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		<title>By: The Cheap Sitcom Clip Scene Blog Post &#124; Enfranchised Mind</title>
		<link>http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/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/posts/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&#039;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/posts/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&#039;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&#039;t know how you manage.

This might come out the wrong way but I&#039;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&#039;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&#039;t hurt other people, try not to be selfish, prioritize correctly) that just seem impossible for other people to achieve, EVER! So, it&#039;s really sad that I&#039;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&#039;m inspired by the excitment you approach them with. (The reason I think this all sounds bad is because I&#039;m telling you that I know what the right decisions are, and well, I do and I don&#039;t care if that sounds bad right now. It&#039;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&#039;m talking to you, also a non-moron, and one who knows me possibly better than anyone else, I&#039;m going to just let that go!) 

So many people pretend to agree with/admire their significant others to save face. They don&#039;t want to admit how much the other person sucks, or, they don&#039;t see it because they suck too. But I&#039;m different, when I&#039;m in a relationship I go looking for flaws because I don&#039;t want to wake up one day wondering how I could have fooled myself for so long. I&#039;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&#039;t want to be surprised with it. But in all my extreme efforts I haven&#039;t been able to find one significant flaw and every time I&#039;ve assumed you&#039;ve forgotten something or had unfavorable intentions for doing something you&#039;ve surprised me in some way or other. Every single time. And this pleases me because I&#039;ve stopped looking for flaws, I&#039;m finally beginning to stop expecting the worst when things are unclear. I&#039;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&#039;m *not* telling you all these things because I&#039;m with you, I&#039;m with you because they&#039;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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