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		<title>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take the word &#8220;merry&#8221; and trace its roots, you might find it implies not only joy and happiness but it also alludes to being a bit tipsy or drunk. I, for one, have no problem with that at all &#8212; and so I wish you all the Merriest of Christmases!
May the New Year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agnostic vs. Athiest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ag•nos•tic -noun
Definition from Dictionary.com:




1.
a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.






2.
a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study




Word History: An agnostic does not deny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parable On Oneness</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/11/a-parable-on-oneness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A myriad bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream. &#8216;What are you?&#8217; I cried to them as they drifted by. &#8216;I am a bubble, of course&#8217; nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed. But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered, &#8216;We are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Calls The Church Of Scientology Out On Fraud &#8211; Shows More Balls Than USA Against Sects?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a BBC News report, France has convicted the Church of Scientology on fraud charges in the country and is seeking to ban the organization from operating there.
The French government refuses to recognize the Church of Scientology as a real religion and instead classifies it as a sect. The allegation is the the organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All A Figment Of Our Imaginations&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/09/its-all-a-figment-of-your-imagination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhist philosophy and Timothy Leary merge into a profound statement of existentialism&#8230; A quote from Timothy Leary (1966):
&#8220;I gave way to delight, as mystics have for centuries when they peeked through the curtains and discovered that this world- so manifestly real was actually a tiny stage set constructed by the mind. We discover abruptly that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles County Wildfire Satellite Photos</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/09/los-angeles-county-wildfire-satellite-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t live in Los Angeles County &#8211; in fact I don&#8217;t even live in California &#8211; but it&#8217;s hard not to get a little bit interested in their seasonal wildfires. They seem to be very frequent and create significant media buzz. These fires scorch hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land in Califormia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion/Politics</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/07/religionpolitics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I was driving to work and a few things occurred to me about the subject matter and authors of stories in the bible.
Firstly, there was no separation between politics and religion in ancient times. They were one and the same. Governments, ethnic groups, tribes, etc all were governed by the laws of their religions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Memorable Quote Regarding The Path To Enlightenment:</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/06/a-memorable-quote-regarding-the-path-to-enlightenment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.
-Aitken Roshi
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		<title>The Brevity of Life</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/05/the-brevity-of-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout my youth, I have had a delusion of immortality – a naive denial of the brevity of life. I doubt that this is at all uncommon. In fact, it&#8217;s probably how the majority of us humans exist.
To slow down and think about how brief life is, for us and for all beings, is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on &#8220;Vanilla Ice Apologizes To World For His Career (VIDEO)&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huffington Post   &#124;  Alex Leo   &#124;   March 4, 2009 10:09 AM
Good ol&#8217; Robbie Van Winkle &#8211; hailing from the hood in Carrolton, Texas. Yes, life was harsh in the northern suburbs of Dallas during the mid-eighties. A true gangland &#8211; full of upper-middle-class white kids with more money than brains and a penchant for recreational [...]]]></description>
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