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	<title>Comments on: The Big Orange Monster</title>
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	<description>Notes and Things on the Creative Geek Life</description>
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		<title>By: Canada discount prescription drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.shaicoggins.com/the-big-orange-monster/#comment-879</link>
		<dc:creator>Canada discount prescription drugs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Children are the joy of life. We should look up to them to teach us how to enjoy life without wrecking our nerves with stress and worries.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Children are the joy of life. We should look up to them to teach us how to enjoy life without wrecking our nerves with stress and worries.</p>
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		<title>By: susan28</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>btw see you're a Nick fan, ever see the original Nick version of Tuck Everlasting?  the ending doesn't pull punches like the new version. i was surprised to see such stark existentialism on Nick when i was, what, 15? but i was impressed they trusted us kids with serious philosophy as well. i totally identified with that turtle..

hmm the spam-check code showing below is "dead22", *that's* some chance occurrence..  do you watch for synchronicities?  i didn't used to but for the past few years they've been coming down like an avalanche, i'm gonna start collecting and posting them once we get "subscribe to comments" working over on the Lizard..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>btw see you&#8217;re a Nick fan, ever see the original Nick version of Tuck Everlasting?  the ending doesn&#8217;t pull punches like the new version. i was surprised to see such stark existentialism on Nick when i was, what, 15? but i was impressed they trusted us kids with serious philosophy as well. i totally identified with that turtle..</p>
<p>hmm the spam-check code showing below is &#8220;dead22&#8243;, *that&#8217;s* some chance occurrence..  do you watch for synchronicities?  i didn&#8217;t used to but for the past few years they&#8217;ve been coming down like an avalanche, i&#8217;m gonna start collecting and posting them once we get &#8220;subscribe to comments&#8221; working over on the Lizard..</p>
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		<title>By: susan28</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>cool was afraid you'd whip that str8 jacket out from under your desk, i can tell you're not one to be trifled with!! heheheee  :)

but yea it is a biggie to admit, mostly because it's closer to the truth than most people want to acknowledge in themselves. we're all afraid of losing / giving up control don't you think? especially with our (and most prolly) society's tendency to judge forst and ask questions later, and our emphasis on "normailty", especially with the neo-McCarthyist movement we're enjoying at the moment..

though regarding "admitting", i read Uta Frith's "autism and asperger's syndrome" and saw myself in every page, and we auto-cats have fuzzy boundaries between our thoughts and our words :)  admitting it to *onesself* is the scary part yes?

btw your artwork is lovely, it really radiates your joi de vivre..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cool was afraid you&#8217;d whip that str8 jacket out from under your desk, i can tell you&#8217;re not one to be trifled with!! heheheee  <img src='http://www.shaicoggins.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
but yea it is a biggie to admit, mostly because it&#8217;s closer to the truth than most people want to acknowledge in themselves. we&#8217;re all afraid of losing / giving up control don&#8217;t you think? especially with our (and most prolly) society&#8217;s tendency to judge forst and ask questions later, and our emphasis on &#8220;normailty&#8221;, especially with the neo-McCarthyist movement we&#8217;re enjoying at the moment..</p>
<p>though regarding &#8220;admitting&#8221;, i read Uta Frith&#8217;s &#8220;autism and asperger&#8217;s syndrome&#8221; and saw myself in every page, and we auto-cats have fuzzy boundaries between our thoughts and our words <img src='http://www.shaicoggins.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  admitting it to *onesself* is the scary part yes?</p>
<p>btw your artwork is lovely, it really radiates your joi de vivre..</p>
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		<title>By: Shai Coggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shai Coggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Susan. Thanks for your response. It takes a lot to admit such things, I know. Don't worry, I wasn't thinking that you needed help. :-) Again, thank you for sharing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Susan. Thanks for your response. It takes a lot to admit such things, I know. Don&#8217;t worry, I wasn&#8217;t thinking that you needed help. <img src='http://www.shaicoggins.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> Again, thank you for sharing.</p>
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		<title>By: susan28</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>one of my greatest fears is being at the mercy of those who appoint themselves the arbiters of what is "best" for me, like in a mental hospital, simply because i don't share their perspective; to be "helped" against my will by people who treat unhappiness as a disease; or worse yet, to be paralysed in a hospital with a painful disease, unable to kill myself and at the mercy of a superstitious, self-righteous society which is unwilling to take mercy upon me because it would upset their apple-cart. in short i fear loss of control while imprisoned in consciousness.

i can't see any fun in that unless i am able to cultivate a taste for torment; were that possible i'd be lighter than an orange ballon and happy as a fluffy rabbit romping in high grass. and i'd be my hero.

god bless St. Kevorkian and may his jailers rot in hell.

and no i'm not crying for help, Shai, got it covered, just answering the question. seems like there were no bites so thought i'd get it started..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>one of my greatest fears is being at the mercy of those who appoint themselves the arbiters of what is &#8220;best&#8221; for me, like in a mental hospital, simply because i don&#8217;t share their perspective; to be &#8220;helped&#8221; against my will by people who treat unhappiness as a disease; or worse yet, to be paralysed in a hospital with a painful disease, unable to kill myself and at the mercy of a superstitious, self-righteous society which is unwilling to take mercy upon me because it would upset their apple-cart. in short i fear loss of control while imprisoned in consciousness.</p>
<p>i can&#8217;t see any fun in that unless i am able to cultivate a taste for torment; were that possible i&#8217;d be lighter than an orange ballon and happy as a fluffy rabbit romping in high grass. and i&#8217;d be my hero.</p>
<p>god bless St. Kevorkian and may his jailers rot in hell.</p>
<p>and no i&#8217;m not crying for help, Shai, got it covered, just answering the question. seems like there were no bites so thought i&#8217;d get it started..</p>
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