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		<title>My Friend&#8217;s Suicide</title>
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		So I just got word that an old friend from high school and college killed himself last week.
Obviously, my heart goes out to his family. I didn&#8217;t really know anyone that knew my friend and didn&#8217;t like him. He was absolutely brilliant, but he was so kind that you would never know it unless you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/my-friends-suicide</link>
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		<title>My Review of &#8220;New Moon&#8221; (And why I hated it)</title>
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		I have a strong sense of smell. When I was a kid, my mom couldn&#8217;t sneak candy in the car without me sniffing it out (and then asking for some). It&#8217;s a blessing and a curse.

When I walked into the theater last Friday at 11:30am to see &#8220;New Moon,&#8221; I noticed that someone sitting behind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/my-review-of-new-moon-and-why-i-hated-it</link>
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		<title>Review of &#8220;The Narcissism Epidemic&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		You can check out the book here. I&#8217;m not associated with Amazon, I don&#8217;t get a kick-back, and I have no idea if that&#8217;s the cheapest you&#8217;ll find it. I do, however, recommend this book to everyone. If the authors are right, and I think they are, we as a culture are in a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/review-of-the-narcissism-epidemic</link>
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		<title>Meditation</title>
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		I think it was Bonhoeffer who said that the goal of meditation ought no to be focused on gaining profound intellectual insights or even deep spiritual experiences. Even if he didn&#8217;t say that and I&#8217;m really thinking of someone else, it sounds like something he would say. Instead, the goal of meditation is oriented around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/meditation</link>
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		<title>Humans and Nature</title>
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		Ok, the title isn&#8217;t not as epic as it sounds. I haven&#8217;t posted in forever, and at the end of each week, I kick myself for it. Why? Writing takes up a large portion of what I do for a living, and yet I can&#8217;t ever get myself to put together something as small as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/humans-and-nature</link>
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		<title>iCal and Google Calendar Zen</title>
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		For OS X: This will allow you to add events by typing a few words and hitting enter. Then you get to watch as the new event(s) are magically synced to iCal.
What you need:

gcalcli (and prereqs) -  http://code.google.com/p/gcalcli/ (don&#8217;t worry. installing these aren&#8217;t as difficult as it seems)
gmail/gcal account
ical
Script Editor (comes with your Mac)
Calaboration &#8211; http://code.google.com/p/calaboration/

Install [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/ical-and-google-calendar-zen</link>
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		<title>What a deal!&#8230;.right?</title>
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I mean, I guess that&#8217;s almost a buck off&#8230;&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/what-a-dealright</link>
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		<title>Ashamed to Talk About Leukemia</title>
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		Until recently, I used to feel a bit ashamed to talk about the fact that I have leukemia when I met someone new (or even in normal conversation). This puzzled me. It&#8217;s an intense thing to find out about someone, to be sure, but why should I be afraid to bring it up? I&#8217;m the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/ashamed-to-talk-about-leukemia</link>
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		<title>Confessions of an Ex-Evangelical</title>
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		I remember in high school youth group we had to respond to this particular situation: What two things would you take with you if you woke up with your room was on fire?
It was hilarious, in retrospect, because we all had to be very pious. This meant that our first item was our Bibles, followed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/confessions-of-an-ex-evangelical</link>
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		<title>Polarizing Lens Filters are Magic</title>
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		I was traveling around Lake Tahoe and taking pictures, but I kept getting distracted and would occasionally forget to adjust my circular polarizer (lens filter). I&#8217;m glad I did, because it gave me a chance to see the difference between using it correctly and forgetting to rotate it. Check this out:

(Top &#8211; Without rotating) (Bottom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tentatio.com/polarizing-lens-filters-are-magic</link>
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