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	<description>the philosophical banter of a madman</description>
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		<title>Blessed be thee Saint Leibowitz</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2010/07/12/blessed-be-thee-saint-leibowitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have, just now, finished reading A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and, I must say, it is a fantastic read. The occasional use of Latin and Hebrew caused the book, at times, to fly over my head but I believe that may well have been the point. The book is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Herbert’s deeper meaning</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2009/05/23/frank-herberts-deeper-meaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just finished Heretics of Dune, I am, once again, wowwed by Frank Herbert’s skill as an author. There exist very powerful thoughts within his writing that seem to plant themselves in the psyche as Leto II planted himself in the worms of Rakis. As I sit here, I can’t help but react with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh noes, Arthur C. Clarke is no more</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2008/03/18/oh-noes-arthur-c-clarke-is-no-more/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2008/03/18/oh-noes-arthur-c-clarke-is-no-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthur C. Clarke died today in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. I won’t even try to summarize the amazing things that Arthur C. Clarke has contributed to the world, I wouldn’t be able to do him justice; if you care, ask wikipedia. Rest in peace Sir Arthur C. Clarke and thank you for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Players, Game and my Disappointment with Humanity</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2007/06/29/players-game-and-my-disappointment-with-humanity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2007/06/29/players-game-and-my-disappointment-with-humanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished reading The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neill Strauss and I can safely say that it was an enlightening read. I would like to highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone, women especially. Although the book is, ostensibly, an autobiographic narrative about one man’s journey into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conspiracies and Magic abound</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2005/03/14/conspiracies-and-magic-abound/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2005/03/14/conspiracies-and-magic-abound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished reading The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson and have enjoyed every moment of it (a surprising detail considering my reading habits and its 805 page size). Many thanks are in order for my good friend Rob Malchow who recommended the book to me this past summer. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Chins Could Kill</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/12/29/if-chins-could-kill/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/12/29/if-chins-could-kill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Barnes &#38; Noble recently and I found Bruce Campbell’s autobiography If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor (I know that I mentioned this is an earlier post, but it deserves a full entry). So yeah, anyway, it’s a really awesome book. Basically, it’s a good behind the scenes look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/03/22/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/03/22/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenace by Robert M. Pirsig and to say that I was moved would be to make a gross understatement. I started to choke up a few chapters before the end and spent the last two in tears; this book has struck a very powerful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Hagakure is abridged!</title>
		<link>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/02/04/my-hagakure-is-abridged/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gwax.com/2004/02/04/my-hagakure-is-abridged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2004 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gwax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently decided to reread my copy of Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (I have the William Scott Wilson translation) and in reading the Foreward I discovered that it’s an abridged version. William Scott Wilson decided only to publish about 300 of the roughly 1300 passages in the actual Hagakure. Mister [...]]]></description>
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