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    <title>Smiley&#39;s Tropical Escape</title>
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        <title>The Tooth of Dilemma</title>   
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         Sometimes the world throws you a curve-ball.  In my case, today, a generous gift from my wife ran smack into a long held, but rarely examined, political ideology.  Some background:  My wife and I are in the middle of buying our first house.  All t...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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    This blog being what it is, I tend to avoid politics and political discussions.  I feel those kinds of discussions are best had in person, when we can read a person&#39;s feelings and tones more easily than in mere print.  Having said that, I came ac...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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         Reason.tv is one of the new slew of content providers based solely on the web.  And they&#39;re political.   I found out about the channel because of Drew Carey.  I admit it, I&#39;m a fan.  I loved the Drew Carey Show and the U.S. version of Whose Line I...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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         Last February, I posted a short essay about donations and the act of giving.  Since then, I have kept to my aim of doing at least some research on various charities before donating and of selecting a new organization (roughly) every month.  The or...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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