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		<title>You Are As Burdened As your Secrets</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/you-are-as-burden-as-your-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most courageous thing an individual can display is expressing a sercret, and then letting go. But which is harder: telling or letting go? The answer may lie in a book at your local Borders.  A post card with no name is tucked between page 78 and 79 has a very dark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=246&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make the Jump: Reinveting Yourself, But How?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catch 22]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geek skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reinvent yourself]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self Investment]]></category>
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I want to get into the Tech industry.  I want to be like Leo  Laporte .  But the problem is I have no computer programming skills or IT certificates.   I have no radio background.  But I know how to do have 70 of 100 geeks skills only tech nerds know how to do.  For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=236&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humilty: Dont Be a 1-Up-er</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humility is one of those virtues that is undevalued, but vital to becoming a better human being. It&#8217;s a reminder of what you do have instead of what you don&#8217;t have. And the gap that seperates what you do have versus what you don&#8217;t should be a motivator in making you a better human. 
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		<title>Make Some Damn Good Coffee</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/make-some-damn-good-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best 15 bucks I ever spent: French Press.  Lifehacker.com did a story a while back on how to make coffee without breaking the bank.  After reading the article and inspired,  I bought the equipment:

French Press
Coffee whole beans
Air-tight jar with airlock
Coffee Grinder

According to Lifehacker and other blogs, whole beans win out in quality.  I bought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=223&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Dating: Whats Wrong With My Profile</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loveline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few friends since college are exploring online dating.  One thing that they are experimenting with is their profile and trying to maximize their success in grabbing the opposite sex  attention.
Although the online market streamlined the efficiency of dating and provided a bigger selection in would be partners, dating hasn&#8217;t gotten any easier.
Fellow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=215&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happyness and Participation Trophies</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/happyness-and-participation-trophies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 05:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristolte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rode slowly on this podcast. I took vacation two weeks ago and found myself the far away land in Dominican Republic. In the course of soaking up sol, I thought about happiness and what it really means. I talk about Aritisotle&#8217;s take on it and then my own. Lastly a small rant on participation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=190&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends are like homes</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/friends-are-like-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cellphone contacts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friendship is like a home.  And like a home, you need a fresh coat paint, some lawn care, and a clean up every so often. It's maintenance. Its upkeep. The home will treat you good as you treat it.

If you forget to cut the grass, clean the gutters, wash the driveway, well it looks shitty. The friendship is the same...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=186&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walk of Shame//Guy Version</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/walk-of-shameguy-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small World]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[video store]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny thing I heard on the Adam Carolla Podcast today: the walk of shame for guys. For a guy it&#8217;s walking into the local video store, to be eyed all the way to the adult section, 200 feet of horrible 80&#8217;s carpet,  in the back of the store.  It gets worse when its in your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=173&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smaller is Better</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/smaller-is-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long-drawn out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its to my belief now that smaller entries are better. Long drawn out rants and arguments end up losing the reader. That means you are yelling into the abyss. At some point it&#8217;s narcissistic intel-masturbation The only exception that comes immediately to mind is sharing something personal, that reveals or pulls the curtain back a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=168&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rant: Philosophy is BS</title>
		<link>http://thecalculus.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/rant-philosophy-is-bs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[plan b]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about philosophy lately. I can now see why people think its BS.  A few days ago, in course of a few beers, I conversed with a well-school guy on the history of 1960&#8217;s and its consequences. There was a good amount give and take dialogue with common ideas in between. But a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecalculus.wordpress.com&blog=2435371&post=161&subd=thecalculus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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