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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On my way to Harvard</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2009/04/14/on-my-way-to-harvard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I set up this Journal shortly before I came to Oxford seven years ago, as a chance for friends and family to share in my adventures while abroad.  I am now approaching a hiatus in this time abroad as my plans now seem directed at America for a while once more.  When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Emigrant Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2009/03/16/the-emigrant-wilderness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year for my father&#8217;s birthday I decided to recount an adventure we shared over a decade ago.  As with all family memories, this one has no doubt been coloured since by the passing years and the slight modifications that come with a well-worn tale.  Still, as part of the family history, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To not be happy is still to be</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2007/07/06/to-not-be-happy-is-still-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am at a moment in life where things are changing rapidly, and it is during this time that I&#39;d like to look back on the things I have learnt so far that I won&#39;t likely be reminded of for a while.&#160; In this Journal entry, I&#39;d like to cover happiness.&#160;&#160;
To not be happy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2007/05/10/time/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2007/05/10/time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 07:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Time is a funny, precarious thing.&#160; When we have it, we don&#39;t know what to do with it, and we wish it would go away.&#160; When we don&#39;t have it, it&#39;s all we think about.&#160;&#160; Our lives are governed by time, and yet we never seem to get used to its rhythm.
Technology seems only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year in Review 2006</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/12/26/year-in-review-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/12/26/year-in-review-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160; The winter night is falling fast as the door opens before you to reveal a man, twenty-seven, drying his hands on his apron that reads, &#34;the problem with the world is that everyone&#39;s a few drinks behind.&#34;&#160; A floppy chef&#39;s hat covers his wavy hair, and he breaks into a smile as he sees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Stranger in My Own Land</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/07/06/a-stranger-in-my-own-land/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/07/06/a-stranger-in-my-own-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: This was written on 2 July. . . I&#39;m only getting around to sending it now.  There&#39;s so much to say about things that have happened recently, but you know that I&#39;d rather give a little thought to one topic than none to all.&#160; I think this post only presents one side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the wings of spontaneity</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/03/04/on-the-wings-of-spontaneity/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/03/04/on-the-wings-of-spontaneity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while we get the chance to do something out of the ordinary, to have an experience that can only be described as a convergence of coincidences.  I was lucky to have that chance the over the last fortnight, and I am very glad I took it.  It is chance; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On being 26</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/02/03/on-being-26/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/02/03/on-being-26/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday night.  I&#8217;ve just finished a healthy meal of pasta and green beans, read of bit of Gulliver&#8217;s Travels, and am now sitting down to do a bit of writing.  I have a single glass of whiskey (Aberlour single malt) to keep me company, and a bit of light music in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year in Review 2005</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/01/22/year-in-review-2005/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/01/22/year-in-review-2005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Aunt Sally and Uncle Brian, you&#8217;ll be getting a beautiful printed copy of this]
Every year that I have been in Oxford has been different, and this one fell right into line.  I spent more time outside of Oxford this year than in.  I got back to America a record three times this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year four?</title>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2005/10/16/year-four/</link>
		<comments>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2005/10/16/year-four/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long hiatus from the Journal section of my site, I have at last given some love to this area.  I use my main page now for day to day little updates, saving this area for more reflective pieces.  If you came here through email, be sure to have a look at [...]]]></description>
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