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	<title>Ron&#039;s Home Page</title>
	<link>http://ozrock.net/ron</link>
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		<title>Republicans are scary crazy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you think &#8216;Publicans are pretty normal, you might want to check out a really scary poll of self-identified Republicans here, commissioned by Daily Kos.  Here are some of the highlights:
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 1/20-31. Self-identified Republicans. MoE 2%
Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
Yes 39%, No 32%, Not Sure 29%
Do you think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/02/04/republicans-are-scary-crazy/</link>
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		<title>Arg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just fixing this again (argh).  Bear with me.  Pictures are down, and other stuff.  Fixed this weekend.
Update: Mostly fixed now.  Some of the older images and links still down.  The new WordPress MU has been a bit persnickety. 
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		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/01/22/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s &#8220;Mindset List&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every fall, Beloit College makes up a &#8220;Mindset List&#8221; to reflect the world of the new incoming college students  (born in about 1991, this year) &#8212; what their life has included, and what it hasn&#8217;t.  Understandably, reading it makes those of us over, um, thirty feel old and alienated.  And who doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/08/18/this-years-mindset-list/</link>
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		<title>J.P. Patches and Archie McPhee</title>
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The coolest thing I brought home from Seattle? Clearly the JP Patches Bobblehead from Archie McPhee.
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		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/08/12/j-p-patches-and-archie-mcphee/</link>
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		<title>My dad and the electro-assist bicycle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 60&#8217;s and 70&#8217;s, my dad worked off and on on building one of these things in the garage; he called it the &#8220;Friction Compensator&#8221;. (eROCKIT electro-assist bicycle)

I&#8217;m not kidding.  He was an electrical engineer by education, and also converted a 1947 Crossley to electric power with a big rack of lead-acid batteries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/30/my-dad-and-the-electro-assist-bicycle/</link>
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		<title>Live from CRUMBS Cafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the excellent new local music CD  Live from CRUMBS Cafe, a compilation of songs from the CRUMBS Cafe Radio Show spanning from 2007-2009.
Believe it or not, back in a past life, before the internets were converted to tubes and were still made of tin cans and string, I had something to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/30/live-from-crumbs-cafe/</link>
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		<title>Bobby McFerrin and the Power of the Pentatonic Scale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embedding is disabled on this video, so you have to go over to YouTube to see it.  But it&#8217;s worth it:  The awesome  Bobby McFerrin &#8220;demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale&#8221; at the  World Science Festival 2009.
YouTube: World Science Festival 2009 &#8212; Bobby McFerrin
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		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/28/bobby-mcferrin-and-the-power-of-the-pentatonic-scale/</link>
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		<title>Abstinance-geared &#8220;sex-ed&#8221; causes pregnancy &amp; syphilis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine my surprise:  We&#8217;re now reaping the &#8220;rewards&#8221; of Bushies&#8217; Jeebus-driven anti-sex health &#8220;education&#8221; policies.  A new CDC report has both of these  &#8220;rising sharply among a generation of American school girls who were urged to avoid sex before marriage under George Bush&#8217;s evangelically-driven education policy&#8221;.  (US teen pregnancy and syphilis rates rose sharply during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/27/abstinance-geared-sex-ed-causes-pregnancy-syphilis/</link>
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		<title>Commoncraft’s “In Plain English” intro videos&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=leelefever&#38;view=videos&#38;sort=v">Commoncraft’s “In Plain English” intro videos on tech/net topics</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/27/commoncraft%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cin-plain-english%e2%80%9d-intro-videos/</link>
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		<title>More bike riding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oz and I did 24 miles on the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail today; very nice.

But he did 30 miles earlier in the week at camp.  He&#8217;s starting to leave me behind.
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		<link>http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/24/more-bike-riding/</link>
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