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		<title>Promiscuity.  Please, teach me.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is so horrible about promiscuity?  If proper protection is used, and no one is physically harmed by the experience&#8230; What is it about promiscuity that gets everyone&#8217;s dander up?  Please explain this to me.
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		<title>Cold Coffee (I miss my Daddy)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Cold Coffee reminds me of the more endearing qualities of my father.  His early mornings were grumpy, but real.  He was real before work.  And when he would leave, I would sit in his chair and drink what was left of his cold coffee and pretend that I got to spend more time with him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=25&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 days without smoke, gotta rant!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Seconds anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a huge problem in my life that I can&#8217;t weed out no matter how I try. My body. Huge problem. I love women that don&#8217;t fit into gender boundaries and walk proudly. I love them because I don&#8217;t have the courage to be one of them. I walk proudly but I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=23&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A parable by Rev. Jim Huber (Required reading for Sunday School class.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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&#160;
This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first.

John: Hi! I’m John, and this is Mary.
Mary: Hi! We’re here to invite you to come kiss Hank’s ass with us.
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		<title>In the crowd&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help it.  I keep expecting to see you somewhere in the crowd.  I could swear that at any moment you&#8217;ll surprise me, we&#8217;ll embrace and you&#8217;ll ask me what I have been up to for the last year. And you&#8217;ll tell me about your latest project, or get rich quick scheme, and all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=17&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>People of the World!  Listen up!  Stop Breeding! Seriously!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The breeding fad has been around for too long, and it needs to stop.  You people are doing this for the wrong reasons.  You don’t have children due solely to the urge to love, take care of, and raise a child with dignity and respect.  You are having children for the worst reasons imaginable, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=16&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If I were a stripper&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I were a stripper, I would limit my song selection to that of Ani DiFranco and Joan Jett (maybe a little Voltaire on the nights that I am feeling goofy). If I am going to dance around like a half-naked fool on stage, I’ll do it to music that I like, Dammit!
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		<title>Daddy Warbucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother was very young when I was born.  She was so young that returning from maternity leave meant looking for her first job.  As a stout, though, graceful woman she easily acquired a position working with the elderly at a local nursing home.  It was so local, in fact, that she could look out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=14&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life does not equal pain, but requires it nonetheless.  Pain changes people, the way water smoothes rock.  Anger changes perspectives, and motivates people.  Happiness is great in small doses, but happy people are less inclined to evolve.  This lack of evolution can be connected to either complete contentment or the fear that if anything changes the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maetricky.wordpress.com&blog=1839250&post=13&subd=maetricky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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