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		<title>New Terrarium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month we decided to upgrade Schmendrick's terrarium.   We wanted to give him more space to roam, and more places to hide out.   Here's a few pictures of the new setup.
He was mad for a while (because we'd gone and changed things on him), but now he seems to really like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/909</link>
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		<title>Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend and I have been exchanging letters about climate change lately.  I sent him a fairly detailed answer when he asked for my opinion about a certain video.    My response started off as a criticism of the video itself, but quickly turned into a rant about how little trust people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/698</link>
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		<title>Batman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished playing Batman: Arkham Asylum.    As anyone who's had to listen to me quoting Joker over the last two weeks can attest, Rocksteady Studios hit it out of the park with this one.   Not only is Arkham Asylum one of the straight-up best games that I've played in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/691</link>
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		<title>No Credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know what I hate?   When someone takes a chance, and the world kicks them in the teeth for it.   When someone pushes the boundaries a little, they should get credit for being creative.  They shouldn't get beaten down by critics who are afraid to leave their own comfort zones. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/624</link>
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		<title>Idealism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw this on reddit the other day.   Slightly off color, but funny too, if you think satire is a good way to tell someone that they're being silly.
And I can even add my own wisdom.   Ladies, at least when a man says he finds you hot, he's almost certainly telling the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/611</link>
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		<title>Too Bad You Can&#8217;t Not See it Twice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We went to see Transformers 2 a while ago, and it was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long, long time.    In fact, it was probably the worst "summer blockbuster" movie that I've ever seen.
To be fair, the special effects were pretty cool, and that kept me interested for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/603</link>
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		<title>Retina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My optometrist is cool.   He has a new camera that takes very detailed pictures of the back of your eye.  Not only did he show me the best (and only) image of my retina that I've ever seen--he also e-mailed me a copy.
My eyes are currently healthy and show no signs of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/572</link>
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		<title>Schmendrick&#8217;s Ordeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Erin and her lizard (Schmendrick) moved in a few weeks ago, life has been difficult for my new reptilian roommate.
 Sometimes the shock of being moved into a new location will cause a gecko to stop eating for a while, or it can even aggravate existing medical conditions.   In Schmendrick's case, he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/539</link>
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		<title>Like Smoking, But Way More Useful.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm happy to see that there's finally been a high-quality study done on the potential dangers of cellphone use.   
I'm less happy with the results.  Especially given that their definition of "a regular cellphone user" appears to be someone who uses their cellphone for as little as one call per week.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/533</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Goal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ran across this very interesting (but harsh) article the other day.  It goes over some points about the dire U.S. financial situation, and spends a lot of time blaming the baby boomer generation for all the trouble.

During the current Bush administration, Americans’ savings rate actually went below zero, while household debt as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.xanatos.ca/archives/482</link>
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