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		<title>Plain Egg-no-ra-moose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Facts about life
Every person you have ever met has judged you, feel free to do the same.
Growing older means nothing when it comes to maturity, acting your age is non-existent.
Giving a smile is one of the greatest medications
Not doing anything will not fix ANY problem
Oranges are like people, bruised or perfect, the insides a [...]]]></description>
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<p><font size="2"><font size="1">Every person you have ever met has judged you, feel free to do the same.<br />
Growing older means nothing when it comes to maturity, acting your age is non-existent.<br />
Giving a smile is one of the greatest medications</font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="1">Not doing anything will not fix ANY problem<br />
Oranges are like people, bruised or perfect, the insides a mystery</font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="1">Rotten people=everyone, the question is which is more rotten?<br />
A gift given is merely a sign that you notice that person</font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font size="1">Man has been making mistakes for millions of years, get used to it<br />
Odd jobs pay the greatest<br />
Ontario Canada has free healthcare&#8230;&#8230;wanna race to see who gets there first?<br />
Save money.  you don&#8217;t need an ipod that plays music, video, brushes your teeth, and whacks you off<br />
Enjoy life. without it you would be dead <img src='http://www.lockergnome.com/funkidelicbill/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </font></font></p>
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		<title>The Real You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have learned a lot over the past year and a half. Some good, some bad, and some false.  One is that no matter how well you know someone, you really dont.  People live their lives on secrets and you can be by that person 24/7 and you don&#8217;t know what is going [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have learned a lot over the past year and a half. Some good, some bad, and some false.  One is that no matter how well you know someone, you really dont.  People live their lives on secrets and you can be by that person 24/7 and you don&#8217;t know what is going on in their head.  I now look at everyone as a Pandoras Box, do you really wanna take that chance?</p>
<p>Dos, You could be the nicest guy or gal on this round thing we call earth, yet you will still get judged down to your bare bones on  your looks, even by the ones closest too you.  Those close to us say it doesnt matter, but it really is one of the biggest motivators on the decisions that person makes with you.  Its sad but true.</p>
<p>3rd, Love is the greatest feeling in the world and the worst pain one has ever had to bear.  When someone says &#8220;I love you&#8221; ask them &#8220;are you sure?&#8221;.  I define love with 2 requirements.  Now mind you this is REAL love.  1st, you would give your life for that person.  Sounds corny I know, but as I see it, life is the most valuable thing we have, and to give that for someone else is the ultimate show of love.  2nd, EVERYTHING you do is for that person.  I&#8217;m not talking about being &#8220;whipped&#8221;, but more of making sure that person is going to be around for as long as possible.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had alot of time to think about stuff lately and its hard to put love into words.  Myself, I&#8217;m going to take dating slower than I did before.  I&#8217;m not saying im going to date to fall in love, just that if I feel myself falling in love again(feels impossible) I want to know, the other person is on the same level.  We all love, we just don&#8217;t all love equally.</p>
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		<title>Top 5 Tips for Converting your Grandma to Today’s Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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My name is Bill Ragan and welcome to my tips!
One of the biggest problems us geeks have is explaining those
“complicated gadgets” to folks who were not brought up in the
technology age.  Here are the top 5 tips on how to simply explain how
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work a gadget to an old fart.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>My name is Bill Ragan and welcome to my tips!<br />
One of the biggest problems us geeks have is explaining those<br />
“complicated gadgets” to folks who were not brought up in the<br />
technology age.  Here are the top 5 tips on how to simply explain how<br />
to<br />
work a gadget to an old fart.</p>
<p><strong> 1.    EXPLAIN WHAT THE GADGET DOES</strong><br />
This should be the first thing you do when instructing someone about a<br />
device.  For starters, this should spark interest from the person and<br />
may<br />
cause them to pay more attention during your explanation.  If they<br />
know,<br />
for instance, that they will be able to watch their favorite show or<br />
check<br />
their stocks on the internet, it gives them more incentive to learn.<br />
The<br />
older generation tends to not know what a lot of the newer gadgets<br />
are or<br />
what they do, so when you say “wireless router”, their head may<br />
explode.  Just explain this is the device that will allow you to watch<br />
their favorite show or check your stocks.  Maybe compare it to similar<br />
devices around the house like a digital cable box.  Before moving on,<br />
make<br />
sure the person knows the function of the device.</p>
<p><strong> 2.    ASSUME THIS PERSON HAS LIVED IN A CAVE FOR 20 YEARS</strong><br />
What I mean by this is, assume that the person is TOTALLY ignorant to<br />
what<br />
you are teaching them.  Make sure you explain EVERYTHING.  It really<br />
sucks<br />
when you have to make a trip back to grandma’s house AGAIN because<br />
you<br />
forgot to explain her screen is blank because her monitor is not on.<br />
On a<br />
side note, if they say they know, make sure they do.  Remember , old<br />
people<br />
get confused too.   If they say your treating them like a baby,<br />
politely<br />
say “Yes I am, because you grandma, are an infant to technology.”</p>
<p><strong> 3.    DO NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION THEY DON’T NEED TO KNOW!</strong><br />
For instance, if your grandma just got her first computer and she is<br />
just<br />
going to use it to look up recipes and email, there is NO NEED to<br />
explain<br />
about hard drives, processors, memory, etc.  All she needs to know is<br />
how<br />
to access the information and exit the information.  Trust me, I have<br />
ran<br />
into many problems trying to explain WAY  too many things at a time<br />
with<br />
people.  Their brains just can’t handle it.  So keep it simple.<br />
You will<br />
have plenty of time, (hopefully), to explain to your grandma the ins<br />
and<br />
outs of the PC which will probably come when your sent to fix her<br />
computer<br />
the first time.</p>
<p><strong> 4.    LET THEM DO IT THEMSELVES!</strong><br />
A lot of people are tactile learners and NEED to do something to<br />
learn it.<br />
So, after you have done all the explaining you can do, ask them to<br />
try it.<br />
Make sure they do everything right, as this is probably the way they<br />
will<br />
do it for the rest of their life(you think im lying…but im not).<br />
If they<br />
do something wrong, START OVER.  Do not go on from where they messed<br />
up.<br />
This will keep the order of the process correct in their head.</p>
<p><strong> 5.    WRITE THE INSTRUCTIONS DOWN!</strong><br />
This is great for older people who just seem to LOVE to read.  This<br />
should<br />
be a simple list of how to turn on, work, and turn off the device.<br />
Tell<br />
them to tape the instructions to the device such as the back of a<br />
monitor,<br />
bottom of a dvd player, etc.  This will save you many phone calls of<br />
complaining that the device won’t work.</p>
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