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		<title>Dearest Daniel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally published October 22, 2011) I shared with you everything I had; I&#8217;d have died for you. I poured out my heart and my soul, and I cried for you. I ended friendships and said good-byes for you. And with tireless hope, I tried for you. And all this could have worked if true love...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/02/dearest/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Definitions of Comedy and Serendipity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dissecting Minutiae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[com·e·dy/ˈkämədē/ &#8220;Lending&#8221; out a $64 Kindle ebook that I only need for a paper due tomorrow to a student in my class that didn&#8217;t have a copy of the book only to discover that (1) &#8220;lending&#8221; an Amazon Kindle ebook revokes your own access to the ebook during the full loan period, (2) that access...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/definitions-of-comedy-and-serendipity/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was unpacking my books today.  I love my book collection.  It consists of excellent references for my papers.  What&#8217;s startling is what&#8217;s missing.  I can&#8217;t find some of my faves, or rather, some books I was planning on referencing for some papers this term.  Now, it&#8217;s true that I&#8217;ve mostly also purchased ebooks for...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/lost-books/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if I did it? Took the leap? What then? What would anyone do then? What if I don&#8217;t care anymore? What if I&#8217;m tired, and I can&#8217;t do anymore? What then? What could anyone do then? What if neither my effort nor my patience make a difference? What if my hopes and plans turn...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/2413/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dissecting Minutiae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a dream I was born floating on water one foot deep and on a bright sunny day.  I liked the warmth of the sun, the feeling of floating, the coolness of the water, and the feeling of happiness. When I learned I could touch the sea bottom, I became fascinated by the security.  It...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/nightmare/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Existentialist&#8217;s Homework Assignment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Assignments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Nietzsche mean by the phrase “God is dead” as announced by his character of the “Madman” (PN pp.95-6)? (15 points) Nietzsche’s madman as described as someone walking through the “market place” with a lantern looking for God is an allusion to Diogenes of Sinope (412-332BC). Diogenes was the founder of the School of...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/an-existentialists-homework-assignment/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What demarcates science from non-science?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Assignments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(This is a paper I wrote for some class or other several many years ago.  I didn&#8217;t like it back then, but thought I&#8217;d post it anyway.) What is the essence of science, and what makes it successful? A survey of 20th century history of the philosophy of science will provide a full array of...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/what-demarcates-science-from-non-science/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Blackwood &#8211; My Mistake Baby Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Songs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Baby Boy, I&#8217;m missing you and I&#8217;m wonderin&#8217; where your thoughts cross in to mine. And honay, I see you and your mysterious eyes. So sweet and dark a mistake when I said I had to go away&#8230; &#8216;Cause I love you and you don&#8217;t even know that I&#8217;m right beside you every night, and I&#8217;m thinkin&#8217;...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/sarah-blackwood-my-mistake-baby-boy/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 2011-12 Toronto Raptors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dissecting Minutiae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is 100% a new roster as compared with the team I first fell in love with back in the 2001-02 season, but the charm is still there. New faces mean new hope, right? It&#8217;s ugly, we know, but even when I said I did, I never gave up hope. It&#8217;s rebuilding time.]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Ursabia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dissecting Minutiae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Hitchens, Some people got caught up in your atheism, or your pro-Iraq War sentiments, that they didn&#8217;t want to hear what you had to say.  They deprived themselves of their right to understand why you thought what you thought.  They missed the message.  They didn&#8217;t need a censor &#8211; they censored themselves. It&#8217;s...<a href="http://www.carolynursabia.com/2012/01/in-memoriam-christopher-hitchens-1949%e2%80%932011/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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