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		<title>a fun day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had previously fallen in love with the mini cooper and have kind of joked around about owning one. Today I may have come one step closer to making that a reality. Contrary to popular belief they are actually quite roomy inside and accommodated even my tall 6&#8217;3&#8243; physique. Stay tuned. Filed under: thoughts<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=48&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>and so it begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking back at all the changes that have taken place and the awesomeness that is my life I have recognized that perhaps I was the problem all along.  All those nights I spent worrying about others problems and not focused on fixing my own, all the times I have quarreled, or bickered with someone over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=43&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1</title>
		<link>http://whaleman.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Green Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since it was Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day I was thinking of ways to be green and came up with the following.  Living in Chicago every year they dye the river green.  This tradition gave me the inspiration for the following.  Why not dye the gasoline green for a day and lower the price by say a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=37&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give a Little Bit of Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In quiet reflection recently I have come to realize many truths which for some reason had been there all along yet not noticed.  These are things that just make sense and bring a great satisfaction because of the hope they give.  For several weeks I had been walking around stumbling and hanging on trying to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=36&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sad comments before SAD (single awareness day)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am filled with heartache and grief over the evil of this world.  Needless to say a man that I knew when I was going to school in Monterey California is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Friday.  It is sometimes strange how one person can affect you in so many ways.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=35&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fabric of Our Lives</title>
		<link>http://whaleman.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/the-fabric-of-our-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was pondering about how many people have influenced me in so many small ways.  For some reason three people came to mind I will only use first names here to protect their privacy.  First is Tyler.  When I met Tyler he was 18 and preparing to go on a LDS mission.  His [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=34&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Man is an Island</title>
		<link>http://whaleman.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/no-man-is-an-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have come to realize that this is true. Despite my best efforts to avoid, evade, duck, dodge, life I have come up short. In brief: life keeps going on despite your efforts to prove otherwise. Sometimes people pass you by as you try and figure things out. The good thing is that if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=33&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Human Interests</title>
		<link>http://whaleman.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/human-interests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This website I heard about this morning on NPR and it has a lot of feel good ideas on belief. I am going to be writing my essay for submission to be posted. I think we all can use some ideas on what makes people who they are.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=31&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More memories</title>
		<link>http://whaleman.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/more-memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article kind of sums up my feelings for professional sports right now. It used to mean something to me to be a fan now it is a very fragile thing to me. My allegiance will never change from the Red Sox or Patriots but my memories feel tainted by what these athletes may or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whaleman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2109250&amp;post=28&amp;subd=whaleman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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