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	<description>The personal web presence of David Hosier</description>
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		<title>Calendar date formats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a bit of international discrepancy regarding calendar date format, i.e. whether you write and say the date as "Month Day, Year" or "Day Month Year" or something different.&#160; As with many things, America is nearly alone in referring to dates as "Month Day, Year", which is not only confusing for people who don't use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/05/16/calendar-date-formats/</link>
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		<title>Wedding investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I get invited to a wedding, I try to convince myself to be content with the fact that I'm socially obligated to attend.&#160; I say, "Hey, at least there's free booze."&#160; And free booze there is, which is how I became acquainted with whiskey a few years ago.&#160; Stepping back from the situation, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/05/16/wedding-investment/</link>
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		<title>Compost magic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm kind of in awe of compost.&#160; Somehow, as if by magic, I'm able to pile a bunch of leaves, grass clippings, vegetable parts, rotten fruit, rabbit droppings, coffee grinds, and newspaper, and after a certain amount of time, I'm left with simple, healthy dirt.&#160; I understand the idea of decomposition, and I realize it's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/05/08/compost-magic/</link>
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		<title>Old age pains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I turned 30 recently, which means I'm no longer young.&#160; The opposite of young is old; hence I am now old.&#160; I was sitting at my desk on Monday morning, and kept noticing various parts of my body which were in pain.&#160; This isn't too uncommon; I occasionally work out and sometimes even do hard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/05/02/old-age-pains/</link>
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		<title>Frozen Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I'm sitting on my couch watching TV on a Friday night, I don't flip through channels, see a nature documentary, and think, "Ooh, this seems interesting and educational."&#160; But I accidentally caught a few seconds of Frozen Planet and got hooked.&#160; Well done, Discovery Channel and BBC.]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/05/01/frozen-planet/</link>
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		<title>Cold vs. cold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Similar to fat vs. fats, there's some confusion regarding the terminology of the common cold.&#160; A "cold" is a sickness caused by a virus.&#160; "Cold" is also an adjective describing temperature.&#160; The two are almost completely unrelated.&#160; It was originally believed that the cold virus was contracted through exposure to cold weather, but this has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/03/26/cold-vs-cold/</link>
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		<title>Airport pickup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I picked someone up from my local airport recently, and I was reminded again how stupid the curbside pickup process is.&#160; Once you follow the labyrinthine roadways with loops and signs and angry taxis, there's this peculiar rule that prevents you from waiting at the curb for more than, say, 7 milliseconds.&#160; This conflicts quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/03/21/airport-pickup/</link>
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		<title>Types of money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently refinanced my mortgage, and the final piece of the closing costs could only be paid with a bank check.&#160; All my checking and savings accounts are online, which has caused me approximately zero problems up until this point in my life.&#160; Bank checks can only come from brick-and-mortar banks, and you need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/03/14/types-of-money/</link>
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		<title>Dirty mouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ever want to feel bad about your personal hygiene, take apart and clean your computer mouse.&#160; It's horrifying.]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/03/06/dirty-mouse/</link>
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		<title>Personal taste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A short while ago, I was at a wine tasting at a vineyard in Italy, and the head honcho tried to explain in his Italian-accented English the importance of personal taste.&#160; He said something like, "My wine has won awards all over the world.&#160; It's widely regarded as a great wine by people who know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ddhr.org/2012/02/28/personal-taste/</link>
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