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	<title>Stoss Blog &#187; random</title>
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	<description>The Musings of a Techie Canuck</description>
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		<title>27 September 13ths later</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/27-september-13ths-later</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/27-september-13ths-later#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I am told that 27 years ago today I was born into this world.  I say &#8220;I am told&#8221;, because who knows if I can trust my parents&#8230; They lied to me about Santa and the Easter bunny for years.
This really isn&#8217;t a milsetone, but then again milestones are arbitrary anyway. If we lived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V is for &#8220;Anna Paquin is hot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/v-is-for-anna-paquin-is-hot</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/v-is-for-anna-paquin-is-hot#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As recommended by a friend and source of always different and enjoyable reading/viewing material, I recently started watching &#8220;True Blood&#8221;. For those of you that haven&#8217;t seen it, I will try not to issue too many spoilers, at least none that a pre-pubescent goth freak couldn&#8217;t grasp about 12.5 minutes into the first episode.
The show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scary Side</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/the-scary-side</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/the-scary-side#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Observation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes advertisers don&#8217;t seem to understand how things will look or read after they spend their 9-5 day creating the ads.





It&#8217;s very good that Jack Daniel&#8217;s would like to let us know about their expert quality controllers. I am sure they provide a lot of benefit to the end product. However, I am very very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Con</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/anatomy-of-a-con</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/anatomy-of-a-con#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[social commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Lonely Planet Guide for India (which was a God send of a book) had countless warnings about scams in India. Almost each city/section had special headings on the type and nature of scams in that region and spoke about how to spot them and avoid them. Aside from being a yet another fear mongering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing 101</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/market-101</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/market-101#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I show you some advertisements that came from marketing departments that are seemingly run by monkeys who are either 40 years older or younger than their target audience and/or have IQs in the single digits.





This ad advertises that mayonnaise and chicken &#8220;is McDonald&#8217;s&#8221;. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn&#8217;t the definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pics For Thought</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/pics-for-thought</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/pics-for-thought#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 18:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few more day-to-day pictures:







The above comic was sent to me after my blog posts on Mr. Keen&#8217;s book about Internet media destroying society. The big-nosed guy on the right makes an interesting point, there will always be a need for writers no matter where we read our news.
Interestingly enough, does anyone else notice the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pics are worth $$$</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/pics-are-worth</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2009/pics-are-worth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent bit of feedback from a friend and fellow blogger is that my posts lack a certain graphical appeal. I therefore have decided to introduce a recurring feature to this site where I use the power of my Blackberry&#8217;s camera to bring you interesting things I encounter on my day-to-day adventures.
Today&#8217;s edition is Silly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Meat</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/bad-meat</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/bad-meat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural selection is an interesting subject. I was thinking, many animals have developed all sorts of mechanisms to protect themselves or to detect other predators: camouflage skin, heightened smell, night sight etc.
But one thing I don&#8217;t understand is: Why the hell do they not change the way they taste? Think about it&#8230; if a chicken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in a sonnet</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/living-in-a-sonnet</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/living-in-a-sonnet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=38</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually tote things on my blog. I am not much of a toter&#8230; can you verbize the word tote? Is verbize a word? Anyway, grammar lessons aside, I just watched the movie &#8220;Stranger than Fiction&#8221;. Apparently this came out last year and was recently released on DVD. I had never heard of it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster-osity</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/monster-osity</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2007/monster-osity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who decided what monsters look like? Why are they typically depicted as green and furry? Why do they have big teeth and growl?
Did someone decide that green was scary? I don&#8217;t envision green as scary.. in fact I have never once seen a person let out a bloodcurdling scream at grass&#8230;.
And fur isn&#8217;t scary! bunnies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>irreverent comments</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/irreverent-comments</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/irreverent-comments#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been gone for so long from this blog, my thoughts are now all scattered.
I find that after spending 9 or 10 hours at work on one of these things, I would rather watch tv and eat, then type more into a screen. Sort of like a stripper who is getting ready for bed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Events</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/recent-events</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/recent-events#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=28</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Typically I write about derivitives of personal thoughts and conversations, however, in light of recent events, I will combine random thoughts with actually reality.
DISCLAIMER: Facts may be changed, twisted, diluted or exaggerated in order to make this more entertaining&#8230;. If you want news spell Stoss with a C and two N&#8217;s.
Shedden has recently become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this It?</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/is-this-it</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/is-this-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=24</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I was thinking, which is scary enough in itself, but regardless. What if human beings are exactly like any other animal, except that we have this highly developed brain which causes morals, emotions, thought etc?
Do the popular lions always win Class President? Is there a class system of buzzards flying above us? Do lonley, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine-ing away</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/wine-ing-away</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/wine-ing-away#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=20</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who invented wine? Who decided that squishing the juice out of a small fruit and then letting it rot would taste good?
I can understand milk. It was definently some teenage bet in the 1200s, some guy was like &#8220;I bet ye&#8221; (because they said &#8216;ye&#8217; a lot back then) &#8220;I bet ye 20 doubloons to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Beginning&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/in-the-beginning</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2006/in-the-beginning#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had an Earth-shattering revelation. I have discovered who God is&#8230;
Yes, after much thought and analysis I have deciphered the age old mystery that has plagued mankind and religious sects for all eternity.
God is Asian People.
Don&#8217;t believe me? Think about it. God is Omnipresent right? Well&#8230; Asians are everywhere! There are a couple billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts By Stoss p5</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/thoughts-by-stoss-p5</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/thoughts-by-stoss-p5#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stoss.ca/wp/?p=14</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, one thing that is quite neat about women and men is the different approaches they take on appearance. I found that when women need a haircut, they plan long in advance, have 2 or 3 magazine clippings chosen for the style and have had, at minimum, an hour or 2 discussion about what colour, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramping Cereal</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/ramping-cereal</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/ramping-cereal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you are having a sleepy morning, rubbing your eyes, PJs half on, half off, slowly walking to the kitchen bumping into walls and trying not to turn on deadly lights that burn your retinas . You reach for your favourite bowl and spoon, and sleepily pour some cereal into the bowl.
You go get that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts By Stoss p3</title>
		<link>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/thoughts-by-stoss-p3</link>
		<comments>http://stoss.ca/wp/2005/thoughts-by-stoss-p3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stoss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do homeless people get the markers and bristol board? Shouldn&#8217;t they be spending the money they do on signs, on FOOD?! Here&#8217;s an idea use the cash to buy a fruit cup! We get the fact that you are homeless&#8230;. Very rarely do home&#8217;d people cover their bodies in mud and sit on the [...]]]></description>
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