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        <title>Picken&#39;s Plan - Wind and Solar for America</title>
    
    
    
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            I heard an advertisement on the radio today, (Rush Limbaugh) by T. Boone Pickens.  In it he describes his plan to wean America off it&#39;s oil dependence.  I already knew he was building the world&#39;s largest wind farm in Oklahoma, but I had no idea of...
        
    
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        <title>Is your bank safe?</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-07-12T21:05:59Z</published>
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            So, is your bank safe?  Most people don&#39;t have any idea of the solvency of their bank until it is too late, then they join the rush to get their money out, causing what is know as a &quot;Bank Run&quot;.  You want to get your money out first, before the new...
        
    
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        <title>Mental Models and the three games of life.</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-07-08T01:35:52Z</published>
        <updated>2008-07-11T02:38:19Z</updated>
    
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             Mental models have always fascinated me.  Everyone walks around with a mental model in their heads about how the world works. For instance, we all have a mathematical model that structures how we think about things.  For most of the people in the...
        
    
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        <title>Canada Day</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-07-02T20:27:31Z</published>
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            It&#39;s Canada Day!  And now, for your viewing pleasure...      
        
    
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        <title>Pizza</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-07-01T04:13:46Z</published>
        <updated>2008-07-04T19:51:47Z</updated>
    
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             I like pizza.  I think pizza, which has one hell of a history, is one of the greatest foods in terms of versatility and convenience.   It comes in so many different varieties that you can always try a new one, and if you stay away from the nation...
        
    
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        <title>Driving to Cabo San Lucas</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-06-29T17:45:48Z</published>
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            Most of us travel a lot for either business or pleasure and, like Road Warrior Scott Bell has pointed out, air travel is getting more expensive and frustrating.  At the end of August I wil be taking a 10 day vacation to Cabo San Lucas, similar to ...
        
    
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    <entry>
        <title>Back from Vegas</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-06-27T15:57:13Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-29T13:21:22Z</updated>
    
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            I finally arrived home last night from my combination business trip/inner circle weekend.  I decided to combine the two in the interest of efficiency.  It had been a long time since I had visited my Arizona territory in any depth so, since I was i...
        
    
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        <title>Customer Service</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-06-20T18:06:00Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-29T04:56:39Z</updated>
    
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             How much do you tip the guys at the car wash who dry and detail your car?  Maybe this is California thing, but when you get a full service wash they have a guy (or gal) dry off and clean your windows before you pick up the car. In my usual experi...
        
    
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        <title>Car Porn</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-06-20T18:05:59Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-29T04:57:22Z</updated>
    
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        <title>Make over $1,000,000/ year working solo from home</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-06-20T13:13:42Z</published>
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