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		<title>Beware the upright o&#8217;er the beast</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2012/02/14/beware-the-upright-oer-the-beast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Wolf mother where you been? You look so worn and so thin. Wolf mother you&#8217;re a taker, death maker, hear you sing, ya ya. Wolf mother at the door, you don&#8217;t smile anymore. You&#8217;re a drifter, a shape shifter, see you run, ya ya.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Somebody That I Used To Know:  Walk off the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2012/01/31/somebody-that-i-used-to-know-walk-off-the-earth-gotye-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody That I Used To Know: Walk off the Earth (Gotye &#8211; Cover) Wonderful work. A single guitar and five voices becomes a crisp work of art. Very nice. The song speaks volumes about leaving the past behind too.]]></description>
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		<title>Those Who Turn Away</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2012/01/22/those-who-turn-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emotional cripples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gutless wonders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walking away from communication challenges because they might cause others to re-examine their cherished beliefs, or lead to irritation, anger, hostility, and sometimes violence, is how the world got to be what it is today: compromised, polluted,  sliced and diced into billions of pieces and parts called yours and mine. I do not fear truth. I <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2012/01/22/those-who-turn-away/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It takes a lot more than money</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/11/21/it-takes-a-lot-more-than-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[apathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bioroot Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another dog and pony with a potential investor in my company who &#8220;knows other people with money&#8221; happened yesterday, and this afternoon the person sent me a polite no thanks email.  Didn&#8217;t offer to make a symbolic donation.  Or even leave a personal endorsement on our web site. Instead she spent 5 valuable hours interrogating me <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/11/21/it-takes-a-lot-more-than-money/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/10/25/facebook-hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.&#8221; - John le Carre I&#8217;m done with being an active daily visitor on Facebook.  In 1998 I moved to <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/10/25/facebook-hiatus/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day, 2010: What have we learned in 40 years?</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/04/22/earth-day-2010-what-have-we-learned-besides-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How fitting for a large-scale environmental and human disaster to happen in the good old polluted USA on Earth Day, 2010.  It is a vivid reminder of everything the United States has yet to learn about taking care of the planet.  And it offers a compelling reason to reconsider Barack Obama&#8217;s recently announced plans for <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2010/04/22/earth-day-2010-what-have-we-learned-besides-nothing/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to You, Mom!</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/30/happy-birthday-to-you-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/30/happy-birthday-to-you-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judith Toups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jaytoups.com/?p=2927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course, we&#8217;re all thinking about you today Mom. Our thoughts made all the more wistful knowing that your dear nephew Gene was also put to rest in Ipswich, England early today. Thanks for all you did for me, our family, and other people and animals in life, and what your memory continually inspires with <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/30/happy-birthday-to-you-mom/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If you can read this, count yourself lucky</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/03/if-you-can-read-this-count-yourself-lucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/03/if-you-can-read-this-count-yourself-lucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jaytoups.com/?p=2863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all people living on Earth, that village would consist of: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 Americans (North, Central and South) 8 Africans There would be: 52 women and 48 men 30 Caucasians and 70 <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/11/03/if-you-can-read-this-count-yourself-lucky/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keep The Sunny Side Up</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/10/28/keep-the-sunny-side-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/10/28/keep-the-sunny-side-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jaytoups.com/?p=2853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Passive aggression can be a terrible thing when you experience it firsthand from another person. I think you&#8217;ll be seeing lots more of this form of anti-social behavior from people as the economy deteriorates further and the pressure to maintain one&#8217;s personal status quo and lifestyle increases. I certainly am experiencing it. Recently a person <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/10/28/keep-the-sunny-side-up/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoveling OPS</title>
		<link>http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/10/26/shoveling-ops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assholes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*Other People&#8217;s Shit Jay&#8217;s Analogous Hierarchy Of Social Shit™ (1st Wipe) (2nd Pass) Chicken Shit Bull Shit Elephant Shit Ape Shit Want to be a social animal, adroitly ascending the proverbial ladder or at least stay put, and hone your natural sensitivity for all kinds of social interactions, occasionally going &#8220;deep&#8221;, while adeptly keeping even <a href='http://www.jaytoups.com/2009/10/26/shoveling-ops/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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