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	<title>My Blog.</title>
	<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org</link>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 13:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On the Other Side</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/04/03/on-the-other-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know the truth? I grew up in the Bronx. My whole childhood was filled with gunshots followed by mothers&#8217; agonizing cries. So loud. Every cry was different, but they were all over the same thing. A child got shot. A car was destroyed from another bomb. Or a husband murdered. Gang [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you want to know the truth? I grew up in the Bronx. My whole childhood was filled with gunshots followed by mothers&#8217; agonizing cries. So loud. Every cry was different, but they were all over the same thing. A child got shot. A car was destroyed from another bomb. Or a husband murdered. Gang violence defines the people of my town. They can’t escape it because it is what they are. It is like there is a growing scar, branded on them from every gunshot they fired. Every person they killed. And every life sentence they received. They are cursed, marked with an omen of a sorrowful and unrecognized death. Where they go and what they do at this point is now meaningless to their lives.<br />
My mother was an easy night of fun. My father was an unknown. I never knew who he was. Neither did my mom. I was one of eight. But now I am one of two because of that little thing called meth. Methamphetamines change the way the brain works. You start to do stupid stuff!<br />
That’s what happened to my brothers.<br />
They died.<br />
One of them thought he could fly and jumped straight off his apartment balcony. He then found out that he couldn&#8217;t do that. The police found his body later that day after a child went screaming to his mom because of what he saw. Another brother just passed out because his brain couldn&#8217;t handle the amount that he took. He laid in a coma for weeks<br />
He died.<br />
They all died.<br />
Why is it that as time goes by, it takes more and more people that shouldn&#8217;t have gone in the first place?<br />
Time is so cruel.<br />
But time goes on and on. We as people change into things that we could have never have imagined as kids. Well some of us at least. I wanted to be a firefighter, and save dying lives. As soon as my mom stopped making payments to the bank, we got evicted. That meant that I had to go to work when I was twelve. I had to lie to the manager of a McDonalds, and tell him I was sixteen, and out of a job. I always looked older than I really was. I was six foot in the eighth grade.<br />
I never could be a firefighter.<br />
What I wonder is how my life could have turned out differently if I was raised like all the other kids. You know. Parents who stayed together and got married after they had a kid. Going to the park to play basketball without having to strap on a bulletproof vest. I cant even go to the park anymore because of the reputation my older brother has picked up. Just because of him everyone looks at me as a criminal, and a murderer. Whenever I try to go to play basketball, I get cussed off the court, and beaten up.</p>
<p>My brother is a horrible person. He is a Blood, and never sends mom a card on her birthday. He has killed more people than he can count to. He never went to middle school. After fifth grade he dropped out and became a street rat. Mom always loved him though. He never loved her. After about three years on the street, he became a part of the Bloods because they thought he was a real criminal. He never even thought that they weren&#8217;t his real family. People always say that the brothers you make from a gang are closer than your family. I bet you my next paycheck that they wouldn&#8217;t ever stand in front of a bullet for you. They would never take care of you if you became paralyzed from the neck down from a bullet shot to the neck. That’s happened before.</p>
<p>When life turns bad, you know what my mom always says? Stay close to your <em>true</em> friends, and go after what you want.</p>
<p>I wish I could.</p>
<p>I really do wish I could.</p>
<p>Things went bad three months ago with a project I tried to get off the ground. My internet business that provided people with useful links for abuse web sites got destroyed. The money stopped comming in, and the bills stayed there, slowly building higher and higher on the kitchen table. I wont tell you how it got destroyed, because that would mean I would have to tell you who did it. And I would rather you not know that.</p>
<p>Now I have to work three jobs to accomidate my expenses.</p>
<p>My friend recently got shot in the head. He&#8217;s now a vegetable, and rotting in a hospital bed. The only reason why he&#8217;s not dead is because I decided to help him. I called the ambulance, and I have been paying for every day he stays in that bed.</p>
<p>I want to help him because I love him. He&#8217;s my best friend. I have to work an extra four hours a day just so I can have the opportunity of going down to the hospital every weekend to see him still alive.</p>
<p>So now you know the truth. You know me. You know who I am, and you know my story. But you dont know why I am telling you this. I want somebody to know how it is on the other side. I want somebody to recognise me before I become just another story lost in the endless pages of the endless volumes of time. Nobody can sincerely feel the pain of a life. They can think about it for as long as they want, but they will always be able to go home and think about their own lives again. Nobody can sincerely say I know what you feel like because they havent experienced the feeling of comming home to the same situation as what they heard somebody talking about. What I am trying to articulate is that it is impossible to feel another person&#8217;s pain because you dont have to feel it for your whole day. You can always come home to regular life. I am telling you my story because I want you imagine what it would feel like to face my kind of problem&#8217;s your whole entire day, and not just for the time you read this. Know what it is like to not ever be able to escape.</p>
<p>When you are able to feel that, then you can truly know my story.</p>
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		<title>Thinking About Thought Cont.</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/24/thinking-about-thought-cont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the world gets to where they are by thought. Their place in the world is decided by how they have made their thought work for them. But what powers thought? What makes us decide to think? How do all of us think? What I want to know is where thought derives from. In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone in the world gets to where they are by thought. Their place in the world is decided by how they have made their thought work for them. But what powers thought? What makes us decide to think? How do all of us think? What I want to know is where thought derives from. In the process of thinking about this, I came upon the idea that thought derives from decision, and that where somebody starts out from affects where they end up through decision. Why the people in our world are so diverse, is because of where they started out from, and what their upbringing was like. The things that they are shown and taught as children virtually determine who they are in the future. When people are children they absorb information, and through decision they will become who they turned out to be. Now with this information you might assume that if all children were brought up exactly the same, they will ultimately become the same people. I don&#8217;t think that this is true because of the factor of human intellect. As people grow, their intelligence becomes more apparent in their decisions. They aren&#8217;t just ignorant in their decision making process. In the teenage years, that process is added to and becomes more complex. Before, all that in that decision making process all that was taken into consideration was which choice sounded better in words. Kids don&#8217;t think things through to the extent of true comprehension of the matter. To be able to make a truly perfect decision is impossible because of the fact that it is impossible to know the outcome. What decision making is, is being faced with a problem then taking prior knowledge to predict the outcome of each choice. That is the absolute basic way to problem solve. But within that format can be multiplicities of complex strategies which over time are accumulated through execution and error in the mind. Universal accumulation however is non-existent because of the intelligence factor. Individuals with advanced thinking skills are the people who develop these skills. And those who do not, often end up with minimum wage jobs and very unhappy with life. What I mean by execution and error is basically the method of trial and error. A person has to make wrong decisions in order to make correct decisions later in life, hence the error part of the phrase. The execution part means that a person has to make some form of right decision in order to know what one is, and how to achieve one. Over time strategies develop from the combination of the two. Execution coupled with error is the basic way of accumulating these strategies.</p>
<p>These problem solving strategies that I keep talking about have been left unsaid. This however has a purpose. I, being a fourteen year old, highly mullifiable, and highly loquacious person have not yet made enough decisions to have come up with many strategies. So now you ask how many forks in the road do you have to come to in order to have these problem solving procedures embedded into your mind. Well, there we see the intelligence factor again come into play. It is (as redundant as this is) impossible to tell. The numbers could range from hundreds to millions of decisions or problems. So far what I have learned are the basics. Look at all of the components that rest on each option. What is going to happen to them if I choose one, and don&#8217;t choose the other and vice versa. Which one would benefit me more. Which one would set me in a better place for my next decision. All that I have focused on are the things that are changed by my decision. I know that once I grow I will have learned more about all of things that I know, and I will be able to amend them into more efficient strategies. But for now, I remain a child.</p>
<p>So the fact that decisions drive thought is the very reason why our world is so diverse. That, and where each person starts out from help shape our world into a multilateral society, which is able to grow and flourish with time. But the question that still lurks, what is beneath thought? How do you find that out, because once you think of why your thinking, then there is something new behind your thought. That something new automatically replaces what you just thought of, so all of your time spent thinking of why drives thought is wasted because it changes. So why did I even spend the time to write this? I did it so that I can continue my search for what really drives thought. There has to be some way that you can stop that process of change from happening, and that is what I plan on doing. What am I going to do with that information after I find it is pointless to anybody but me. I have found what really makes me work, and I will be satisfied with my discovery. But for now, I am just a child.</p>
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		<title>Unseen Gravity</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/20/unseen-gravity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gravity, the force that draws two objects together that is dependant upon mass, and the distance from one another. That is the definition for gravity that is universally accepted by physicists throughout the whole world. What else is there that attracts us to things? There has to be more to gravity than just that one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gravity, the force that draws two objects together that is dependant upon mass, and the distance from one another. That is the definition for gravity that is universally accepted by physicists throughout the whole world. What else is there that attracts us to things? There has to be more to gravity than just that one force.</p>
<p>If one decides to stand outside and observe the entrance of Cresthill Middle School between say 7:30 and 7:45, they would notice how all of these kids that are flooding the doors in order to get inside. What attracts them to the school? The school has unseen gravity is completely unnoticed by all who go attend it. But what is this gravity? What is the thing that attracts us to this school.</p>
<p>It is for some, opportunity. For others, obligation.</p>
<p>The kids who actually feel like cultivating the plentiful crop that is their future, look at school as the opportunity for success. School for them is the tool that they will use to grow their crops and make them as beautiful and fulfilling as possible. Opportunity is their gravity.</p>
<p>And for the kids who look at school as menial and mundane, the unseen gravity that attracts them to this building is obligation. They don&#8217;t feel like school is worth anything, and therefore the only reason they attend classes at Cresthill, is to extinguish the few remaining days of their lives they will spend trying make a foundation for their lives. What is the difference between them, and the over achievers who strive to get all A&#8217;s in work habits grades even though those grades don&#8217;t matter? The explination is simply the fact that these kids are only able to see what is going on at only one moment in their lives. They cannot, and most likely will not be able to look into the future, and see how what they do now is really what establishes who they are in the future. These are the kids that do their homework during homeroom or lunch, because talking on myspace seemed more alluring to them. Their excuse is that middle school doesn&#8217;t matter, and they will act serious about their education when they go into high school. Those are the words of ignorance. What they haven&#8217;t come to realize yet, is that it is almost impossible to change their whole entire study habits once they are in the next grade ahead. Sadly for this type of kid, obligation will forever be their gravity, which is sad for an individual who has so much potential for success. If they only could see that middle school might be demeaning in the simple elementary meaning, but what it really is, is a chance in life. Middle school is the very thing that institutes a future, because it is the first step in independance.</p>
<p>To determine who you are you have to determine what your gravity is to your most influential establishment. What is your reasoning for showing up every day to something that your first percieve as menial and mundane? You have to know the reason why you keep coming back, in order for you to rationalize why you live.</p>
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		<title>I Measure My Life By&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/17/i-measure-my-life-by/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amount of times I open a new tooth paste container and screw off the cap without any access tooth paste holding it back. The cap spins smoothly and clean. I love that feeling.
Every time I hear some neophyte employee at a diner drop a someone&#8217;s breakfast.
Whenever a girl that I have no chance with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The amount of times I open a new tooth paste container and screw off the cap without any access tooth paste holding it back. The cap spins smoothly and clean. I love that feeling.</p>
<p>Every time I hear some neophyte employee at a diner drop a someone&#8217;s breakfast.</p>
<p>Whenever a girl that I have no chance with winks at me when I walk past her somewhere. That totally makes my day.</p>
<p>The number of times that I have to say I&#8217;m sorry to my brother.</p>
<p>However many times I have to empty out my bank account and max out my credit cards to make my child happy.</p>
<p>The number of times I am allowed to call my parents by their first names in big crowds.</p>
<p>How many times I end up searching the word truth on google to find what is real and what is a fabrication of the mind.</p>
<p>The number of times my family actually sits down together at the dinner table. The last time was Easter dinner of 2005.</p>
<p>The number of tests that I get back that I flunked.</p>
<p>Every time that I end up on this specific bench in a park in London that faces a statue of a boy and his dog. I seem to always find myself sitting on it every time I visit the park. I don&#8217;t usually notice that it is my bench until I look up and find my eyes staring at the boy and his dog. The boy has on a rain jacket, and rain hat. He and his dog are splashing in the translucent puddles. It is like I visit that bench for every stage of my life. As a baby, toddler, unruly child, and a teenager. That bench and the statue have become a part of me, and my life.</p>
<p>Each time that I down a pound hamburger at Cheeseburger Cheeseburger.</p>
<p>The amount of times that I mess up in life and my mom has totally got my back with an excuse to bail me out.</p>
<p>The amount of substitute teachers that I force to retire a year.</p>
<p>Every time that I forget my brother&#8217;s birthday.</p>
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		<title>Mr. Invincible</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/23/mr-invincible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s world is in desperate need of a superhero. We are going into a downwards spin into an economic apocalypse. All of our resources are being depleted and there is absolutely no hope for our slowly dying earth. The prices for gas have become threateningly high, and the ozone layer is thinning faster then my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Times New Roman">Today’s world is in desperate need of a superhero. We are going into a downwards spin into an economic apocalypse. All of our resources are being depleted and there is absolutely no hope for our slowly dying earth. The prices for gas have become threateningly high, and the ozone layer is thinning faster then my father’s hair. But the most imminent threat for mankind is us humans. Our technology is starting to become too great for us to handle. Artificial intelligence is starting to show up in some of people’s inventions. Although artificial intelligence is not exactly to a point where we have to worry about it, it is one of those things that we have to manage very carefully. Mercury levels are increasing also. Scientists believe that mercury has a chance of becoming too high for humans to live with, and we will all perish. See, there are so many things that could bring about the end of our civilization right now, that we absolutely need someone to be our rescuer. Yes, a superhero that could do anything that he needed to do to save our world. His undercover name would be Garth Tsarminar Booksmith, but the name that would be known by everyone would be Mr. Invincible. He is stronger than a freighter, and braver than Hercules himself. Mr. Invincible is the ultimate human. With the ability to fly longer and further than any superhero before him, he can be anywhere in the world in a single second. Standing seven feet tall and five hundred pounds of pure muscle, there is no one who can stand before him without stuttering in awe. Mr. Invincible was created by the clouds, and the sun. Two very gentle things came together to make almost a monstrosity of a creature. He is not actually all human. His insides are the earth. His skin is the sun’s energy in solid form. His eyes are two compressed stones, brought up from the bottom of the ocean. And his heart is a flawless diamond, which ascended from further down than the deepest mine in the world. Mr. Invincible is nothing less than incredible. He is made from nothing more than the natural elements, which makes him pure and true. His uses to this world are far beyond deserved, but somehow he came into being. Whether he is going to be our true hero, or a horrible mistake, is still undecided. But one thing that is known, is that with him here on the earth, there are going to be some pretty substantial changes.</font></p>
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		<title>Really Cool Bikes</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/09/really-cool-bikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                 Cannondale Prophet 9000                Cannondale Rush Team Carbon Fiber Edition               [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VE2MX_rep.jpg" alt="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VE2MX_rep.jpg" width="518" /> <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VE1_gzd.jpg"><img src="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/spec/7VE1_gzd.jpg" alt="Prophet 1" border="0" height="225" width="375" /></a>                Cannondale Prophet 9000<a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VM0_blu.jpg"><img src="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/spec/7VM0_blu.jpg" alt="Rush Carbon Team " border="0" height="225" width="375" /></a>                Cannondale Rush Team Carbon Fiber Edition<a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VCGDH_rep.jpg"><img src="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/spec/7VCGDH_rep.jpg" alt="JUDGE DH Replica" border="0" height="225" width="375" /></a>                Cannondale Judge DH Replica<a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/large/7VNG2_brn.jpg"><img src="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/CUSA/spec/7VNG2_brn.jpg" alt="PERP 2" border="0" height="225" width="375" /></a>                            Perp 2<img src="http://www.diamondback.com/images/dot.gif" height="77" width="81" /></p>
<p><a href="window.close()"><img src="http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/2007/bikes/SJ_FSR_SW_Carbon_Carbon.jpg" border="0" height="295" width="392" /></a><br />
Specialized Stunt Jumper Edition</p>
<p><a href="window.close()"><img src="http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/2007/bikes/END_SW_Carbon.jpg" border="0" height="252" width="336" /></a></p>
<p>All of these are bikes that cost over $5,000.00 and are used in professional level competitions. The bike that I plan on getting is the cannondale prophet 9000. It is a bike meant for cross country mountain biking, which is what a lot of the local mountain bike races are incorporating into their races. Although if money weren&#8217;t an issue with buying a brand new bike, my definate choice would be the Cannondale Judge DH Replica. That bike is designed for thirty plus foot drops off cliffs. I really dont plan on taking it that high, but the bike would definately suit my needs/wants.</p>
<p>[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1376984239508077669&amp;q=mountain+biking[/googlevideo]</p>
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		<title>How do I Prove to My Parents that I have Learned something?</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/06/how-do-i-prove-to-my-parents-that-i-have-learned-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can show my parents that I have learned something by&#8230;
-showing them my blogs, and how my writing has progressed
-show them that I learned how to paragraph
-make them look at my progress report and see how I have done
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can show my parents that I have learned something by&#8230;</p>
<p>-showing them my blogs, and how my writing has progressed</p>
<p>-show them that I learned how to paragraph</p>
<p>-make them look at my progress report and see how I have done</p>
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		<title>The Librarian</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/31/the-librarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This is a true story. Only names, dates, and every single word has been changed to conceal the truth of what really happened. (Although most of it really did happen)
We marched into the library like soldiers going into battle at Pine Lane Intermediate Elementary school. Our feet pumped the ground as if we were [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Disclaimer: This is a true story. Only names, dates, and every single word has been changed to conceal the truth of what really happened. (Although most of it really did happen)<br />
We marched into the library like soldiers going into battle at Pine Lane Intermediate Elementary school. Our feet pumped the ground as if we were trying to hammer the juice out of the carpet. The class was scared all day before they had to go to the library, and demoralized all day after. It was only until the later part of the evening when their parents cooled them down with a cup of hot chocolate, and a mint flavored marshmallow that they would forget the mental pain and agony they received from the days trip to the library.</p>
<p>It all started when Hillary Nut got scolded from her librarian as a child for taking more than one book without permission. She had always wanted to become the kind librarian who helped kids read before that. Hillary still wanted to become a librarian, but that five minutes of scolding changed her perspective on teaching. When she got hired at Pine Lane, she stressed the importance of order in her library, and impressed the principle with her strict policy. What she did not mention in her interview was that she got fired from her previous librarian job because of the increasing number of students that needed counseling after they walked out of that library. She had been teaching at the Intermediate school for only three months, and she had taken the children out of six kids. Brenna, Carl, Steven, Riley, Eric, and Michael.</p>
<p>The library was a battle field filled with the Nutster&#8217;s booming voice igniting with any sign of a lack of obedience. The library was set up to have one long hall way that was lined with rows upon rows of endless bookshelves. Mrs. Nut&#8217;s desk was at the very to of the hall way so she could see anything and everything that took place. The battle field was set up to her advantage, and she recognized that. She saw that right when she walked through the doors on interview day, because she requested that the desk be moved. I remember when the desk used to be on the far left room of the library to allow for privacy. In those days we could do whatever we felt that was necessary to the library. I remember when, the whole day my general and I colored on the walls without stop until we heard the bell.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sir, she has already exiled three kids to the corners!&#8221; shouted Paul from his command post stationed under the Nutster&#8217;s desk. Just then, the Nutster decided that she was going to sort some detention slips at her desk. Paul was trapped there for the rest of the period.  This is bad because first of all, Mrs. Nut had what seemed like an infinite amount of these slips. And second of all, she liked to take her time to ensure every kid gets his or her (un)fair punishment. Paul let out a muffled yelp. There was no way out except for the way he came in which was now blocked by that monster that we call a librarian. I pulled one of my captains into my command station. &#8220;Nick, we have a situation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The plan was simple, but the margin for error was less than the width of a hair. The situation called for a distraction, and we needed a good one. We decided to make one kinder-gardeners take the make the infraction. We couldn&#8217;t afford to loose anybody. Besides, they were new to this school and didn&#8217;t know the brutality of Mrs. Nut yet. They should get a good introductory to the whole library thing anyways. So all we had to do was get one of them to do something stupid, which was in reality harder than it looks. They always need a reason for why they are doing something. So after tedious persuasion, we convinced a small boy to take a handful of mints out of the complimentary mint bowl on her desk (which was located directly in her line of sight) and run away.</p>
<p>He walked with his head down straight towards her, which was something you never did because it told her that your up to no good, or you&#8217;ve done something no good. The Nutster let out a warning call. &#8220;What are you up to my child?&#8221; He kept on walking which was ill advised. This told her that he was going to do something stupid. He kept on looking at the floor, now with a slight smile. The Nutster saw this and knew that he was going to do something. She let out a final warning call, &#8220;I am advising you to discontinue your foolishness, if of course you don&#8217;t want me to call your parents.&#8221; That was the line that got him. The boy stopped, this time looking straight into her eyes. First mistake. She asked him who he worked for. His facial expression showed that he was weakening. Second mistake. This time she took full advantage of him by playing the nice act. &#8220;Oh, don&#8217;t worry sweety. I only want the truth.&#8221; Her voice was that of a seductive serpent, alluring but fatal. That was it, he made his last mistake by giving in to her fake charm with the simple word, &#8220;Well&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We really weren&#8217;t trying to cause any trouble!&#8221; I pleaded. Paul and I were in the principle&#8217;s office looking up at Scrudges wife, oh yea Mrs. Scrudge (not really but that&#8217;s what we called her). She asked us why and how we could do such a thing as set up a small child to take the blame for our illegal rescue mission. We told her that Paul had dropped his pencil underneath the desk and went to get it. Then she came back and said that we were pitiful at lying. Paul came out with the whole truth right then. That idiot.</p>
<p>&#8220;How much longer are we going to have to pick up all of this stupid trash!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Pathetic Excuses for Being Late to Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French Foreign Legion drafted me in the middle of lunch.
I stepped on a freak land mine that was planted in Jason&#8217;s lunch box
I found the cure for cancer and I had to take a plane to that cancer place in that one country
My name was called for the president of America for a day [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The French Foreign Legion drafted me in the middle of lunch.</p>
<p>I stepped on a freak land mine that was planted in Jason&#8217;s lunch box</p>
<p>I found the cure for cancer and I had to take a plane to that cancer place in that one country</p>
<p>My name was called for the president of America for a day contest, and I got to meet George Bush, and I even have a special thing that excuses me from school for a day, so your lucky I even showed up to class.</p>
<p>Didn&#8217;t you get my parent&#8217;s note about how I could be late to class whenever I felt was necessary because of my superior intellect? I left it on your desk.</p>
<p>The Salvation Army was going to Africa to help save little children, so I felt that it was my responsibility to attend this trip. I really did try to be back for class, but my presence was needed somewhere else.</p>
<p>Why am I late? Why is your watch set five minutes formards?</p>
<p>No habla english.</p>
<p>I heard from an old wise man that school served no purpose, and it was only a way for the government to take over the minds of the children of America. Where did I find him you ask? I saw him eating out of a dumpster in the back of Papa Johns.</p>
<p>Where did your sense of forgiveness go? I forgave you when you missed our book discussion because of that whole baby thing.</p>
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		<title>My Personal Curriculum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. I would like to explore more radical concepts through this personal curriculum program in Language Arts class. The idea of bigger thought is something that I love to think about, and wish to pursue further into my life. So far I have already tried to find out what drives thought, and I really want [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. I would like to explore more radical concepts through this personal curriculum program in Language Arts class. The idea of bigger thought is something that I love to think about, and wish to pursue further into my life. So far I have already tried to find out what drives thought, and I really want to learn more things like that.</p>
<p>2. The second thing on my agenda for the second semester would be to finish one really good book out of the list of books that Mr. Wilkoff had given me. I want to find a book that changes my standards on what a good book is, and really gives me a good introductory to what great is. At the end, I think I could probably write a book review on the book and to turn in to Mr. Wilkoff. But instead of fruitlessly partaking in the ridicules quest of taking the road more frequently traveled by writing a normal book review; I feel that I should add a personal touch by writing something about the book, that shows my perspective and how I feel about it. I realize that that was a really long sentence that I just wrote, but it did show that I want, and need to write something that is personal to me because this is a personal curriculum.</p>
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		<title>The Memories of a Lifetime</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pedalled faster and faster, trying not to stop, and let myself lose the race that would be the pinnacle of my life. Fighting all of my physical limitations, breaking the barriers in my mind that kept pain apart of my being, I raced on. Sweat flow had stopped thirty miles ago, which left me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I pedalled faster and faster, trying not to stop, and let myself lose the race that would be the pinnacle of my life. Fighting all of my physical limitations, breaking the barriers in my mind that kept pain apart of my being, I raced on. Sweat flow had stopped thirty miles ago, which left me with a salt in-crested face. I know that I needed water, but my team is far behind. I am now alone on the treacherously steep climb in the Alps. Bicycling fans don&#8217;t venture this high in altitude because of the thin air and isolation from the rest of the world. This road was paved over twenty years ago, but it looks hardly used. There are very few cracks in the road, and the pavement is still a dark black. Right now I am running on nothing but my drive to win the tour. All that is left in my body is determination. The uphills seem to be endless in this race. My legs are at the point of failure. My thoughts are becoming mixed and are moving faster as though they are trying to escape my head for fear of dying along with the rest of my body. They want to live, but they are on the path too, to death. I cant see the road for a moment and then I notice my eyes were closed shut. I had drifted to the side of the road, and quickly corrected myself, positioning myself as close to the inside of the road as possible. But I cant stay there. My front tire keeps on drifting all over the road as I drift in and out of consciousness. My mind isn&#8217;t even telling my legs to keep pedalling, but they continue to do so, although I want them to stop and rest for the upcoming climb. I drive through the hill, putting my last bit of effort, and strain into the last hill of the race. The road is passing by me like the way birds used to fly by my windowsill as a kid. My memories keep me going at this point. Everything that is happy, and cheerful, I try and remember. What is left of my torn mind is next to nothing, but I still manage to bring memories to my mind that make me happy, and will allow me to finish this race. A tire swing in the front yard. Climbing onto it. Rocking back and forth feeling the soft autumn breeze and the leaves falling off the trees. My first bike from Harries Classic Road Bikes on Pine Berry RD, and Main-street. It is all there. Then, I open my eyes. The finish line was twenty feet back. I had done what was thought impossible for me to accomplish. I get swept off of my bike by the oncoming crowd. My victory would be remembered forever.</p>
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		<title>60 Famous Last Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember to wake me up if I fall asleep.
I&#8217;ll be back in five minutes, so quit your worrying.
I wonder whats inside of here.
I need confirmation on which wire to cut, the blue one or the green one.
This is going to be so much fun.
I&#8217;ll have the big mac please. Yes I would like it super-sized.
Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember to wake me up if I fall asleep.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be back in five minutes, so quit your worrying.</p>
<p>I wonder whats inside of here.</p>
<p>I need confirmation on which wire to cut, the blue one or the green one.</p>
<p>This is going to be so much fun.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll have the big mac please. Yes I would like it super-sized.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to pull me out if the rope stops.</p>
<p>This four pound Mexican burrito is going to taste amazing!</p>
<p>Man, I should get a medal for what I am about to do.</p>
<p>My conscience tells me not to, but where has my conscience got me in life. No wife and four kids. Kalabungaaaaaa!</p>
<p>I hope this wont hurt.</p>
<p>I really shouldn&#8217;t be here, I think I&#8217;ll just leave.</p>
<p>Honey, why are you looking at me like that.</p>
<p>Yeah that&#8217;s right, you keep on walking.</p>
<p>Of course I can swim well, what do you take me for, an old man.</p>
<p>Fine, I&#8217;ll do it.</p>
<p>Let me show you how this should be done.</p>
<p>Remember to catch me if I fall.</p>
<p>Is that you Freddy and Jason? I haven&#8217;t seen you guys in ages. Jason remember when I pushed you in the lake at camp? Funny stuff back then.</p>
<p>Of course I checked. I&#8217;m not that stupid.</p>
<p>I wonder if I should do this or not. Its not like its that dangerous.</p>
<p>He&#8217;ll never do it, trust me.</p>
<p>I hope they weren&#8217;t serious when they said I shouldn&#8217;t do this.</p>
<p>Do I have any serious heart conditions that you should know about you ask? Of course not.</p>
<p>Yes I have done this before.</p>
<p>Helmets are for chickens.</p>
<p>Go ahead and shoot, I dare you.</p>
<p>I have already taken care of it. So can we please go?</p>
<p>Yes I remembered to feed the mutant tarantula crocodiles.</p>
<p>Are you sure about this? Because it looks a little unsturdy.</p>
<p>Yes I am posotive those cables will hold us.</p>
<p>You idiot!</p>
<p>I hope he isn&#8217;t going to remember what I did to him in college. Its been almost thirty years, he would have to have forgetten by now.</p>
<p>This tiger has pretty bad breath.</p>
<p>Maybe he&#8217;s nice. Bears are more afraid of us than we are of them.</p>
<p>I dont know, that hallway looks kind of dark.</p>
<p>My instincts tell me to go this way.</p>
<p>Is that a light up ahead? It seems to be getting bigger.</p>
<p>Is that foam coming out of your dog&#8217;s mouth?</p>
<p>You have to try, here I&#8217;ll do it first.</p>
<p>It was an accident, you have to understand. Listen I know a place where you can get it fixe-</p>
<p>This ride hasn&#8217;t been checked for ten years. Are you sure it&#8217;s safe?</p>
<p>I have always wondered what the inside of a gun barrel looks like. I should take a look.</p>
<p>Your going to thank me for this someday.</p>
<p>The last Twinkie. It&#8217;s mine!</p>
<p>I was only kidding man. Cant you take a joke?</p>
<p>I wish my parents could see what i&#8217;m doing right now. Theye&#8217;d be so proud of me.</p>
<p>Why did I have to get the shortest stick this time?</p>
<p>Deep end huh? Doesn&#8217;t look that deep. Hey, stop trying to push me in.</p>
<p>This guy is kind of sensitive, I don&#8217;t think we should mess with his new car.</p>
<p>Are you seriously telling me that if I eat this, it will make me grow more hair?</p>
<p>I wonder why my water was clear two seconds ago, and now it is a dingy bubbling green. Its probably just nothing.</p>
<p>Ron, this bugee cord better not break or its your membership to spicy fajitas Mexican grill thats gonna be falling three hundred feet into the lake.</p>
<p>I want to look just like Freddy from all those scarry movies.</p>
<p>I can totally hold my breath for five minutes while chaned to the bottom of the pool by handcuffs.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m trusting you to have my back if anything goes wrong.</p>
<p>Uh Oh!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll fly, you&#8217;ll see.</p>
<p>If you so much as touch me with that knife, you are going to be kicked out of this household!</p>
<p>I hate the world. Goodbye forever!</p>
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		<title>The Persuit of Happiness Takes Man to His Extremes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At one point in my life I tried to plan out what I was going to do for the rest of my life, and how I would manage doing it. I once believed in a carefully planned approach to everything. Before I did something I went over how I was going to do it. OK, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At one point in my life I tried to plan out what I was going to do for the rest of my life, and how I would manage doing it. I once believed in a carefully planned approach to everything. Before I did something I went over how I was going to do it. OK, when I go to the movies, I&#8217;m going to get my ticket, purchase my popcorn and bottle of Auafina water, then walk directly to the movie and take my seat. Right before the movie ends, I will call my dad to tell him to pick me up, so he has time to get there and I wont be sitting in the cold for too long. Then I will go home and do my homework. All I did was plan. There was nothing that came up unexpectedly that I did not foresee happening. The reason why I did all of this was because I am not at all a genius. I cannot walk into a classroom, take a test that I didn&#8217;t know about, and pass it. I absolutely hate CSAP because of the fact that you cant study for it. The only way I achieve what I do is by hard work. That is it. I can guaranty that I take twice as long working on my math homework, and reading my social studies text as my friends in GT. Something tells me in my mind that I cant just blow by this to get it done. I must take time so I can understand it, and master the theory. But since I worked so hard to understand all of this, and plan my life out, I was completely blinded as to why I am living. &#8220;I want to become an accountant when I grow up&#8221;, I said to myself. This way I wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about being low on money, and I would able to be rich. I spoke with such foolishness and ignorance in those days. I only have one life. Thats it. No second chances at living. NO EXCEPTIONS. Why the heck would I even think about wasting my life as an accountant? Why would I even think about wasting my time going over numbers, tax policies, and documents? What drove me to believe that I should become an accountant? I know that that decision was made by the fear of what the real world is like on people who aren&#8217;t fortunate financially. I have seen my parents discussing bills, and budgeting Christmas presents and groceries. I didn&#8217;t want to be in that situation where I had to budget myself carefully so I could pay my rent. Now I see that life is too short to waste it on accounting. It is way too short to have your focus on money. I want a life. Not a fake life that I would have if I followed my fruitless quest for the most boring and the most well payed job I could find. If all I did was spend time like some people waiting for an opportunity to get out of their stupid jobs, then I would be a nobody. But to find a profession that I would love to go to every day, and I could make a difference in; then I would become a person. Men go to their extremes just to make money. They lie, steal, gamble, cheat, and all they get out of their troubles is money. What drives us as humans to those ridicules extremes that eat away our youth? Is it the search for happiness? Because I can tell you that being rich will not replenish your empty canteen of joy, and love. Man has a lot to work on if he thinks that money leads to a better life. If your main goal is to retain as much of that stupid green stuff in your bank account as possible, then you will have to make sacrifices to get there. What if those include blowing off your friends to go to an unimportant meeting that was going to get you a couple grand? Would friends be worth losing if financial matters were to come about? I can say that I want to be happy. I dont want the common goal of man to become mine. I cannot foresee my life, and what happens to me us up to fate. All I can see is that I will not be persuaded into the temptations that take the form of money. Life is what you make it.</p>
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		<title>Things You Never Want Your Mom to Say</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dont worry, all of these are completely fictional and have never happened to me before. Well, at least they haven&#8217;t happened yet.
Don’t be a total slob! This is absolutely absurd. The amount of filth that has accumulated is beyond means of cleaning. It’s the little things that have added to this monstrosity of a mess. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">Dont worry, all of these are completely fictional and have never happened to me before. Well, at least they haven&#8217;t happened yet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Don’t be a total slob! This is absolutely absurd. The amount of filth that has accumulated is beyond means of cleaning. It’s the little things that have added to this monstrosity of a mess. I mean, if you actually took the time to put your clothes into your drawers than that would help to eliminate the ant colonies forming in your room. Although the ants appreciate you so generously giving them homes, you will get rid of them! I am not joking. If you dont take care of your room, you will be sleeping on the trampoline outside! </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So are your grades doing well? I answer yes. You little scramp! You think you can lie to me like that without getting away with it. Three of your teachers called last night and they iformed me that you are FLUNKING! F-L-U-N-K-I-N-G! FLUNKING! If you dont pull your grades up to at least a B, you are out of this house! I wont take it. I really wont. You will be out on the streets and be dying of starvation if you dont start shaping up!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Andrew, you might have not realized, but you are comign home later and later every night. Are you ok? I answer yes. You dirty rotten lier! I bet you were with that runt of an excuse for a girlfriend you have. If I see her at all in this household then I will personally take care of the problem. And you dont want to push me to the edge! I will lock you in your room and feed you nothing but vegetable broth for the next three months if you see her again, and I will find out if your sneeking behind my back. Your life will be nothing but rot. Stink and rot.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Andrew, could you come down here and help me with washing the dishes please? NO!?! Why you ungrateful little squaw. Dont expect me to ever cook for you again in this life if you dont come down here in the next thirty seconds! Stop ignoring me. Do you really want to wake up tommorow in the neighbors yard bound and gagged?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Goodness, look at all of these magazines laying on the floor in Andrew&#8217;s room. What is thi- SPORTS ILLUSTRATED&#8230; SWIMSUIT!! He is done for! Once he gets home from shcool he not going to see the light of day for four months! This is the third time I have seen a magazine of this nature in our household. The first two I simply suspected to be my husbands, but now I really know who this belongs to, and they are going DOWN!!.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So Andrew, would there be any reason for a police officer to break down our front door today and search the house for stolen merchandise from Radion Shack? And would there be any reason for maybe, say a police officer having to detain me and question me for felony? I mean if something like that were to happen, would you have any incite as to why? I answer no. YOU LIE!!!</p>
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		<title>The Magic Refrigerator is Killing America</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/28/the-magic-refrigerator-is-killing-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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This video, I think shows the desperation of alcoholic beverages. It really outlines the decline of western civilization. These people are so absolutely drawn to this alcoholic beverage that they look up to it as almost a god, by referring to it as the magic refrigerator. Is our country really that uncivilized? Have we become [...]]]></description>
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<p>This video, I think shows the desperation of alcoholic beverages. It really outlines the decline of western civilization. These people are so absolutely drawn to this alcoholic beverage that they look up to it as almost a god, by referring to it as the magic refrigerator. Is our country really that uncivilized? Have we become so unmotivated that what we look forward to a &#8220;magic refrigerator&#8221; showing up? I think it&#8217;s appalling how absolutely ridicules this commercial is, although I do think it is affective in showing how good the beer is. It gets the point across that you need this beer. If that is what it takes for someone to buy that beer, then is it really worth buying if it&#8217;s just going to make you stupider? You would already have to be stupid to be give in to the weak advertising antics portrayed in the commercial. And the beer is only going to make your chronic condition of stupidity even worse. This pitiful add only adds to America&#8217;s problems. Shouldn&#8217;t someone stand up to this enormously popular beer company and say nay? I guess thats what hippies are for huh?</p>
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		<title>Losing Someone You know is Like&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/20/losing-someone-you-know-is-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losing someone you know and love is like&#8230;
Having all of your compassion and love abandon you, leaving you without anything to lean on when you start to feel alone.
Droping a hundred pound weight off a bridge representing your feelings for that person, but you realize that there was a rope attatched to it wrapped around [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Losing someone you know and love is like&#8230;</p>
<p>Having all of your compassion and love abandon you, leaving you without anything to lean on when you start to feel alone.</p>
<p>Droping a hundred pound weight off a bridge representing your feelings for that person, but you realize that there was a rope attatched to it wrapped around your neck. You cant let go of your feelings, and they drag you downwards into a perpetual fall of unknowingness, and fear.</p>
<p>Standing motionless, paralized by fear. You are standing infront of death. Although you are terrified, you are willing to go. Your feelings are gone. There is nothing in this world left for you and that is why you are standing there. Shifting your weight forward you become engulfed in a weightlesness. You close your eyes wating for impact. Death attacks as you hit the ground taking your life in an instant.</p>
<p>Taking first step out of happiness and into reality. You have recieved new meaning on the word death. It seams like you have been re bourn into a world that you knew existed but never thought of untill now. This is the real world.</p>
<p>You might be incapable of finding a connection to this passage. If you are among the lucky few who are lost when they try to comprehend the true meaning in my words, then you should enjoy your ignorance. Life has done you a favor. Although if you dont fall into that category, then this piece might have conveyed some similar emotion to what you have experienced in the past. These were my feelings at first, but I have grown to realize that death is something that will never change. It is what makes us human. Understanding that we are just mere mortals, have to accept as truth, and live on. I dont know if anything could be more cruel, but it has to be.</p>
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		<title>Thinking About Thought</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/14/thinking-about-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought is something that I can’t seem to figure out. What is it? Does it have a physical mass? Is it energy circumnavigating throughout my mind? How does it generate new thought from existing thought? During math tests, I try to think about my thinking. Sometimes I do it too much and forget how to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thought is something that I can’t seem to figure out. What is it? Does it have a physical mass? Is it energy circumnavigating throughout my mind? How does it generate new thought from existing thought? During math tests, I try to think about my thinking. Sometimes I do it too much and forget how to think. When this happens, I sit there staring at the paper for thirty seconds, trying to regain mental capacities. I want to know the best, and most efficient way of thinking. When I read text out of my social studies book, I want to know if I can get the concept and all the information in it by looking at the text and trying to find the point of it. Or should I focus on the details in it. Either has it&#8217;s disadvantage. With my second most recent reading, I looked closely at the point of the reading, but didn&#8217;t quite look at the details as closely. I got an 89%, which is not satisfactory for my standards. An 89% is a B+, but on the report card, it shows up as a B. B means that you cant get a 4.0, and not getting a 4.0 means that, well there are a lot of things that not getting a perfect GPA means but they&#8217;re all not good. Sometimes I walk down the hall and wonder if the simple task of walking has millions of things that are lined up that makes walking possible. Or even trillions or sextillions of things that make your brain able to control your body to walk. If there are, then how much is there that we don’t know in our lives. If you were able to figure out every one of those things that fell into place that allowed you to walk, then what is really possible in this world? I have always thought of one math problem that could define our race and make up governments and spaceships and everything you could even think of perfectly. Can math create a utopia? My father, who took high levels of college math, told me that math is becoming a part of the business world. Mathematicians are creating formulas to go along with sales and other things. If math is capable of doing that, then what can it are taken to? Is there some formula that can interlink everything? Or is there some other thing that can link everything together. I am pretty sure that I can’t think of anything that could do that. Thinking about people who are smart, why isn’t that capable for everyone? Can we change how much we know? Did people like Da Vinci and Ben Franklin, two notably smart figures, already think about this and find out how to achieve it? I can’t seem to think about it enough. I can’t seem to think about thought without wondering all of these things. I think it is impossible to know or obtain all the knowledge in this world. So what is it worth trying to learn, because we will never get to the end of knowledge? To become successful in life is what a lot of people say. Can you become successful without a dime or fact of knowledge to your name? People have tried to answer that question and what they have come up with is that it is impossible. We should stick to our education because it will carry us through life. Is education really the most important thing that we should focus on in our lives? My thoughts tell me yes, but for everyone who says no, what is there for them to do? There might not be anything, and they are stranded in a Wall Mart scanning the can foods isle. Can you be successful in life by shier ambition, or desire? If a person is ambitious enough to stand on the corner of Cimbald and Mainstreet to sell lemonade for the entirety of their life, can they be successful? Can they develope a major corporation of lemonade? Would that be luck or just complete ambition? Now we&#8217;re coming down to the age old question of, if impossible is actually a word that witholds truth to it? Or is it just some made up word, created to keep all radical ideas and concepts from happening. Is that the purpose of the word, to keep people from achieving things that are so revolutionary that they would change the world in a quantum scale? What would happen if someone proved scientifically that my accuasations are true? What would the world look like if impossible was nothing? I think that we wouldn&#8217;t even be living on this planet any more. We would be able to live in conditions previously thought to be impossible to live in. People who liked to sleep could go to Pluto, because Pluto has no sun. People who liked the sun could move to the sun if they wanted. Or adventurers could just travel as far as they wanted into space. They could go so far that they could never turn back. They would see more things than we could possibly contemplate. Those people could start new civilizations that our solar system would never even know about. Think about that. The thought of being billions of light years away from earth, being all on your own. You would know that you could never see your family and friends ever again just so you could see what was out there. Everyone at home would consider you a legend for your brave act. They would never know what truly happens to you. If you die being sucked into a black whole, or if you reach the end of space. Is there an end to space? How would we know? But that person who dares go that far could never return. They would probably not even be able to find their way back. It would be like being lost in a never ending mall at the age of three. That would be assuming that it would be a nightmare to do that. Maybe it would be beautiful. Achieving what no man has come close to doing. I think think that it would be a quest only for the kind of person that is never satisfied with themselves or their lives. They always want to move into bigger and better things. Thats not who I am. I appreciate what I have and dont have any desire to change who I am, although I do have dreams of bigger things. Its just that that kind of quest would be something that would change your life. It wouldn&#8217;t be something for the faint hearted to attempt. My invisionment for myself if impossible was nothing would be to move to a sunny planet closer to the sun, where the climate would always be warm. I could take my family and friends with me and create new life. It would be my utopia. And since impossible doesn&#8217;t exist, utopia can finally be achievable. The perfect world. Of course I think I would end up abandoning the world that I created to let it grow and flourish. I would never want to be living in a perfect world for more than the time it takes for me to get used to it. I dont think its right having a perfect world. But all I know is that I want my life to be filled with unexpectedness, but I still want to have an idea as to whats going to happen around the corner. Life is what you make it, and I think that I can make something of myself in this world when I grow up into adulthood. There is so much opportunity in this world for someone to not do anything with their life. Even if you have to sell lemonade on the corner of the street to do something with yourself, life can still be rewarding, and fulfilling. It just takes some hard work, and maybe a little luck along the way into success. And another answer to, if we need education or not, to learn is to succeed.</p>
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		<title>Apples and Acorns Parable</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/07/apples-and-acorns-parable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was once an apple tree that lived in an enormous orchard in the middle of the farmlands. There were thousands of trees that lived here, primarily apple trees. Where this particular apple tree lived was surrounded by other apple trees completely. Except there was always that Great Oak tree that was stationed close to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">There was once an apple tree that lived in an enormous orchard in the middle of the farmlands. There were thousands of trees that lived here, primarily apple trees. Where this particular apple tree lived was surrounded by other apple trees completely. Except there was always that Great Oak tree that was stationed close to the apple tree. Close enough to where they could have long conversations throughout the day, but still be heard by the rest of the surrounding neighbors. Everyone listened to these knowledge filled trees exchange humorous anecdotes, and heart-filled stories from their past lives in other places, far, far away. This apple tree that had made exceptional friends with the oak tree was neglecting all of his other friends that were all around him that he used to talk to. The oak tree had always been the quiet type, until this apple tree had started talking with him. And ever since then, the apple tree had not said a single word to his other friends. The other apple trees were getting to dislike him with every day he had gone ignoring them, and decided that they would leave him and the oak tree to talk all they wanted because they didn&#8217;t care anymore about their once best friend.</p>
<p align="left">One stormy night in the middle of Autumn, there was a streak of light that could be seen from miles away by even the nasty old bushes that lived on the outskirts of the orchard. And even by the humans, who lived even further away in messy cities with coal burning cars and polution invading streets. They were nasty creatures with nothing but the word, greed in their tiny little sculls. But this streak of light, was one that would change an apple tree&#8217;s life forever. None of the other trees could see anything after the split second that the lightening had lasted. The rain and sleet covered everything. All of the trees closed their eyes and waited the terrible night out.</p>
<p align="left">With morning came the sounds of shock from the trees around the orchard. Wispers were traveling like wild hornets throughout all of the trees. As soon as the apple tree that had made friends with the oak had woken up, he knew what had happened. A rumor had accidentally slithered into his ear, which only confirmed what had been in his head. He remembered seeing the lightening bolt last night that struck so loud that he thought it had hit the ground. The apple tree looked over to where his old friend was and saw in his place, a dead tree. What had happened, he already knew.</p>
<p align="left">In this world you have no idea of what is going to happen to you or your friends, or even your family. Hold on to whatever you have, and cherrish every minute you spend with those special people. Good things never last. After that apple tree had no friends in the whole orchard. One day three years later, he saw a young yew tree starting to sprout in the place where his long time friend oak tree had once stood. A smile creased itself into his old wooden face.</p>
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		<title>The Post That Took Me Forever</title>
		<link>http://hockey90.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/31/the-post-that-took-me-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog is going to take a very long time to do. And I hope you appreciate my efforts in entertaining you, for the amount of time it takes you to read this.
When so many kids grew up they believed in becoming rich, and having the lives that were only real in the world of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/this">This</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blog">blog</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/is">is</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/going">going</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/to">to</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/take">take</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/a">a</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/very">very</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/long">long</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/time">time</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/to">to</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/do">do</a>. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/and">And</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/I">I</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hope">hope</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/you">you</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/appreciate">appreciate</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/my">my</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effort">efforts</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/in">in</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entertaining">entertaining</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/you">you</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/for">for</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/the">the</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amount">amount</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amount">of</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/time">time</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/it">it</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/take">takes</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/you">you</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/to">to</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/read">read</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/this">this</a>.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/when">When</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/so">so</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/many">many</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kid">kids</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grow">grew</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/up">up</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/they">they</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/believe">believed</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/in">in</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/become">becoming</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rich">rich</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/and">and</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/have">having</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/the">the</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lives">lives</a> <a 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href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/to">to</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/see">see</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/what">what</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/their">their</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/strengths">strengths</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/are">ar</a>e <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/and">and</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cultivate">cultivate</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/them">them</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/determination">determination</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/and">and</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effort">effort</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Infamously Unpopular, Diarrhea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ di-ar-rhe-a  /-da-ə-riə/ [dahy-uh-ree-uh]
–noun Pathology 



an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.


 
Everyone knows that feeling all to well. That horrible pressure building up in your abdomen, squeezing your insides; it will make a perfect evening with your wife turn in to a nightmare that ends up being flushed away [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <b><font size="5">di-ar-rhe-a</font></b>  <font color="#880000"><font face="Helvetica">/-</font><font size="5">da-<img src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />ə-ri<img src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />ə</font><font face="Helvetica">/</font></font><font color="#116699"> </font><font color="#880000"><font face="Helvetica">[</font><font face="Verdana">dahy-<i>uh</i>-<b>ree</b>-<i>uh</i></font><font face="Helvetica">]</font></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#558811"><i>–noun </i></font><i>Pathology</i> </font></p>
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<td valign="top">an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.</td>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Everyone knows that feeling all to well. That horrible pressure building up in your abdomen, squeezing your insides; it will make a perfect evening with your wife turn in to a nightmare that ends up being flushed away to make room for even more. Your head gets hot and your brain is desperately searching for some means of escape. But sometimes there seems to be no possible way of ratifying the situation. Yes, we all fear it and it always finds ways of happening in the worst possible time. It could be at your wedding, or maybe while driving through Vail pass on your way to the mountains. Whenever it occurs, you know it. Of course I am talking about the infamous and ever unpopular, diarrhea. I have composed a list of in my mind, the absolute worst times for it to wreak havoc on your life. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">1 During take-off in a crowded airplane trying to sooth a crying baby.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">2 The summit of</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mt.<br />
Everest.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">3 While illegally crossing the Mexican border, stuffed in a barrel.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4 In a confessional, listening to a man confess thirty years worth of sins.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">5 A dinner party at your boss’s house.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">6 While walking down the isle at your wedding.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">7 In a boxing match with the world heavy weight champion. You are in the final round and on the verge of knocking out your opponent.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">8 In the middle of the cougar prowl.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">9 While you are at your wife’s side during the birth of your first child.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">10 You have jury duty and the trial is about to start.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">11 During a yoga session.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">12 A Styx concert.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">13 An LA traffic jam.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">14 A job interview.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">15 The final stretch of the Tour De France</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">16 During your solo at the school musical.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">17 Right as you start reading your good parts part.<br />
18 On the parallel bars during the summer Olympics.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">19 When asking your fiancé’s father for her hand in marriage.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">20 While in the dentist’s office, getting a root canal.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">21 You are in a tanning booth, set for thirty minutes.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">22 Your acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">23 While your hot tubing with your girlfriend.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">24 Being interrogated by the police.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">25 Giving a toast to the bride and groom at your brother’s wedding.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">So now you’ve read scenarios where it would quite frankly suck to have diarrhea. Although limited, there are some ways you can cope with it.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">1 Before going to any place, know where possible retreat areas (bathrooms) could be located</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">2 If you know that that something is going down, or will go down, wear a diaper. It could be highly inconvenient and extremely embarrassing, but it beats destroying a pair of pants.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">3 From personal experience, if you are hiking outside, always bring something like napkins, which can be used as toilet paper. And bring a lot because once you run out, all that is going to be by your side is a very sharp pine cone that can cause damage and pain beyond belief.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4 Table cloths that hang down to the ground at banquets and weddings hide many things. It never hurts to try.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">5 During performances the audience sometimes has no idea how the play or song is supposed to go. You can abruptly end things, and the audience may think it is awkward, but it still gets you out of the situation fast and effectively. Or you could sing the song really, really fast and finish it in half the time. With this alternative, you can be as creative as you want.</font></p>
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		<title>Top 11 Things That You Would Not Want Happening On Your Way To Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going to work there are a myraid of opportunities for things to go absolutely wrong. I myself have faced things that are similar to the ones in the list below, but nothing to the extremes that I reach. These are in my mind the worst the top eleven things you really desperatly would not want [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Going to work there are a myraid of opportunities for things to go absolutely wrong. I myself have faced things that are similar to the ones in the list below, but nothing to the extremes that I reach. These are in my mind the worst the top eleven things you really desperatly would not want happening on your way to work.</p>
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<li>You get take your brother&#8217;s car to work and get pulled over by a police officer. The policeman finds the car to be stolen, and smuggled in from Germany.</li>
<li>You drive into a tornado in Oklahoma, and get thrown on top of the space needle in Seattle.</li>
<li>You show up to work on a Saturday.</li>
<li>You refuse to give a homeless man money. Then you notice you’re completely out of gas.</li>
<li>You miss breakfast hour at McDonalds.</li>
<li>You show up to work and the IRS is waiting at your desk.</li>
<li>You crash into an orphanage, and then you get out of your car and run.</li>
<li>You rear end your boss at a stoplight.</li>
<li>Your accelerator gets stuck in a school zone and there are children on the cross-walk ahead.</li>
<li>You role down the window and all the contents in your briefcase fly out onto the street right after it rained.</li>
<li>You give a homeless man money. He turns out not being homeless.</li>
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		<title>Scrumptious Surprise III Alternate Ending Epilogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did I do it you ask? Richard has been trying to kill me since I met him. He has never seemed to be able to do it though. Yes there have been times where I really thought he was serious but he couldn’t pull through. Last month he invited me over for the same [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why did I do it you ask? Richard has been trying to kill me since I met him. He has never seemed to be able to do it though. Yes there have been times where I really thought he was serious but he couldn’t pull through. Last month he invited me over for the same exact thing, coffee. But instead of pouring the rat poison in the coffee, he served me spaghetti and gave me his tickets to a concert. Three and a half months ago Richard tried to put cement blocks on my feat while I was sleeping, then throw me in the harbor. That one was the worst though. He had taken me to the pier and was just about to let me go, but I woke up. Richard explained that he hadn’t known where he was either and we must have been kidnapped together, although apparently the kidnappers left him without any cement blocks on his feet. It took doctors three days to get all the cement gone. I had to undergo intense physical therapy afterwards. He told me that he had suffered some back pain afterwards to make me feel better about what happened. I was afraid to tell the police about it because I don’t have any proof to back up assumptions. If asked about it Richard would have denied it like any one else would have naturally done. So I was afraid if he kept this up, he really would have killed me. Or he would have driven himself mad by it, but I was not about to take that chance. I have known Richard since I was a child and we were the best of friends. One day in eighth grade he caught me cheating off of his language arts test. He was the one who got a referral and I never spoke up. He never seemed to get over it. After school when I would call him his mom would pick up the phone and say that he was not available at the moment, and then she would tell me to call back later. I did call back. I called back again and again, and never heard from him. At school he turned into the quiet kid, never talking, and never raising his hand. He had isolated himself from the whole world. It was absurd how he was taking the whole situation and I told him that after about a month had gone by. Then, he did the strangest thing I thought he could have done. He shook my hand and said that I was right. As far as I know, that was the exact moment that he turned on me, swearing an oath to kill me. We started hanging out all the time afterwards. But there was something different about our friendship. We treated each other the same, but I always was getting into odd situations, where Richard seemed to disappear and I was left to clean the whole thing up. At the movies I was putting butter on my popcorn when Richard said he had to go to the bathroom. I saw him walk off into a crowd of people with a smirk on his face. A second later the butter machine exploded, spewing hot oily liquid all over the front of my body. The owner of the theatre was there that night, and coincidently was standing in line, behind me. He too got a considerable amount of the dark yellow oil on his front. I got fined the cost of the butter machine and the fined for the owner’s dry cleaning. I never brought that up to him, though he knew that it happened. That was the very first sign of Richard’s madness. For the next thirty years the same kind of things happened to me, but the level of severity increased with each encounter. So, you see now why I tried, and succeeded in killing him. It simply had to be done.</p>
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		<title>Scrumptious Surprise III Alternate Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He then told me that he had taken the liberty to make my cup of coffee. He pulled out a cup from underneath the table and placed it in front of me with a crooked smile. Samuel told me that he had made the coffee while I was in the other room. Looking down I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He then told me that he had taken the liberty to make my cup of coffee. He pulled out a cup from underneath the table and placed it in front of me with a crooked smile. Samuel told me that he had made the coffee while I was in the other room. Looking down I saw nothing but plain black coffee. There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about it except for the, oh-oh yes those are Venezuelan beans, the most delicious in the entire world. I could never forget that scent after I stowed away in a barrel half full of coffee beans smuggling myself out of South America and into the US. I spent twelve hours in total euphoria. All I had with me was a bladder of water and three stolen kudos bars. It was a shame I had to dump out half of the barrel just to fit, but I saved as many beans as I could by leaving myself with only enough space to breathe. I asked Samuel where he could possibly have found beans as pure as the ones he had used in my coffee. He told me that I deserved only the best, and that after all I was the best friend he had ever had. It felt like I had just robbed my grandmother’s house for money, there was so much guilt lingering above me. In fact it feels worse then robbing my grandmother’s house for money because I did that once. I was absolutely desperate in those days. I was living on the street, making money off of people’s empathy for me. I knew I had to do something or else my hole that I had dug myself into would become my ultimate grave. I decided that I had to turn to theft to make my living, but I didn’t have enough courage to do anything radical like a pharmacy or anything of that caliber. No with my physical state all I could manage was a retirement home. But I decided not to do that because there are usually lots of those old people there, and they could have outnumbered me 200 to 1. That would have turned ugly real fast, and I didn’t want anything to go wrong. So with my options drifting away I realized that the only robbery that I could possibly manage was my grandmother’s house. I thought that since she hated me it wouldn’t make much difference, but I was wrong. She ended up going bankrupt because of me. That was when I really started to feel the agony. So that is how bad that moment at the dinner table with Samuel felt. Samuel had requested a tissue, so I obliged and took off to the bathroom to retrieve one. When I handed it to him he had an unusual glare that made me feel uncomfortable, but I could&#8217;nt show this in fear of him seeing that I had future aspirations for his life on earth. Trying to not to stare into his eyes I took a sip of the coffee he had given me. Setting it down I tasted something that clearly was not coffee in my mouth. My eyes opened wide as I noticed the cup that I gave to Samuel was now sitting before me. A small drop of green liquid trickled down my chin as I fell back in my chair, dead.</p>
<p>Samuel smiled wickedly and sipped his coffee. He got up from his chair and set his cup down on the table. Samuel picked up the news paper laying on the lacquered mahogany countertop, and walked outside to the beautiful autumn evening. He stoped suddenly as a dog smothered in mud ran by. He had finally accomplished what he had been planning to do for years now.</p>
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		<title>Scrumptious Surprise III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He then told me that he had taken the liberty to make me my own cup of coffee, and he pulled out a cup from underneath the table and placed it in front of me with a crooked smile. His smile resembled that of a mad man’s. Samuel’s eyes stared directly into mine with an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He then told me that he had taken the liberty to make me my own cup of coffee, and he pulled out a cup from underneath the table and placed it in front of me with a crooked smile. His smile resembled that of a mad man’s. Samuel’s eyes stared directly into mine with an unbreakable gaze. Trying not to blow my cover I respectfully declined the cup because it yielded an irrepressible odor unlike anything even I could fathom coffee smelling like. I also saw a few small bubbles rise to the top that after surfacing exploded into a green haze. That was not coffee. It resembled the stuff that drips from the bed of broken down automotive vehicle placed in the back left corner of a trash dump because it was said to bring down the overall atmosphere, lowering workers spirits just by the site of it. Yes that could not pass as coffee even to a blind man that lost all sense of smell after he stopped smoking. Samuel was trying to kill me, and I was trying to kill him. And strangely enough we were both using coffee to do it. Although this was known now by both of us we each pretended to not notice anything, waiting for the most opportune time to strike. We each stood up simultaneously. He said he had to use the restroom and I said I left the TV on upstairs. The battle scene was set. Dashing out of the room I grabbed a knife ready for close combat with my mortal enemy. But Samuel came prepared, drawing a 9mm pistol out of a holster inside his jacket. Three gunshots were fired in a row, two of which flew passed me without harm. The third one clipped my ear drawing the first blood. I can’t believe the nerve of him, firing a gun at me like I was some kind of bandit. He used to worship me, and look at him now, acting like some kind of lunatic. I at least am being a gentleman by electing a knife as my weapon of choice. Only cowards would use a gun in this situation. My ear was now covered in blood. Samuel was chasing me through the house, unloading rounds left and right. He was out to kill. There were no prisoners in his mind. I turned the corner and threw myself into a closet, watching him run by through a crack in the door. Then he walked slowly backwards, stopping in front of the closet that I had concealed myself inside of. Samuel glanced at the crack in the door, and at that moment I leaped out of the closet wrapping my body around his legs bringing him down to the ground with a crash. His gun was flung out of his hand because of the surprise attack. With my knife in my right hand, I drove it through his sternum making sure to dig it in as deep as it would go. Samuel let out a howl of imminent pain. His head slowly descended to the ground and it was all over.</p>
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		<title>Scrumptious Surprise Continued</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue is causing me trouble far beyond intention. It was supposed to be a quick little murder that wasn’t going to have any negative implications. But now it has become an enormous mess of tangled lines of thought that are impossible to sort out. 99% of my brain is convinced that Samuel Kringstone must [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This issue is causing me trouble far beyond intention. It was supposed to be a quick little murder that wasn’t going to have any negative implications. But now it has become an enormous mess of tangled lines of thought that are impossible to sort out. 99% of my brain is convinced that Samuel Kringstone must die, and I am the only person to do it. 7% of my brain is telling me that someone else will recognize his extreme stupidity and they will finish him off. And a mere 3% of my brain is telling me that he could turn out being someone worth knowing. You would think that 90% of my brain can make my decisions, but that three % still has a say in it, although I wish he didn’t. And the 3% is working alongside that 7% to tell me not to do this. Alright I’ve settled this, and I am not going to chicken out. I am going to walk in there and kill that rat of a man Samuel Kringstone. All I have to do is poor the rat poison in his coffee and be done with the man. It’s just the actual killing part I am a bit unsure about. Everything else is set though. The victim is in the kitchen waiting for a meal that has been prolonged much further then the appropriate amount of delay. The rat poison is in my pocket waiting for a chance to get into the mouth of something living to drain the life from it like pulling the plug of a bath tub. Having the water be life and the plug to the drain being our logical mind keeping us from doing something stupid and killing ourselves. And the cup of coffee also waiting to be devoured relentlessly because of its shier deliciousness is right there in front of me. It’s a real shame it has to be ruined first of all by being given to Samuel Kringstone, and second of all by being made lethal with poison. Man coffee is the best thing that ever happened to this world. And I have to give it away to a bloke like Samuel. Well, I think my brain is finally coming to an agreement with me. Killing this man is what I have to do and it is what I am going to do. Yes. I stuck my hand into my pocket revealing bottle with dead black liquid ominously sitting there undisturbed. Popping the cap off, I looked down into it sweating like an assassin in a confessional. It looked so pure although in reality it was a death potion made to kill and that was it. I poured it into the decaffeinated (as specified by Samuel) cup of steaming coffee. The poison bubbled and splashed as it mixed, and put off an odor only lasting long enough to draw a tear from my eye, then vanished back into the sweet smell of coffee I know so well. The bubbles finally came to a halt when I set the cup down in front of Samuel. He said thank you in such a way that made him look innocent. He then told me that he had taken the liberty to make me my own cup of coffee, and he pulled out a cup from underneath the table and placed it in front of me with a crooked smile.</p>
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		<title>Scrumptious Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He walked in the room unknowingly. What ignorance he had for what was going to become of him. I told Samuel to walk into the kitchen, and that the meal was on its way. Samuel Kringstone is my absolute worst enemy, although he thinks he&#8217;s my best friend. See, I am too afraid to tell [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He walked in the room unknowingly. What ignorance he had for what was going to become of him. I told Samuel to walk into the kitchen, and that the meal was on its way. Samuel Kringstone is my absolute worst enemy, although he thinks he&#8217;s my best friend. See, I am too afraid to tell him upfront that I hate him because then that would be rude. I don&#8217;t like him but I still want him to like me, but still know I don&#8217;t like him. It makes perfect sense, right? All I know is that today is the day that I will finally get rid of this problem once and for all. &#8220;I&#8217;ll be right there Samuel!&#8221; You see he is the most annoying person alive and I am doing society a favor by giving him rat poison with his meal. Its not that mean if you think about it, its not, really. Even if it is, I don&#8217;t care. It simply has to be done and I am the first person to see that so it is my responsibility to do it. I have to kill him. And after I do it I will be the most noble man in the whole city of Smaltownsvillechestertonville! The mayor will give me the keys to the city, I will have a supermodel wife, get free smoothies at Jamba Juice for the rest of my life, and be the first person to own a hover car. It all works out. I simply have to walk into the kitchen and poor the rat poison into his coffee. Thats it. Its that simple. I just have to do it. On the count of three. Oh man this is hard! He&#8217;s a nice guy. No, no he&#8217;s a horrible person, a threat to society, and lies about being a member of the peace core, I think. Actually I have&#8217;nt confirmed that yet. My inside source is a little unreliable. Anyways, I have to do it! Thats it, here I go&#8230;No this is so wrong, I cant do it. Please just stop reading this I have to think.</p>
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