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		<title>Mothers Don&#8217;t Understand Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom Honey, when is your show on TV?Me It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45. Mom I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR. Me Do you have a DVR cable box? Mom No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVoÂ® machines. Me You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band Devo whores out their equipment [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div>Mom<br />
Honey, when is your show on TV?Me<br />
It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45.</p>
<p>Mom<br />
I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR.</p>
<p>Me<br />
Do you have a DVR cable box?</p>
<p>Mom<br />
No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVoÂ® machines.</p>
<p>Me<br />
You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo">Devo</a> whores out their equipment to record videos.</div>
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		<title>Political Single Narrow-Mindedness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 12:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I donâ€™t understand how people can narrow down all the important variables in a candidate into one particular issue. The single-narrow mindedness is maddening. There are a plethora of reasons to despise a politician. i.eâ€¦perpetuating the oppression of Cubans through our ridiculous embargo, non-involvement in Sudan, not being proactive in dispensing generic drugs to fight [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I donâ€™t understand how people can narrow down all the important variables in a candidate into one particular issue. The single-narrow mindedness is maddening. There are a plethora of reasons to despise a politician. i.eâ€¦perpetuating the oppression of Cubans through our ridiculous embargo, non-involvement in Sudan, not being proactive in dispensing generic drugs to fight HIV in South Africa, not focusing on alternative energy sources like geothermal, tidal, or biomass fuel technologyâ€¦and a hundred thousand other problems that need to be addressed. </p>
<p>Most jackasses can determine whom they will vote for simply by labeling the individual, â€œPro-Lifeâ€ or â€œPro-Choiceâ€. Iâ€™m not dismissing abortion as an insignificant matter. Personally, Iâ€™m not a big fan of it. However, that only pertains to the one Iâ€™m involved with and myself. I couldnâ€™t care less what other individuals do. Does that make me an apathetic dick? Who knows? </p>
<p>Pro-Lifers say that every life is precious, and that you could be killing the next Mozart, Einstein, or Mother Teresa.</p>
<p>I see it differently. </p>
<p>Imagine if Mr. and Mrs. Hutt &dagger; had decided Planned Parenthood would have been a better choice instead giving life to their child. If they would have done that, the citizens of the desert planet of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/tatooine/">Tatooine</a> wouldnâ€™t have had to live their entire lives in fear because of one bloated, slug lord named Jabba. Obviously, he terrorized others because he was projecting his own insecurities caused by feelings of abandonment from his shitty parents. In addition, his self-esteem was non-existent due to his ongoing battle with his weight problem. Four bags of frogs and a couple of Jawas for lunch canâ€™t be healthy. Jabba the Huttâ€™s life is precious?! He should have been aborted.</p>
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<p>Granted, the original scene at Mos Eisley Cantina, where Han Solo blasted the bounty hunter, Greedo &Dagger;, who was trying to collect&spades; for the Abortion-Survivor, wouldnâ€™t have taken place. Consequently, Luke and Obi-Wan wouldnâ€™t have escaped on the Millennium Falcon which would have triggered a Butterfly Effect and the Death Star could still be fully operational to this day. However, that conflicts with my original hypothesis of killing Jabba at birth. Perhaps, Darth Vader should have been aborted. Unfortunately, Mr. Vader was formerly known as Anakin Skywalker. Which would have deleted Luke from the equation and he wouldn&#8217;t been able to fire his Proton Torpedoes down the exhaust shafts of the aforementioned <a href="http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/">Weapon of Mass Destruction</a>. Quite the conundrum. In conclusion, I donâ€™t know what the fuck Iâ€™m talking about.</p>
<div style="font-size:65%;">&dagger;  Mr. and Mrs. Zorba Desilijic Ture from the planet Nal Hutt</div>
<div style="font-size:65%;">&Dagger; Greedo looks like an enlarged, sinister, mutated<br />
<a href="http://www.voteprime.com/pics/snorks.gif">SnorkÂ®</a>  riddled with acne</div>
<div style="font-size:65%;">&spades; Han owed Jabba 50,000 credits because he dropped a load while on a Kessel spice run</div>
<div style ="font-size:65%;">&Dagger;&Dagger;  I never got laid in high school </div>
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		<title>Mothers Don&#8217;t Understand Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 14:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom Honey, when is your show on TV? Me It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45. Mom I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR. Me Do you have a DVR cable box? Mom No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVoÂ® machines. Me You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band Devo whores out their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Honey, when is your show on TV?</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45.</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR.</span> </div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Do you have a DVR cable box?</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVoÂ® machines.</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo">Devo</a> whores out their equipment to record videos.</span>
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		<title>Technology has atrophied my ability to memorize.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/05/technology-has-atrophied-my-ability-to-memorize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I vividly remember how proud I was when I stood up in front of my kindergarten class and recited my phone number. A quarter of a century later, I can&#8217;t even remember the first three digits of my girlfriend cell phone number. My attachment with my phone&#8217;s Phonebook is atomic. This unhealthy relationship becomes crystal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I vividly remember how proud I was when I stood up in front of my kindergarten class and recited my phone number.</p>
<p>A quarter of a century later, I can&#8217;t even remember the first three digits of my girlfriend cell phone number.</p>
<p>My attachment with my phone&#8217;s Phonebook is atomic.</p>
<p>This unhealthy relationship becomes crystal clear when someone calls me for a mutual friend&#8217;s number and I realize its in my all-knowing numerical lexicon.</p>
<p>I have to tell the caller to wait while I retrieve it.<br />
Press &#8220;<span style="font-style: italic;">Menu</span>&#8220;<br />
then &#8220;<span style="font-style: italic;">Phonebook</span>&#8220;<br />
Scroll down to the name of the individual<br />
Make sure I haven&#8217;t accidentally dropped the original caller<br />
Remember as many numbers as possible and start reciting<br />
Realize my short-memory allows only 3 numbers at a time<br />
Become flustered when the caller didn&#8217;t hear the entire number<br />
Repeat the sluggish process of calling out 3 numbers again</p>
<p>I hope Darwin&#8217;s Theory is wrong or we are truly fucked.</p>
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		<title>I Need a New Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emailing my Dad in Vietnam. Here&#8217;s William Shatner pushing the future of technology:]]></description>
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<p>Emailing my Dad in Vietnam.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s William Shatner pushing the future of technology:<br />
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		<title>And these are the days of our lies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advances in communication technology has made people accessible 24/7, but it has also made lying to your friends the norm. LYING FRIEND I&#8217;d love to keep talking but my phone is dying. Sorry, I gotta go. ME What? I called you on your office&#8217;s land line. LYING FRIEND (awkwardly)Ahh&#8230;yeah&#8230;umm&#8230;you&#8217;re right , my cell is in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Advances in communication technology has made people accessible 24/7, but it has also made lying to your friends the norm.</p>
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;"><strong>LYING FRIEND</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"> I&#8217;d love to keep talking but my phone is dying.<br />
Sorry, I gotta go.</div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;"><strong>ME</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;">
What? I called you on your office&#8217;s land line.</div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family:courier new;"><strong>LYING FRIEND</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"> (<em>awkwardly</em>)Ahh&#8230;yeah&#8230;umm&#8230;you&#8217;re right , my cell is in my purse BUT my battery really <em>is</em> dying&#8230;um&#8230;ahh&#8230;I can&#8217;t talk right now because it has lupus and I have to take it to the hospital. Bye.</div>
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		<title>If this is in your MySpace profile,  we aren&#8217;t meant to be</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2005/11/if-this-is-in-your-myspace-profile-we-arent-meant-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General: Tanning, flirting, disney world, tinkerbell&#8230;.she is the hoochie of disney..lol, six flags, stilletos, purses, any thing that glitters , girly stuff, aldo, XXI, brazilian jeans&#8230;nice and low! photoshoots, people who just brighten my day, lipgloss, MAC, vodka, disel, modeling, grey goose, captin morgan, socializing, having a great time, art, cars, what&#8217;s hot, high end [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>General:</strong><br />
Tanning, flirting, disney world, tinkerbell&#8230;.she is the hoochie of disney..lol, six flags, stilletos, purses, any thing that glitters <img src='http://taoofdan.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> , girly stuff, aldo, XXI, brazilian jeans&#8230;nice and low! <img src='http://taoofdan.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  photoshoots, people who just brighten my day, lipgloss, MAC, vodka, disel, modeling, grey goose, captin morgan, socializing, having a great time, art, cars, what&#8217;s hot, high end designers&#8230;&#8230;Tiffany &#038; Co., Chanel, Louis Vuttion, Gucci, Christian Dior, Abercrombie &#038; Fitch, bars, clubs, fashion, modeling, pictures, the mall, technology, arts, broadway, Italy, California, New York, Hawaii, Cancun, Las Vegas&#8230; traveling in general&#8230;.I would love to go to Paris and Austrila some day.</p>
<dt>tanning  </dt>
<dd><em>skin cancer, sun spots, vanity</em></dd>
<dt>flirting </dt>
<dd><em>low-self-esteem</em></dd>
<dt>disney world </dt>
<dd><em>mind of a child</em></dd>
<dt>six flags </dt>
<dd><em>see &#8220;disney world&#8221;</em></dd>
<dt>stilletos, lipgloss and purses </dt>
<dd><em>these are not hobbies</em></dd>
<dt>any thing that glitters </dt>
<dd><em>mind of a bird</em></dd>
<dt> <img src='http://taoofdan.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </dt>
<dd><em>l</em><em>ack of vocabulary</em></dd>
<dt>girly stuff, aldo, XXI </dt>
<dd><em> high maintainence</em> </dd>
<dt>brazilian jeans&#8230;nice and low! </dt>
<dd><em>see &#8220;flirting&#8221;</em></dd>
<dt> <img src='http://taoofdan.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </dt>
<dd><em>low level of emoticabulary<br />
</em></dd>
<dt>people who just brighten my day</dt>
<dd><em> I&#8217;m very shallow</em></dd>
<dt>vodka, grey goose, captin morgan, bars, clubs</dt>
<dd><em> Alcohol has affected my ability to spell</em></dd>
<dt>pictures</dt>
<dd><em>photos of me from my photoshoot</em></dd>
<dt>socializing</dt>
<dd><em>The opposite of Communism</em></dd>
<dt>high end designers&#8230;&#8230;Tiffany &#038; Co., Chanel, Louis Vuttion, Gucci, Christian Dior, Abercrombie &#038; Fitch</dt>
<dd><em>I have maxed out all my credit cards</em></dd>
<dt>art</dt>
<dd><em>Framed poster of Dali at the mall</em></dd>
<dt>arts</dt>
<dd><em>Two for one sale on posters</em></dd>
<dt>Austrila</dt>
<dd><em>see &#8220;captin morgan&#8221;</em></dd>
<p><strong>more to come</strong></p>
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		<title>Technology has atrophied my ability to memorize.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2005/10/technology-has-atrophied-my-ability-to-memorize-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I vividly remember how proud I was when I stood up in front of my kindergarten class and recited my phone number. A quarter of a century later, I can&#8217;t even remember the first three digits of my girlfriend cell phone number. My attachment with my phone&#8217;s Phonebook is atomic. This unhealthy relationship becomes crystal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I vividly remember how proud I was when I stood up in front of my kindergarten class and recited my phone number.</p>
<p>A quarter of a century later, I can&#8217;t even remember the first three digits of my girlfriend cell phone number.</p>
<p>My attachment with my phone&#8217;s Phonebook is atomic.</p>
<p>This unhealthy relationship becomes crystal clear when someone calls me for a mutual friend&#8217;s number and I realize its in my all-knowing numerical lexicon.</p>
<dl>
<dd>I have to tell the caller to wait while I retrieve it.</p>
</dd>
<dd>Press &#8220;Menu&#8221;</p>
</dd>
<dd>then &#8220;Phonebook&#8221;</p>
</dd>
<dd>Scroll down to the name of the individual</p>
</dd>
<dd>Make sure I haven&#8217;t accidentally dropped the original caller</p>
</dd>
<dd>Remember as many numbers as possible and start reciting</p>
</dd>
<dd>Realize my short-memory allows only 3 numbers at a time</p>
</dd>
<dd>Become flustered when the caller didn&#8217;t hear the entire number</p>
</dd>
<dd>Repeat the sluggish process of calling out 3 numbers again
</dd>
</dl>
<p>I hope Darwin&#8217;s Theory is wrong or we are truly fucked.</p>
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		<title>Photographic memory is an outdated technology.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if he&#8217;s autistic or has a holographic memory.]]></description>
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