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	<description>n. An assessment to determine if one&#039;s circumstances or expectations conform to reality</description>
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		<title>A Sapling&#8217;s Tale</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/saplings_tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the sky I fell from gripping talons.  Windblown swirling, I ricocheted off waxy leaves and rested on foreign soil protected by towering stems.  My arrival was quick but my journey far from over.  I sank into a cold embrace. Darkness enveloped me as I learned to love the underworld.  &#8217;Twas far less noisy down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=323&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Know Thy Humanity</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/know-thy-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 16:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human body is so intricate and complicated&#8212;billions of years of natural technological advancement.  What if we were to look at each other not as mere beings&#8212;as friend or foe&#8212;but as complicated, intricately-woven, technologically-advanced machines?  We marvel at the iPad, but not at each other.  We coo at dogs and babies, but not at humans [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=316&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bin Laden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for those who cheered bin Laden&#8217;s disposal, many of whom are dear friends. Whether your applause was outward or inward, whether you believe the murder was justified, whether this has any significant political ramifications in the quest for &#8220;justice&#8221;, it is important to ponder what it means to be jubilated at the expense [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=294&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Commander</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear President Obama,  As a Journalism &#38; Media Studies masters candidate and as a lover of press freedom, I am officially disgusted by the state of today&#8217;s media. Media moguls like Glenn Beck and Donald Trump&#8212;the star of the highest rated show on NBC&#8212;appear to be gearing up for a presidential bid, or at least [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=253&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bubbles</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/bubbles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As social beings we crave continuous, elegant connections to other humans until the day we burst, just like bubbles.  We love being connected, yet we always find ways to cut ourselves off from the world.  We remove ourselves from certain locations, from those with whom we disagree.  We migrate if and when we sense tension.  We enjoy feeling like we have enough control to calm any angst caused by the storms of life.  However, bubbles never desire control and can align with each other just fine, creating beautiful patterns.  Bubbles practice what humans preach.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=175&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Automobiles</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/automobiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisdorsey87</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started driving a scooter when I moved to Florida. I came from a world of freeways and hours of driving in every direction. Do I miss zooming down the highway listening to music as it choreographs my scenery? Of course, but I&#8217;ve learned some wisdom in shedding my 2,500-pound shell. 1. Nature is beautiful. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=155&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dogs</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisdorsey87</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dogs fascinate me. They&#8217;ve been nearby humans for roughly a dozen millennia—a hiccup in evolutionary terms. Both species developed a symbiotic relationship with the other. Dogs needed shelter and food; we needed toys. Or really, we needed companions who performed feats better than us. Ears perk up when approaching animals or tribes came near the group, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=135&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Morning</title>
		<link>http://chrisdorsey.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/good-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reality check is an extremely mindful way of testing which reality exists. We feel the need to pinch ourselves when something is too good to be true. But why? Because it is a way of causing physical pain, which your brain can then interpret and think to itself&#8230; yeah, my actions [pinching] align with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrisdorsey.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2999234&amp;post=99&amp;subd=chrisdorsey&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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