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		<title>Good Riddance</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/good-riddance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this item in the Globe and Mail about Direct Energy and my first thought was, &#8220;Good Riddance!&#8221;.  Texas is likely the ideal place for these middle-man, money for nothing douche bags, in my opinion, since they&#8217;re kind of like Enron anyways.  I read a few of the comments on the Globe piece and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1720&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Meme &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The search engines lit up this otherwise dormant space yesterday as folks crawled across the interwebs looking for inspiration for a new year&#8217;s meme, possibly finding this old meme I did back when we turned into 2010.  After the last (couple of) year(s), I would hazard a guess that there are many people searching for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1710&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/2011-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1708&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m on fire today</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/im-on-fire-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t write much for this blog lately.  I have lots to say, but either haven&#8217;t got the time or don&#8217;t care to take the time to sit down and pound out a few thoughts. However, as the tag line of this blog is &#8220;Dispensing commentary, dry opinions and rancid witticisms&#8220;, I decided to share [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1704&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a reluctant facebook user.  I remain in the massive database only by tenuous threads and it is only the connection with a few family members that keeps me from cutting out altogether.  My facebook friend list boasts a number just over sixty.  And I&#8217;m fine with that.  Probably half of them are inactive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1699&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Misophonia</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/misophonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A FBRL* friend posted a link to a piece in the New York Times Health section that details a condition** called &#8220;misophonia&#8221;.  Misophonia, literally dislike of sound, can lead to instantaneous, blood-boiling rage.  The key triggers discussed centre primarily around the sounds of other people eating, like chewing or slurping. While I can tolerate &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1691&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if?</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/what-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if the the world ended* and all that was left of humanity were the facebook server back ups? * By &#8220;world ended&#8221; I mean all of humankind died off. Filed under: on my mind Tagged: end of the world, facebook, humankind die off<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1677&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Silver</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/silver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the (many) ongoing debates over at ZeroHedge.com concerns the ability &#8211; or inability &#8211; to take physical possession of the precious metals in which folks have invested.  Since gold has become expensive and scarce, many are looking to silver as their second choice.  There is a big debate over &#8220;paper&#8221; silver versus physical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1674&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excellent rebuttal</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/excellent-rebuttal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I opined a little bit yesterday about crude oil and gasoline pump prices and the end of the recession. I saw this piece on Zero Hedge last night and was dismayed and disgusted by obvious inaccuracies and out and out wrong information.  It&#8217;s little wonder that many talking heads in the financial reporting world really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1668&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to tell when the recession is over</title>
		<link>http://tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/how-to-tell-when-the-recession-is-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just before the big crash of &#8217;08, gas pump prices had been on a meteoric rise.  Crude oil (WTI*) was hitting its all time high just under US $150 per barrel, and we were paying around CAD $1.30 locally for a litre of gas.  We had taken a road trip to Iowa in June/July of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomeoftheunknownblogger.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3184886&amp;post=1658&amp;subd=tomeoftheunknownblogger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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