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	<title>Thoughts and Stories &#187; Advice for the World</title>
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		<title>Thought on Nietzhe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thoughts are simple. This guy was a quack and if you agree with what he says you buy into both anti-semitism and misogyny both of which are wholly unacceptable. Oh, and those of you who buy into Chamberlain are crazy too. The man wrote his book BECAUSE A DEMON TOLD HIM TOO and he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The thoughts are simple. This guy was a quack and if you agree with what he says you buy into both anti-semitism and misogyny both of which are wholly unacceptable. Oh, and those of you who buy into Chamberlain are crazy too. The man wrote his book BECAUSE A DEMON TOLD HIM TOO and he admitted it which makes it even more amusing that people so readily buy into his theories. Now, most people who know anything about WWII and the Nazis probably realize both of these guys are quacks who look good on the surface but leave you with the proverbial mouth-full-of gravel (gee isn&#8217;t that just like a philosophy from proverbs that every fool buys in to) makes sense on the surface but doesn&#8217;t stand up to scrutiny.</p>
<p>When you look at a philosophy try to look at who bought into it and how they turned out. Is it possible someone can buy into a &#8220;theory&#8221; completely misunderstanding it and cause problems&#8230;sure (See Mr. Mcveigh or anyone else who kills people in the name of Christ) However, the key difference is that Hitler didn&#8217;t misunderstand Nietzhe or Chamberlain, he understood them perfectly. That is quite a difference when you really think about it.</p>
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		<title>Free Lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch. No one will give you money for lunch without expecting something in return. This little stupid piece of advice has made people everywhere paranoid. There may not be such a thing as a free lunch but there are pretty darn cheap lunches. Eating lunch with your boss [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch. No one will give you money for lunch without expecting something in return. This little stupid piece of advice has made people everywhere paranoid. There may not be such a thing as a free lunch but there are pretty darn cheap lunches. Eating lunch with your boss to learn about your workfield is pretty darn cheap. Heck that&#8217;s almost like being paid to go to lunch. Your boss expects you to go out of obligation. Hey! They make the paychecks sounds good by me. Plus if your boss knows a lot and you respect them you can learn from them while you eat. Oh wait that&#8217;s almost exclusive to the Army. Too bad for the rest of you.</p>
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		<title>The Science of the Big Mean Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching the James Bond film &#8220;Octopussy&#8221; and came to a remarkable conclusion: the quality of any action movie can be decided by how its Giant henchmen meets his end.
In said James bond film, the giant guy with the turban (we&#8217;ll call him Raoul) was hulking around generally being a tough son-of-a-gun. After crushing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was watching the James Bond film &#8220;Octopussy&#8221; and came to a remarkable conclusion: the quality of any action movie can be decided by how its Giant henchmen meets his end.</p>
<p>In said James bond film, the giant guy with the turban (we&#8217;ll call him Raoul) was hulking around generally being a tough son-of-a-gun. After crushing some dice with his bare hands and fighting a few lesser heroes the movie came the point for the final battles.</p>
<p>Our villain and Raoul were in a perfectly good plane with James Bond on the outside (10,000 feet elevation or so). When James begins manipulating the elevators on the plane our henchmen tell Raoul to <em>Go OUTSIDE</em> to get him. Raoul being obedient goes outside with a knife and falls of the plane to his death.</p>
<p>You would think that the villain would land the plane and have Raoul beat the tar out of bond where he would have his advantage. Being angry at this outcome I proceeded to research and create the science of the Big Mean Guy. It is important to note that the Big Mean Guy is always relative to the hero. Consequently Van Damme and Shwarzenegger don&#8217;t usually have one. Anyway here we go.</p>
<p> 1. <em>Big Mean Guys Never Die from Guns or Knives: </em>I guess this is just too lame of a way for ol&#8217; Raoul to go. Look for them to get blown up or fall to their death. Just think of Batman, any bond film, or any cheesy action movie. There is an exception in Raiders of the lost Ark (Making it a top-notch action movie) but unfortunately all other Indiana Jones movies fall into this rule.</p>
<p>2. <em>Big Mean guys Never call for Help: </em>Maybe there&#8217;s just not enough glory when you have your buddies. Think back to Indiana Jones, German huge guy instead of calling the BRIGADE of backup he has to stop Indiana Jones strips his shirt off and goes up to fistfight him. Or maybe the big guy in Jackie Chan&#8217;s first strike who just appears in doorways and corridors to fight by themselves.</p>
<p>3. <em>Big Mean Guys Are Never Eloquent</em>: I don&#8217;t know why this is, maybe people are more menacing with few words and deep voices. That would definitely be an argument for why X-3 was awesome when Juggernaut had a high pitch british voice.</p>
<p>4. <em>The Name is proportianal to the biggness and meanness</em>: I was going to call this one properties of Biggness and Meanness but it didn&#8217;t work. Raoul, Jaws, Huge German, Huge Henchman, and Giant Sherpa are all names of massive henchmen in movies.</p>
<p>So now you know your science of big mean men. If you are unfortunate to meet one remember to keep a core breach or airplane handy because those pesky conventional weapons never seem to work.</p>
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		<title>Test Taking 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I had a test at 7:30 and I was the first out. Not because I don&#8217;t care but because I know good test taking skills. Since my entire class is still taking the test which shouldn&#8217;t have taken more than a half an hour I have decided to pity college students everywhere and give [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I had a test at 7:30 and I was the first out. Not because I don&#8217;t care but because I know good test taking skills. Since my entire class is still taking the test which shouldn&#8217;t have taken more than a half an hour I have decided to pity college students everywhere and give some test taking advice.</p>
<p>1. In multiple choice questions, if you don&#8217;t have any idea what the answer is and eliminating some doesn&#8217;t even work, pick at random and move on. You won&#8217;t spontaneously learn what you haven&#8217;t taken the time to study.</p>
<p> 2. Really step one goes for a lot, you either know things or you don&#8217;t don&#8217;t waste time guessing. Waste time solving other problems instead.</p>
<p>3. In short answer if you&#8217;re pausing for no good reason (mainly because you don&#8217;t know the answer) you won&#8217;t spontaneously lean the information for these questions either, and if you&#8217;re trying to fudge good luck because teachers see right through that and a test is *not* graded by completion, even if your homework is <img src='http://valendar.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>4. On essay questions unless you&#8217;re an english major syntax is nothing. If you&#8217;re wasting time using metaphors in a history class just to take up space you might as well be using the extra paper to blow your nose. A tree died for that paper, don&#8217;t waste it trying to BS your teacher.</p>
<p>5. Check your work only if you knew the answer in the first place. See step one if you still haven&#8217;t gotten that you won&#8217;t spontaneously learn something.</p>
<p>6. Don&#8217;t cry about a test, if you failed you didn&#8217;t study. Generations of people have taken college tests and while some fail like you, most pass proving that it is possible.</p>
<p>7. Its just a grade.</p>
<p>So with this friendly advice, good luck on your next test (study next time) and if you get a bad grade accept it and either do better or don&#8217;t but whining won&#8217;t change it.</p>
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