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	<title>Dan&#039;s Musings</title>
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		<title>Life happens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of introspection, and reflection lately. I&#8217;ve thought a lot about how the events in my life have flown, one into the other, and I&#8217;ve recently noticed connections, that I previously had failed to notice. I&#8217;d like to share some of my thoughts, and a bit of my life. Near the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2010/03/29/life-happens/</link>
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		<title>What a beautiful day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After work today, I picked up my fianc&#233;e and we went back to my apartment. Over the last weekend, we had gone down to California, among other things, to pick up the remainder of her belongings from her parents, and bring them back to Texas. We got back Tuesday, but have not finished unloading all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/09/17/what-a-beautiful-day/</link>
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		<title>Love of my life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following me on Twitter, keep up with me on Facebook, or see me on a day-to-day basis, you&#8217;ve probably already heard about the amazing new woman in my life. Kali Weber came into my life a short time ago, and immediately transformed it. After becoming fast friends, our friendship quickly transformed into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/08/14/love-of-my-life/</link>
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		<title>Sometimes life sucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[shibuya karaoke street by WasabiNoise As you, my loyal readers (do I have loyal readers, other than my mom and sisters?) are aware, I have been anxiously awaiting word from the JET Program to find out if I will be spending the next year or so in Japan. I finally got word back from them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/04/08/sometimes-life-sucks/</link>
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		<title>ASCII Star Wars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just found a text version of Star Wars that you can watch online. It&#8217;s AMAZING! You have to telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl, and you can be watching a text version of Star Wars on your computer. Here&#8217;s a &#34;screenshot.&#34; /~\ Over here! ( oo&#124; Help! Please help! _\=/_ / _ \ ______________ //&#124;/.\&#124;\\ / &#124;&#124;_ \_/ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/03/26/ascii-star-wars/</link>
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		<title>My own land of promise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned earlier today, I interviewed for the JET Program yesterday. One of the questions, as I said, was about how I, as a Christian, would cope with living in a Buddhist country. I gave some answer about how I get along just fine with people of every religion, and that I would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/02/26/my-own-land-of-promise/</link>
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		<title>JET Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I had my interview for the JET Program. The interview was held in the Allen Center in Houston, TX. Since my brother lives in Houston, I went down the night before and stayed with him. He also wanted to help me change the oil on my motorcycle, since he knows I&#8217;m horrible about maintaining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/02/26/jet-interview/</link>
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		<title>25 things about me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so this has been making the rounds on Facebook, so I thought I&#8217;d give it a shot. Here are 25 random facts about me. The idea of living in one place one&#8217;s entire life (even just childhood life) is so very foreign to me, that when someone tells me that&#8217;s exactly what they&#8217;ve done, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/02/08/25-things-about-me/</link>
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		<title>Blogging with emacs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My favorite text editor is Emacs. It&#8217;s a great text editor which is very extensible. Plugins can be written for it to allow it to do a number of different things. There&#8217;s even a web browser which works entirely from within emacs. One thing I&#8217;ve been looking for is a way to write blog posts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/01/31/blogging-with-emacs/</link>
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		<title>Getting closer to Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally got word from the JET program. They want me for an interview! So, in a few days, I should hear from the Japanese consulate in Houston. I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;ll call or email, but they&#8217;ll schedule a time for me to go down there for my interview. Now, I have to prepare. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/01/28/getting-closer-to-japan/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Flu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, today is my first day back at work after the holidays. My whole department got two weeks off for Christmas and New Year&#8217;s and I spent most of it lying in my bed thinking I was going to die. First, I went up to Carthage, TX to spend Christmas with my family. I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2009/01/06/christmas-flu/</link>
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		<title>Nerd Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just took the Nerd Test, version 2.0, and the image below are my results. The percentages are actually a percentile. That is, if it says 92%, then I scored higher than 92% of all people. If, for some reason, you can&#8217;t see the image above, here are my results: Science/Math: 92% Technology/Computer: 97% Sci-Fi/Comics: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/12/19/nerd-test/</link>
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		<title>Notice from JET Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this in the mail about a week ago. Now I have to wait another month and a half. I just want to go to Japan. Why do they keep making me wait?]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/12/15/notice-from-jet-program/</link>
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		<title>Bad garage door! Bad!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I came in from filming today, and as usual, as I&#8217;m approaching the driveway, I hit the button on the garage door opener in my pocket to open the garage for me to drive right into the garage. However, unlike usual, I was going ever so slightly faster than I usually do to pull [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/12/13/bad-garage-door-bad/</link>
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		<title>Jerkstore on the road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you know what annoys me? People that nearly kill me. You know what annoys me more? When those people get mad at me when they nearly kill me. This morning, I was heading to work. I was on MoPac, in the far left lane. I decided to move to the center lane, so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/11/04/jerkstore-on-the-road/</link>
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		<title>Self-mastery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I sort of feel like I&#8217;m going through Lent, but I&#8217;m not Catholic, so I don&#8217;t get a Mardi Gras. I have decided to go through a fast, of sorts. At the beginning of this month, I drank my last soda for the rest of the month. That&#8217;s right: no carbonated drinks for me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/10/10/self-mastery/</link>
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		<title>Life goals (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, a couple of weeks ago, in an Institute class, my teacher challenged our class to come up with 100 life goals. I decided this was a great idea, and have started on my list. I want to share with you the ones that aren&#8217;t too personal. I haven&#8217;t come up with 100 yet, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/10/02/life-goals-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Dan Jones in Japan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently told me about The JET Programme. This is a program run by the Japanese government to get English speakers to come to Japan. I&#8217;ve been feeling lately like I need to go somewhere (well, to be honest, I always feel like I need to go somewhere), and I&#8217;ve wanted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/09/15/dan-jones-in-japan/</link>
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		<title>Joe Stryker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;ve been working on Joe Stryker for a year now. And by &#8220;working on for a year,&#8221; I mean that a year ago we filmed two episodes, bought the domain joestryker.com, and put up a &#8220;Coming soon&#8230;&#8221; page on said site. A couple weeks ago, we filmed two more episodes, and finally finished polishing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/09/03/joe-stryker/</link>
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		<title>The Battle of the Names</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you, my friends, are already aware of the difficulty I and my roommates have been having in deciding on a name for our new house, and the online poll we created in order to settle what it should be called. The voting has been going on for a week now, and will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danielrayjones.com/blog/2008/08/18/the-battle-of-the-names/</link>
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