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      <title>After 11 days of blogger's block...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it takes me a while to see how amazing things are.  And then &lt;b class="big"&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;BAM&lt;/span&gt;!!&lt;/b&gt; all of a sudden it will come to me.  At that point of realization, I will either become extremely excited or extremely confused.  Like just now I realized how perfectly my floor lamp lights up my tapestry-covered bedroom during the sunset.  This excited me.  And thus, I was happy. :)&lt;/p&gt;


Here are a few more pleasantly mind-boggling realizations that I have come to develop:
	&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;I am quirky. &lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;adj.&lt;/i&gt; characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;It is entirely &lt;strong&gt;impossible&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;i&gt;completely&lt;/i&gt; understand or know another person&amp;#8217;s (or animal&amp;#8217;s) psyche.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Determinism. Only &lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;em class="big"&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;GOD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;has&lt;/b&gt; TRUE &lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;freewill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Religion.  &lt;sub&gt;It&amp;#8217;s a mountain.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;


These were all exciting recognitions.  Here are some I&amp;#8217;m still working on:
	&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Did the egg fall fall from the tree? Skepticism roots for: &amp;#8220;No.&amp;#8221; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;How do human relationships work, really? &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;And, did I actually just have a really awesome idea to help myself become more familiar with Rails?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;...&lt;b class="big"&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;BAM&lt;/span&gt;!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I just answered that last one, and the answer is yes.  Stellar.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>Jewls</author>
      <link>http://jewlofthelotus.com/articles/2006/08/22/after-11-days-of-bloggers-block</link>
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