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	<title>Cottleston Pie</title>
	<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog</link>
	<description>and other exclamations by the accidental taoist</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Would I get a green beret?</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/23/would-i-get-a-green-beret/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/23/would-i-get-a-green-beret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/23/would-i-get-a-green-beret/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Army Special Forces is spamming me!  Some "undisclosed-recipients" and I got spam today from Army recruiter Sgt. Hood. He reports: 



 .... For a limited time, the Army will offer you the opportunity to attend Infantry Basic Training, Jump School, and Special Forces Assessment and Selection. This opportunity is normally reserved for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tilting at Windmills</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/21/tilting-at-windmills/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/21/tilting-at-windmills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Language</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/21/tilting-at-windmills/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Finding the etymology of figurative expressions can be difficult .  I was able to track down some interesting pages with various expression etymologies, but no "tilting at windmills." 

 It was easy enough to learn that the expression comes from the novel Don Quixote who ineffectually attacked windmills, being under the illusion that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read Ended</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/04/read-ended/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/04/read-ended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/04/read-ended/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Two weeks ago, Jesus rear-ended my car.  There was an accident on I35 South that was causing, and would cause for some time, horrible backups.  So I drive onto the frontage road on an alternate route to my grad class.  As I approached the intersection of the frontage and 51st, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting Alphabet Soup</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/02/voting-alphabet-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/02/voting-alphabet-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/11/02/voting-alphabet-soup/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ When I arrived at my polling location at 9 a.m., I got behind a line maybe twenty-five people long in the open air.  The line snaked out the front-door of an apartment complex office.  The old woman behind me said that the line was much longer when she'd come by at 7:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stung</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/07/stung/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/07/stung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/07/stung/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ On the veloway Saturday, I was stung by a flying insect -- bee, wasp, I don't know; I didn't see it.  But I felt and heard the wings as I swatted it away from my thigh where it stung.  It hurt a bit, but was easy enough to ignore.  Today it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sight to the Blind</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/sight-to-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/sight-to-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Technology</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/sight-to-the-blind/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Okay, I'm not blind yet, but I've got a good start at 28.  This does sound like promising development:  Permanent Lenses in Sight [Wired News] .  Maybe someday something like that will be a good idea.  The sooner the better that they start working out the kinks.  

 I wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washed in Electricity</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/washed-in-electricity/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/washed-in-electricity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/06/washed-in-electricity/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Someone I know had heard that it wasn't safe to shower during a thunderstorm and didn't know whether this was something to be worried about or overblown. 

 I didn't know, so I spent quite a while today reading about lightning safety.  There's some inconsistency evident from reading so many varied sources, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Letter</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/missing-letter/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/missing-letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2004 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Language</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/missing-letter/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ As I clean up the new apt and find places for things, I re-discovered some letters from old high school and college friends.  This greatly slows me down. :-) 

 I was surprised to find an official Waterville Senior High School envelope with my name on it.  Inside, it started, "I LOVED [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iMac Replacement Repairs</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/imac-replacement-repairs/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/imac-replacement-repairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2004 10:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Technology</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/05/imac-replacement-repairs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple has published a list of iMac G5 parts you can install yourself:


The iMac G5 is designed to make it easy for you to install replacement parts if you need to. The parts you can install yourself are:

AirPort Extreme Card 
Memory - DDR 400 MHz (PC3200) SDRAM 
Hard drive 
Optical drive 
Power supply 
LCD display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refrigerator Temperature</title>
		<link>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/04/refrigerator-temperature/</link>
		<comments>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/04/refrigerator-temperature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>twp</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://ziphstric.com/blog/archives/2004/09/04/refrigerator-temperature/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Scouring the web to find what temperature my refrigerator should be was tougher than I would have guessed.  Here's what I ultimately found: 



 temperature inside the refrigerator should be between 0C-5C (32-41&#176;F) 
 For best quality [meat, poultry, fish], keep the refrigerator temperature between 35 and 40 degrees 
 storing butter in [...]]]></description>
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