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		<title>The Trappings of Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m entirely uncertain when I first recognized in myself independent use of symbols and language.  It was, with some likelihood, when I was around the age of three, as I do vaguely recall sitting on my dad&#8217;s lap, reading a book that had something to do with trains.  In this book, certain words were replaced]]></description>
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		<title>Serial Killers, Death and &#8230; Bob Dylan?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, in the &#8220;Intro to Literature&#8221; course I&#8217;m taking, we had a discussion of Joyce Carol Oates&#8217; &#8220;Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?&#8221;  It&#8217;s a tale of a teenage girl, Connie, who is attractive, promiscuous, and at odds with her mother over vanity.  In the end, this all plays out when the creepy]]></description>
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		<title>Excuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Holger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the last time I bothered updating this thing was in July of 2009.  Over half a year ago.  Now, that&#8217;s not too unusual, but this place probably deserves more than that.  So, I could ramble on about how I&#8217;m going to refocus my efforts, make it a goal to write more, rehash the same]]></description>
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