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		<title>Weekdays Explored ~ Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Day of Saturn, Nastier Castrator. Taking a look at our weekdays, and the planets for which they stand. Not in every culture, but in a good many of them. Considering these are the 7 ancient planets (sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn), all of which are visible from earth with the naked eye [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2522&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reformulating Western Astrology (updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[13 Constellations on the ecliptic &#8211; why not 13 signs of the zodiac? Never one to leave well enough alone, I&#8217;ve been playing with the zodiac (moreso in terms of its more superficial qualities. Several thousands of years of development are not reformed overnight). First, we have the reintroduction of Ophiuchus, the 13th sign of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2542&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magnetic North</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News of the world from the magnetosphere. A couple of geomagnetic articles in the news of late. Just thought that aurora watchers might want to head out to the darker reaches to gawk at the celestial show. This particular sunspot cycle was relatively inactive at its start, but has since become increasingly active. There are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2489&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the life of the Arctic in the dreams of one of its travellers. Arctic Dreams &#8211; Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape (1986)  by Barry Lopez Chapters 2, 3 and 4 deal with particular species native to the Arctic, and although Lopez&#8217;s writing is excellent, his attitude sympathetic and humble, and his observations fascinating, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2491&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riffing on Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reforming Calendars, Culture and the Fundamentals. This is your brain on music Rhythm &#38; Time Light Health Rhythm There&#8217;s always a different way to look at the familiar. Such is the spirit in which play and experimentation overlap. Perceiving the commonplace with a new eye, a new ear, a new mind. This is the stuff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2484&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Chinese New Year &#8211; 新年快樂</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How Much Time Do You Spend in Front of a Computer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheAbysmal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far too much. Go play in the snow. That&#8217;s how it&#8217;s done. 334 Days to Dec 21st 2012 Filed under: 12~XIV, countdown<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2476&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Passing Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheAbysmal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Away from Keyboard 335 Days to Dec 21st 2012 Filed under: 12~XIV, countdown<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2473&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music of the Spheres</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheAbysmal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frequency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the big bang to DNA &#8211; music is the key. This is Your Brain on Music (book notes) Rhythm and Time I stumbled on this site that lists the various music notes associated with the frequencies (I&#8217;m guessing) of various scientific phenomena. Here are the ones I found a little more on the interesting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2449&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>theAbysmal Reform Calendar&#8217;s in Good Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheAbysmal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[13 Month Calendars &#8211; Reform and the Winter Solstice theAbysmal Calendar is certainly not the only 13 Month Calendar around. Neither is it the only one that aligns the intercalary day with the Northern Winter Solstice. Check out the work of these busy calendar reformers and see what you think. Dare we to consolidate the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=260799&amp;post=2406&amp;subd=theabysmal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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