<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:27:39 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation with Drubius]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/251611</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/251611</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[i find that i most enjoy conversations when they reveal something of the inner person. (this may explai... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/251611'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nature of Sex II]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248174</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248174</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA["[T]he real nature of sex has nothing to do with the physical world at all but is the reflection of emotional and mental energies....There is no greater battleground...than the energies which are rele... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248174'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science & Reality?]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248170</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248170</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The other day I watched Discovery channel for about three hours of investigations into "paranormal" activities and ESP.  Each story went roughly like this: a) narration of strange phenomena, b) claims... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248170'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church of I Don't Know:  Burial Rites]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248162</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248162</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Book of the Church Of I Don't KnowFinal Chapter:  Burial RitesThe priest of the COIDK (a.k.a. Ignoramus) shall lead the mourners as follows.Ignoramus:"We are gathered here ... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/248162'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[poem: a villanelle]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/235995</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/235995</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is a type of poem called a villanelle.  I don't usually work with rhyme or meter these days, but this form caught my eye and I gave it my best shot.  The rhyme scheme and repeated lines are requi... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/235995'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some thoughts on sex...]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204107</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204107</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There are times when I get so turned on by the physical appearance of a woman that I feel an atavistic part of me straining to tear away from the rest and devour her.  If you're a guy, you probably kn... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204107'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204086</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204086</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[there are only two things in the world: unity and separation; one of them is an illusion.we are inextricably bound together. ask an ecologist. ask jesus or buddha. ask the physicists. you'll get t... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204086'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A favorite book quote]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204081</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204081</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world has not to be put in order: the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order, to know what is the world order in contradistinction to the wishful-thinkin... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204081'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[a favorite movie quote]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204079</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204079</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A few words about searching for something.If you're looking for something in particular, your chances of finding it are not very good. That's because, of all the things in the world, you're only l... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204079'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[temet nocem]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204077</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204077</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[everybody wants you to know yourself. to find yourself. to live your life.We experience life in cycles of feelings. of actions. of thoughts. repetition. until we begin to believe that we know who ... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/204077'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flame of Beauty]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/193197</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/193197</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Beauty comes from a certain regular complexity.In the physical world: the balanced proportions of a healthy face or body that whisper promises to our DNA; the fractal patterns and interdepende... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/193197'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[working against myself]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/186080</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/186080</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I realized (remembered) today that the two halves of my life are working against each other.This is not a new insight.  I just seem to lose sight of it whenever I see it anew.As a teac... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/186080'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do I believe in Jesus?]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/173122</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/173122</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have heard and seen this question hundreds of times, and even after years of thought I cannot answer as clearly as I would like to answer.On one hand, the answer is an unqualified YES that a... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/173122'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems with Christianity:  You Don’t Get to Decide!]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148197</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148197</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Look, the rules are clear.  Love your neighbor and all children.  Put others before yourself.  Honor God [including that spark of Him/Her in you] as best you can.  Value life over status.  And keep yo... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148197'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems with Christianity:  Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148194</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148194</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you look at most religions, you find that there is usually a small minority who get access to the real stuff:  the Pope, the Presbyters, the imams, Buddhas and Boddhisatvas, the Brahmin. To... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148194'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems with Christianity:  Know your audience!]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148192</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148192</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the Gospels, it should be crystal clear that Jesus plays for the underdog. He came to save sinners, not the righteous; hung with tax collectors and prostitut... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/148192'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beauties of Christianity]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/146601</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/146601</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA["There are a great many symbols which are used as objects of meditation.  These symbols are used by [some] as a means of concentrating the mind and introducing into it certain thoughts, calling up... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/146601'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[the ground is slipping away]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/141483</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/141483</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[so here's the thing... at least tonight's thing.According to Geometry, 3 points in space are the minimum number required to create a plane.  A plane is a flat, 2-dimensional figure which can f... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/141483'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belgian Ale, anyone?]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/136930</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/136930</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I'm fairly excited because I just got paid and I picked up a few beers I've never had before.  All of them are Belgian Ales.  "What's that?!"  you ask.  "Belgian Ales?  I thought you liked the... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/136930'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[some thoughts on politics...]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134893</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[let me first say that I can't really get excited about either of our apparent choices for president.what really drives me crazy is how seriously everyone seems to be about their hypocrisies.... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134893'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[mmmmm... beer.]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134861</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134861</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Look, I don't know how you feel about beer so I'm just gonna take it from the top here.I freakin' love beer.  Good beer, that is.  Of course, the definition of "good beer" changes from time to... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134861'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[good intentions]]></title><link>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134846</link><guid>http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What the world needs now is... love, sweet love?  er.. wait.  no.clarity.That is what I meant.I am constantly astounded at the things people (including me) say and do.  So I th... <a href='http://drubius.tblog.com/post/134846'>more from drubius...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>