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		<title>Jousting &amp; Horses with MS?</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/07/27/jousting-horses-with-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=4242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, how time flies sometimes. I had been putting off writing this blog entry for a bit because I was not really sure I wanted to write it. Fundamentally, I suppose, by it to words it confirms what I likely already know in my head, if that makes sense to anyone. To explain, I guess I have to back up a little bit for those folks that do not already know me. One of my big hobbies over the last ten or more years has been doing things with horses. That includes anything from light trail riding, breeding some when I had the full farm, lots of training (both them and myself), and of course doing medieval things for show and pleasure. By medieval things I mean anything from a light demo in costume of what squires did to train up to full tilt jousting. The question I have now is can I still do any of this and if so, what parts?]]></description>
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		<title>Continued Demise of Language</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/04/13/continued-demise-of-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone else noticed the continued demise of language? This is especially true with the written word, I suppose largely because no one is writing by and large these days outside of a few eccentrics who do still put pen to paper. It is getting worse though with each passing day and especially those days that bring with it new technologies. I have noted as much in the past myself when debating the nature of keeping a journal online or in written form and I am seeing it first hand even starting to occur with myself.]]></description>
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		<title>Snow, Snowpocolypse, Snowmagedon, SOMG!</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/02/02/snow-snowpocolypse-snowmagedon-somg/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2011/02/02/snow-snowpocolypse-snowmagedon-somg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1978]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get the idea about snow being the subject? I got a dirty little secret about the snow. Well, not so much secret as I am telling everyone here and really not all that dirty though I think a few people will not like it. I am more than a little disappointed that Central Kentucky is missing out on the big horrible snow of the season and likely to be the one of the decade and maybe even for a couple of score of years. Yeah, you heard me right, dismayed that it is missing us. I am sure some are thinking, "Are you kidding?" I mean, have we not had enough snow already this winter?]]></description>
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		<title>BBS Days Recalled</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/01/22/bbs-days-recalled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Got to thinking about things the other day and gave a few thoughts back to the computer day prior to the big kickoff of the internet revolution in the mid 1990's. Not sure how many of you were around doing computer things in what the version of online prior to the boom, but it was largely systems called Bulletin Board Systems. It was with fond memories I skipped down that lane from that time period in the late 80's on into the early 90's. I still count among some of best friends those that were made in that time period and though we have perhaps not kept up with each other as much as we should have, we still occasionally correspond in some way.]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn &amp; Accused Murderer</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/01/21/linkedin-accused-murderer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting thing happened just a little bit ago. As I was casually watching the new and having a conversation with my wife, they announced that a certain person was now being charged with murder in the death of his wife. That is not the interesting part mind you, however the fact that the accused was someone I once worked with for sometime was. In fact, this particular person was often a colleague who joined in lunch outings and after hours drinks at local pubs. It has been a while since the person and I have had a conversation, both of us having moved on to different companies and such, though we have run into each other a couple of times at least over the years. However, the thing that caught my attention the most was the fact we are tier one connections on LinkedIn]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco, Jamestown, &amp; Pilgrims &#8211; Truth</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/01/13/tobacco-jamestown-pilgrims-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2011/01/13/tobacco-jamestown-pilgrims-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that the religious group known as the Pilgrims that settled the area known as Plymouth were the first permanent settlement right? We all know that such puritans would not ever dream of starting a fight with Native Americans right? And just what was that motivated so many English and other European Nationals to take the risky two month sea voyage to the colonies? Especially considering that early colonists had an average survival rate well below twenty-five percent. Tobacco was something that the Native Americans taught the settlers how to raise, correct? Here are a few facts of the matter that are often confused, some of it through what we are taught in grade school and other of it just perpetual mis-information that is handed down over and over, despite being largely in correct.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial White-Wash</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2011/01/07/editorial-white-wash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two things have been in my proverbial crawl this week regarding the use the editorial pen to seemingly not acknowledge our own history. In fact, the two matters I am thinking of not only do not seem to acknowledge the history, but in fact seem bent on the rewrite of our history, in which the ugly parts of it are white-washed under the rug so to speak. The two issues, briefly are the newest version of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which the n-word has been replaced or eliminated. And of course, the reading of our most revered constitution on the house floor, but with things that reference the 3/5 counting of slaves and even the repelled prohibition of liquor were left out.]]></description>
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		<title>Bookstore Nostalgia</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2010/11/02/bookstore-nostalgia/</link>
		<comments>http://mephistos.com/2010/11/02/bookstore-nostalgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=3097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I was in a couple of my favorite bookstores doing a little bit of browsing and not much buying. While I was walking through the two stores I could not help but be drawn into a couple of the sections and reminded of somethings from the past that I have kind of left behind. A couple of those things that I came across, I have to admit, definitely label me as the geek type way back when, though I admit I have no problem with that aspect of things. Just a bit of warning for you though, I am probably going to sound really geeky in talking about the various subjects, which range from gaming, miniatures, reading fantasy, and just sitting in a bookstore browsing a possible purchase over a cup of coffee.]]></description>
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		<title>Hudson Valley and Wine</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2010/10/06/hudson-valley-and-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mephistos.com/?p=2999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["There is a valley in New York. And a river runs through it. And Henry Hudson first discovered it." So starts a show, recorded a show from PBS that broadcast on KET over the weekend called New York Wine &#038; Table. I admit to recording the oddest thing that catches my interest on occasion, but the description of "specialty growers revitalize farming and wine making in the Hudson River Valley, with blackcurrant wine, apple vodka, and apple cider" appealed to me on some level. I suppose the combination of farming and wine making were the two things that really caught my attention, as I am passionate about both of those. Of course I also thought my trip to upstate New York several years ago was beautiful and I was a little curious about apple vodka as well. I find myself fairly awake this evening and after watching a documentary of Chris McCandless I was feeling more alive then usual and thought I would watch that video while I wrote a blog about something else.
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		<title>Observing in June</title>
		<link>http://mephistos.com/2010/06/07/observing-in-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going on with some more of my miniature observations on things going on around me in the here, now, and life in general, I bring you those from the first few days of June including Willie Nelson, baroque music from 20 years ago, and summer music and art!]]></description>
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