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		<title>To not be happy is still to be</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2007/07/06/to-not-be-happy-is-still-to-be/</link>
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		<title>Time</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2007/05/10/time/</link>
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		<title>Year in Review 2006</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/12/26/year-in-review-2006/</link>
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		<title>A Stranger in My Own Land</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/07/06/a-stranger-in-my-own-land/</link>
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		<title>Riding the wings of spontaneity</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/03/04/on-the-wings-of-spontaneity/</link>
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		<title>On being 26</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/02/03/on-being-26/</link>
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		<title>Year in Review 2005</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2006/01/22/year-in-review-2005/</link>
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		<title>Year four?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2005/10/16/year-four/</link>
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		<title>Spain, Trinity, and Vienna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[most of the links in this entry are to pictures I took of the event mentioned]
Time is slowing down now.  Three weeks ago, I caught the 2am bus to the airport and by midday I had found myself unpacking my things in a little room overlooking some vineyards outside of Vienna.  This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2005/06/19/spain-trinity-and-vienna/</link>
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		<title>A brief little update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,
When I last wrote, we were at the beginning of term time in Oxford.  8th Week has now just ended, and with it we see the undergrads once again depart.  Oxford has taken on a real charm now, as I see it, and I was finally able to take a weekend off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ponderingmind.org/journal/2005/03/14/a-brief-little-update/</link>
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