<?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-10692525</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:25:44.832-08:00</updated><category term='san diego'/><category term='underwear'/><category term='China part Deux'/><category term='pictures'/><category term='menthol/testosterone'/><category term='China part deux 3/4'/><category term='guilt and psychology'/><category term='round0'/><category term='round2'/><category term='round.2008'/><category term='China'/><category term='things i love'/><category term='things before death'/><category term='China part deux 1/2'/><category term='China part deux 9/10'/><category term='China part deux a fraction'/><category term='things i hate'/><category term='traffic ticket help'/><category term='China the end'/><category term='freddy'/><category term='By the Beard of Zeus'/><category term='round3'/><category term='China the end part deux'/><category term='words'/><category term='Downunda'/><category term='round1'/><category term='brokennbruised'/><category term='youth in asia'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='quotes'/><category term='coffee'/><category term='d-land'/><category term='China Part deux 7/8'/><category term='tom joad'/><category term='India'/><category term='Thailand'/><title type='text'>eklektek</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-668125180837189591</id><published>2011-10-19T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T15:43:48.332-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><title type='text'>Occupy San Diego... Endure</title><summary type='text'>I was going to post THIS around the Civic Center for everyone to see, and leave my tent for others to use until such time as I completely distanced myself from the movement, or conversely, choose to join it again. I didn't get around to posting it, instead I ended up at the Civic Center on the eighth night, hoping to be inspired enough to continue on.
I was inspired... in an unexpected way;The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/668125180837189591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=668125180837189591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/668125180837189591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/668125180837189591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-san-diego-endure_19.html' title='Occupy San Diego... Endure'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-111720274191046771</id><published>2009-04-04T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T14:13:27.235-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='things before death'/><title type='text'>Things to do before I die</title><summary type='text'>Yi: Run into a university classroom while in session (preferrably philosophy)... and yell,"Lies, its all lies!" and then run out.
Er: Stop smo... Holy Crap, it almost killed me as I was writing it... I laid a cigarette on a lighter because I didn't have an ashtray. So while I was about to type 'stop smoking' the lighter blew up! I swear!!!Uhmmm, yeah, so #2: Stop smoking... or at least switch to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/111720274191046771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=111720274191046771' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111720274191046771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111720274191046771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/05/things-to-do-before-i-die.html' title='Things to do before I die'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-9176720923308113669</id><published>2009-02-03T19:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T14:13:00.337-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Excerpts from my notebook of madness.</title><summary type='text'>I put my head in my un-deodorized armpit to try to cover up the sickly sweet and all too dominant fragrance wafting and permeating each molecule of the room. But I had already paid.

Black, white, black, white, black, white; and in the shape of an oval, the size of a quarter... a quarter of ovalish shape. Better than a quarter, the symbolism of yes/no &amp; good/bad was much stronger. If Batmans </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/9176720923308113669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=9176720923308113669' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/9176720923308113669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/9176720923308113669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2010/09/click-of-destiny.html' title='Excerpts from my notebook of madness.'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_wRbEa57U7M/Td3PeRZGlkI/AAAAAAAAAFY/C4EFrz-4k1Y/s72-c/2437883861_e5d145f140.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-4741913514973376356</id><published>2009-02-02T21:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T22:53:54.806-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round3'/><title type='text'>Round 3</title><summary type='text'>
Ah, so it is the end of August... it was a very long 3rd round. Now school is about to start and I have no worries. I have no vehicle because it was stolen, again, only a different one, and I was in another accident... a few actually, some more fun than others... And, while some people get all negatively excited about this kind of stuff, I am actually doing really good.
 I don't care about not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/4741913514973376356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=4741913514973376356' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4741913514973376356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4741913514973376356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2009/02/round-3.html' title='Round 3'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/SsVMWHLvX_I/AAAAAAAAAEY/qK2NvqRPjD0/s72-c/motorcycle+crash+005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-6684469650393560507</id><published>2009-02-01T01:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T22:54:19.608-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round2'/><title type='text'>Round 2</title><summary type='text'>Ah, February, the month with one too many r's. February... definitely a quick double jab followed by a left hook... In fact, I believe I grabed my left fist with my right hand and repeated slammed it into the middle of my face... but February will make a person do that. All-in-all I am still standing strong. Thinking back through my life I could only remember one Febuary that I truly loved, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/6684469650393560507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=6684469650393560507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6684469650393560507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6684469650393560507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2009/02/round-2.html' title='Round 2'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-7741243578821959263</id><published>2009-01-31T20:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T20:09:01.024-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round1'/><title type='text'>Round One!</title><summary type='text'>Round one and the DoubleD's are down and the count is on! After many, many hours on the phone...over many months, and quite a few pages worth of paperwork, and threats of legal action... Well, my debt has been reduced... Down to ZERO!!! Well, the biggest bill anyway... I still owe small medical debts and student loans and other things, but they are all manageable. So fucking A 2009! You want some</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/7741243578821959263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=7741243578821959263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7741243578821959263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7741243578821959263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2009/01/round-one.html' title='Round One!'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-1651401538036493154</id><published>2009-01-01T11:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T17:34:26.948-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round0'/><title type='text'>2009!</title><summary type='text'>FIGHT!In the right corner, weighing in at a buck thirty, here all the way from San Diego... the Trooper of Troopers, the King of Conundrum, the Italian Stallion; Eklektek, the Undisputed Champion of the Western United States... and sometimes Canada. Rooar, crowd goes wild, clapping and cheering.And in the left corner, weighing in at a gravitational force... the king of the ring, the crusher, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/1651401538036493154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=1651401538036493154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1651401538036493154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1651401538036493154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2009/01/fucking-2009.html' title='2009!'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-2907026745729648330</id><published>2008-12-31T23:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T19:51:49.217-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round.2008'/><title type='text'>When it Rains, it Pours</title><summary type='text'>When it rains i wish it was snow.... 2008... after the motorcycle accident and re-learning how to walk and managing to stay current in school...           Wait For It...



My girlfriend left me for another man. In her defense; she did stay with me through most of my recovery and, as far as i know, she never cheated on me. And, I never really gave her any reason to stay and quite a few to leave. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/2907026745729648330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=2907026745729648330' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2907026745729648330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2907026745729648330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/12/when-it-rains-it-pours.html' title='When it Rains, it Pours'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-1459026132221911395</id><published>2008-12-16T22:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T22:57:57.434-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><title type='text'>the price of a quote</title><summary type='text'>i just bought a book of quotes... 2,548 of them... i got them on sale for 6.99... that seemed like a good deal per quote at the time... it would be alright if the quotes were categorized but they are, for the most part, random and unsearchable... so i will give it away as a birthday present. to myself.
I have just realized i am quite unquotable. i closed my eyes and opened the book and pointed to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/1459026132221911395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=1459026132221911395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1459026132221911395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1459026132221911395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/12/price-of-quote.html' title='the price of a quote'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-6218421718718135614</id><published>2008-04-28T12:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T22:58:29.293-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='By the Beard of Zeus'/><title type='text'>By the Beard of Zeus</title><summary type='text'>
By the Beard of Zeus! I have just epically failed two exams in greek &amp; roman mythology, so I figure this might help:
Divine Myth: Supernatural beings &amp; Forces of Nature and the relationships between them and gods and humans... a story of creation and origin. Outside Time. Begins before humans, gods, the universe even. Sometimes focuses on ritual.
In the beginning there was Void. From the yawning</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/6218421718718135614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=6218421718718135614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6218421718718135614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6218421718718135614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/04/by-beard-of-zeus.html' title='By the Beard of Zeus'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-1004415234951194536</id><published>2008-04-04T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T23:14:28.318-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brokennbruised'/><title type='text'>broken &amp; bruised</title><summary type='text'>I think it is better to let the pictures tell some of this story.Although 'things i hate' 2wenty6 might give a clue.Thats not a bandage on my head, its a damp cloth...What my arm looks like under the cast... And my left leg &amp; finger (in a classic pose)... And my other knee...Total staples = 138 And, finally, my poor bike...I was in the hospital when I woke up, three days after the accident. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/1004415234951194536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=1004415234951194536' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1004415234951194536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1004415234951194536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/04/broken-busted-bruised-arm-legs-ribs.html' title='broken &amp; bruised'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/SAEdC_caCNI/AAAAAAAAAAU/xp5i2SzN8SM/s72-c/mc+leg+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-9118518963206802210</id><published>2008-03-30T16:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:39:53.430-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><title type='text'>Stories of Coffee</title><summary type='text'>One of the most popular stories of the bean's discovery concerns a goat-herder named Kaldi. And here's how it goes... One day the young goat-herder noticed that his goats were behaving strangely. The old buck had lost his dignity and was cavorting about like a young kid. The once goatly demeanor of the rest of the herd had also vanished. Kaldi attributed the new attitude of his herd to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/9118518963206802210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=9118518963206802210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/9118518963206802210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/9118518963206802210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/03/stories-of-coffee.html' title='Stories of Coffee'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-5943613102901925101</id><published>2008-03-28T23:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:39:37.908-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='d-land'/><title type='text'>D-land</title><summary type='text'>I went to Disneyland. I'm not proud of it, but I'm not ashamed either. And despite my best efforts I actually had fun. I used to have numerous blogs with numerous purposes yet without any porpoises, but, numerous nonetheless. Now I shall have this one with all my pictures imported from the others and, at the very least, one porpoise. And here it is....Oh, right, the stories about dland. I went </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/5943613102901925101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=5943613102901925101' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/5943613102901925101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/5943613102901925101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/03/disneyland.html' title='D-land'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/R_LvZTq7QnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WUGQeLD_FFQ/s72-c/DSC03865.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110792820356584350</id><published>2008-03-12T21:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T00:00:15.331-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Found Poem</title><summary type='text'>Found this poem written on some scrap paper, hidden behind a desk in an old office.Oh, a sleeping drunkardUp in central parkAnd a lion-hunterIn the jungle darkAnd a Chinese dentistAnd a British QueenAll fit togetherIn the same machineNice, nice very niceNice, nice very niceNice, nice very niceSo many different peopleIn the same device-Not Anonymous; Kurt Vonnegut</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110792820356584350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110792820356584350' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110792820356584350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110792820356584350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/found-poem.html' title='Found Poem'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-6831063912956149448</id><published>2008-03-09T20:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:38:50.516-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><title type='text'>Words are things too</title><summary type='text'>For the really good ones check out the swearsaurous link =&gt;Abdicate: give up, resignDevotion: an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a personDevulge: to make known, revealExacerbate: aggravate a conflictIncorporeal: without substaince or formMiscreant: evil doer, criminalNuance: a subtle distintionOstentatious: fond of conspicous displays, pompusParsimony: extreme reluctance to spend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/6831063912956149448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=6831063912956149448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6831063912956149448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/6831063912956149448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/03/abdicate-give-up-resign-devulge-to-make.html' title='Words are things too'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-8443799347540450681</id><published>2008-02-03T19:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T22:31:04.728-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Dark Poem</title><summary type='text'>HATE is silverA hook; cast from the darkFrom the deep; dead heartHOPE is sunkA boat; lying splintered and rottenLying in mud; ocean bottomLOVE floatsA man; now face downNow still; long ago… DROWNAnd another dark poem:A cat, A bark, a hiss, A howl.A step,My stepat the midnight hour.Screams of Fear and Screams of Fright.demons in the shadows...in the darkest shadows.Back, back, in the blackest </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/8443799347540450681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=8443799347540450681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8443799347540450681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8443799347540450681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/03/dark-poem.html' title='Dark Poem'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-2576223075219663350</id><published>2007-05-03T23:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T21:05:16.849-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>Other stuff</title><summary type='text'>Early Morning Underwear Choice For the Male College BachelorClick to enlargeReck &amp; Roll</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/2576223075219663350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=2576223075219663350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2576223075219663350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2576223075219663350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/05/wreck-and-roll.html' title='Other stuff'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/SjMjEdSZnJI/AAAAAAAAAEI/VjRCzZAPvCE/s72-c/001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-7087452652850375684</id><published>2007-04-28T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T12:08:01.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='underwear'/><title type='text'>Early morning underwear choice for the male college bachelor</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/7087452652850375684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=7087452652850375684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7087452652850375684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7087452652850375684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2007/04/early-morning-underwear-choice-for-male.html' title='Early morning underwear choice for the male college bachelor'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/S9iHTuoM3JI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ADcaFowBIFQ/s72-c/001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-3887433915351941519</id><published>2007-04-02T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T13:28:20.741-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thailand'/><title type='text'>Thailand</title><summary type='text'>SARS: It was the year of the SARS; and that meant that airfare to Thailand was almost half the price of airfare to Hawaii. I talked my brother into going with me because I had already had enough solo adventures. It didn't take much for me to talk him into it, we both booked tickets that same day. We left in the middle of June (2003) with short lay-overs in Taipei and Hong Kong and arriving in... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/3887433915351941519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=3887433915351941519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/3887433915351941519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/3887433915351941519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2007/04/thailand.html' title='Thailand'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IOFvGkl3IbE/TaYEO_fRH7I/AAAAAAAAAFI/l4sK2k172kg/s72-c/Thailand%2B270.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-2611403786690348050</id><published>2007-03-05T20:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T23:21:09.564-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>People</title><summary type='text'>Dave... Uh, i mean G-man, Lieutenant Dan, and A boy born without arms.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/2611403786690348050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=2611403786690348050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2611403786690348050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/2611403786690348050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2007/03/people.html' title='People'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-7288210305448524039</id><published>2006-05-13T23:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T13:07:25.173-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>Food</title><summary type='text'>The Grubs and Bugs were so-so and I dropped the Grasshopper, but the Scorps were Delicious!!! Really!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/7288210305448524039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=7288210305448524039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7288210305448524039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/7288210305448524039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2006/05/grubs-and-bugs-were-so-so-and-i-dropped.html' title='Food'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-8295773637151179708</id><published>2006-05-05T20:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T20:14:33.042-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>Pets</title><summary type='text'>BUTCHER: A cat I actually liked. Rest in Peace. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/8295773637151179708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=8295773637151179708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8295773637151179708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8295773637151179708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2006/05/pets.html' title='Pets'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-8780132610942386682</id><published>2006-04-02T19:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:34:26.225-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><title type='text'>Olfrygt and other common words</title><summary type='text'>"It is improbable that there was ever such a thing as a common human language."; begins Chapter 12 (The Languages of Mankind) in The Outline of History by H.G. Wells. He continues, "The first languages were probably small collections of interjections and nouns. Probably the nouns were said in different intonations to convey different meanings. If Paleolithic man had a word for 'horse' or 'bear', </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/8780132610942386682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=8780132610942386682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8780132610942386682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/8780132610942386682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2006/04/olfrygt-and-other-common-words.html' title='Olfrygt and other common words'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-4462065290724447221</id><published>2006-04-01T20:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T20:53:07.885-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>Moto</title><summary type='text'>CBR I love you...Bird KillaSwallowStupid Suicidal Swallow3yrs. of riding, then, I learn how... I am thrilled to be 'learning' how to ride at 6:30AM If you think this 'training' sucks, raise your hand! OneTyreTurninThe G-man turnin one.  Its was a long drop, and a strong first warning.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/4462065290724447221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=4462065290724447221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4462065290724447221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4462065290724447221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2006/01/cbr-i-love-you.html' title='Moto'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/SSomToIVGxI/AAAAAAAAACw/D2zCOg6lSCk/s72-c/weektripseattle07%26burnoff+067.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-525510884152291713</id><published>2006-03-30T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T13:58:20.251-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><title type='text'>India (my first real trip)</title><summary type='text'>London?Amsterdam?India.I left for India on a cloudy, rainy, dreary day in March of 2002. I don't actually remember the day but I left from Seattle so I am quite sure it was a day as described. I think I stopped in London and/or Amsterdam for a couple days layover... but maybe it was on the return trip or perhaps a completely different trip altogether. I blame the lack of detail on the city of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/525510884152291713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=525510884152291713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/525510884152291713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/525510884152291713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2006/03/india-my-first-real-trip.html' title='India (my first real trip)'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-4711247417041868387</id><published>2006-02-28T19:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T19:45:47.658-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Downunda'/><title type='text'>Australia</title><summary type='text'>This is not my usual travel story. This story takes some background to understand... It starts with a boy sitting in front of a door, reading a book. A girl walks up to the door and stands there reading a sign that he was too oblivious to notice. She looks down after reading it and lets the boy know the class had been changed to another room. As they walk to the new room together, he looks in her</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/4711247417041868387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=4711247417041868387' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4711247417041868387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4711247417041868387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2010/01/australia.html' title='Australia'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/S0K-0c3pWqI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ikY0RbcNddM/s72-c/TMNT+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-1161479887878985973</id><published>2006-02-02T19:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:34:06.324-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictures'/><title type='text'>Taiyuan lake</title><summary type='text'>Yes, Yes,... its a paddle boat with a bunny head. But nothin' makes you feel more macho than to overtake it on the bend with a paddle boat sportin' a swan head.Thirsty? Paddle on up.Under the bridge and around the corner is a sweet roller-coaster Sweet Roller-Coaster </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/1161479887878985973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=1161479887878985973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1161479887878985973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/1161479887878985973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2008/04/taiyuan-lake.html' title='Taiyuan lake'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-113454587262241077</id><published>2005-12-13T23:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T21:37:23.064-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='things i love'/><title type='text'>Things I Love, Adore, Idolize, Lust For (Or merely like)</title><summary type='text'>First: Being Alive.Next: Beer. Good Beer. (like Miller High Life - The Champagne of Beers)Thirdly: A nice turn in deep &amp; steep powder or landing a new trick for the first time. (Snowboarding)Fourth: Women... I know some of you are thinking, "shouldn't that be right after being alive?" I can only say that, yes, beer is better with women. Same concept for snowboarding.FIFth: Rock/Mountain climbing.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/113454587262241077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=113454587262241077' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/113454587262241077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/113454587262241077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/12/things-i-love-adore-idolize-lust-for.html' title='Things I Love, Adore, Idolize, Lust For (Or merely like)'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-113183359372494464</id><published>2005-11-12T12:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T23:45:45.728-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san diego'/><title type='text'>San Diego</title><summary type='text'>The time has finally come, I am moving tommorow... SD is on its way and there ain't nothin' gonna stop me. I probably just jinked myself. I am going down there with my father and maybe a friend; we will drive his truck and tow a trailer. So, goodbye 'Purple Door', goodbye small mountain town, goodbye mom, goodbye... yep, thats all I'm leaving behind.When I get down there I will need to find a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/113183359372494464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=113183359372494464' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/113183359372494464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/113183359372494464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/11/sd.html' title='San Diego'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112978374847190666</id><published>2005-10-19T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T15:02:36.880-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Dream-Song</title><summary type='text'>Sunlight, moonlight,Twilight, starlight-Gloaming at the close of day,And an owl calling,Cool dews fallingIn a wood of oak and may.Lantern-light, taper-light,Torchlight, no-light:Darkness at the shut of day,And lions roaring,Their wrath pouringIn wild waste places far away.Elf-light, bat-light,Touchwood-light and toad-light,And the sea a shimmering gloom of gray,And a small face smilingIn a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112978374847190666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112978374847190666' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112978374847190666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112978374847190666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/10/dream-song.html' title='Dream-Song'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112820995992767191</id><published>2005-10-01T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T23:52:36.567-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China the end part deux'/><title type='text'>CHINA The End Part Duex</title><summary type='text'>Nanjing: After Huangshan I went to Nanjing (after a days rest) and then back to Taiyuan. There is nothing worth mentioning about the trip except that the Nanjing WWII memorial was gruesome and the Youth Hostel sucked. After 17 hours on the train I arrive in Taiyuan at 8pm. I have so much energy from sitting on the train for so long that I don't sleep that night... the next day/night I just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112820995992767191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112820995992767191' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112820995992767191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112820995992767191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/10/china-end-part-duex.html' title='CHINA The End Part Duex'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112693983634086305</id><published>2005-09-16T23:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:31:40.776-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China the end'/><title type='text'>CHINA The End</title><summary type='text'>QingDao: This is it, two more weeks and I'm outta here. I am really sad to be leaving, but really glad to be getting back home. There are just some things I miss that I can't get here, i.e. Good Italian food, A motorcycle over 400cc, Real sandwiches, Crosswalks without adrenaline rushes, etc.So, I left TaiShan for XinTai (Where I had the 'camping' trip) to visit some friends. I was there for 2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112693983634086305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112693983634086305' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112693983634086305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112693983634086305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/09/china-end.html' title='CHINA The End'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112626556263822575</id><published>2005-09-09T04:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:30:43.320-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China part deux a fraction'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Duex &amp; A Fraction</title><summary type='text'>GoodBye: A dinner and a party was the way to go. I invited all the bilingual (Chinese) teachers and some friends to a very fancy restuarant called "Seaworld". It cost a pretty penny to host the dinner (a little over $100US) but it was worth it to feel like a king... We had fish skin Sushi, Big frog (or toad), some various fish, crayfish tails, lots of beer, Crocidile paw, and then fresh fruit and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112626556263822575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112626556263822575' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112626556263822575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112626556263822575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/09/china-part-duex-fraction.html' title='CHINA Part Duex &amp; A Fraction'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112341131451610242</id><published>2005-08-07T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T17:40:25.721-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China part deux 9/10'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Duex &amp; 9/10</title><summary type='text'>A Solution: Got a Visa by agreeing to teach in Taiyuan for another month... The school I will be working for has some connections that UCE doesn't. I am confident that it will be a good school. I must admit that the summer camp, dispite all the problems and inconviences, is a place I will miss and a place I will always have fond memories of. (Hi Everyone!!! I ate all the glue again... )The End: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112341131451610242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112341131451610242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112341131451610242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112341131451610242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/08/china-part-duex-1516.html' title='CHINA Part Duex &amp; 9/10'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112097157833343671</id><published>2005-07-09T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:29:39.527-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China Part deux 7/8'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Duex &amp; 7/8</title><summary type='text'>YEP: I am in Taiyuan and will meet the other teachers arriving from Shanghai tommorow (Theyyy get to take an aiiirplaaane, Personally I prefer trains anyway). I am getting a little worried because all my questions about the camp are answered with, 'You will see'. I am begining to feel like it might be some sort of Gestapo English Prison. My fears were not lessened when the teachers did arrive. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112097157833343671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112097157833343671' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112097157833343671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112097157833343671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/07/china-part-duex-78.html' title='CHINA Part Duex &amp; 7/8'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-112018347685514129</id><published>2005-06-30T18:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:29:02.928-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China part deux 3/4'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Duex &amp;3/4</title><summary type='text'>YEAH: Arrived in Tai'an, but the school is actually in Xintai (2hr. drive). On the way to the school saw a just-happened accident between a large truck and a mini-car... needless to say the mini was demolished (and on fire), it was hardly recognizable as a car. It looked more like a barrel BBQ-er. Not sure about the people in the car, saw some people standing around but they could've been anyone.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/112018347685514129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=112018347685514129' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112018347685514129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/112018347685514129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/06/china-part-duex-34.html' title='CHINA Part Duex &amp;3/4'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-111850284906975956</id><published>2005-06-11T08:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:28:31.358-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China part deux 1/2'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Deux &amp;1/2</title><summary type='text'>Yeah... I am getting tired of posting all these stories and experiences. The journal is starting to feel a little too much like work; Its lucky for you that I know a few people out there just might be reading this... and that gives me a sort of obligation to continue on. I don't have many new stories, just updates of the previous ones.O.K.... so, some classes have been added to my schedule - I am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/111850284906975956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=111850284906975956' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111850284906975956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111850284906975956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/06/china-part-deux-12.html' title='CHINA Part Deux &amp;1/2'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-111720151337138905</id><published>2005-05-27T06:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:28:07.406-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China part Deux'/><title type='text'>CHINA Part Deux</title><summary type='text'>Damn! Fastest goddamn mosquitos in the world live in Jiaxing, China. Crossbred with race horses I shouldn't wonder.There are two in the room. The first was smart but underestimated my willingness to slap myself in the face. The second is lightning quick but has a tendency to hang out on the white walls. His minutes are numbered.Found another - Where are they coming from!AHHHHHH!Holy Crap. His </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/111720151337138905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=111720151337138905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111720151337138905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111720151337138905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/05/china-part-deux.html' title='CHINA Part Deux'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-111432853602142034</id><published>2005-04-24T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T23:42:25.400-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><title type='text'>CHINA</title><summary type='text'>Damn it! I hate Netscape (and AOL, and MSN) I just had about 1/2hour of writing done and before I could post or save it the Netscape Toolbar opens a window over this one... anyhow, looks like I'm going to China. Looked that way last year but things didn't work out. I'm going in a program called 'US-China Education and Culture Exchange' and if you want the details just check out their site - </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/111432853602142034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=111432853602142034' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111432853602142034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111432853602142034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/04/china.html' title='CHINA'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GY8YledloS4/SSo3ByqAz3I/AAAAAAAAADI/pS-m7R2BrsI/s72-c/china+part+duex+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-111368813312428981</id><published>2005-04-16T14:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:27:37.682-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tom joad'/><title type='text'>The Ghost of Tom Joad</title><summary type='text'>Man walks along the railroad trackHe's Goin' some place and there's no turnin' backThe Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridgeMan sleeps by a campfire under the bridgeThe shelter line stretchin' around the cornerWelcome to the New World OrderFamilies sleepin' in their cars out in the SouthwestNo job, no home, no peace, no rest, NO REST!And The highway is alive tonightNobody's foolin' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/111368813312428981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=111368813312428981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111368813312428981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/111368813312428981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/04/ghost-of-tom-joad.html' title='The Ghost of Tom Joad'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110948757697124603</id><published>2005-02-26T22:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T20:18:34.367-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='things i hate'/><title type='text'>Things I Hate, Loathe, Abhor, Despise and Detest (or just dislike)</title><summary type='text'>Unfortunately, because I am a pessimist, this will probably become a very long list. In an effort to keep my cynicism to a minimum there will only be one hate statement a day.Numbero Uno: (When 'Blog-surfing') The pink and urine-yellow happy-go-lucky blogspot that does not have a 'next blog' button... seemingly because their creator thinks it must be the end-all, be-all of positive-attitude </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110948757697124603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110948757697124603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110948757697124603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110948757697124603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/things-i-hate-loathe-abhor-despise-and.html' title='Things I Hate, Loathe, Abhor, Despise and Detest (or just dislike)'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110870799079960009</id><published>2005-02-17T22:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:26:18.768-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freddy'/><title type='text'>Film 100</title><summary type='text'>The dog growled low and let one obnoxious strand of drool slip past its snarling lips. The salt-and-pepper colored hair on his upper back signaled a body-language warning that was more imposing than the growl. Its beady eyes were locked on mine; paralyzing me beyond movement. And next to this 20 pound demon sat a fat old lady; with arms outstretched and a sedated smile upon her face. I remember </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110870799079960009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110870799079960009' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110870799079960009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110870799079960009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/movie-that-changed-my-life.html' title='Film 100'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110793808964808854</id><published>2005-02-15T23:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:24:16.048-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='menthol/testosterone'/><title type='text'>Does menthol make me less of a man?</title><summary type='text'>A group of snowboarders were having lunch and causing trouble when a hot, snobby, rich girl walked up and asked if she could have a cigarette. Someone replied, "Can I have your number?". The conversation carried on for a while until the snowboarder gave her a cig. It was a menthol. The group continued to proposition the girl with offers of beautiful hotel rooms and gallons of alcohol; but she </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110793808964808854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110793808964808854' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110793808964808854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110793808964808854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/does-menthol-make-me-less-of-man.html' title='Does menthol make me less of a man?'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110844094867828313</id><published>2005-02-14T20:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:32:50.067-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The storms are my own doing.</title><summary type='text'>It is Valentine's day, so a poem is in order... Of things I had and did not knowI had a home that layunder a bright blue skyabove a big blue sea.I had a homeand it had a roofthat kept me dry when it rained.bleach white wallsthat kept out the wind.wood for the fireplace…that kept me warm.A kitchenwith bread and buttergarden vegetables…food that sizzled and popped when cookedand it kept me from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110844094867828313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110844094867828313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110844094867828313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110844094867828313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/love-poem.html' title='The storms are my own doing.'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110844021778783559</id><published>2005-02-14T19:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:21:37.283-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youth in asia'/><title type='text'>Youth in Asia</title><summary type='text'>A novel by Richard D. ResslerA couple excerpts;"Yet death will be inevitable as long as there is war, but that war is a barbaric act and makes a mockery of all that we believe in, human dignity, cannot be denied. This then is the true tradedy of war: the strangulation and eviseration of those alive, the gradual squeezing out of honesty, and faith in one another, and respect even for ourselves.""</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110844021778783559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110844021778783559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110844021778783559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110844021778783559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/youth-in-asia.html' title='Youth in Asia'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110810407698253197</id><published>2005-02-10T22:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T01:21:09.241-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guilt and psychology'/><title type='text'>Guilt &amp; Psychology</title><summary type='text'>A time saver for some lucky, albeit unprincipled, psychology student... If you happen to use this paper and feel guilty about it please let me know.Guilt: An Interpersonal Approach, Psychological Bulletin, March 1999, Vol. 115, No.2, 243-267, Roy F. Baumeister, Arlene M. Stillwell, and Todd F. HeathertonArticle Summary:In the article, Guilt: An Interpersonal Approach, by Roy F. Baumeister, Arlene</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110810407698253197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110810407698253197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110810407698253197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110810407698253197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/guilt-psychology.html' title='Guilt &amp; Psychology'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110792905847787740</id><published>2005-02-08T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T15:01:59.837-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Poetry</title><summary type='text'>Poetry glidesmelting snow down the glacierinterrupted only by obstaclesof thought and natureit falls; plopsDownon the papergently</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110792905847787740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110792905847787740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110792905847787740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110792905847787740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/poetry-of-art-and-art-of-poetry.html' title='Poetry'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-110785288764659903</id><published>2005-02-07T23:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T01:12:18.612-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='traffic ticket help'/><title type='text'>Traffic Ticket Help...</title><summary type='text'>O.K. so you got a ticket, but you didn't do it (yeah, sure), and you actually have the time to go to court... but what do you do?... Well, I've been there. I've been there enough to know what to do. So, out of the kindness of my heart and for my contempt of vehicular velocity taxes and high insurance rates I will offer a few granulars of advice.First, send in the ticket as a Contested Hearing. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/110785288764659903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=110785288764659903' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110785288764659903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/110785288764659903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2005/02/traffic-ticket-help.html' title='Traffic Ticket Help...'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692525.post-4072393864896686483</id><published>2004-12-31T22:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T23:09:49.857-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><title type='text'>OSD Resignation</title><summary type='text'>It deeply saddens me to do this, but I am resigning my Occupation of San Diego.

I do not feel welcomed. Instead I feel pushed and demanded upon, obligated to a group that is not representative of my goals, aspirations, hopes, dreams for the future, and furthermore, not representative of the 99% so many of us are professing to represent.

Before I continue I want to make it clear that “my” goals </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/feeds/4072393864896686483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10692525&amp;postID=4072393864896686483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4072393864896686483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10692525/posts/default/4072393864896686483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eklektek.blogspot.com/2009/09/it-deeply-saddens-me-to-do-this-but-i.html' title='OSD Resignation'/><author><name>Eklektek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00652637828762791384</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/polar_bear_penguin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
