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		<title>Possession</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d done quite well in abandoning the materialist mindset, I don&#8217;t want for flash cars, electronic goods or plush lounge suites, nor do I desire nick nacks and concrete ornaments for the garden. However I still have one weakness in this area and it pretty much cancels out the gains I have made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=184&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exit Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/exit-conspiracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was supposed to be posted about a week ago when it would have been much more timely. On the better late than never theory, here it is, late;
Tim’s got a  post about stepping out of the conspiracy theory headspace and it’s got me  thinking about how much good judgment is missing in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=166&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stories and stuff</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/stories-and-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crashology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dropping Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always interested in people&#8217;s personal stories. I often  think they&#8217;re of more use than all the collected wisdom that us bloggers see fit to dispense. I&#8217;d love to see some kind of collection of these things but in the meantime here&#8217;s a few:
Dan&#8217;s story, John Brady&#8217;s story, Rix&#8217;s (not yet finished) story and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=161&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Home Work</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/home-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to Ran’s discussion of roofing materials yesterday, I was indeed glad he bought the issue up, We will probably end up using a modern roofing material on the house we will build but I think we will make it steep enough so that long term some kind of thatch can be used over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=139&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the brink</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/on-the-brink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was planning to write a post about dropping out but geopolitical events of the last two weeks have rather distracted me. It really feels like the financial system is on the verge of a serious collapse. A few weeks ago there was a collapse of a couple of hedge funds in the US and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=133&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>accidental dropout (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/accidental-dropout-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve broken this into two parts, the first attempts to pinpoint the aspects of my child hood that set me up to a life of non conformity and the second begins as an adult when I’m beginning to think for myself. I’ve tried to make it as brief as possible but it’s been such a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=107&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>accidental dropout (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/accidental-dropout-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go to part 1
Where the dropout proper really starts is back in my first professional job. In 1997 I took a three month trip overseas (at someone else’s suggestion), I was very careful to make sure I had a job to go back to before I left but when I did get back I discovered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=106&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>dropping out and going home</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/dropping-out-and-going-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devin left this comment at Frank Blacks:&#8221;All I really want, in the deepest sense, is to be loved and appreciated for who I really am. I don&#8217;t want to be lonely. All I really want is to go home.
All I really want is to go home.&#8221;
That resonates with me so much it gave me goosebumps. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=105&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dropping out</title>
		<link>http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/dropping-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a fascinating discussion happening on Living in a Van Down by the River about dropping out. It started off with a worrying attempt to define what dropping out was until Devin turned up and reminded everyone that “Dropping out is not a fucking club”.
He pretty much summed up the spirit of dropping out at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=villageblog.wordpress.com&blog=1461092&post=102&subd=villageblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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