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		<title>2011&#8242;s Big Lesson; Some Spoken Word?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not gonna front the whispers are killing my self-esteem slowly. place after place, face after face, my mind whisphers back in acknowledgement, but not vocally I walk in, they look, I walk out, they look, I see them both &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/2011s-big-lesson-some-spoken-word/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197243082&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unfortunate Fortune</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/unfortunate-fortune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Longing lives like lust, So silent, so shortly, but bears burdens for the longer; feigned loss for ignoring what lives like lust. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197243074&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Trust: When to Question the Rope&#8217;s Strength</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/on-trust-when-to-question-the-ropes-strength/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a traitor!  And there&#8217;s one!  There&#8217;s another!   And so, we focus our attention on some of Shakespeare&#8217;s work for a moment: Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/on-trust-when-to-question-the-ropes-strength/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197243044&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How People Work: My New Self-Help Book</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/how-people-work-my-new-self-help-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a limit to my sanity, and it resides in managing people.  If people were one big clock and I was a young boy who found the clock, naturally I&#8217;d want to learn about what makes the clock work &#8212; at &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/how-people-work-my-new-self-help-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197243028&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why “I Can” is Bullshit</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/why-%e2%80%9ci-can%e2%80%9d-is-bullshit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There isn’t a moment I’m not caught up in some perplexing question, whether that be a question of what the next step to take is in what I’m doing, or why I exist. I often find myself with answers that &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/why-%e2%80%9ci-can%e2%80%9d-is-bullshit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197243011&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Troubled Champion</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/troubled-champion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["W-w-why do ya want me to do that?" the boy asked as he looked up at the face of the tall, beat-up, sweating man from a few feet away.

"Becau-because you're a pain in the ass! That's why!" said the man.  "Because I can't do nothin' without you naggin' at me all the time--'Champ this' and 'Champ that'," he said.  The man continued. "I go to have a drink, you say 'No, Champ! Don't!' I go to play cards, you say 'No, don't do that!' You tug at my belt!"

The boy's face started turning red as it appeared to inflate, and his eyes began to fill with tears. Still, the man continued to yell at the boy, listing grievance after grievance.

"I'm sick of ya tuggin' at me! I'm sick of feedin' ya! I'm sick of takin' care of ya! I'm sick of ya hangin' around!" he said.  Then, he balled his fists up tightly, and while forcing a large, brief exhale, he whaled, "You're a big pain in the ass!"

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		<title>Prodigal Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prodigal son, I made mistakes, I&#8217;m back to weep Guess who the daddy is, but don&#8217;t indulge in your conceit I said some things to you I hope I don&#8217;t have to repeat Please forgive me, father, &#8217;cause the fortune &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/prodigal-son/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197242985&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Dying Red</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/a-dying-red/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the dark, we stood, facing each other; we took the form of a pair of trees, and our eyes became our branches; our visions extended, they touched, and I knew because to me, everything instantly turned black; and little &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/a-dying-red/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197242974&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First, There&#8217;s a Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be 21 in September. That&#8217;s not a lot of time from now, and it&#8217;s a big step forward. I should write a large set of my own aphorisms to record the state of my mentality. That way I can &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/2197242963/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197242963&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As a Rising Shadow Scholar: Some &#8216;Moral Uproar&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/as-a-rising-shadow-scholar-some-moral-uproar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 23:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, my &#8216;career&#8217; as a homework-doer is always questioned by people who know what I do.  It&#8217;s no surprise.  Like Ed Dante said, &#8220;All the moral [uproar] in the world [won't] stop it.&#8221;  Here&#8217;s some of the uproar for you. &#8230; <a href="http://thebotu.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/as-a-rising-shadow-scholar-some-moral-uproar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebotu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18379699&amp;post=2197242949&amp;subd=thebotu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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