Knightshade's blog

So I was listening to NPR today when they played Storycorps. These are personal stories people record giving an oral slice-of-life. I normally don't pay too much attention to them but this one caught my attention. If there ever was proof that it's not the situation, it's how you react to it that determines your mood, this was it! The actually story can be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759

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Here in Atlanta a major change in radio stations is about to happen. 99X, an alternative rock station, is about to go away, becoming an internet only station, and Q100, the number 2 top-40 station and leading FM station, is taking over the frequency, 99.7. The reasons listed are declining listeners for 99X and a need for Q100 to better compete with Star 94, the current number 1 top-40 station. I wonder though, if anyone really realizes the implications of what just happened.

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As I continue my journey to loose weight, I realized how important a role food has played. I used it for celebration, for comfort, for support, to relax, for almost everything but it's intended purpose. While I do have some ideas on how to fix it, here's a very good one here: http://bloggerparty.com/what_is_the_reason_that_people_overeat

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I was listening to the news the other day and they were mentioning how Justice Kennedy is the "swing vote" for certain cases, just as Justice O'Connor was. Then I got to thinking and realized the concept of a swing vote is a scary perspective in our highest court. Here's why.

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As I've started to lose weight, I've been pondering why I overate in the first place. A quick answer is "I love to eat." But then to that answer it must be further asked why? My ponderings led me to conclude that food is the ultimate enabler.

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I'd like to put forward an argument. Basically the same people who decry that the "Christ" is being taken out of Christmas and we should have prayer in school seem to have no problem trying to take the fun out of Halloween.

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Now for something a bit different. For years I have wanted to start a business but have been having a hard time. I'm not looking for something like those make-a-million-online type of things, something more in the brick-and-mortar category, like a sports bar.

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I look at the world and despite all the wonderful advancements I wonder: Have really learned anything from the past?

It seems since the dawn of civilization it seems we are in constant conflict and stuggle. For reasons that range from good to evil, we engage in conflicts because we can't, won't, or simply don't want to see the other side's point of view. People have been killing, robbing, stealing, conquering, and destroying since the beginning. History is awash with the rise and fall of civilizations and along with their magisty, their butality in order to get there.

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Well, this was a blog I wrote a while back and was going to place it on writingup but since they're no longer around, I guess I'll do it here. I'm guessing this will get some comments, I notice people tend to comment more here than on writingup.

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Well, I was at Writing up, as apparently were so many others around here, but it seems they are down for good now. I've been looking for other places to blog and stubbled on to here so we'll see how it goes.

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