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<updated>2012-05-23T07:33:22+02:00</updated>
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<name>Infossoftware</name>
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<title>Social Bookmarking Service – Some Key Benefits</title>
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<updated>2012-01-16T08:31:00+01:00</updated>
<published>2012-01-16T08:31:00+01:00</published>
<summary> A particularly acceptable kind internet advertising includes the utilization...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;A particularly acceptable kind internet advertising includes the utilization &lt;a title=&quot;Social Bookmarking Service&quot; href=&quot;http://www.infosoftware.biz/social-bookmarking.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Social Bookmarking Service&lt;/a&gt;. This means posting links to your own blog articles at any collection of sites that store, organise, and manage bookmarks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides social bookmarking site visitors your web page, produces an origin of passive income via the increased lots of qualified visitors who find your web sites like a SEO and viral marketing results.&lt;br /&gt;SEO Internet marketer Social Bookmarking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Bookmarking is the right SEO tool for numerous reasons. Food preparation that hot weather creates additional back links into a content, which is certainly always a good procedure gain the eye of yahoo bots and optimize your google page rank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondly, social bookmarking and news aggregation sites can be popular, particularly with younger generation of internet-philes which can be easier receiving news from an internet site compared to watching youtube or reading the newspaper. Subscribing to an Rss feed in an aggregation site is a virtually effortless method discover the latest topics useful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thirdly, social bookmarking operates market your business online rrn a very viral manner. In other words, internet sites let the sharing of content. Readers who enjoy your website will rate it highly and combine it with their list of favourite bookmarks where others can look at it and perhaps even comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing YouTube plus the robust its at spreading video lessons. Alike concept works with Social Bookmarking your web site posts and articles. The results is in many cases financially rewarding and support brand yourself since you are an expert within just your niche.&lt;br /&gt;Social Bookmarking Tips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When your posts provides good, topical information, it's simple to hide a marketing and advertising message rrnside a post that functions for being a news story. For example, if you're business highlights selling skateboard gear, publish an article in regards to upshots of internet sites competition. Include mention of specific gear and possibly a check out your website�s shopping page. Click-throughs will definitely as a result of interested, prospective customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon after you post your content to some social bookmarking site, guarantee the short description you provide entices prospective buyers, avoid a blatant sales pitch but by summarising the data that him and i serious your variety of products care to read.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Social Bookmarking&quot; href=&quot;http://www.infosoftware.biz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;media-640051&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://infossoftware.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/731399765.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;images sb2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;67&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be aware in adding tags of the respective most relevant keywords in order to make the web link simple to find in your site. Some sites limit may find tags if you'd like . and others provide nearly limitless space to provide every relevant keyword or phrase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can make your content quick to share. Many major blogging platforms instance WordPress or Blogger include plug-ins to supply a bit more �share� graphic to your posts. This helps readers to easily and quickly make single click and put on a bookmark a person's article URL at any site where they have personally a forex account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to such as plug-in that enables readers to deliver your blog site an Feed too. These feed aggregators can be a popular technique for web surfers to mix the many blogs they follow into one easy-to-find place that shows a single of the current updates each and every their favourites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infosoftware.biz/seo-updates/the-benefits-of-social-bookmarking&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Social Bookmarking&lt;/a&gt; aids you to increase sales given that increases the handful of visitors to the blog and provide an additional for buyers to research your content.&lt;/p&gt;
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<author>
<name>Matt</name>
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<title>Happy (belated) New Year!</title>
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<updated>2012-01-03T23:14:43+01:00</updated>
<published>2012-01-03T23:14:43+01:00</published>
<summary> Happy New Year, everyone!  New Years is one of my favorite holidays.&amp;nbsp;...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;Happy New Year, everyone!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New Years is one of my favorite holidays.&amp;nbsp; It's a time for reflection on the past, which the history lover in me loves.&amp;nbsp; And it's also a time to look forward to the future, which the hopeless romantic in me loves.&amp;nbsp; To that end, here's a song lyric that's been stuck in my head for the last week or so:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;If I had a chance at another try / I wouldn't change a thing / It's made me all of who I am inside / And every day I wake I tell myself a little harmless lie / The whole wide world is mine&quot; - Angels and Airwaves, &quot;Rite of Spring&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And now for the inevitable New Year's resolutions.&amp;nbsp; Really, these are all things that I've been striving to do more of, more or less, for a good while.&amp;nbsp; But the new year gives me a renewed sense of hope and hopefully (ha!) will help me work harder toward achieving these goals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Get fitter.&amp;nbsp; I'm not overweight, which is why, when I tell people this one, they say &quot;You are fit!&quot;&amp;nbsp; So I don't want to lose weight, I just want to be in better shape.&amp;nbsp; I hit the big 3-0 last year, so I'm not as strong, fast, or fit as I used to be when I was younger.&amp;nbsp; I aim to change that.&amp;nbsp; Hell, I'd be happy putting on some weight, as long it's muscle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Waste less.&amp;nbsp; My &quot;pie-in-the-sky&quot; goal is a zero-waste household.&amp;nbsp; We already recycle everything we possibly can.&amp;nbsp; We compost all non-animal kitchen waste.&amp;nbsp; We repurpose many durable bottles, boxes, and containers.&amp;nbsp; I feel like we can still do more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Volunteer more.&amp;nbsp; I already work in an industry that helps people, and I already have some volunteer commitments, but I feel like I can do more.&amp;nbsp; To me, the point of life is to help others -- whether that means being a good parent, a good friend, or by volunteering.&amp;nbsp; I believe volunteering (or working a job where you help people you don't know) is the most challenging way to help others.&amp;nbsp; It's also the most important, because so few do it.&amp;nbsp; I know there are thousands of reasons to not volunteer, but there are millions of reasons TO volunteer.&amp;nbsp; If everyone I knew could find just two hours a week to help their fellow men, it would make a huge difference in the lives of someone or some animal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So those are my goals.&amp;nbsp; Here's to hoping I can live up to them.&lt;/p&gt;
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<name>Computer Repair Services</name>
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<title>Laptop and Desktop Virus Removal Service</title>
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<updated>2011-05-28T01:05:00+02:00</updated>
<published>2011-05-28T01:05:00+02:00</published>
<summary>    Computer Repair Solutions     A&amp;nbsp;wide range of computer services to...</summary>
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&lt;div id=&quot;content_container&quot; class=&quot;content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Computer Repair Solutions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;A&amp;nbsp;wide range of computer services to home users and small business. See below for more details of the services we offer, provided by a professional technician with years of experience at dealing with all kinds of computer issues and complicated problems. All delivered as part of a professional, friendly and personal service we can sort out home network and setup your first computer beginners and advance user have already contacted us for help and advise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;PC Troubleshooting &amp;amp; Repair &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can diagnose and repair all sorts of hardware and software problems, so if your PC is having problems like computer crashing or spontaneous rebooting or blue screens (BSOD), stop error messages, start-up and Windows problems or no power, freezing or hanging on start-up, internet/email problems or just running sluggishly slow then we will be able to help you get your computer back up and running quickly as possible. We will let you know what the problem is in plain English.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Hardware / Software Upgrades &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can advise on and install all types of hardware/software to ensure you get the correct and best value upgrades to give you the best performance. So if your computer is struggling with video editing or its struggling to keep up with the latest software or games, need more memory, or you are running out of hard drive space or are looking at upgrading your graphics card, CD/DVD drive then contact us for peace of mind&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;PC Tune Up / Health check and Preventative Maintenance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping your computer up to date and secure is very important. Like any machine, your computer needs constant care and will become slower and start to have problems if not maintained regularly. This means keeping it free of dust, malicious software, and viruses and ensuring the hard drive is maintained to reduce problems in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;C System &amp;amp; Software Installation, setup and training &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just Brought a New Computer If you have just bought a new PC and need assistance getting up and running, Computer Repair Solutions can help you find your way around the different parts of the computer, install and connect all your devices such as printers, scanners, digital cameras and yet even the very Experience people sometimes have known trouble if you need help with application and software converting Images and Video even editing audio sound please contact me I am here to help you achieve your goals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Spyware &amp;amp; Malware Removal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your computer is acting strange or doing things you cannot control then you may have a viruses or spyware. 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<entry>
<author>
<name>Abhishek Chatterjee</name>
<uri>http://captainron.blogspirit.com/about.html</uri>
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<title>Blogspirit sucks... My blog died... had to clone it..</title>
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<updated>2009-12-02T18:44:29+01:00</updated>
<published>2009-12-02T18:44:29+01:00</published>
<summary> My blog went down in the last week of Nov 09 and stayed down till today. I...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;My blog went down in the last week of Nov 09 and stayed down till today. I am extremely pissed off with blogSpirit and its services. Sucks horribly. I have a paid Classic account and I logged multiple tickets requesting a solution to this problem but none helped. I am really not sure why I chose them when there amazing free services like that of Blogspot and Wordpress.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;My google ranking has been effected terribly and my pages have stopped showing up in search results.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lesson learnt: never trust low end service providers like blogSpirit. Either go with a more well known provider, a trustworthy free provider like Blogspot and Wordpress OR host it on your own domain name, so that if ever the server goes down, you can switch servers and redirect your domain to the new location.&lt;/p&gt;
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<author>
<name>Writersavenue</name>
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<title>Artists should behave nice not like Kanye!</title>
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<updated>2009-09-15T14:33:00+02:00</updated>
<published>2009-09-15T14:33:00+02:00</published>
<summary>I have seen the video where Taylor Swift just been slammed and interrupted by...</summary>
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I have seen the video where Taylor Swift just been slammed and interrupted by Kanye West. It was in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mtv.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;VMA&lt;/a&gt; where she won the best female video award for her  song &quot;You belong with me&quot;, when suddenly Kanye jumped up yo the stage and grabbed the microphone from Taylor and she appeared crestfallen by the interruption and didn't got to finish the acceptance speech. And Im going to make an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bestessays.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;essay&lt;/a&gt; about it for my journal, but now I'm going to post it here on net.Taylor is just 19 and will turn 20 this coming December, but come to think of it that Kanye shoudln't be doing his kind of rudeness, especially that Taylor is just minor and the fact that she is a girl and Kanye should be a role model to every teenager that is a fan of him (if there is now.) To the fact that Kanye had already apologizes to Taylor and to her mom. Kanye should also be apologizing to the people about her unpleasant act in th VMA's. 
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<name>rocdigitizing</name>
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<title>ROC Embroidery Digitizing</title>
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<updated>2009-06-26T23:18:00+02:00</updated>
<published>2009-06-26T23:18:00+02:00</published>
<summary>Since 1997,  ROC digitizing team  has dedicated to providing  top quality...</summary>
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Since 1997, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ROC digitizing team &lt;/a&gt;has dedicated to providing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;top quality embroidery digitizing products &lt;/a&gt;for clients all around the world. With the advent of modern embroidered equipment and software coupled with our years of experience and expertise, we are proud to provide our service faster and more efficiently on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;embroidery digitizing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;free embroidery designs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;logo embroidery designs&lt;/a&gt;, logo embroidery, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;custom embroidery&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;embroidery patterns &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vector artwork service &lt;/a&gt;etc. Besides professional digitizing in monogram - including all kinds of embroidery fonts, cartoon characters, animals and toy, we are capable to redraw almost anything from a rough image to clear vector artwork suitable for screen printing or any other printing purpose. Whatever challenged artwork you have, ROC embroidery digitizing Team can help.Our high quality embroidery products, fast turnaround digitizing and 7*24 friendly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;online embroidery digitizing service &lt;/a&gt;have been acknowledged by more than 5700 clients that come from USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Russia.We would like to be of your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rocdigitizing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;embroidery service supplier &lt;/a&gt;and develop with you an economic relationship that features cooperation, mutual benefit, all-win and common prosperity.
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<entry>
<author>
<name>Judy TRETHEWAY</name>
<uri>http://chifully.blogspirit.com/about.html</uri>
</author>
<title>Living with your crime</title>
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<id>tag:chifully.blogspirit.com,2007-10-09:1392360</id>
<updated>2007-10-09T01:52:00+02:00</updated>
<published>2007-10-09T01:52:00+02:00</published>
<summary> Sometimes when I speak of going inside Folsom Prison, people on the outside...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I speak of going inside Folsom Prison, people on the outside have a hard time with the fact that I am moving, laughing, sharing and meditating with murderers, rapists, drug dealers and car thefts.&amp;nbsp; And also those who are in on parole technicalities and a few who have been falsely accused.&amp;nbsp; For the most part I do not know their crimes, (and they do not want me to know). Up until now it has been easier that way; easier for me to know each one as just as I find them that day in the chapel.&amp;nbsp; I don’t ask. It’s my business to teach meditation not to pry into their pasts.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Occasionally, their crime or sentence, directly or indirectly, arises during a conversation.&amp;nbsp; Or I have a chance to read something they have written which speaks about the road they have taken. One man, who I see quite regularly, has “lost count of how many people he killed.”&amp;nbsp; Whether this statement was for shock value or for real, I still don’t know.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Outsiders will ask, “How do they live with themselves?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Some of the men inside lock it away, or bury it all under a tale of self justification or self victimization.&amp;nbsp; Most keep silent, preferring not to speak of their past with people like me. Some learn to tell their story in different ways as they shift perspectives during the journey of their personal and spiritual transformation.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Two men have spoken directly with me about this over the 9 years I have been going inside. Their approach spoke of years of self reflection and healing, and as I have journeyed with them their actions have been in alignment with their words.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Their philosophy goes something like this:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;A life for a life.&amp;nbsp; My friend/enemy/victim/wife no longer has a life.&amp;nbsp; My actions took away his life from him and took him away from all his family and friends; it took away the contributions he would have made in the world.&amp;nbsp; That’s a permanent-no-going-back fact.&amp;nbsp; I am still alive.&amp;nbsp; I owe/dedicate/offer my life energy in return for the loss; it’s all I have to give and is still not enough.&amp;nbsp; I dedicate my life to service; however I can find the opportunities, right here in prison.&amp;nbsp; May I contribute to the worlds betterment times two – to honor him and to make honorable my own life.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<author>
<name>mmw</name>
<uri>http://beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com/about.html</uri>
</author>
<title>Routine Day</title>
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<summary> I was in an  ad hoc  group recently exploring the  Rule of St. Benedict...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;I was in an &lt;i&gt;ad hoc&lt;/i&gt; group recently exploring the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.osb.org/rb/&quot;&gt;Rule of St. Benedict&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eriebenedictines.org/Pages/INSPIRATION/insights.html&quot;&gt;Joan Chittister's daily reflections&lt;/a&gt; on it); the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_St_Benedict#Overview_of_the_Rule&quot;&gt;Benedictine Rule&lt;/a&gt; applied at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carpentersboatshop.org/2Info/2Workspaces/index.html&quot;&gt;Carpenter's Boat Shop&lt;/a&gt; in Pemaquid, Maine, where &quot;time is spent each day in the &lt;b&gt;seven daily practices&lt;/b&gt; of work, study, prayer, recreation, service, hospitality, and ecumenical worship;&quot; and the Rule (if any) in our own lives.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(For another take on the Rule, check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2007/03/19.html#a1811&quot;&gt;Dave Pollard's thoughts on How To Be More Resilient&lt;/a&gt; ... reads very much like a Rule of Life, with pretty much the same elements as found in Benedict's. One favourite: Avoid Bad News That is Not Actionable.)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I had to leave the group to meet someone else before I could respond to the question that was asked (paraphrasing), &quot;&lt;b&gt;Is there a Rule, or a routine, that governs or orders your life?&lt;/b&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Overall, I would say the Rule for me right now, intended to provide a space for me to imitate God and live life fully, is a very &lt;b&gt;flexible routine&lt;/b&gt;, particularly from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday-Friday (when my schedule is most determined by my desires). The elements are very routine, perhaps monotonous to some -- same thing every week, pretty much, except for about a week out of every month or two when I find myself travelling; the placement of the elements within each day, the amount of time spent on each, and the overlap of the elements, otoh, are flexible from day to day, and season to season.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here are the details (and looking at Benedict's Rule, I see that details are the order of the day!):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Work&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Indoor Housework&lt;/u&gt;: Making the bed, cleaning some of the shower/tub, washing dishes, and cleaning kitchen counters and stovetop every day. Combined, that takes about 15-20 mins. Sometimes also sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, tidying up, organising things, doing a thorough bathroom or kitchen cleaning, doing laundry.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Outdoor Housework&lt;/u&gt;: In winter, some days, shoveling snow; in autumn, some days, raking, bagging, and hauling leaves; in spring and summer, many days, raking, planting, weeding, and watering in the garden for anywhere from 30 mins to 4 hours per day. Last year (and likely this year), doing exterior scraping and painting.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;: Managing and tracking our bills, banking, taxes, charitable gifts, and financial investments. Grocery and drugstore shopping. Trip-planning.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Service&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;To Other Inhabitants of the House&lt;/u&gt;: Responding to dog's needs and desires (to the extent I know them!) each weekday. Making dinner four or five nights per week, and sometimes remembering to make lunch for my spouse and to clean his coffee equipment. (Some of the above Work is also partly a service to others in the house.)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;To Friends, Community, World&lt;/u&gt;: Spending part of most days helping to maintain a website for a public library (from home); some days it takes 5-mins, some days 8-10 hours. Spending energy engaging with my friends. Offering up a prayer each morning to &quot;be well within my own soul and part of the world's healing today,&quot; and trying to keep myself open to do it. Writing letters to people and commemorating occasions like birthdays. When studying, synthesising what I am learning and sharing it with others (perhaps this is an anti-service ?:-)). Meditating regularly, and being silent most of the day. Being available to listen, spend time, visit, etc.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;To Earth&lt;/u&gt;: Often refraining from driving my car. Recycling, reusing, reducing. Making conscious daily decisions about using resources.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recreation&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Physical&lt;/u&gt;: Working out (with weights) each week day, usually for a half-hour in late afternoon. Walking at least 20 minutes per day, most days, and often more than that. Playing with the dog. Sleeping and dreaming. Eating (not always well). Sex. Resting when tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Social&lt;/u&gt;: On some days (usually at least once per week, sometimes on as many as four days per week), hanging out with friends or with groups of friends, eating, talking, laughing, spending time together. Keeping in touch by email with friends/family. Often attending two weekly worship services (two different groups of people). Sometimes participating in small groups that meet regularly.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Mental&lt;/u&gt;: Working on at least one &lt;i&gt;NYT&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;Herald&lt;/i&gt; crossword puzzle each night, usually a cryptic. Reading crime novels most nights before bed. This all falls outside the daytime parameter, but watching a half-hour of some old TV show or a BBC show each night, plus sometimes a half-hour of an HGTV show or sports, seems relaxing; more than that feels tiring.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Ritualised:&lt;/u&gt; With spouse, reading together 20 pages or so of a cartoon book like Dilbert or Get Fuzzy before bed. Enjoying hot tea with biscuits a couple of times per day. Waking up slowly. Receiving Eucharist once a week. Drinking wine or beer with a meal or a glass of port before bed. My physical workout is a daily ritual/meditative activity.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Soulful&lt;/u&gt;/&lt;u&gt;Emotional&lt;/u&gt;: On most days, listening to music or news for about an hour per day; the news can (doesn't always) connect me with the rest of the world and evoke compassion, the music often evokes tears, longing, dancing, singing. Much of the rest of my day is silent -- though as I write this I can hear the whirr of the computer, the tapping of the keys as I type, the wind whipping up outside, the furnace kick off, the dog gently snoring, and so on. Sometimes I sing aloud off and on during the day (without accompanying music).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Study/Curiosity&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Reading and Thinking&lt;/u&gt;: Spending time studying non-fiction books (often girardian in nature), preparing for and participating in study groups, reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloglines.com/public/mysticgarden&quot;&gt;online essays, articles, news, humour&lt;/a&gt; on a wide spectrum of topics, from a variety of perspectives, and taking time to consider, synthesise. and analyse the ideas and experiences presented.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Human Nature Observation&lt;/u&gt;: Listening to and watching people, including myself, learning who we are.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;(Non-Human) Nature Observation&lt;/u&gt;: Studying the outdoors, taking photos, learning to identify birds and plants and shells and fungi, walking on the beach, noticing seasonal changes, looking at the moon, watching snow fall, watching the sun move around the house, etc.&amp;nbsp; Spending at least 10 mins each day -- often more -- looking out a window (if weather harsh) or sitting/being outside -- and doing nothing else. Wondering what my dog is experiencing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prayer&lt;/b&gt;: Praying throughout the day, in conversation with God about everything. Meditating, sometimes while staring out a window or sitting outside, sometimes in the more formal Buddhist tradition, often while waking up and making the transition from dreams to daytime consciousness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hospitality&lt;/b&gt;: Very little. In the past (in my 20s and early 30s), hospitality was a big part of my life. These days, it's minor, limited to hosting occasional overnight visits from friends/family.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Worship&lt;/b&gt;: Participate in a mid-week Eucharistic service most weeks, and attending a Sunday service 2-4 times per month. During each day, offering silent prayers of gratitude and thanks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I'd add to these elements of the Rule a couple of others that seem important for Benedict (and me):&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Silence&lt;/b&gt;: My day is probably defined most by silence. Rarely schedule anything for two days of the week, and on those days may not speak to anyone or hear anyone else's voice from getting out of bed until five or six p.m. The other days, from one to five hours are spent in silence. On some days, I sing aloud quite a bit. The TV is on during the daytime only when I work out (using a videotape) -- occasionally, I watch 5 mins of &lt;i&gt;Ellen&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;Oprah&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;Dr. Phil&lt;/i&gt; afterwards. Very rarely&amp;nbsp; during a weekday (maybe six times per year), I'll sit down and watch a show for 30 or 60 mins. Mostly, the house is quiet(ish).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Confession&lt;/b&gt;: Confession -- of my blindness, my complicity with evil and participation in violence, my rush to judgment,&amp;nbsp; and so on -- is important to me. Confessing corporately at the weekly Eucharist service, and privately as I feel moved.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;------&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Of course there are appointments -- vet visits, doctor visits, hair cuts, various meetings, etc. -- and unexpected things that change the routine of the daily, though they're not frequent in my life at the moment. Probably they were (are?) extremely minimised for most Benedictine monks and nuns.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When I review this list, I notice that I don't do much &lt;b&gt;art, craft, diy&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I used to make collages, make my own stationary and cards, paint, cut and paste, enjoy rearranging and decorating the house, cook creatively ... I don't do those things now. I don't know why, and I don't know if I miss doing them. Photography is the only art/craft I seem to do now. Handicrafts elude me. Poetry swims just below the surface.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I notice that I don't do much &lt;b&gt;hospitality&lt;/b&gt;, and I do miss it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;----&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here's something funny from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule2/files/rule2.html&quot;&gt;Rule of St. Benedict&lt;/a&gt;, in the section on &lt;i&gt;How the Monks Are To Sleep&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&quot;Let them sleep clothed and girded with cinctures or cords, that they may be always ready; but let them not have &lt;b&gt;knives at their sides&lt;/b&gt; whilst they sleep, lest &lt;b&gt;perchance the sleeping be wounded in their dreams&lt;/b&gt; ....&quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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<title>TRUE Love</title>
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<summary>I've seen about a thousand advertisements for  True , a website devoted to...</summary>
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I've seen about a thousand advertisements for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.true.com/signup_stp1notitle.htm?PLC=9689885C-AFAF-4897-B9D4-A3672FCD294C&amp;tbadid=A6DEE69E-C849-4A8C-ACF3-B78805133550&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;True&lt;/a&gt;, a website devoted to helping millions of (sexy) singles find &lt;em&gt;lasting &lt;/em&gt;love.  The thing is, what strikes me most about the advertisements are the sexy models they post in a submissive or provocative manner (you did notice the girl on the left, didn't you?).  I guess that's the only way to attract people interested in finding &lt;em&gt;lasting &lt;/em&gt;love.  The kind that gets past all the superficial bullshit.I understand now.  I was relying on my own interactions with people to determine whether the content of their character was compatible in such a way as to share my life with that person.  I guess that's where I went wrong.  It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; how I ended up with a girlfriend who's serving a mission somewhere in the south Pacific.  I should dump her, fill out a quick questionnaire, and then wait for a corporation of people I've never met to tell me who I'm supposed to be interested in.  I wonder if any of them will be Mormon . . . You can try it too!  Click the link above and figure out why you're dating the wrong person.  And if you're not dating anyone, then, well . . . y-you're just one click away from &lt;em&gt;lasting &lt;/em&gt;love!
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