters and a bunch of witches and vampires and shapechangers, all competing in a petty pissing contest for status. What wrecked the story for me were the logic potholes: an awful rewind moment regarding a set of lockpicks, a contradictory solution to an ensorcelled door, and a hugely underplayed and slightly farcical showdown with a nemesis. That the author signals that his major characters all survive undermines any suspense, and the aforementioned <em>Blade Runner</em> moment is the salt in the wound. It&#8217;s such a pity a little more care couldn&#8217;t have been taken, because the premise, and poor Matt the zombie cop, really have legs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[inglourious basterds]]></title>
<link>http://toastick.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/inglourious-basterds/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>karnii</dc:creator>
<guid>http://toastick.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/inglourious-basterds/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[i saw the movie last night, and boy was i impressed! the writing was fabulous, the cinematography wa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>i saw the movie last night, and boy was i impressed! the writing was fabulous, the cinematography was beautiful, and the acting was terrific.</p>
<p>in honor of my new favorite movie, here are some pictures of diane kruger, who i initially went to see the movie for (i LOVE national treasure). who knew she spoke so many languages? also very impressive!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-573" title="NY_Fashion_Week_Diane_Kruger" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/ny_fashion_week_diane_kruger.jpg" alt="NY_Fashion_Week_Diane_Kruger" width="300" height="400" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-574" title="diane_kruger-inglourious_basterds_photocall_14" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/diane_kruger-inglourious_basterds_photocall_14.jpg?w=300" alt="diane_kruger-inglourious_basterds_photocall_14" width="300" height="240" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-575" title="dianeimage-8-for-inglourious-basterds-photocall-gallery-429537636" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeimage-8-for-inglourious-basterds-photocall-gallery-429537636.jpg" alt="dianeimage-8-for-inglourious-basterds-photocall-gallery-429537636" width="450" height="293" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-576" title="dianeInglourious+Basterds+Photocall+fOF-RwTQtgMl" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglouriousbasterdsphotocallfof-rwtqtgml.jpg" alt="dianeInglourious+Basterds+Photocall+fOF-RwTQtgMl" width="386" height="594" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-577" title="Diane-Kruger4" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/diane-kruger4.jpg" alt="Diane-Kruger4" width="300" height="400" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-578" title="diane-kruger-feretti-met-gala" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/diane-kruger-feretti-met-gala.jpg" alt="diane-kruger-feretti-met-gala" width="412" height="600" /></p>
<p>from the movie:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-579" title="dianeinglourious_basterds14" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglourious_basterds14.jpg" alt="dianeinglourious_basterds14" width="460" height="195" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-580" title="dianeinglourious_basterds_xl_04--film-A" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglourious_basterds_xl_04-film-a.jpg" alt="dianeinglourious_basterds_xl_04--film-A" width="400" height="300" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-581" title="dianeinglourious-basterds-cast11" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglourious-basterds-cast11.jpg" alt="dianeinglourious-basterds-cast11" width="460" height="313" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-582" title="dianeinglourious-basterds-p00" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglourious-basterds-p00.jpg" alt="dianeinglourious-basterds-p00" width="460" height="655" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-583" title="dianeinglouriousbasterdspic3" src="http://toastick.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dianeinglouriousbasterdspic3.jpg" alt="dianeinglouriousbasterdspic3" width="460" height="303" /></p>
<p>parting words: go see this movie! seriously. you won&#8217;t be sorry. unless you don&#8217;t like blood&#8230; but then you can just cover your eyes. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Book Of Secrets]]></title>
<link>http://wrotemeamanual.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/the-book-of-secrets/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PJ</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wrotemeamanual.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/the-book-of-secrets/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I ordered a book from Amazon.com a few weeks ago to gain some financial wisdom while simultaneously ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I ordered a book from Amazon.com a few weeks ago to gain some financial wisdom while simultaneously reading a damn book for once. I used to read regularly, but since I graduated from college and moved to Atlanta, I&#8217;ve been slackin&#8217; in that department. Anyway, the book, <em>Rich Dad, Poor Dad</em>, was a popular read that came highly recommended from friends and co-workers alike. So, when I placed the order on 7/18, I was pretty excited for it to come in the mail.</p>
<p>So yesterday, August 4th,&#8211;three weeks later!&#8211;I finally get a package from <strong>The Book Depository, </strong>a U.K.-based company that had the best combination of price/book quality listed ($8.59 incl. s/h for a book that was described as &#8216;in excellent condition&#8217; or something along those lines). I get to the crib, open the package and unveiled <em><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Rich Dad, Poor Dad</span></em><em> </em><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">another book by Robert Kiyosaki</span> <em>Book of Secrets</em>?!</p>
<p>Yup. These fools sent me some random book called <em>Book of Secrets. </em>A book so secretive, in fact, there is no author. The book is pocket-sized and is pecularily all black with the simple title across the front. I was wylin&#8217; at first and was about contact <strong>The Book Depository</strong> and demand a refund/the correct book. Now, though, I&#8217;ve decided to first read the book and <em>then</em> contact them. I can&#8217;t front, the book&#8217;s theme and presentation alone make me want to read it. Who wouldn&#8217;t read a little black book of secrets?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the book:</p>
<div id="attachment_20" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-20" title="book_of_secrets" src="http://wrotemeamanual.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/book_of_secrets.jpg?w=300" alt="Little Black book of secrets" width="300" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Little Black Book (of Secrets)</p></div>
<p>And if you think I&#8217;m buggin&#8217; and ordered the wrong book (I thought that for a second), here&#8217;s the order confirmation email I got from Amazon:</p>
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<td style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;margin:0;">$4.60</td>
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<td style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;margin:0;">$3.99</td>
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<td style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;margin:0;"><strong>$8.59</strong></td>
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<p><strong>Delivery estimate: </strong>July 24, 2009 - August 10, 2009<br />
<strong>Shipping estimate for these items: </strong>July 20, 2009 - July 21, 2009</p>
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<td style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><strong>&#8220;<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:#ffffcc;background-position:initial initial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Rich</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:#ffffcc;background-position:initial initial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Dad</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">, Poor </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:#ffffcc;background-position:initial initial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Dad</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">: What the </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:#ffffcc;background-position:initial initial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Rich</span></span> Teach Their Kids About Money&#8211;That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!&#8221;</strong><br />
Robert T. Kiyosaki; Hardcover; $4.60</p>
<p>Sold by: the_book_depository_</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Definitely <strong>The Book Depository</strong> fail.</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]></title>
<link>http://thankyounetflix.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/national-treasure-book-of-secrets/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mystery Man</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thankyounetflix.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/national-treasure-book-of-secrets/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[PLOT: Five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O&#8217;Laughlen, both]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Book Of Secrets: Recommended Reading!]]></title>
<link>http://powerofpositivethinking.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/the-book-of-secrets-recommended-reading/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>twhiston</dc:creator>
<guid>http://powerofpositivethinking.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/the-book-of-secrets-recommended-reading/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick update to let visitors know I&#8217;ve posted a new book review on my main spir]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is just a quick update to let visitors know I&#8217;ve posted a new book review on my main spirituality and life purpose blog. Anyone who enjoys the spiritual process of discovery and personal development will enjoy the recommended book, entitled <a title="the book of secrets" href="http://www.aboutlifespurpose.com/book-reviews/the-book-of-secrets-by-deepak-chopra" target="_blank"><em>The Book Of Secrets</em></a> by Deepak Chopra.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for new articles on this blog within the next week or two as well. Thanks for stopping by. ;o)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Day 20 - Changing Your Reality]]></title>
<link>http://areyoujokingme.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/day-20-changing-your-reality/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
<guid>http://areyoujokingme.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/day-20-changing-your-reality/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Deepak Chopra&#8217;s The Book of Secrets (the pieces I felt I needed to work on)&#8230; Higher]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>From Deepak Chopra&#8217;s The Book of Secrets (the pieces I felt I needed to work on)&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Higher Purpose</strong> &#8211; I am here to serve. I am here to inspire. I am here to love.</p>
<p><strong>Communion</strong> &#8211; I will overlook the tension and be friendly to someone who has ignored me.</p>
<p><strong>Awareness</strong> &#8211; I will spend 10 minutes observing instead of speaking. If someone irritates me, I will ask myself what I really feel beneath the anger &#8211; and I won&#8217;t stop paying attention until the anger is gone.</p>
<p><strong>Acceptance</strong> &#8211; I will spend five minutes thinking about the best qualities of someone I don&#8217;t fully appreciate. </p>
<p><strong>Creativity</strong> &#8211; I will imagine five things I could do that my family would never expect &#8211; and then I will do at least one of them.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Coming Soon: A Collection of Magical Secrets &amp; A Treatise of Mixed Cabalah]]></title>
<link>http://avaloniapress.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/coming-soon-a-collection-of-magical-secrets-a-treatise-of-mixed-cabalah/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Avalonia LuxNox</dc:creator>
<guid>http://avaloniapress.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/coming-soon-a-collection-of-magical-secrets-a-treatise-of-mixed-cabalah/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Between the worlds of the Renaissance magician and the modern witch lie the Books of Secrets. Bridgi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.avaloniabooks.co.uk"><img class="size-full wp-image-88 alignleft" style="border:1px solid black;" title="collection_magical" src="http://avaloniapress.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/collection_magical.jpg" alt="collection_magical" width="300" height="467" /></a>Between the worlds of the Renaissance magician and the modern witch lie the Books of Secrets.  Bridging the complexity of Grimoires and the practicality of folk magic, A Collection of Magical Secrets is a treasure trove of simple charms made with easily available materials for healing, love spells, good fortune, gaining familiar spirits, making magical rings, regaining stolen property, and communicating with spirits and angels.  A wide range of sympathetic magic techniques such as dreaming, poppets, using bread, herbs, mirrors and sieves, are utilised to ensure the success of the charms.</p>
<p>A Treatise of Mixed Cabalah contains four parts, three of which fit together to develop a greater knowledge of the practical Qabalah.  This includes a ritual sequence of prayers and actions for increasing knowledge, practical instructions for the construction, consecration and use of wax pentacles for absent healing, a technique for angelic dream incubation and a system of divination with 112 possible answers.</p>
<p>The two parts of this book were previously bound together in a late eighteenth century French manuscript, Wellcome Ms 4669, with The Clavicule of Solomon and The Universal Treatise of the Keys of Solomon.  These are reproduced along with The Keys of Rabbi Solomon, in the most significant grimoire publication of modern times, The Veritable Key of Solomon by Stephen Skinner &#38; David Rankine.  The inclusion in the beautifully copied manuscript of these two diverse parts captures the essence of a time when books about magic were starting to become more available to the masses.  Despite their recent production date of 1796, both of these parts draw on techniques with their roots in the practices of the ancient world, reaffirming the continuity of practice over the millennia also seen in the Key of Solomon.</p>
<p>Pre-order information will soon be available from <a href="http://www.avaloniabooks.co.uk">http://www.avaloniabooks.co.uk </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fug Girls: Tyra Is Our Own ‘National Treasure: Book of Secrets’]]></title>
<link>http://hwheard.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/fug-girls-tyra-is-our-own-%e2%80%98national-treasure-book-of-secrets%e2%80%99/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>harlemworldblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hwheard.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/fug-girls-tyra-is-our-own-%e2%80%98national-treasure-book-of-secrets%e2%80%99/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe we&#8217;re improving at this whole prognosticating thing — we just nailed the Project Runway ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Treasure 3 in 2010 Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates]]></title>
<link>http://moviereleases.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/national-treasure-3-in-2010-nicolas-cage-is-back-as-benjamin-gates/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>teasertrailer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://moviereleases.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/national-treasure-3-in-2010-nicolas-cage-is-back-as-benjamin-gates/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Have a look to: &#8211;&gt; National Treasure 3 in 2010 Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates Natio]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Have a look to: &#8211;&#62; <a href="http://national-treasure-3-trailer.blogspot.com/2008/10/national-treasure-3-in-2010-nicolas.html">National Treasure 3 in 2010 Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://national-treasure-3-trailer.blogspot.com/2008/10/national-treasure-3-in-2010-nicolas.html"><img src="http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp20/new-movies/national-treasure-3-1.jpg" alt="National Treasure 3 in 2010 Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://national-treasure-3-trailer.blogspot.com/2008/10/national-treasure-3-in-2010-nicolas.html">National Treasure 3 in 2010 Nicolas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[My conversation with Treasury Sec'y Henry Paulson Regarding Debt]]></title>
<link>http://markwiberg.com/2008/09/24/my-average-joe-conversation-with-treasury-secy-henry-paulson/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wiberg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://markwiberg.com/2008/09/24/my-average-joe-conversation-with-treasury-secy-henry-paulson/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As everyone knows, Henry Paulson is the Secretary of Treasury, and a banned candidate from the MacAr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As everyone knows, Henry Paulson is the Secretary of Treasury, and a banned candidate from the <a title="MacArthur Fellows" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_grant" target="_blank">MacArthur Fellows Program (aka &#8216; &#8220;Genius Grant&#8221;)</a>. And he&#8217;s been busy this week convincing everyone that saving these big loser banks is vital. Apparently he doesn&#8217;t think the Economy should be in one of those FAIL photo threads that are shared in emails around the world and if I had more time or interest, I would make one up.</p>
<div id="attachment_481" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 233px"><a href="http://mwiberg.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/500px-henry_paulson_official_treasury_photo_2006.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-481" title="500px-henry_paulson_official_treasury_photo_2006" src="http://mwiberg.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/500px-henry_paulson_official_treasury_photo_2006.jpg?w=250" alt="Hey, guess who is not getting a &#34;Genius Grant?&#34;" width="223" height="267" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hey, guess who is not getting a &#34;Genius Grant?&#34; </p></div>
<p>Instead, I got Mr. Paulson on the phone, because I owe some money and I wanted to see if I could get it included in the bailout.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">Mark Wiberg: Hi, Secretary of Treasury Paulson?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">Henry Paulson: Call me HP.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">Mark: Are you sure? Like the computer?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: Yes. Please. HP.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: Okay, HP. Hey, before I begin – you are the top dog at the Treasury Department, right?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: Yes I am.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: Did you see that movie National Treasure?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: I did, on an airplane some time ago.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: Is any of that true? Maybe we could use that treasure to help with the bailout? That stuff looked pretty real. It’s up in New York, I think, under Wall Street.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: (laughs) Yeah, sure it is.<span> </span>I don’t think that’s going to happen.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: What about National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets’ treasure?</span></em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>HP: Again, I don’t think that the movies were entirely accurate in regards to the vasts amounts of treasure found.</em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: I dunno. I would maybe take a look at those movies again. It seems pretty accurate to me. Where did you go to film school?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: I didn’t go to film school.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: I see.<span> </span>Bad reel?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: What?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW:<span> </span>Nothing. Listen, HP, I owe several thousand dollars to some very important people because I just had to have every DVD ever made and a kick-ass television that is so friggin’ flat and hi-def that’s it’s just sick. I thought they were all going to increase in value because sometimes DVDs go out of print and you can make like an extra $70 sometimes on a disc. It’s all pretty complicated business investment stuff tied in with major companies like Ebay and Burger King – I don’t have time to explain it – I just need action now. Can I lump my debt in with the big boys. Out of $700 billion, my money is like a drop in the ocean.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: I think we can help you out. And by “we” I mean everyone.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: Cool. Hey, can I ask you another question?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: Sure. </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">MW: Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Any chance that could help us?</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;">HP: I don’t think so.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><em><span style="font-family:&#34;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-family:&#34;"><em>MW: Whatevers. I’m just saying “think outside the box” – if you’re going to pay off my debts, I want to make sure you do it in a responsible way, that you think of everything. But just make it quick!</em></span></p>
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<div id="attachment_480" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 370px"><a href="http://mwiberg.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/national_treasure.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-480" title="national_treasure" src="http://mwiberg.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/national_treasure.jpg" alt="Secretary Henry Paulson denies that the treasure from the film National Treasure could be of any use. I think he is a liar." width="360" height="533" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Secretary Henry Paulson denies that the treasure from the film National Treasure could be of any use. I think he is a liar.</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dark Pensieve - A Revelation]]></title>
<link>http://darkpensieve.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/the-dark-pensieve-a-revelation/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thedarkpensieve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://darkpensieve.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/the-dark-pensieve-a-revelation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Harry Potter fan, I am very much fascinated with some of the magical artifacts in the Harry Potter]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A Harry Potter fan, I am very much fascinated with some of the magical artifacts in the Harry Potter Universe.  One item of particular interest is the <strong>Pensieve</strong>.</p>
<p>In Wikipedia, it is defined as &#8220;a stone receptacle in which to store memories. Covered in mystic runes, it contains memories that take physical form as a type of matter that is described as neither liquid nor gas. A witch or wizard can extract their own memories or another person’s, store them in the Pensieve, and review them later. It also relieves the mind when it becomes cluttered with information. Anyone can examine the memories in the Pensieve, which also allows viewers to fully immerse themselves in the memories stored within, much like a magical form of real world virtual reality.&#8221;</p>
<p>All of us have our own secrets.  It remains to be that way for a reason &#8211; we fear that our secrets will change how other people perceive us.  It makes sense why secrets are sometimes synonymous with &#8220;skeletons in the closet&#8221;.</p>
<p>Everything that is written here might change the perception friends have of me.  I care less&#8230;  This is all about freedom!  Memories known only to a few will remain clean and unbias&#8230;  Time and imagination will not taint these memories as they remain here for all eternity.  (or for how long this account and site survives)  My mind will be relieved of the burden of keeping these memories locked in as each thought gets stored in the pages of this site.  Friends get to know me better. (or worse)</p>
<p>I can always look back here to remind myself of the things that made me who I am today.  For there is no day without the night as there is no light without the dark&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Trip To South Dakota]]></title>
<link>http://yarns87.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/trip-to-south-dakota/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yarns87</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yarns87.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/trip-to-south-dakota/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So my goal to keep an active blog hasn&#8217;t exactly been met. Anyway, I spent a week in Rapid Cit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So my goal to keep an active blog hasn&#8217;t exactly been met. Anyway, I spent a week in Rapid City, South Dakota visiting family. During my stay in the Black Hills, I took many photos. If you are ever have the chance, I highly recommend you check out South Dakota. It is surprisingly beautiful there. Also, if you are a wild west buff, there are plenty of old towns that host mock gun fights in the streets.<img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2672715715_c105e6ed7b.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p>Having already seen Mount Rushmore four or five times before, I wasn&#8217;t too excited when my family decided to pay a visit. After all, there is really only one to see at Mount Rushmore. Five minutes passed and I had seen enough. There was a gift shop of course, but every gift shop in South Dakota has the same things: postcards of the main attractions/nation parks, tshirts with wolves on them, leather biker jackets, lame colored rocks that come in those stupid little pouches, shot glasses, knives, and jewelry. If you&#8217;ve been to one gift shop, you&#8217;ve been to them all. There was also a mini-museum but I&#8217;d seen all of it before, besides I can&#8217;t imagine much has changed since I&#8217;d last visited.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2672715895_9964c52b5d.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2673536034_5122e4d428.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p>After Mount Rushmore, we went to Sylvan Lake. If you have seen <strong>National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets</strong>, it is the place from the scene where <em>Nicholas Cage</em> sticks his arm in that one rock and pulls that pretty lame joke on everyone. They make it seem like the lake is directly behind Mount Rushmore in the movie, but in reality it is in an entirely different location. To give you an idea, Mount Rushmore is in Keystone and Sylvan Lake is in Custer State Park.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2673536432_619c460d11.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p>Sylvan Lake is gorgeous. The drive up was amazing. I say &#8220;up&#8221; because the lake is located in the top of the Black Hills. I would have posted some pictures of the drive but I was half unconcious do to lack of sleep. When we got there, we busted out the food right away. As we ate, we watched a bride and some wedding guests run around the lake while all the chairs/tents they set up blew over. Sucks for them. After lunch we rode paddle boats around. Paddle boats seem like a good idea, but that is only if the paddle boat is in full operational order. Lets just say that the pedals could have used an oiling (back in 2006) and that my side had a minor hole in it. Even though with each minute I peddled my knees were slowly developing into those of a 75 year old man&#8217;s and with each swoop of my feet I kicked water back at myself, I was in awe at the beauty of the nature.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2672717607_368953063f.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">After paddle boats, we took a hike around the lake. It was very pretty. My family got pissed because I kept stopping to take pictures and were even more pissed that these pictures did not include them.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2673536952_00e3c34226.jpg?v=0" alt="More water.... And rocks...." width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2673537736_411d7cebac.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Three/fourths of the way around the lake I found a large rock structure which I climbed. My cousin and I spent 30-45 minutes trying to find a way to get to the top of one rock form. Well, we found one way, but it would involve a large 10 foot leap onto a 45 degree incline. After seeing the 20 foot drop, we voted on an alternative strategy for reaching this rock. After what can only be described as &#8220;shimmying&#8221; across narrow cliff, we finally reached a climbable wall. We took our time once we got to the top of the rock. Again, this pissed off the rest of the family of whom we told we would be back &#8220;in a jiffy.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2672716963_65649ef7b3.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">This picture below is from the top of the rock my cousin and I climbed.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2673538144_0fe036388e.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">After Sylvan Lake we went to Spearfish Canyon, one of my favorite places in South Dakota. The drive was the prettiest of the entire trip.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2673538852_8e866a22e5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2673539030_20d97fc7a8.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2672717897_ab524731f1.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">The main attractions in Spearfish include waterfalls and rivers. This one below is Bridal Veil Falls.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://yarns87.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/13.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-43" src="http://yarns87.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/13.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="367" /></a></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2672719111_9b8ae772dd.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p>It was a good trip. Again, if you haven&#8217;t been to South Dakota before, I really suggest you pay a visit. Hope you enjoyed my photos. You can see a few more on my flickr.</p>
<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/yarns87/sets/72157606192671390/" target="_blank">South Dakota Flickr Gallery</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA["What is it about treasure that makes history so fascinating?"]]></title>
<link>http://deepfreezebatman.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/what-is-it-about-treasure-that-makes-history-so-fascinating/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I guess I&#8217;ve been in the mood for some high-paced action-packed historical conspiracies: Not s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">I guess I&#8217;ve been in the mood for some high-paced action-packed historical conspiracies:</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Not sure why I like conspiracies but I guess I&#8217;m just a sucker for stories about an underground postal service and a secret Presidents&#8217; book that contains all of the truth about all the nation&#8217;s conspiracies. I&#8217;m also a sucker for horrible Nicolas Cage flicks.  Say what you will about <em>National Treasure 2</em>.. but any movie that can make a trip to the Library of Congress look that hardcore has to be pretty sweet.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Thomas Pynchon on <em>The Simpsons</em>:</p>
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<link>http://oshodiscourses.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/osho-books-and-discourses/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[what if....?]]></title>
<link>http://desertdeadguy.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/what-if/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[i recently saw the movie &#8220;national treasure &#8211; book of secrets&#8221; on dvd which highli]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>i recently saw the movie &#8220;national treasure &#8211; book of secrets&#8221; on dvd which highlighted the aforementioned book. accordingly each american president has their own entry in the said book. urban legend or not what would the entry(ies) be if such book were to exist. the rule is one president per entry. for other countries just state the entry, name of the president then the country. no holds barred so guys and gals filler up.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Movies To Avoid In 2008]]></title>
<link>http://pandora19.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/movies-to-avoid-in-2008/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pandora</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pandora19.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/movies-to-avoid-in-2008/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Opposites Attract]]></title>
<link>http://trendliest.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/opposites-attract/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trendliest.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/opposites-attract/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey Untrendly Haters, What&#8217;s down? We here at Trendliest hope you&#8217;re having the positive]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEcQC1seI/AAAAAAAADSU/swXCGj1r79s/s1600-h/pa0004_62-mc4.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEcQC1seI/AAAAAAAADSU/swXCGj1r79s/s400/pa0004_62-mc4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Hey Untrendly Haters, What&#8217;s down? We here at Trendliest hope you&#8217;re having the positively dreadful day that you don&#8217;t deserve. Say you readers seem to be a little confused. We&#8217;re not accusing you of disliking our site or saying we hope your life is awful (or aren&#8217;t we?), but if that&#8217;s what you took from the first sentence, you obviously haven&#8217;t caught up to the latest conversational trend&#8230;declaring opposite day.</p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEEw-s3yI/AAAAAAAADR8/UzP1WK69cJs/s1600-h/marie-antoinette-410.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEEw-s3yI/AAAAAAAADR8/UzP1WK69cJs/s400/marie-antoinette-410.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Marie Antoinette Choosing Her Words Carefully&#8230;But Not Carefully Enough</p>
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<p>Opposite day is when you don&#8217;t mean anything you say, but rather the exact opposite.  It was first utilized by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette">Marie Antoinette</a> during the French Revolution as &#8220;le jour contraire&#8221;, when she uttered the famous words &#8220;let them eat cake&#8221; referring to the peasant class. Unaware that the peasant class had no knowledge of the new aristocratic practice they were insulted by the Queen&#8217;s ignorance to their plight. That being said, the intended sentiment of &#8220;Let them eat feces&#8221; probably would have resulted in a much more swift death via guillotine.</p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEFNDazeI/AAAAAAAADSE/XQYa83UOZzw/s1600-h/Herbert+Hoover.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEFNDazeI/AAAAAAAADSE/XQYa83UOZzw/s400/Herbert+Hoover.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Herbert Hoover: Staunch Proponent of Opposite Day</p>
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<p>The practice of Le Jour Contraire traveled overseas in time for the 1928 Presidential Election when <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html">Herbert Hoover</a> declared that every American family would have &#8220;a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage,&#8221; after which he was heard uttering sinisterly to a campaign staffer, &#8220;I hate opposite day..ha&#8230;ha&#8221;. Again, unaware of what day it was, the country bought Hoover&#8217;s message of hope, hook, line, and sinker. Nearly a year later the country was mired in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression">Great Depression</a> or as Hoover referred to it in other prominent addresses to a struggling nation, &#8220;The Wee Excitement.&#8221; Nearly Fifty years later Ronald Reagan famously invoked opposite day rules yet again when speaking of &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle_down_economics">trickle-down economics</a>.&#8221;</p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEFa10p1I/AAAAAAAADSM/RkbomMxz9yw/s1600-h/781891.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_v7ivUjLU4U4/SGAEFa10p1I/AAAAAAAADSM/RkbomMxz9yw/s400/781891.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Unbeknownst To Half Of This Crowd&#8230;They Were Rooting For The Same Person</span></span></div>
<p>Until recently, the mystery of Opposite Day was hidden in the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465234/">Presidential Book of Secrets</a>, though a few fellow politicians that happened to be members of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192614/"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Skulls</span></a> starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005045/">Joshua Jackson</a>, shared the clandestine code with fellow fraternity members who in trying to lessen the organization&#8217;s iron clad grip on their lives leaked it&#8217;s practice to the proletariat and elementary school children. The trend spread so fast throughout the country without the proper rules for it&#8217;s use being disseminated. This situation came to a head during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_2000">2000 Presidential election</a> when the majority of voters were unaware that they were voting on an opposite day (with opposite side of the street parking rules in effect) and stamped their ballots for Al Gore accidentally handing over the reins of the position of most powerful office in the world to George W. Bush. Luckily, Mr. Bush ended up being the right man for the job, leading the United States and the world to eight years of peace and prosperity&#8230;and really there&#8217;s nothing more trendly than peace, prosperity and continued economic gain&#8230;well, except for opposite day.</p>
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<link>http://theeverythingplace.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/national-treasure-2-book-of-secrets/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Length: 125 Minutes</p>
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<link>http://eryanh.com/2008/05/16/love-sacrifice-misunderstood/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Evans</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eryanh.com/2008/05/16/love-sacrifice-misunderstood/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[~love just is~ Unless you are a therapist, a spiritualist or someone who has completely understood t]]></description>
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<p>Unless you are a therapist, a spiritualist or someone who has completely understood the way this world revolves, there is a good chance you believe that you have understood &#8216;love&#8217; but lack ways to easily articulate it. I don&#8217;t mean to down play you in any way but I wrote this especially to empower you with thoughts that have been around for generations and ways to explain what love truly is.</p>
<p>Many of us have associated ourselves with love and ever since our teen years we have misunderstood being &#8216;in love&#8217; with the actual true &#8216;love&#8217;.  We recognize this when we tell our boy-friends or girl-friends that we&#8217;re &#8216;in love&#8217; with them and when they are not around, we get upset; when they are with others, we compete for attention; or when they do something different from what we like, it troubles us. We even quantify love by saying &#8216;I love you more than you love me&#8217;. While this seems very cute in its own way, there is a big difference between what we express in the relationship and what love really is.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>~the real difference~</em></p>
<p>We have not understood &#8216;love&#8217; the way it really is; but have experienced something called &#8216;in love&#8217;. &#8216;In Love&#8217; is to receive love from the other person and is a dependence based relationship. In this relationship, we are attached to our own happiness instead of the other person&#8217;s. This feeling is obvious when we miss them if they are not around, but in truth we only miss them for the love that they give to us. By being dependent or attached in an adult relationship this way, we are setting ourselves up for pain. Any attempt to remove this dependence or attachment is always resisted by us and we know how hurtful it is when we don&#8217;t get what we want from them. We can act possessive and take away the space they need but barely do we realize that these problems are within ourselves first; that we are deficit in some way. While this may sound terrible, it really is not. In the real sense of the word, this is a stepping stone to eventually understand true love. Everyone walks this path.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>~true love~</em></p>
<p>When we truly love someone, we only give love, not expect to receive any. We accept the person for who he or she is. This is the same as the unconditional love we talk about between a mother and her child. There is never a reason; we just love. When the time and person is right, we feel it deep within ourselves and nothing known physically to man can ever explain it. True love or unconditional love is unconditional acceptance of a person no matter what their actions dictate; but it does not mean unconditional acceptance of their actions; just the person. Please don&#8217;t read only into that line, there is more. We know that people change and their actions evolve over time. We have faith in them because we see in them a &#8216;them&#8217; that they themselves cannot see. It&#8217;s just a matter of time before they figure themselves out through the many good and bad things they do; and trust me, they will consciously do almost every thing that today&#8217;s society or you considers bad. However, <strong>Love, in a relationship, is accepting them for who they are while expecting them to be the best they can be for themselves; not for you. Loving them is never about you; its about them. </strong>When they want you to let go, let them go, let them grow; your part is done.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>~what love isn&#8217;t!~</em></p>
<p>Love isn&#8217;t detachment or attachment but a fine balance between the two and knowing when to do either. Love never has reasons; but reasons have love. Love isn&#8217;t dependence but freedom to grow. Love isn&#8217;t denial but acceptance of self and self emotions. Even hate is love; its someone who&#8217;s upset coz they didn&#8217;t get the love they needed; they are just asking to be loved. Even Jealousy is love, someone wanting the source of love and happiness that you have.<br />
However, due to haste, desperation or just bad sources of information, we remain confused and continue creating reasons for why we should love. Magazines, surveys or compatibility ads are main sources of our wealth of toxic information. Loving someone for a reason is not true love for the other person. Reasons are conditions which when satisfied makes us happy. It just shows that we are in love with that reason and not the person. When we love the reason or that condition, we indicate that we are loving ourselves instead and are trying to make &#8216;ourselves&#8217; happy; not them.  This is the same as making use of them to make us happy; but the reality is that we need to fill our own voids first before we can truly love someone else for who they are. It&#8217;s even more scary when we choose to love for a reason and then over time those reasons vanish; and we&#8217;d find ourselves hating that same very person. We know this when we use words like, &#8216;I loved the old you better&#8217;. But this is not the end of it all; it&#8217;s just one of those jump starts we need.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>~how do I learn to truly love someone?~</em></strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s easier said than done. Learn to love yourself first without going outside for love. When you truly love yourself will you be able to truly love others. There are so many articles on-line that teach us to truly love ourselves. Here are two articles worth reading and two tracks worth listening to.</p>
<p><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Love-Yourself-Indulgently-And-Unconditionally&#38;id=781515">http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Love-Yourself-Indulgently-And-Unconditionally&#38;id=781515</a><br />
<a href="http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Relationships/serendipity/topics/topic016.html"> http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Relationships/serendipity/topics/topic016.html</a><br />
and finally India Arie with her track &#8220;Video&#8221;   <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgfRCqT7Po">(You Tube)</a> <a href="http://www.pandora.com/music/song/india+arie/video"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.pandora.com/music/song/india+arie/video">http://www.pandora.com/music/song/india+arie/video</a><br />
and Whitney Houston with &#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1OoM3N7mfc">The Greatest Love of All</a>&#8220;<br />
They all say one thing. We need to first accept ourselves for the way we are with all the flaws we have. No one is perfect, no one will ever be. Everyone starts from the bottom of the ladder to get to the top with respect to accepting themselves the way they are. Financially rich people face the same problems we do. Underneath all that perfection is always imperfection; behind all the glitz is misery that even money won&#8217;t solve. We all walk the same path and help is always there. The best part is that you don&#8217;t have to make any sacrifices in loving your self.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>~on unconditional love and divorce in non violent relationships~</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">When we finally learn to love unconditionally, we are much more comfortable in our relationships and we  easily accept our other halves as people who are struggling to understand themselves. When a need for a divorce occurs, it would be from their side as they battle to search for their source of true love.  True love starts within ourselves and at home; but if a divorce helps, do what it takes to help yourself.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>~What is sacrifice? Is it associated with giving up?~</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Sacrifice truly means &#8216;to make sacred&#8217;. By giving up something you really want, you are instead only hurting yourself; you are not making any relationship sacred! Even though you may give something up for someone, it is not sacrifice unless you are truly happy inside and without resentment. Anything short of this is truly superficial. Its only after you learn how to truly love yourself, making sacrifices becomes so much easier and accurate to its definition. Let me explain.<br />
Sacrifice is never about giving up happiness but gaining even more happiness for yourself by making others happy.   When you unconditionally love others, seeing them happy is what truly makes you happy. If they find happiness in what you have and you truly love them, giving it to them is really easy when you know that your happiness comes from within you and no where else. Sacrifices becomes very simple and no different than a side effect of true love. Sacrifice always originates from self  when self is ready and should never be imposed or expected of you.
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>~when should I not sacrifice?~</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">When you don&#8217;t want to!<br />
The act of sacrifice has been glorified but it has lost its meaning over time and lately associated with giving up for a long term benefit. But there is never any long term benefit gained from performing it in guilt, greed or force. In most cases, follow your instinct; in some where it is confusing, its best to wait and let the effects of time convince you. Do whatever it takes to balance between keeping yourself happy and doing things to keep others happy. Wisdom doesn&#8217;t necessarily come from the elders; but in some cases guilt surely does; don&#8217;t let them ever guilt you or force you. Draw your boundaries and follow your heart. And for those who prefer to be associated with &#8216;logic&#8217;; follow your mind!
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>P.S. &#8220;I love you&#8221; is &#8220;I love you to make you happy&#8221; and not &#8220;I love you to make me happy&#8221;; </strong></p>
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<link>http://cyb3rk.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/national-treasure-book-of-secrets-2007/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://bigyellowtaxi.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/national-treasurebook-of-secrets-movie-review/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://bigyellowtaxi.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/national-treasurebook-of-secrets-movie-review/</guid>
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