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		<title>Celebrating Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/09/07/celebrating-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Palin and her family celebrated their unwed 17-year-old daughter&#8217;s choice not to have an abortion. From Marketblog, &#8220;We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents,&#8221; said Palin. Obviously, despite their otherwise pro-life rhetoric in other contexts, the right to choose is still an important part of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Has My Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/08/30/obama-has-my-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would characterize myself politically as a complex mix of socially liberal and economically conservative. I try to keep my exact positions non-partisan and evaluate each policy situation case-by-case. I admire the social left for its heart, but don&#8217;t think they usually go about achieving their goals in the most efficient way. The government (at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradox of Rationally Defending Irrationality</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/06/02/the-paradox-of-rationally-defending-irrationality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/06/02/the-paradox-of-rationally-defending-irrationality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an essay I wrote, which has been published in the 2008 edition of Moebius, the Cal Poly Liberal Arts literary journal. The theme of the issue is &#8220;the dumbing down of America,&#8221; a continuation of 2007s theme: &#8220;controversy.&#8221; The journal will soon be available online, but here is my essay close to as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physics devolved into a non sequitur marketing slogan</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/05/19/physics-devolved-into-a-non-sequitur-marketing-slogan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/05/19/physics-devolved-into-a-non-sequitur-marketing-slogan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Physics elevated to an art form&#8221; is Oakley&#8217;s recent marketing slogan. Right. Like physics &#8220;needs&#8221; to be elevated from its lowly status as an all-encompassing theoretical and experimental framework describing all physical phenomenon to the &#8220;art&#8221; of sports equipment. And if indeed there was some subjective human aesthetic missing in that lowly omni-descriptional status of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solving the Mystery of the Garbage Can Kid</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/05/04/solving-the-mystery-of-the-garbage-can-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/05/04/solving-the-mystery-of-the-garbage-can-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[End of One Neighborhood Mystery, and the Start of Another About a month ago, I saw the GCK striding by in the early evening with two middle-aged ladies walking about a block behind him. Sure enough, when I pulled into my driveway, the green garbage can, placed out the night before, was put away for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geekocracy Mourns</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/03/19/geekocracy-mourns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been two big losses for geekdom this month. Thanks to JLK for bringing these to my attention. Gary Gygax Gary Gygax, co-creator of the original fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&#038;D) back in 1973, died March 4 at the age of 69. The positive influence D&#038;D and role playing games in general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Pi Day</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/03/14/happy-pi-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the American dating system, today, March 14, i.e. 3/14, is Pi Day. It also happens to be Einstein&#8217;s birthday and Talk Like a Physicists Day (thanks to my colleague Dave Dixon for illuminating me). Talking like a physicist is something difficult for me personally NOT to do, but for those non-physicists amongst you, bust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Garbage Can Mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/01/19/the-garbage-can-mystery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2008/01/19/the-garbage-can-mystery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several months I&#8217;ve been plagued by a mystery: someone has been tampering with my garbage cans. I know what you are thinking: so what &#8212; and why do I care. I&#8217;m sympathetic. I would have said the same thing even just two years ago to someone yammering like I am now. However, now these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rush&#8217;s Malignant Narcissism up for a Grammy</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2007/12/08/rushs-malignant-narcissism-up-for-a-grammy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2007/12/08/rushs-malignant-narcissism-up-for-a-grammy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read below regarding the original nomination, but see the Feb 10, 2008 update Geddy Lee and Steve Vai Heckle Springsteen: News at 11 regarding the results. I usually leave the cool music news to Isorski or Dr. John. But this time I am pleased to be the bazillionth to announce that Rush has been nominated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incompetence = Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptohedonology.com/2007/08/26/incompetence-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cryptohedonologist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is large scale incompetence terrorism? Ok, quite a blustery, overstated title. Iâ€™m not talking about the guy at work who, after struggling for three years, still doesnâ€™t know how to print documents from his computer nor the â€œprofessionalâ€ copy dude who still canâ€™t copy double-sided printouts. Nor am I talking about retail clerks who canâ€™t [...]]]></description>
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