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		<title>A right to believe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;People have the right to believe what they want.&#8221; I hear this all the time. It seems so unobjectionable, doesn&#8217;t it? You cannot after all force someone to believe something against their will, can you? But this is precisely why I do object. Firstly, one should not claim a right unless that right can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=271&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the spinal trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all but research suggests chiropractic therapy can be lethal * Simon Singh * The Guardian, * Saturday April 19 2008 This is Chiropractic Awareness Week. So let&#8217;s be aware. How about some awareness that may prevent harm and help you make truly informed choices? First, you might be surprised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=261&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for a sexy little atheist, who smokes weed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But I&#8217;m experiencing a surprising amount of difficulty finding her&#8230; If you match the above description, please reply below. Even if you&#8217;re not interested in a relationship, I&#8217;d still like some confirmation that such girls at least exist. Thanks<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=253&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chill OUT Blogroll</title>
		<link>http://scifiwriter.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/chill-out-blogroll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined the OUT campaign blogroll: http://outcampaign.org/ On the site they have banners which play with the word OUT in various ways: Come OUT, Reach OUT, Speak OUT, Keep OUT and Stand OUT. There is a link to Richard Dawkins&#8217; Introduction to The Out Campaign in which he also suggests: Chill OUT (exhort others to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=184&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why be good?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked this question by theists and I must admit that the first time I was somewhat taken aback by it. All I could respond with immediately was, &#8220;Well, I want to be good.&#8221; It seems strange to me that anyone would want to be anything else. We all obviously know what good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=197&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thumb Bender</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The child sat on the warm bricks eating his lunch, leaning against a rough brick wall and watching the other children playing on the grass. He joined in occasionally but preferred imaginary games to the more physical sort of tag they were playing now. He liked marbles, but they weren&#8217;t fashionable at the moment so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=187&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Businessmen: Grown Up Bullies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately, I have never tolerated bullying behaviour from anyone, but I have noticed that many people do. It also appears that aggressive behaviour in general is considered an effective and justifiable means to an end, and this I have often found baffling. Working as an IT technician, I have to deal with businessmen who are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=170&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Netbook Bliss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of my life I have been searching for meaning. I have experimented with both religion and drugs, seeking some state of mind that does not include the sense of deep existential angst with which I have always felt burdened. If the last few days are anything to go by though, all I really wanted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=152&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts About Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided not to include a sex scene in my current story but instead to discuss a few of my thoughts about sex. I have though about, if not actually been actively involved in, sex for almost as far back as I can remember. I remember asking my parents, &#8220;Where do babies come from?&#8221; when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=120&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More About The Author</title>
		<link>http://scifiwriter.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/more-about-the-author/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I decided, since my latest story (a really cool one about enhanced mental states and possibly with a sex scene) is taking a bit longer than usual, I&#8217;ll do the whole blogging thing and tell you a bit more about my favourite topic &#8211; ME. I live in sunny South Africa. I&#8217;m 27 years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scifiwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4323078&amp;post=115&amp;subd=scifiwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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