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	<title>Giant Fibreglass Pigs, And Other Symptoms Of The Modern Era</title>
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		<title>Agent Policey McDoctorface, Attorney at Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exciting new television series that ticks all the boxes.
The pilot episode is set in a Prison, in which Policey McDoctorface is serving out a sentence. He&#8217;s made mistakes in his past, but he&#8217;s essentially good at heart and just wants to do what&#8217;s right by the people around him. The episode focuses on his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pensivescholar.wordpress.com&blog=4008906&post=99&subd=pensivescholar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em>An exciting new television series that ticks all the boxes.</em></p>
<p>The pilot episode is set in a Prison, in which Policey McDoctorface is serving out a sentence. He&#8217;s made mistakes in his past, but he&#8217;s essentially good at heart and just wants to do what&#8217;s right by the people around him. The episode focuses on his attempts to play matchmaker for his fellow inmates, whilst putting together a solid case for his upcoming parole hearing. He finds a solution for a sticky love triangle between the Warden, a Guard and the leader of the Neo-Nazi inmate gang that satisfies all involved, and the episode ends with his parole hearing having a successful conclusion. His upbeat attitude to all the problems faced over the course of the episode endear the audience to him, ensuring a solid fanbase for the series.</p>
<p>The series itself then deals with Policey McDoctorface&#8217;s attempts to adhere to his parole responsibilities whilst faced with the temptations constantly assailing him from the former acquaintances who led him astray in his past. All the while, he is trying to resume his working life of criminal investigation at both Federal and Local Precinct level whilst practising Medicine and courtroom legal proceedings, and trying to straighten out his tangled, sometimes harrowing, lovelife.</p>
<p>A guaranteed smash hit that will appeal to a broad audience, with solid potential for <em>at least </em>seven to eight 26-episode seasons.</p>
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		<title>Short Tales Of Terror</title>
		<link>http://pensivescholar.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/short-tales-of-terror-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koschei the Deathless becomes uneasy when his phylactery is given away in the new product series from Kinder™ Surprise.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><span><strong></strong><span>Koschei the Deathless becomes uneasy when his phylactery is given away in the new product series from Kinder™ Surprise.<br />
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		<title>Short Tales Of Terror</title>
		<link>http://pensivescholar.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/short-tales-of-terror-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wizard completes the rites and incantations to become a lich, forgetting he still has 4 months to go on his Fruit of the Month club subscription.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><span><span>A wizard completes the rites and incantations to become a lich, forgetting he still has 4 months to go on his Fruit of the Month club subscription.<br />
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		<title>Short Tales Of Terror</title>
		<link>http://pensivescholar.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/short-tales-of-terror-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Jungle Explorer finds the Fountain Of Youth. 8 days later, Nuclear War destroys civilization. Turns out radiation poisoning kills young and old alike.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>A Jungle Explorer finds the Fountain Of Youth. 8 days later, Nuclear War destroys civilization. Turns out radiation poisoning kills young and old alike.</p>
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		<title>Short Tales Of Terror</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A witch living in the forest manages to lure 2 kids into her oven, but the ignition&#8217;s been sticking lately &#38; it&#8217;s just too costly to repair.
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		<title>Short Tales Of Terror</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vegan angers a Gypsy who turns his whole family into lentils &#38; he has no other food in the house. WHAT DOES HE DO??I mean, they&#8217;re lentils now. Is it still murder?

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><span><strong></strong><span>A vegan angers a Gypsy who turns his whole family into lentils &amp; he has no other food in the house. WHAT DOES HE DO??I mean, they&#8217;re lentils now. Is it still murder?<br />
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		<title>A Brief Account On The Motivation Of Ninjas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a street I walk down to get home from work each night.
It&#8217;s a quiet, leafy, residential street. There&#8217;s a school on that street, behind almost every door a large family of Orthodox Jews live their quiet, respectful, happy lives in a peaceful new land. It is a beautiful street.
But after sun-down, the shadows lengthen. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pensivescholar.wordpress.com&blog=4008906&post=90&subd=pensivescholar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>There&#8217;s a street I walk down to get home from work each night.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a quiet, leafy, residential street. There&#8217;s a school on that street, behind almost every door a large family of Orthodox Jews live their quiet, respectful, happy lives in a peaceful new land. It is a beautiful street.</p>
<p>But after sun-down, the shadows lengthen. The trees block the light from the woefully insufficient streetlamps. It is pitch dark. I don&#8217;t like walking down that street after dark. There are Ninjas there, hiding behind the rubbish bins and on the verandahs. I haven&#8217;t seen them (theyr&#8217;re ninjas), but I know they are there, watching me. It is only the aura of sheer Awesomeness that surrounds me, preventing them from detecting any opening, that stops them from striking. But one day, they will strike <em>anyway</em>, and that moment could come at any time! I always walk in fear, down that street.</p>
<p>But this got me thinking. <em>Why</em> am I a target for Ninjas? I&#8217;ve never done them wrong. I&#8217;ve never publicly defamed or slandered them, nor have I damaged or stolen any of their property. I wouldn&#8217;t! Yet I, like most any other man you know, live in perpetual fear of Ninja attack. Why do they hate us so much?</p>
<p>And then I realised. Its not Hatred they feel. Its Jealousy. Jealousy at what they have lost, yet the rest of us retain. Which is, simply, joy in the little things. We take pleasure in simple things that bear no relevance to our survival, like cake. Or tacos. The rigorous Ninjutsu training that Ninjas are subjected to erases that simple response to nice things.</p>
<p>You see, when a Ninja eats a taco, he feels no joy or appreciation for this fine Mexican cuisine &#8211; regardless of whether it is authentic restaurant-made or Old El Paso make-at-home kit. He feels no pleasure at the taste of salsa. He feels only Readiness, and an awareness of all threats in his surroundings. But then he looks around. He sees us, with chilli con carne dribbling down our chins, rapture in our eyes. And then he feels the Emptiness inside him. And that just hurts.</p>
<p>So that is why none of us are safe, friends. Enjoy each taco you eat. Enjoy it to its fullest extent.</p>
<p>It may well be the last taco you eat.</p>
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