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	<description>Robert Fischer and Brian Hurt on Punditry, Programming Languages, and Other Religious Issues</description>
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		<title>By: The Cheap Sitcom Clip Scene Blog Post &#124; Enfranchised Mind</title>
		<link>http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2005/09/26/thoughts/#comment-33564</link>
		<dc:creator>The Cheap Sitcom Clip Scene Blog Post &#124; Enfranchised Mind</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] &#8220;Near my computer is my lambskin apron, and on my hand is the Ring of the Lodge of Perfection. It’s amazing how deeply and quickly Freemasonry has touched me.&#8221; (Thoughts) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8220;Near my computer is my lambskin apron, and on my hand is the Ring of the Lodge of Perfection. It’s amazing how deeply and quickly Freemasonry has touched me.&#8221; (Thoughts) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: alw</title>
		<link>http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2005/09/26/thoughts/#comment-19</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW, how do you do those smily faces on here? They're cute. And if I ever post here I might need to use them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, how do you do those smily faces on here? They&#8217;re cute. And if I ever post here I might need to use them!</p>
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		<title>By: alw</title>
		<link>http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2005/09/26/thoughts/#comment-17</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are amazing. One day I'm going to stop being surprised by your awesomeness and just accept it as a given, I promise. Well, then again maybe not. : ) But not because of you, because so many other people are quite the opposite, I don't know how you manage.

This might come out the wrong way but I'm always astounded by your ability to make the right/good decisions. How to treat people, what kind of job/pay you deserve, whether or not you should drop OX like a bad habit, what kind of education you should continue with, and I could go on and on...and I know that you ask your family, your real friends and myself for advice on many of these things, but in the end the decision is yours and you rarely make a bad one. Your genuine mistakes are minor and far between, and I don't tell you that enough, but I should because I know you struggle with decisions. There are some basic right ways of living (i.e. work hard, take care of yourself, don't hurt other people, try not to be selfish, prioritize correctly) that just seem impossible for other people to achieve, EVER! So, it's really sad that I'm so impressed with your ability to do so, but I am. And I admire how little you struggle to make these choices and I'm inspired by the excitment you approach them with. (The reason I think this all sounds bad is because I'm telling you that I know what the right decisions are, and well, I do and I don't care if that sounds bad right now. It's just that as a non-moron I realize that by not proving the things I claim to be true there is no reason for anyone to accept anything I say as truth, but since I'm talking to you, also a non-moron, and one who knows me possibly better than anyone else, I'm going to just let that go!) 

So many people pretend to agree with/admire their significant others to save face. They don't want to admit how much the other person sucks, or, they don't see it because they suck too. But I'm different, when I'm in a relationship I go looking for flaws because I don't want to wake up one day wondering how I could have fooled myself for so long. I've been with you for almost two years and have spent most of the time waiting for the other shoe to drop. When you do something where your reasons/intentions are unclear I assume the worst because I don't want to be surprised with it. But in all my extreme efforts I haven't been able to find one significant flaw and every time I've assumed you've forgotten something or had unfavorable intentions for doing something you've surprised me in some way or other. Every single time. And this pleases me because I've stopped looking for flaws, I'm finally beginning to stop expecting the worst when things are unclear. I'm still withholding some judgment for a bit longer, but I feel much more relaxed with you now. So, rest assured that you are one of the few people who is in a genuinly good relationship because I'm *not* telling you all these things because I'm with you, I'm with you because they're true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are amazing. One day I&#8217;m going to stop being surprised by your awesomeness and just accept it as a given, I promise. Well, then again maybe not. : ) But not because of you, because so many other people are quite the opposite, I don&#8217;t know how you manage.</p>
<p>This might come out the wrong way but I&#8217;m always astounded by your ability to make the right/good decisions. How to treat people, what kind of job/pay you deserve, whether or not you should drop OX like a bad habit, what kind of education you should continue with, and I could go on and on&#8230;and I know that you ask your family, your real friends and myself for advice on many of these things, but in the end the decision is yours and you rarely make a bad one. Your genuine mistakes are minor and far between, and I don&#8217;t tell you that enough, but I should because I know you struggle with decisions. There are some basic right ways of living (i.e. work hard, take care of yourself, don&#8217;t hurt other people, try not to be selfish, prioritize correctly) that just seem impossible for other people to achieve, EVER! So, it&#8217;s really sad that I&#8217;m so impressed with your ability to do so, but I am. And I admire how little you struggle to make these choices and I&#8217;m inspired by the excitment you approach them with. (The reason I think this all sounds bad is because I&#8217;m telling you that I know what the right decisions are, and well, I do and I don&#8217;t care if that sounds bad right now. It&#8217;s just that as a non-moron I realize that by not proving the things I claim to be true there is no reason for anyone to accept anything I say as truth, but since I&#8217;m talking to you, also a non-moron, and one who knows me possibly better than anyone else, I&#8217;m going to just let that go!) </p>
<p>So many people pretend to agree with/admire their significant others to save face. They don&#8217;t want to admit how much the other person sucks, or, they don&#8217;t see it because they suck too. But I&#8217;m different, when I&#8217;m in a relationship I go looking for flaws because I don&#8217;t want to wake up one day wondering how I could have fooled myself for so long. I&#8217;ve been with you for almost two years and have spent most of the time waiting for the other shoe to drop. When you do something where your reasons/intentions are unclear I assume the worst because I don&#8217;t want to be surprised with it. But in all my extreme efforts I haven&#8217;t been able to find one significant flaw and every time I&#8217;ve assumed you&#8217;ve forgotten something or had unfavorable intentions for doing something you&#8217;ve surprised me in some way or other. Every single time. And this pleases me because I&#8217;ve stopped looking for flaws, I&#8217;m finally beginning to stop expecting the worst when things are unclear. I&#8217;m still withholding some judgment for a bit longer, but I feel much more relaxed with you now. So, rest assured that you are one of the few people who is in a genuinly good relationship because I&#8217;m *not* telling you all these things because I&#8217;m with you, I&#8217;m with you because they&#8217;re true.</p>
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