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Parallel Worlds: Where is Jack Hunter?

Richard Dean Anderson At one time, recently, I thought I might be crazy. If you read the first article I wrote about Jack Hunter, you could certainly come to that conclusion. I'm not crazy, though, and I can tell you why. Within the last 20 plus days (After September 10th), I have experienced what I would call the strangest communications that I can imagine. The bad part about it is that I can't prove anything happened.

The Lucid Dream

The first lucid dream I mentioned was only the beginning of several related dreams, but they weren't lucid. There were images similar to the first and images of places I don't think I've ever been to.

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The KeywordLuv Format is Now Required on ALL Comments Containing Keywords

Comment spammers are getting very good at writing content that passes the filters. It's getting harder and harder to tell the comment spam from the legitimate comments.

Therefore, the time has come to draw the line.

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My Gilded Cage in the Philippines

sliding door Before I tell you what I'm referring to when I say "my gilded cage in the Philippines", I need to tell you exactly what "gild" and the phrases "gilded cage" and "gild the lily" mean. You can click on the picture to get a larger view. The frame still needs to be repainted.

According to what I read in a couple of dictionaries, "gild" means to decorate the outside of something, usually unnecessarily. The phrase "gild the lily" (referring to the flower, of course) means adding ornamentation to something that already looks nice. Finally, "gilded cage" means a cage that's decorated and the cage is not necessarily to keep something in, but to keep something out.

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About People: Kouji and his Haiku Poetry

he's getting older
wiser? don't know about that
maybe more wrinkled
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he didn't really have a full fledged 'about' page on his blog, so he thought he'd try to make up for it a bit by churning out that 'about' post. :)
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well, he's a guy. :) he still feels young, even if he's no longer that young anymore. and his knees sometimes feel a little creaky.

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Blog Review: Financial Marketing Blog

Financial Advisor Blog

The first of two blogs I'm reviewing for Bob Richards, this one contains daily posts for professionals involved in off-line sales and marketing.

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