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		<title>&#8220;a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and [â€¦] values&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/09/a-nation-of-citizens-who-are-bound-by-ideals-and-%e2%80%a6-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is how our president defined our country yesterday. Explicitly denying that it was a &#8220;Christian nation&#8221; and explicitly stating that this fact is one of our &#8220;great strengths&#8221;. It&#8217;s nice to be reminded of thisâ€”and by someone so high in the administration! It is vogue for politicians to exclaim &#8220;God bless America!&#8221; Whether or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Vermont Approves Civil Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/24/spark-vermont-approves-civil-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/24/spark-vermont-approves-civil-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Senate, finding (correctly) that Civil Unions for gay couples fall short of providing equal rights, voted overwhelmingly to approve Civil Marriage for gay couples. The matter still has to go before the Vermont House (and since I&#8217;m late to this, may already have gone), where it is expected to pass. The margin by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Sisters are Doin&#8217; it for Themselves!</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/11/17/music-monday-sisters-are-doin-it-for-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/11/17/music-monday-sisters-are-doin-it-for-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gah! It&#8217;s already nearly 1600 and we don&#8217;t have a Music Monday! I&#8217;m sorry, dear readers, clearly I&#8217;m distracted :-p (I usually prepare them weeks in advance). I just discovered this, but it&#8217;s in no way new. I keep a list of &#8220;Songs To Get&#8221; (Apple Mail&#8217;s Notes? le awesome), including &#8220;Sisters are Doin&#8217; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Christopher Walken is awesome</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/11/10/music-monday-christopher-walken-is-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/11/10/music-monday-christopher-walken-is-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from years ago but truly, absolutely worth it: Lyrics (and, if you follow that link, here&#8217;s the final frame)]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/11/gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/11/gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a debate that addresses this at school today, which I shall attend. It is put on by the local chapter of the Federalist Society (the campus representative states that they are devoted to &#8220;honest &#038; careful interpretation of the constitution&#8221; and are &#8220;never timid about debating&#8221;). Sometimes I feel like I&#8217;m surrounded by them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Morning Video Lineup</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/08/03/sunday-morning-video-lineup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/08/03/sunday-morning-video-lineup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A vid take on MoF&#8217;s Sparks: First up, Stuart Shepard, who I&#8217;d not heard of before today but is apparently a member of Focus on the Family&#8217;s activism arm, is encouraging everyone to encourage his God to rain on Obama&#8217;s acceptance speech. Which seems to me to be incredibly petty: pray for peace? pray for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best of 2006.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/12/16/best-of-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/12/16/best-of-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m burning in End of the Semester Paper Hell right now (Dante reserved this section for The Procrastinators), so my posts will be more of the link, quote and question type for the next little while. I&#8217;m glad that Miko has written a couple of thoughtful posts in the past few days. Anyhow, I&#8217;ve learned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>embarassment.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/09/14/embarassment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/09/14/embarassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2002/09/14/embarassment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[once again, an early morning bout with caffeine-induced insomnia (a couple of cokes after a week or two without caffeine) brings you another mind on fire post. may present to you: (drum-roll, please) embarrassing moments, part one: a few months ago, i used to walk two to three miles in the morning to catch my [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>blog.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/07/19/blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/07/19/blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2002 06:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[people blog for different reasons. i practice therapeutic blogging. i created this site, in large part, to deal with the frustration of being a closet atheist posing as a devout mormon. it gave me the space i needed to come to terms with and to articulate my unbelief, and to come into contact with others [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>grok.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/02/15/grok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2002/02/15/grok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2002/02/15/grok/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[in spite of all of the problems associated with theism, there is a manner of conceiving divinity which can be of great benefit to humanity. when deity is equated with humanity, when striving to better human race is accepted as the same as service to god, the concept of god becomes a powerful force for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>raft.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/11/21/raft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/11/21/raft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i represented the mormon faith yesterday at an interfaith thanksgiving meeting. i gave a little talk, and my seven year-old son read alma 37:37 from the book of mormon: counsel with the lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>doghouse.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/10/17/doghouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/10/17/doghouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[jana is reading a condensed version of les miserables in french. she just read the part where jean valjean is on parole and is denied lodging at various inns and homes and is even chased out of a doghouse by the growling canine resident. valjean then tells himself, &#8220;i am not even a dog.&#8221; i [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>america.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/09/14/america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/09/14/america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m probably going to lose half of you with this post, but i&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about this subject. i love the solidarity being displayed in america. but i feel like we&#8217;re not going far enough. if our highest feelings are for america, we will never end the mad cycle that fosters the environment [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>universes.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/30/universes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/30/universes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2001/08/30/universes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[sometimes i look out at the night sky and am amazed by the number of stars i can see, even here in light-polluted southern california. for each star in my field of vision (in my neighborhood probably less than 500 even on a good dark night), i know that there at least 400 million other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>fairy.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/22/fairy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/22/fairy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2001/08/22/fairy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[the tooth fairy has had a hard time at the remy household. my son lost five of his baby teeth over the past year or two. i think the first time he was suspicious. &#8220;i put a tooth under my pillow and i get money? are you sure?&#8221; after the first magical transformation, he got [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>soul-forge.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/19/soul-forge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/19/soul-forge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2001/08/19/soul-forge/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[the monitor sits solidly in front of me, thin blue and grey bars across the top, another grey bar across the bottom. a field of perfect whiteness fills the expanse in between, marred only by lines of black courier text which grow across the page in rapid spurts between long pauses. the electron gun hidden [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>divinity.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/16/divinity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/16/divinity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2001/08/16/divinity/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i am a contradiction, a hypocrisy, a paradox. maybe i deserve to be thrown into an institution and drugged up for schizophrenia. i am a spiritual, intuitive, emotional being that is capable of reasoning. or perhaps i am an intelligent, rational, thinking being who is also capable of faith. or both. i&#8217;m still trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>coming-out.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/15/coming-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/15/coming-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindonfire.com/dev/2001/08/15/coming-out/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[i am on a quest for content. i am climbing the everest of internet pages and peering into the cracks and crevices, seeking for those rare golden nuggets of well-written personal narratives, essays, and journal entries. if you know of any sites that publish quality content on a regular basis, please let me know, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ordinary.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/05/ordinary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2001/08/05/ordinary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2001 05:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[i wrote this piece a few months ago, after my first visit to the museum of tolerance in los angeles: i finally had the chance to go to the simon wiesenthal museum of tolerance today. i was surprised that it didnít have the impact on me that visiting the atomic bomb museum in nagasaki, watching [...]]]></description>
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