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		<title>Movie Review: Ratatouille</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am dog-sitting T-bone, so I stayed home and watched Ratatouille last night. I enjoyed it, and the graphics were really amazing, but thought it fell short of Finding Nemo and the Incredibles. In comparison with &#8220;normal&#8221; movies, however, its story came out near the top.
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/movie-review-ratatouille/</link>
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		<title>Why do people park in front of garages?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where I live (in San Francisco), there&#8217;s a definite shortage of parking. If people intend to just stop for a minute (to carry something up to their apartment, or to get a friend, or whatever), they will generally double-park, leaving their car out in the street, or pull into a driveway. The first option is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/why-do-people-park-in-front-of-garages/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m closing comments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of ten minutes ago, I officially closed comments on all entries and deleted all the comments in my moderation queue.
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/closing-comments/</link>
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		<title>What does it mean to be a Conservative?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I consider myself a Conservative. But I don&#8217;t identify with the Republican party at all. This confuses people - how can I claim to be a conservative and not like George W. Bush?
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-conservative/</link>
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		<title>How to work out efficiently.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about the two things you can do to get and stay in shape. (Staying active and eating well, for those of you dozing in class.) In this post, I&#8217;m going to write about the four parts to training efficiently and effectively.
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/how-to-work-out-efficiently/</link>
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		<title>Why religious arguments against legalizing gay marriage are idiotic.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m for gay marriage. I&#8217;m not gay, so I&#8217;m not personally affected (hey, might as well be honest that we&#8217;re mostly motivated by things that personally affect us), but I support it on philosophical grounds and on evidence that it strengthens communities. That said, I can understand some of the arguments against it. Except for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/why-religious-arguments-against-legalizing-gay-marriage-are-idiotic/</link>
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		<title>How to maintain a high Adwords Quality Score</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google uses a metric called &#8220;Quality Score&#8221; to determine ad placement and price for individual keywords within an Ad Group.
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/how-to-maintain-a-high-adwords-quality-score/</link>
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		<title>Protected: How to Develop a Corporate Mission Statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/how-to-develop-a-corporate-mission-statement/</link>
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		<title>Smart programming results in &#8220;dumb&#8221; programs.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of Loud Dog&#8217;s guiding principles are a focus on developing long-term strategic relationships with our clients and a focus on design and technology as business solutions. How is this reflected in our coding practices?
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/smart-programming-results-in-dumb-programs/</link>
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		<title>Here we come, Tanzania (updated gear list)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



I&#8217;m leaving for Africa in 22 days! A while back, I wrote a list of what I planned to bring (and what I recommended for others to bring). Now that the time here, this is my list of what I&#8217;m actually going to bring.
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		<link>http://www.orum.com/entries/here-we-come-tanzania-more-gear/</link>
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