<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602</id><updated>2011-08-01T10:26:29.717-04:00</updated><category term='dark'/><category term='silly'/><category term='buddhism'/><category term='mood'/><category term='poem'/><category term='funny'/><category term='list'/><category term='suck'/><category term='now'/><category term='bizarre'/><category term='reaching out'/><category term='blood'/><category term='web stuff'/><category term='lyrics'/><category term='freedom'/><category term='boobies'/><category term='meditation'/><category term='lazy'/><category term='academia'/><category term='moody'/><category term='sex'/><category term='biology'/><category term='catharsis'/><category term='thoughts'/><category term='at the coffeeshop'/><category term='video'/><category term='frustration'/><category term='tv'/><category term='image'/><category term='reemergence'/><category term='work'/><category term='teaching'/><category term='science'/><category term='christianity'/><category term='women'/><category term='angst'/><category term='reflections'/><category term='radio'/><category term='resignation'/><category term='perspective'/><category term='enneagram'/><category term='politics'/><category term='holiday'/><category term='bitch'/><category term='stupid ideas'/><category term='music'/><category term='atheism'/><category term='fall'/><category term='happy'/><category term='school'/><category term='spirituality'/><category term='blog'/><category term='fears'/><category term='drinking'/><category term='creative'/><category term='whimsical'/><category term='alcohol'/><category term='people'/><category term='RIP'/><category term='conversation'/><category term='deceptively profound'/><category term='pain'/><category term='ominous'/><category term='religion'/><category term='contemplative'/><category term='weird'/><category term='fun'/><category term='film'/><category term='project'/><category term='annoying'/><category term='writing'/><category term='noise'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='vista'/><category term='otherpeople'/><title type='text'>Procrastinocracy</title><subtitle type='html'>The Chronicles of Karmabot</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>326</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6546388271933462764</id><published>2010-04-17T01:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T01:06:56.656-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perspective'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>New perspectives</title><summary type='text'>For the last two years or so, I have had a problem with the heat and AC in my car. The fan would only work on full blast, and the AC would not work on full blast, so I have basically had no air conditioning for two summers, and heat is a pain, because it's all-or-nothing, and it's loud. I defended my dissertation two weeks ago, which means I am done with the project I have been working on for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6546388271933462764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6546388271933462764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6546388271933462764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6546388271933462764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-perspectives.html' title='New perspectives'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1501182619637760076</id><published>2009-12-09T12:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T12:43:01.577-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reemergence'/><title type='text'>Hello there</title><summary type='text'>Welcome new readers, and welcome back, old. This blog, cobwebs and all, has been serving me well as an impromptu, if sporadic, review of my id over the last several years. Instead of making people go through all the long, boring work of getting to know me by talking to me and whatnot, I have been referring them here, with the warning that I might come off as a 13-year-old girl. So, to those new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1501182619637760076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1501182619637760076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1501182619637760076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1501182619637760076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/12/hello-there.html' title='Hello there'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3100202101275463743</id><published>2009-10-23T14:19:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T14:20:04.571-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drinking'/><title type='text'>Re: the previous post</title><summary type='text'>I should install a breathalyzer on my internet connection. I could probably make some money on such a contraption.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3100202101275463743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3100202101275463743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3100202101275463743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3100202101275463743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/10/re-previous-post.html' title='Re: the previous post'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3942862992939664083</id><published>2009-10-21T02:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T02:54:04.577-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mostly because I haven't posted in forever</title><summary type='text'>IM with a fraughtfriendLme: on the one hand i'm glad i'm not like with anyone in real life because i've got that stupid honesty thing going onon the oter hand i have this  ADD thing so i forget what the other hand is all about</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3942862992939664083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3942862992939664083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3942862992939664083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3942862992939664083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/10/mostly-because-i-havent-posted-in.html' title='Mostly because I haven&apos;t posted in forever'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6956272524882629538</id><published>2009-09-09T09:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T10:00:43.560-04:00</updated><title type='text'>100   pushups</title><summary type='text'>In the spirit of having achievable goals, I will do 100 pushups, following the advice on this site: hundredpushups.com. Maybe I'll do 200 situps as well. For the first day of Week 1, I did a maximum of 8.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6956272524882629538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6956272524882629538' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6956272524882629538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6956272524882629538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/09/100-pushups.html' title='100   pushups'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2895749833128117387</id><published>2009-06-22T01:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T01:38:46.593-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suck'/><title type='text'>21 June</title><summary type='text'>Weird day today. Feeling kindofadrift. Lost. First father's day without dad, a sham would-be anniversary of a phantom marriage. The solstice gets lost in the weight of personal accumulation of loss. The past repeats repeats repeats...we are doomed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2895749833128117387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2895749833128117387' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2895749833128117387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2895749833128117387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/06/21-june.html' title='21 June'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1787936530780736939</id><published>2009-03-21T14:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T14:06:50.774-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>Growth</title><summary type='text'>I think I've outgrown this blog. Can it grow with me? I'm not sure. I don't think so. So do I keep posting anyway, leave it for posterity, or destroy it?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1787936530780736939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1787936530780736939' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1787936530780736939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1787936530780736939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/03/growth.html' title='Growth'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1884206059445934130</id><published>2009-01-14T20:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T20:45:55.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year?</title><summary type='text'>Let's review the first 2 weeks of this new year:1/1: Admit Dad to Hospice1/3: Dad dies1/5: $1500 in car repairs (clutch, transmission cables, tire)1/10: funeral1/13: Someone steals my cross-country skisCan we start over?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1884206059445934130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1884206059445934130' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1884206059445934130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1884206059445934130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year?'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3150914631652199389</id><published>2008-12-19T12:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T12:30:03.257-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bitch'/><title type='text'>Deception</title><summary type='text'>The second segment of this Radiolab episode(maybe 20 minuntes in) might remind some of you of someone I knoew. Even if not, it is an interesting show.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3150914631652199389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3150914631652199389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3150914631652199389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3150914631652199389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/12/deception.html' title='Deception'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6051343305017271413</id><published>2008-11-03T20:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T20:37:49.981-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Geeky t-shirt</title><summary type='text'>Buy me this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6051343305017271413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6051343305017271413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6051343305017271413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6051343305017271413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/11/geeky-t-shirt.html' title='Geeky t-shirt'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-4385492667383673934</id><published>2008-10-31T12:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T12:35:51.208-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='annoying'/><title type='text'>You. The answer is “you”.</title><summary type='text'>When scatterplot says, “You want to know who’s annoying?” I have to wonder why the autistic girl gets my meaningful glance, and the supposedly normal (or emotionally/cognitively typical, or whatever the word these days is) girl doesn’t.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/4385492667383673934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=4385492667383673934' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4385492667383673934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4385492667383673934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-answer-is-you.html' title='You. The answer is “you”.'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1171698262750937712</id><published>2008-10-25T19:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T20:00:51.409-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vista'/><title type='text'>Are you sure you want to do that?</title><summary type='text'>My first experience with Windows Vista is basically a series of questions in a really pretty interface. It’s like an over-protective milf. “Are you sure you want to do that?” “Do you want to allow access to this program?” “Are you sure"?” “Really, really sure?” “Do you want to make something default for something?” “Seriously"?” “That might hurt”.  This post is really just an excuse for me to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1171698262750937712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1171698262750937712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1171698262750937712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1171698262750937712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/10/are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that.html' title='Are you sure you want to do that?'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7340685689108772719</id><published>2008-10-11T20:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T20:20:04.767-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>Subscribe to comments</title><summary type='text'>FYI,I just figured out that if you want to subsribe to comments on a blogspot blog, use this feed: http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/defaultbut change karmabot to whatever.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7340685689108772719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7340685689108772719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7340685689108772719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7340685689108772719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/10/subscribe-to-comments.html' title='Subscribe to comments'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2190190311357865426</id><published>2008-10-07T13:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T13:16:22.008-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mail Goggles</title><summary type='text'>Now this is a good idea. It makes you do math problems before you send an email, to make you think before you hit send. It is activated only on late-night weekends. Google is really living up to their motto of "Don't be evil" on this one. Now I need one for my phone for text messages, and my implant in my brain, for obvious reasons. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2190190311357865426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2190190311357865426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2190190311357865426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2190190311357865426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/10/mail-goggles.html' title='Mail Goggles'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7777137395628861958</id><published>2008-09-30T19:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T19:02:07.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Crime labs</title><summary type='text'>This is one of the reasons I don't support the death penalty.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7777137395628861958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7777137395628861958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7777137395628861958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7777137395628861958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/09/crime-labs.html' title='Crime labs'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6029458429474085213</id><published>2008-09-10T15:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T15:18:44.410-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weird'/><title type='text'>Weirdness on campus</title><summary type='text'>I love the first weeks of fall semester. The weather is getting cooler. There are all kinds of fresh faces, eager to learn. The last of the big good festivals marking the end of summer have taken place. And I see the strangest things.On Monday as I was leaving the parking structure, I turned the corner to see a campus police officer with one of those extendable nightsticks extended. I was a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6029458429474085213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6029458429474085213' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6029458429474085213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6029458429474085213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/09/weirdness-on-campus.html' title='Weirdness on campus'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1894791554625231486</id><published>2008-08-19T16:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T16:38:27.717-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pomo in medias res</title><summary type='text'>I am about to post a meme thing on my other blog. Here's part of a conversation about it. me:  ah i seewell, goodi am going ot tag you, hilary, kim, kerouac and the cainitei thought about tagging myself at karmabot just to be all postmodern and shit but that's just more workMolly:  well fucking say something on karmabotoh my god.  arranging these papers is so laborious and unecessaryme:  i would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1894791554625231486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1894791554625231486' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1894791554625231486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1894791554625231486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/08/pomo-in-medias-res.html' title='pomo in medias res'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2300364368763287538</id><published>2008-07-29T22:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T22:41:00.382-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><title type='text'>What would they use for the wafers?</title><summary type='text'>I had this horrible idea the other day, as I donated blood in a church, that I wasn't really donating it for needy people, but for communion. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2300364368763287538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2300364368763287538' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2300364368763287538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2300364368763287538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-would-they-use-for-wafers.html' title='What would they use for the wafers?'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8175107134073112202</id><published>2008-07-16T21:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T21:33:32.096-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>NIN - the slip</title><summary type='text'>Why didn't anyone tell me NIN released a new album for free download back in May? Where the hell have I been? (It's pretty good so far)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8175107134073112202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8175107134073112202' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8175107134073112202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8175107134073112202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/07/nin-slip.html' title='NIN - the slip'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7460598547936978579</id><published>2008-07-09T19:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T19:39:33.457-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boobies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>Missed opportunitities</title><summary type='text'>If someone had told me I might be able to see Amanda Palmer topless, maybe I would have gone to Rothbury. Actually, it looked like an incredible lineup, but, alas, I have nowehere the $$$ for something like that. Still awaiting reports from those who went...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7460598547936978579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7460598547936978579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7460598547936978579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7460598547936978579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/07/missed-opportunitities.html' title='Missed opportunitities'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3391142451490538433</id><published>2008-06-25T10:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T10:48:41.276-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cannoli</title><summary type='text'>Leave the baby. Take the bathwater.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3391142451490538433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3391142451490538433' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3391142451490538433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3391142451490538433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/06/cannoli.html' title='Cannoli'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-5744178549275567109</id><published>2008-06-16T20:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T21:01:26.417-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Single</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/5744178549275567109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=5744178549275567109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5744178549275567109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5744178549275567109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/06/single.html' title='Single'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mZ_ThuMAq30/SFcMzsQ2SqI/AAAAAAAAAA8/yt82mGqgAy0/s72-c/single.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3766439894866979543</id><published>2008-06-11T01:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T01:18:48.081-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='angst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative'/><title type='text'>Landlocked</title><summary type='text'>We’re landlocked. No water no ocean a few huge lakes but too far away to matter (as) much (as we want). I need an ocean. Open water. Freedom and limits. Endless land and flatness and nothing – I need a new kind of nothing. Angst minus energy = nothing. Seething anger smoldering dying never igniting. Energy plus angst. Addition not subtraction. Sometimes I have ideas and no motivation and that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3766439894866979543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3766439894866979543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3766439894866979543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3766439894866979543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/06/landlocked.html' title='Landlocked'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-9063603369200216846</id><published>2008-06-11T01:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T01:58:05.100-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='project'/><title type='text'>honeymoon</title><summary type='text'>Here's a tiny rough little snippet of a project i'm working onMost people go to exotic tropical locales on their honeymoons and lounge on the beach all day drinking ridiculous drinks out of huge glasses with umbrellas. To retire to their rooms and have drunken sex all week. Not us. We went on a five day backpacking trip. We eschewed comfort, relaxation and sex for work and sweat and hardship. Don</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/9063603369200216846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=9063603369200216846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/9063603369200216846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/9063603369200216846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/06/honeymoon.html' title='honeymoon'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2096816612586446951</id><published>2008-05-28T13:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T13:59:36.609-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RIP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>RIP Utah Phillips</title><summary type='text'>Utah Phillips, one of my favorite folk singer/activists, died a few days ago. Strange thing, I was just talking about him this weekend on the last day of the retreat. I had seen him a few years ago and was telling someone else about him. If you haven't heard the stuff he did with Ani DeFranco, you should check it out. If anyone has any live recordings of him or anything else you can point me to, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2096816612586446951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2096816612586446951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2096816612586446951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2096816612586446951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/05/rip-utah-phillips_28.html' title='RIP Utah Phillips'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-5830779500449326717</id><published>2008-05-27T14:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T14:15:13.618-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Meditations on meditation</title><summary type='text'>I spent the last week and a half at a meditation retreat, which ended up being one the hardest thing I have ever done. The schedule was basically 4:30am-9pm, meditating for about 10 hours, followed by an hour long video discourse and a little more meditation, all in silence. Not only no phone or internet, no writing or reading or musical instruments, but no talking or communicating with the other</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/5830779500449326717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=5830779500449326717' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5830779500449326717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5830779500449326717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/05/meditations-on-meditation_27.html' title='Meditations on meditation'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1813786219479189004</id><published>2008-05-08T16:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T16:41:40.426-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='at the coffeeshop'/><title type='text'>How little we change</title><summary type='text'>In front of me in the coffeeshop, a 19 year old college student tries to impress a 17 year old (she'll be 18 next week!) girl with all his knowledge of law, education, chemistry (Nutrasweet vs Sugar). Behind me, a 4 year old obnoxiously repeats "Who let the dogs out" over and over and loudly sings other songs, trying to get the attention of another 4 year old girl.And me, I am blogging...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1813786219479189004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1813786219479189004' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1813786219479189004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1813786219479189004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-little-we-change.html' title='How little we change'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6071335126397720866</id><published>2008-05-08T15:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T15:52:04.148-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catharsis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reaching out'/><title type='text'>Prey</title><summary type='text'>You are not being chased yet you run away. A deer in a field of (w)holes. Wolves lurk in the shadows waiting for your next vulnerable moment when grief stricken betrayed by your own blind choices, you are not being chaste. Yet you run. Throw up your arms in dismay. Deny your role in any of this. Boredom creeps in, then fear. Your problems will never catch up. You will outrun, outsmart them. Just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6071335126397720866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6071335126397720866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6071335126397720866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6071335126397720866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/05/prey.html' title='Prey'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1077287841190258909</id><published>2008-04-19T08:59:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T20:01:17.354-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Sober Reflections</title><summary type='text'>After 30 days of sobriety, I learned a few things about myself, which I will now share with you, dear readers.I am an anxious motherfucker. I think I already knew that, but what I learned is that I try to mask that constant anxiety with alcohol, which loosens me up and hides the feeling. Where does it come from? I'm not sure. Some of it is social anxiety, some of it is the constant feeling that I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1077287841190258909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1077287841190258909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1077287841190258909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1077287841190258909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/04/sober-reflections.html' title='Sober Reflections'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-5363417691988526599</id><published>2008-04-11T17:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T17:38:40.068-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><title type='text'>My spirit animal is the hummingbird</title><summary type='text'>I haven't had any alcohol for about 26 days, as part of a completely arbitrary 30 day sober-up project I initiated to clear my head and figure some shit out, among other things.My friends hate me. I am constantly anxious, giddy, nervous, energetic, which manifests in constant talking and fidgeting, and an apparent inability to censor myself. It seems that I had been masking the anxiety and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/5363417691988526599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=5363417691988526599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5363417691988526599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5363417691988526599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-spirit-animal-is-hummingbird.html' title='My spirit animal is the hummingbird'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2627158486848396051</id><published>2008-03-25T10:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-25T10:00:20.416-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><title type='text'>Femmes Fatales</title><summary type='text'>I have finally figured out why I like film noir, and Humphrey Bogart in particular. the femme fatale, the evil woman, is always at the heart of the problems, but it's the detective who gets the best of her, sees through her, sends her up the river, punishes her. That last image in The Maltese Falcon says it all, when the elevator closes like a jail cell on Brigid O'Shaunnassy.Even in his non-noir</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2627158486848396051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2627158486848396051' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2627158486848396051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2627158486848396051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/03/femmes-fatales.html' title='Femmes Fatales'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_mZ_ThuMAq30/R-kEXgBSr-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/9qi0FgvYfWc/s72-c/MalteseFalcon_244_jpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-4118129592951197456</id><published>2008-03-18T12:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T12:58:28.274-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lyrics'/><title type='text'>I got the drop on you</title><summary type='text'>Posting lyrics is dumb, but this encapsulates a lot of what I'm feeling, so fuck off. Stay tuned for related reflections on film noir and femmes fatales.  I Got the Drop on YouAlbum: Golden DeliciousArtist: Mike DoughtyI got the drop on youAnd it was easy-JapaneseyWhen I chase your lies in the lightDon’t you look so cutesyDown in the basementWhere your captives scratch and they cryRattling the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/4118129592951197456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=4118129592951197456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4118129592951197456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4118129592951197456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-got-drop-on-you.html' title='I got the drop on you'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3845000882195284596</id><published>2008-03-14T16:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T16:07:55.809-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enneagram'/><title type='text'>how to get along with me</title><summary type='text'>I'm looking at you, fours. From here, a counterpoint to the affirmations posted in comments two posts ago. I'll do my part if you do yours. The Questioner (the Six)Questioners are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family, friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved and timid to outspoken and confrontative. How to Get Along with Me Be direct and clear.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3845000882195284596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3845000882195284596' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3845000882195284596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3845000882195284596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-get-along-with-me.html' title='how to get along with me'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8385333957998417258</id><published>2008-03-13T21:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T22:18:09.446-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><title type='text'>Am I a Sex Addict? 12 questions</title><summary type='text'>from the sex addicts anonymous page Answer these twelve questions to assess whether you may have a problem with sexual addiction. Do you keep secrets about your sexual or romantic activities from those important to you? Do you lead a double life? Well, I certainly don’t tell my parents about the sex I have. Does that constitute a double life?Have your needs driven you to have sex in places or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8385333957998417258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8385333957998417258' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8385333957998417258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8385333957998417258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/03/am-i-sex-addict-12-questions.html' title='Am I a Sex Addict? 12 questions'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6479398513729097297</id><published>2008-03-12T11:17:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T11:44:29.817-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enneagram'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frustration'/><title type='text'>4 + 6 = 0</title><summary type='text'>thanks to molly, I have been highly interested in the enneagram lately. I haven't read much about relationships between specific types, but i must say that my relationships with fours are driving me crazy lately!I wonder if their fear of being defective and indulging in fantasy conflicts with my six fear of being abandoned and distrust of others, both typified by the bottom of those diagrams.I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6479398513729097297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6479398513729097297' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6479398513729097297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6479398513729097297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/03/4-6-0.html' title='4 + 6 = 0'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3901705950147541885</id><published>2008-02-29T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T14:12:07.392-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Happy Leap Day</title><summary type='text'>I always thought Leap Day should be a bigger deal than it is. I mean, it only comes once every four years. And this year it is on a Friday. Today is this blog's first ever leap day. Will it make it to a second? I mean, if, by some miracle, I live to 80, I'll have had 80 xmases and bdays and easters and president's days, but only 20 leap days. Celebrate the weirdness of the calendar! Check out </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3901705950147541885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3901705950147541885' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3901705950147541885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3901705950147541885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-leap-day.html' title='Happy Leap Day'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7529403653798312495</id><published>2008-02-21T15:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-21T15:29:44.412-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianity'/><title type='text'>Christian sex toys</title><summary type='text'>I don't really want to give this place any free advertising, but this NPR interview with the proprietor of an online sex shop catering to Christians is hilarious. One quote, lifted from the NPR Bryant Park Project website:"We pray about things before we add them to our site," she says. "We live our lives very openly in front of Jesus, so we just kind of pray for direction about which way he would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7529403653798312495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7529403653798312495' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7529403653798312495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7529403653798312495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/christian-sex-toys_21.html' title='Christian sex toys'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7989608334925379725</id><published>2008-02-18T21:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T21:48:23.330-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem'/><title type='text'>Aftermath of deceit</title><summary type='text'>A pregnant pauseA wait off my shouldersUnburdenedPhantom limb will vanish andRegrow in another shapeLike a pruned plantIn time</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7989608334925379725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7989608334925379725' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7989608334925379725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7989608334925379725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/aftermath-of-deceit.html' title='Aftermath of deceit'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6613902039319111926</id><published>2008-02-11T14:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T14:52:00.567-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><title type='text'>My four noble truths</title><summary type='text'>1. Shit's fucked up.2. Shit's fucked up because we want shit we can't have3. Shit doesn't have to be fucked up4. Do shit right and your shit won't be so fucked up.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6613902039319111926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6613902039319111926' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6613902039319111926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6613902039319111926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-four-noble-truths.html' title='My four noble truths'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3242510107321742844</id><published>2008-02-08T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T09:56:52.210-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='otherpeople'/><title type='text'>Gaping Void</title><summary type='text'>Is everyone here familiar with Hugh Macleod? You should be. He makes these cute little drawings on business cards and has a lot of interesting things to say. Check out his How to Be Creative series for starters.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3242510107321742844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3242510107321742844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3242510107321742844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3242510107321742844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/gaping-void.html' title='Gaping Void'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_mZ_ThuMAq30/R6xtjS3R9BI/AAAAAAAAAAc/TT0FTUhcGKw/s72-c/0801laughter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2508949019682970742</id><published>2008-02-05T08:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T08:47:48.334-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Go ahead, say it</title><summary type='text'>"I told you so."Here's a thread for all my friends who have told me all along I've been lied to for the past six months. Just put a comment here that says "I told you so" so we can get it out of the way.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2508949019682970742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2508949019682970742' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2508949019682970742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2508949019682970742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/02/go-ahead-say-it.html' title='Go ahead, say it'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6710234797338969320</id><published>2008-01-29T13:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T13:51:38.325-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='academia'/><title type='text'>Neutered</title><summary type='text'>I have found in my academic life that I am afraid to say anything political, personal or possibly controversial. My other blog is a good sandbox for academic/intellectual thinking, but I am so afraid that someone will look at it and judge me in various ways that I am careful not to take any risks, to espouse any political beliefs, to talk about religion, or even to reflect on academia itself. Is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6710234797338969320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6710234797338969320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6710234797338969320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6710234797338969320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/01/neutered.html' title='Neutered'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6616276424732400316</id><published>2008-01-23T15:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T15:15:08.916-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Gordon Freeman calls Coast-to-Coast</title><summary type='text'>This will make both my half-life and conspiracy theory friends happy. via Propeller</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6616276424732400316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6616276424732400316' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6616276424732400316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6616276424732400316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/01/gordon-freeman-calls-coast-to-coast_23.html' title='Gordon Freeman calls Coast-to-Coast'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8137115648393613355</id><published>2008-01-23T15:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T15:13:40.807-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Gordon Freeman calls Coast-to-Coast</title><summary type='text'>This will make both my half-life and conspiracy theory friends happy. via Propeller</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8137115648393613355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8137115648393613355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8137115648393613355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8137115648393613355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/01/gordon-freeman-calls-coast-to-coast.html' title='Gordon Freeman calls Coast-to-Coast'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7626168034443938582</id><published>2008-01-11T17:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T20:15:24.082-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can't do anything right</title><summary type='text'>I tried to kill myself by putting my head in the freezer, but it didn't work. What am I missing?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7626168034443938582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7626168034443938582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7626168034443938582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7626168034443938582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-cant-do-anything-right.html' title='I can&apos;t do anything right'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8732344666532577205</id><published>2007-12-19T10:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T11:14:20.890-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Ron Paul</title><summary type='text'>So I finally looked this guy up, and, frankly, I see why people are excited about him, and why he's not getting a lot of mainstream press. Let me tell you, I have voted for one Republican in my life, and it was for county sheriff, because he was openly in favor of legalizing marijuana. This is probably my biggest issue, but I am far from a one issue voter. Ron Paul is definitely anti drug-war. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8732344666532577205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8732344666532577205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8732344666532577205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8732344666532577205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/12/ron-paul.html' title='Ron Paul'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1773678948417063433</id><published>2007-12-11T23:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T23:56:28.577-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>Period</title><summary type='text'>Writing things with periods in the middle to indicate empasis is. so. over.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1773678948417063433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1773678948417063433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1773678948417063433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1773678948417063433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/12/period.html' title='Period'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3265294802094364183</id><published>2007-12-11T19:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T19:34:16.825-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>Search terms</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3265294802094364183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3265294802094364183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3265294802094364183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3265294802094364183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/12/search-terms.html' title='Search terms'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mZ_ThuMAq30/R18seV3bxTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/ae7gni-rzRU/s72-c/log.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2248597119846498893</id><published>2007-12-06T11:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T11:07:06.137-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tv'/><title type='text'>Cocksucker</title><summary type='text'>You miserable cunts, I just watched the fucking pilot for Deadwood, cocksuckers, and I had to find a fucking online episode guide to figure out what the fuck I had just watched.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2248597119846498893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2248597119846498893' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2248597119846498893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2248597119846498893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/12/cocksucker.html' title='Cocksucker'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2212215513262156862</id><published>2007-12-05T11:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T12:07:57.753-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drugs'/><title type='text'>Happy End of Prohibition Day</title><summary type='text'>Today is the day, 74 years ago, that Congress passed the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, Prohibition.  If only we could figure out , as a nation,  that other drugs are no more harmful than alcohol. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2212215513262156862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2212215513262156862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2212215513262156862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2212215513262156862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-end-of-prohibition-day.html' title='Happy End of Prohibition Day'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7884790255636643598</id><published>2007-10-21T19:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T19:33:47.437-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><title type='text'>Trapped</title><summary type='text'>I am grading a bunch of papers about technology, Zune on random, when "The World Before Later On" by TMBG comes on. Time to stop.I'm trapped in a world before later on,I'm trapped in a world before later on,Where's my hovercraft?Where's my jet pack?Where's the font of acquired wisdom that eludes me now?We're trapped in a world before later on,We're trapped in a world before later on,Where's our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7884790255636643598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7884790255636643598' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7884790255636643598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7884790255636643598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/10/trapped.html' title='Trapped'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2068994831997738925</id><published>2007-10-09T12:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T12:53:19.998-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bizarre'/><title type='text'>Hot Chicks</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2068994831997738925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2068994831997738925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2068994831997738925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2068994831997738925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/10/hot-chicks.html' title='Hot Chicks'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1861476265204808828</id><published>2007-09-24T17:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-24T17:43:31.341-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>Universal Pain</title><summary type='text'>I saw a kid sitting on the busy sidewalk, leaning against the brick wall, crying into his cell phone. All this misery, I thought, in the world, and we all go through it. We are all in different places but we share the basic components of experience.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1861476265204808828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1861476265204808828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1861476265204808828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1861476265204808828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/09/universal-pain.html' title='Universal Pain'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1382502303986598771</id><published>2007-09-20T10:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T10:35:33.475-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fears'/><title type='text'>Fears</title><summary type='text'>I fear that I will spend my life wrestling with the world, trying to make it fit my idealized fantasy of what things should look like. Relationship after relationship, job after job, I want everything to fit my worldview. I am equally afraid, I think, that I might actually achieve this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1382502303986598771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1382502303986598771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1382502303986598771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1382502303986598771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/09/fears.html' title='Fears'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-4803318676452562336</id><published>2007-08-27T20:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T20:54:58.360-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny'/><title type='text'>Remember that Seinfeld...</title><summary type='text'>...where Kramer drinks all that coffee and getes really hyper? That was funny.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/4803318676452562336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=4803318676452562336' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4803318676452562336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4803318676452562336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/08/remember-that-seinfeld.html' title='Remember that Seinfeld...'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8876331057127224114</id><published>2007-08-24T11:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-24T11:38:00.199-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>Elation</title><summary type='text'>Post-completion simultaneous elation and deflation. What next? As if I don't have anything to do. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8876331057127224114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8876331057127224114' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8876331057127224114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8876331057127224114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/08/elation.html' title='Elation'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1325395431336146445</id><published>2007-08-24T11:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-24T11:43:01.092-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Picking a fight</title><summary type='text'>Atheism is good for societyvia David Galbraith</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1325395431336146445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1325395431336146445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1325395431336146445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1325395431336146445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/08/picking-fight.html' title='Picking a fight'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8233506438190266693</id><published>2007-07-26T13:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-26T13:29:00.408-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stupid ideas'/><title type='text'>New job</title><summary type='text'>I am a highly qualified individual for many jobs, mostly intellectual/technological, but I was driving down the road the other day and I saw that the local bowling alley is looking for pinjumpers. I think I know what a pinjumper does, and if it involves running around behind the pins, I want this job. I know it's probably minimum wage and I would be much older than my coworkers, but it seems so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8233506438190266693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8233506438190266693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8233506438190266693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8233506438190266693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-job.html' title='New job'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6937178492969157994</id><published>2007-07-23T09:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-23T09:21:43.817-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ominous'/><title type='text'>Life is...</title><summary type='text'>like a sitcom, only not at all funny</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6937178492969157994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6937178492969157994' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6937178492969157994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6937178492969157994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/07/life-is.html' title='Life is...'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8868405234719712423</id><published>2007-07-17T14:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T14:55:14.186-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Confession</title><summary type='text'>SometimesWhile driving on the highway I close my eyesAnd pray</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8868405234719712423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8868405234719712423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8868405234719712423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8868405234719712423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/07/confession.html' title='Confession'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3784284135167648724</id><published>2007-06-23T23:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T23:12:06.768-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='noise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='now'/><title type='text'>Home 5 minutes</title><summary type='text'>And I can simultaneously hear a guy outside arguing on the phone with his dad about how dad is never there, and my female neighbor next door having sex (the sex part reminds me of the moment in pi when Max can hear his cute neighbor). Oh, and here comes a train.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3784284135167648724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3784284135167648724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3784284135167648724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3784284135167648724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/06/home-5-minutes.html' title='Home 5 minutes'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-4278051441643570779</id><published>2007-06-21T18:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T18:43:54.992-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='resignation'/><title type='text'>Delete</title><summary type='text'>With a few exceptions,  I've never really understood why people delete their blogs, but I'm thinking maybe I'll delete this blog. Let me think about it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/4278051441643570779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=4278051441643570779' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4278051441643570779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4278051441643570779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/06/delete.html' title='Delete'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2123801798617554383</id><published>2007-05-28T02:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T02:56:05.438-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moody'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark'/><title type='text'>Exclusion</title><summary type='text'>As you increase your sensitivity of response, your empathy, your ecstasy, I decrease mine, numb myself, dull emotions. Excluded, I withdraw. I realize I haven’t hit bottom yet, but I mean to. I see its murky depths, and I feel myself still plunging towards the darkness. I will destroy all that is good in me before you get the chance.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2123801798617554383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2123801798617554383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2123801798617554383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2123801798617554383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/exclusion.html' title='Exclusion'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1412607602639341650</id><published>2007-05-24T03:22:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-24T03:22:47.174-04:00</updated><title type='text'>response</title><summary type='text'>vgybhjnlkml,;.'graa;lmklfafmefgrrrrrrrrraejrfao;fmalk;dvmc,a/.s,dmt4etemka;lughaksd;lfmae;mlav</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1412607602639341650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1412607602639341650' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1412607602639341650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1412607602639341650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/response.html' title='response'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6265922611814265196</id><published>2007-05-13T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-13T14:33:01.685-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='atheism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lazy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Sunday afternoon</title><summary type='text'>Here's what I have done and found so far this afternoon.For some reason I found this Onion article hilarious. Maybe it says something about me. Who knows?I've been watching stuff on Youtube by Richard Dawkins about atheism. Here is on OReailly. On BookTV, he answers the question "what if you're wrong?" Another one about Christians' belief that the world is a few thousand years old. Here's him on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6265922611814265196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6265922611814265196' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6265922611814265196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6265922611814265196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/sunday-afternoon.html' title='Sunday afternoon'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7831574602377168497</id><published>2007-05-10T17:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-10T17:15:35.802-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conversation'/><title type='text'>Why not just post an im conversation with my brother in law?</title><summary type='text'>[16:28] karmabot: i am doing something very interesting right now[16:28] Bro-in-law: SOOOO - rumor has it you like to move large pieces of furnature?[16:28] karmabot: yeah. i have a bunch you can move right here[16:28] Bro-in-law: does it have somethign to do with your finger and your nose?[16:28] karmabot: it's too complex to explain, but it is sonic cacophony[16:28] karmabot: it's actually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7831574602377168497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7831574602377168497' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7831574602377168497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7831574602377168497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-not-just-post-im-conversation-with.html' title='Why not just post an im conversation with my brother in law?'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-376189942037548719</id><published>2007-05-05T17:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-05T17:40:09.650-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drugs'/><title type='text'>grading aids</title><summary type='text'>grading, grading, grading. almost done, though, although i think they're already overdue. One thing that is making this much more bearable: 500mg Vicodin.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/376189942037548719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=376189942037548719' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/376189942037548719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/376189942037548719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/grading-aids.html' title='grading aids'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2428012179084046106</id><published>2007-05-01T23:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T23:40:55.912-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deceptively profound'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whimsical'/><title type='text'>Mindreading and Misperceptions</title><summary type='text'>The woman who cut my hair this morning told me a story. She cut a guy's hair, she said, really short, and everytime she saw him at the bus stop he was wearing a hat. She assumed he hated his haircut and felt really bad for months, until he made another appointment with her. When she asked him about the hat, he shrugged and said simply: "My head gets cold."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2428012179084046106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2428012179084046106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2428012179084046106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2428012179084046106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/mindreading-and-misperceptions.html' title='Mindreading and Misperceptions'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8557275347639871596</id><published>2007-05-01T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T12:27:13.809-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>Lack of Progress</title><summary type='text'>"What are you doing?""Looking at your lack of progress."This could mean so many things. Can one see lack?I often feel like I don't have enough time to do what I need to do, no matter how much time I have. It's like I have x time today, but I need x+1, so why bother even starting anything becuase I can't possibly finish it so I fill the day with video games and naps and errands and driving, then I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8557275347639871596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8557275347639871596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8557275347639871596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8557275347639871596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/05/lack-of-progress.html' title='Lack of Progress'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2271882095052627155</id><published>2007-04-26T23:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T23:23:34.534-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reminder</title><summary type='text'>From fortune cookie: You are talented in many ways.Reminder: Do not destroy self.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2271882095052627155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2271882095052627155' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2271882095052627155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2271882095052627155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/04/reminder.html' title='Reminder'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3342614607187856050</id><published>2007-04-11T10:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-11T10:27:59.374-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>Finishing</title><summary type='text'>I was told (like the passive voice?) recently that because I have never finished a story, I am not really a writer. I do have this still unfinished dissertation, and I haven't written fiction in ages, and even when i did everything was left unfinished. I now write in fragments, which is a style that suits me in many ways, but makes writing a dissertation difficult. In many ways it matches my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3342614607187856050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3342614607187856050' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3342614607187856050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3342614607187856050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/04/finishing.html' title='Finishing'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1701983686356197065</id><published>2007-04-04T23:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-04T23:56:13.625-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ominous'/><title type='text'>What doesn't grow...</title><summary type='text'>...dies</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1701983686356197065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1701983686356197065' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1701983686356197065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1701983686356197065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-doesnt-grow.html' title='What doesn&apos;t grow...'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6746081821490574172</id><published>2007-03-30T10:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T10:50:10.278-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whimsical'/><title type='text'>A little off</title><summary type='text'>Ever have one of those days where you're going about your day and everything seems normal except for the fact the someone seems to have shifted the entire universe over 1 or 2 inches? That was my day yesterday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6746081821490574172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6746081821490574172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6746081821490574172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6746081821490574172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/03/little-off.html' title='A little off'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8310841072805940613</id><published>2007-03-23T00:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T00:23:08.081-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>I still love my blog</title><summary type='text'>As i go through this blog i see a bunch of stupid shit with a few gems interspersed. I should collect the gems and put them toegether somewhere. But I still love this blog. Even the stupid shit reminds me of things, even if it's totally banal. If I had regular readers anymore, I'd ask then what their favorite posts have been over the years.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8310841072805940613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8310841072805940613' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8310841072805940613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8310841072805940613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-still-love-my-blog.html' title='I still love my blog'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-8187324699911856247</id><published>2007-03-06T11:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T11:42:44.558-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moody'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative'/><title type='text'>Fragments</title><summary type='text'>Fragments and images still bubble up. Fragments and images, still. Steam drifting across the chem building. A sawhorse laid down over a rock. The shadow of a fence on a hill. Wrought iron. Incinerator cloud behind Old Main. A couple keeping each other warm through winter, waiting. Daylight savings time comes early and eventually maybe a tulip will push its way up, hopefully. Winter has permeated </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/8187324699911856247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=8187324699911856247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8187324699911856247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/8187324699911856247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/03/fragments.html' title='Fragments'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-5358606744827673148</id><published>2007-03-01T23:29:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T23:32:43.008-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mood'/><title type='text'>Edgy</title><summary type='text'>irritable, belligerent, combative, testy.Or so I have been told.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/5358606744827673148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=5358606744827673148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5358606744827673148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/5358606744827673148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/03/edgy.html' title='Edgy'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7551732866733945000</id><published>2007-02-20T10:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T10:50:11.247-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><title type='text'>I am giving up lent for lent</title><summary type='text'>That never gets old.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7551732866733945000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7551732866733945000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7551732866733945000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7551732866733945000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-am-giving-up-lent-for-lent.html' title='I am giving up lent for lent'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6018992080326150701</id><published>2007-02-18T00:50:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-18T00:50:45.491-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy boring day</title><summary type='text'>full of nothing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6018992080326150701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6018992080326150701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6018992080326150701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6018992080326150701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/02/busy-boring-day.html' title='Busy boring day'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-2712742773450775386</id><published>2007-01-29T02:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T02:14:07.808-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Biological Determinism</title><summary type='text'>I often accuse my friend Rob of being a biological determinist, mostly because of his predilection for biological (chemical/neurological/electric/synaptic) explanations of thoughts, feelings, etc. . My arguments are more faith-based, believe it or not. I just find the biological explanations banal, unpoetic, and just not fun, and I simply don't want to believe that everything we are is determined</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/2712742773450775386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=2712742773450775386' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2712742773450775386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/2712742773450775386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/biological-determinism.html' title='Biological Determinism'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-242431509130702772</id><published>2007-01-28T17:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T17:45:15.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Crisis  averted</title><summary type='text'>This switch to gmail accounts is all well and good for blogger, but it kinda almost screwed me up on this blog. See, as most everyone here knows, this blog is anonymous, like a shadow blog to my other blog and a shadow life to my more  professional and presentable life. Of course, since almost everyone who reads this knows me, what's the point, right? I dont know. Anyway, I was invited to a group</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/242431509130702772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=242431509130702772' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/242431509130702772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/242431509130702772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/crisis-averted.html' title='Crisis  averted'/><author><name>karmabot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06245398801770489964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-9135369770690209597</id><published>2007-01-28T14:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T14:43:03.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You park like an asshole</title><summary type='text'>youparklikeanasshole.com has tickets you can write to tell people what you think about their paraking.Found this here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/9135369770690209597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=9135369770690209597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/9135369770690209597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/9135369770690209597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/you-park-like-asshole.html' title='You park like an asshole'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-3248557737469370598</id><published>2007-01-24T01:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T01:25:04.530-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark'/><title type='text'>Black is the new black</title><summary type='text'>I am darker than a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/3248557737469370598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=3248557737469370598' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3248557737469370598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/3248557737469370598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-is-new-black.html' title='Black is the new black'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-6219397482034705620</id><published>2007-01-24T01:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T01:16:25.483-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Enneagram</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!-- 3.15 / 5.09 --&gt;   Main Type  Overall Self      Take Free Enneagram Personality Test     Enneagram Test Results   Type 1  Perfectionism  |||||| 21%   Type 2  Helpfulness |||||||||||| 47%    Type 3  Image Focus  ||||||||||||||||  70%   Type 4 Hypersensitivity  ||||||||||||||||  67%    Type 5  Detachment  ||||||||||||  45%   Type 6 Anxiety  ||||||||||||||||  61%    Type 7  Adventurousness  ||||</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/6219397482034705620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=6219397482034705620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6219397482034705620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/6219397482034705620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/enneagram.html' title='Enneagram'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-7750677861333404845</id><published>2007-01-18T02:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T02:12:27.650-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mood music</title><summary type='text'>Is it a surprise to anyone that the top songs on my last.fm are:Bright Eyes - Lover I don't have to loveDresden Dolls - Dirty businessPortishead - Sour timesPortishead -MysteronsDepeche Mode - A Pain that I'm Used To</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/7750677861333404845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=7750677861333404845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7750677861333404845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/7750677861333404845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/mood-music.html' title='Mood music'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1717431813861326106</id><published>2007-01-13T11:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T11:42:47.169-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='image'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny'/><title type='text'>you can sell these?</title><summary type='text'>notice something strange? from craigslist. look it up.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1717431813861326106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1717431813861326106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1717431813861326106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1717431813861326106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/you-can-sell-these.html' title='you can sell these?'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_bJ2vKvdNVuQ/RakLvzlo7UI/AAAAAAAAAAM/PPpmbv17KVM/s72-c/kidsforsale.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-4455257951956757341</id><published>2007-01-12T22:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T22:27:05.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RIP RAW</title><summary type='text'>Robert Anton Wilson has left us.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/4455257951956757341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=4455257951956757341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4455257951956757341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/4455257951956757341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/rip-raw.html' title='RIP RAW'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-1425068440609965403</id><published>2007-01-12T16:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T16:24:24.966-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list'/><title type='text'>Yay</title><summary type='text'>First week of class=over.  Blogger finally switched me over to the new blogger.weekend is hereno longer sickbulleted lists rock</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/1425068440609965403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=1425068440609965403' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1425068440609965403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/1425068440609965403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/yay.html' title='Yay'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116772239499745621</id><published>2007-01-02T02:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-02T02:22:18.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Can I get extra sausage gravy on that?</title><summary type='text'>First action performed in 2007: Bowled a gutter ball. Then another. Then a strike.Years vegetarian: 3.5First meal of 2007: Country-fried steak smothered in sausage gravy, biscuits, eggs.Current feeling: I want to die. It's been 13 hours and my body is still very angry at me.Projected # of meals including meat in the near future: zero.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116772239499745621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116772239499745621' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116772239499745621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116772239499745621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2007/01/can-i-get-extra-sausage-gravy-on-that.html' title='Can I get extra sausage gravy on that?'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116721236073925709</id><published>2006-12-27T04:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T04:39:24.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New</title><summary type='text'>This time of year is always about reflection and renewal for me, looking back, taking stock and planning ahead. Between solstice and new year's, I tend to see what lessons I can take from the previous year as I start anew in the next.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116721236073925709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116721236073925709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116721236073925709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116721236073925709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/12/new.html' title='New'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116673722185084014</id><published>2006-12-21T16:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T16:40:22.410-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Solstice</title><summary type='text'>Have a pleasant solstice, all.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116673722185084014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116673722185084014' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116673722185084014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116673722185084014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/12/solstice.html' title='Solstice'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116537113102029842</id><published>2006-12-05T21:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T21:14:32.070-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Harder things</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116537113102029842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116537113102029842' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116537113102029842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116537113102029842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/12/harder-things.html' title='Harder things'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116422354866905596</id><published>2006-11-22T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-22T14:26:00.203-05:00</updated><title type='text'>3 IM lines</title><summary type='text'>[14:02] me: just ate mac&amp;cheese[14:05] me: i'm gonna go to the bean in a few[14:08] me: robert altman is dead</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116422354866905596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116422354866905596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116422354866905596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116422354866905596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/11/3-im-lines.html' title='3 IM lines'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116321976301540148</id><published>2006-11-10T23:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T23:36:13.333-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Logic</title><summary type='text'>All the logic in the world won't help you get to the truth if your premises are faulty. Valid, but unsound.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116321976301540148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116321976301540148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116321976301540148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116321976301540148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/11/logic.html' title='Logic'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116304825088285087</id><published>2006-11-08T23:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T23:57:49.010-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rumsfeld Cuts and Runs</title><summary type='text'>Please let that be headline somewhere.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116304825088285087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116304825088285087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116304825088285087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116304825088285087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/11/rumsfeld-cuts-and-runs.html' title='Rumsfeld Cuts and Runs'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116249250644258826</id><published>2006-11-02T13:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-02T13:35:06.816-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't want to hear your side of a conversation</title><summary type='text'>I am at the local coffeeshop for a quick coffee and sandwich, to check my email and just chill for a few before my next appointment. I walk into the back room, which is usually for quiet time, studying, etc. There is a man in a suit and tie just chillin' with a cup of coffee, lounging, resting in the middle of what is probably a long crazy day at the office. I sit in the corner at a table and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116249250644258826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116249250644258826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116249250644258826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116249250644258826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-dont-want-to-hear-your-side-of.html' title='I don&apos;t want to hear your side of a conversation'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116131727271686077</id><published>2006-10-20T00:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T00:07:53.080-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sex and Love and Women</title><summary type='text'>What is the universe telling me by arranging for me to have both The Man Who Loved Women  and I Am a Sex Addict from Netflix at the same time (I also have Short Cuts, but I don't yet know if that fits with the theme)?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116131727271686077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116131727271686077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116131727271686077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116131727271686077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/10/sex-and-love-and-women.html' title='Sex and Love and Women'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116092692534300424</id><published>2006-10-15T11:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T11:42:05.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Day off</title><summary type='text'>List of things to do today:Whatever the fuck I want.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116092692534300424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116092692534300424' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116092692534300424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116092692534300424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/10/day-off.html' title='Day off'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116075098665651050</id><published>2006-10-13T10:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-13T10:49:46.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2 Years</title><summary type='text'>OOOOoooh. Friday the 13th. Scary!Anyway, five days from now (10/18) marks my two year anniversary on this crazy blog. I invite you to go through the archives and revisit some of the things I have written about. How has this blog changed? How have I changed? I guess only I can answer that last one, and I will get around to it at a later date, but what do you think? Two years and I'm still "working</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116075098665651050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116075098665651050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116075098665651050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116075098665651050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/10/2-years.html' title='2 Years'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-116062787243994029</id><published>2006-10-12T00:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T12:19:20.141-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Download via Bittorrent</title><summary type='text'>A couple of people have asked me lately, so here's a quick tutorial that will work on PC, Mac or Linux.1. Download a bittorrent client. You have two  good choices, Azureus, a nice BT client, or Opera, a good, fast, secure browser that can also download Bittorent. Update: I've also heard Bitlord is good, and there's always the original Bittorrent client. 2. Find torrents. Torrentscan is a good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/116062787243994029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=116062787243994029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116062787243994029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/116062787243994029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-download-via-bittorrent.html' title='How to Download via Bittorrent'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556602.post-115955732118370253</id><published>2006-09-29T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T15:17:03.273-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spinach</title><summary type='text'>Wes is mad at meat eaters.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/feeds/115955732118370253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8556602&amp;postID=115955732118370253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/115955732118370253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8556602/posts/default/115955732118370253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karmabot.blogspot.com/2006/09/spinach.html' title='Spinach'/><author><name>emarsh</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
