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	<title>Ocellated &#187; Odds and Ends</title>
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	<description>A blog on nature, science, religion, and just about anything else I want to post on</description>
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		<title>Why Didn&#8217;t I Think Of This For My Wedding</title>
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You know, it&#8217;s that song everybody enters the church to&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/09/20/guitar-canon/</link>
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		<title>Making the World a Better Place, One Computer at a Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend (I won&#8217;t say who) that recently came across a serious problem. Their workplace wouldn&#8217;t allow them to install Firefox. According to IT, Firefox would make the computer more vulnerable to viruses. Yeah, and engaging in abstinence is a risk of AIDS transmission.
Well, as it turns out, this friend could install other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/09/11/ie-firefox/</link>
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		<title>Etymology of the Word Avocado</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago while rambling along the potholed roads of Mexico, my compradres and I began a discussion on the etymology of the word avocado. We all thought that it sounded Spanish but knew it wasn’t since the Spanish word for avocado is not avocado.
I’ve been reading a wonderful book lately that my sister gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/09/08/etymology-of-the-word-avocado/</link>
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		<title>My Wife Had the Wrong Job This Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was off having fun in the Davis Mountains, my wife had a job at a local steak house. She found that she didn&#8217;t care much for the food industry. What she didn&#8217;t realize is that she should have been working at the Applebees in Hutchinson, Kansas, where they leave $10,000 tips on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/08/31/my-wife-had-the-wrong-job-this-summer/</link>
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		<title>Excellent Choreography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one&#8217;s just fun. My wife told me about a video she&#8217;d seen the other day. The band sets up a series of treadmills that run in opposite directions, on which they can walk across to perform some very interesting choreography. The entire thing was filmed in one take too. The band is named Ok [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/08/19/excellent-choreography/</link>
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		<title>Getting a House the Old Fashion Way &#8212; Bartering!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April, I ever so briefly mentioned the guy who started with a red paper clip and a blog, and wanted to trade his way up for items of higher value until he got a house. Well, now he&#8217;s done it.
I&#8217;m sure the thought going through about 10 million people&#8217;s minds right now is &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/07/10/getting-a-house-the-old-fashion-way-bartering/</link>
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		<title>If Only The Price Matched The Pump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t mention it, but I actually ran home for a couple of days on Sunday and Monday. The timing worked out best that way.
While driving home, I stopped at a gas station with old time gas pumps. I mean really old time gas pumps. I don&#8217;t remember the last time I saw pumps like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/23/if-only-the-price-matched-the-pump/</link>
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		<title>This Is Just Not Right!</title>
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A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday.
It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa&#8217;s first marriage and his wife&#8217;s 21st&#8230;


There just ought to be law against this.
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		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/03/this-is-just-not-right/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll Trade You A Red Paper Clip For A House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what has to be one of the coolest stories I&#8217;ve come across in a while, a guy has decided that he wants to acquire a house, starting with a red paper clip and progressively trading it up for higher value items. He&#8217;s currently up to a year&#8217;s free rent at a place in Phoenix.
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		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/17/red-paper-clip-for-a-house/</link>
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		<title>Reality Is In The Eye Of The Beholder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve almost caught up with my responsbilities. In the meantime, I wanted to share something I came across in one of those moments I should have been working.
There&#8217;s an artist who uses Photoshop and Illustrator to create as realistic as possible scenes. Some of his earlier works, while very good, still barely look digitial. His [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/17/reality-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/</link>
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