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	<title>:Japan )</title>
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	<description>Experiences on leading up to and being a JET</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In response to Knuth:</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Mr. Knuth&#8217;s call, here are my submissions:

tech vex
tech tantrum

If they aren&#8217;t self explanatory, I&#8217;ve failed.

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		<title>Debt Free</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=68</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time, again. By now I think everyone knows that&#8217;s my MO. No use in apologizing.
I write because a little over three minutes ago I became a proud new owner! I made my last payment to the Sallie Mae piper and tomorrow I will be the new owner of a brand-new debt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I do not like Dan Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Went to see the Da Vinci Code last Friday and it didn&#8217;t live down my expectations. Sure it was a little entertaining to see how the guy unwound his puzzle but just like one other story of his that I actually read, it was way too predictable. I never read the book The Da Vinci [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Measured</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=66</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Japan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This upcoming Saturday, I will be traveling back the States for the first time in about 1.5 years. For two weeks I&#8217;ll be back in Tennessee for visiting family and friends but even more importantly, my brother&#8217;s wedding.
In the lead up to this week there has been a lot of planning going on over there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Gamble</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=65</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Japan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around the 4th of this month I signed a contract to stay on for the 3rd year of the JET programme. At the time there was still more of Japan that I wanted to see and still more of Japanese that I wanted to learn (a few more kids to torture?) but it hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speedskating Badge Test</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=64</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Speed Skating</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I had my last chance at getting ranked this season. To be ranked you must meet certain time goals on 2 of 3 possible tests: 500m, 1000m, 1500m. Naturally most people select 500m and 1000m, I&#8217;m no exception. This season there were 3 possible testing dates, each about a month apart. The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Present at the Office</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Japan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I still am in a slight state of shock but after almost one and a half years I have joined the legions of ALTs with internet access at their desks! When I came into work this morning, there waiting for me on my desk was a new notebook computer already hooked up to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Attempts at Bodily Harm Avoided &#8212; Narrowly</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Japan</category>
	<category>Speed Skating</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was supposed to be normal day and it pretty much was up until the very end where it sparked with moments of high adrenaline. 
My first incident happened at the end of speed skating practice. The coach had his nephew and me lined up ready to toe the blue start line. He was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killing Me Slowly Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Japan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was probably several months ago that the word アズベスト began being thrown around the office. Next many meetings lasting several hours began about アズベスト (thankfully I didn&#8217;t have to attend). When I went home at night, the evening news seemed to have a least one segment on アズベスト for a least a month.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas 2005!</title>
		<link>http://www.endparen.com/japan/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charlie mac</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Japan</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays one and all! This is my second Christmas in Japan and I don&#8217;t really have much plans. Of course I&#8217;ll talk to the fam and open presents but otherwise just gonna be hangin out, watch a movie or three, eat unhealthy christmas food of japanese fashion and whatever else hits [...]]]></description>
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