<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Observationist</title><link>http://www.theobservationist.com</link><description>The Observationist.com Observing the World Around Us.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:53:25 -0400</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) The Observationist</copyright><ttl>1</ttl><item><title>Weekly Pulse: What do you think about this?  (girls kissing girls)</title><description>Girls kissing Girls what are your thoughts?</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=667</link><author>Troy Divis</author><category>Weekly Pulse</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=667</guid><pubDate>2008-08-19 10:53:25</pubDate></item><item><title>Bejing 2008</title><description>Have you been watching the Summer Olympics this year?  If so, what have been the highlights for you and if not, why not?</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=670</link><author>Jeremy Divis</author><category>Sports</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=670</guid><pubDate>2008-08-12 10:38:02</pubDate></item><item><title>Weekly Pulse: Brett Favre</title><description>The Brett Favre era in Green Bay officially came to a close.  Give me all your thoughts on this whole soap story? </description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=669</link><author>Chris Chaffin</author><category>Weekly Pulse</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=669</guid><pubDate>2008-08-11 10:40:56</pubDate></item><item><title>My Faith Journey</title><description>My walk of faith has only been 2 1/2 years.  However, knowing the person that I am now, it's hard to believe the person that I once was.</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=668</link><author>Chris Chaffin</author><category>Religion</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=668</guid><pubDate>2008-08-01 12:17:19</pubDate></item><item><title>Aliens: Do you believe?</title><description>Looking up you could see the vastness of stars.  Through out my life there was always a fascination about what was out there.  This fascination grew to a point where interest pointed me to do research on various topics.  Roswell, Shag Harbor, UFO's, USO's, Area 51, Aliens, middle earth and the list goes on.  
</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=665</link><author>Troy Divis</author><category>Technology</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=665</guid><pubDate>2008-07-25 23:49:01</pubDate></item><item><title>Weekly Pulse: Vice Presidents</title><description>This week's weekly pulse wants to know:  Who do you think our candidate's for Vice President will be?

 </description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=666</link><author>Chris Chaffin</author><category>Weekly Pulse</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=666</guid><pubDate>2008-07-24 08:13:57</pubDate></item><item><title>Links for July 18, 2008</title><description>Increased taxes, oil exploration (drilling), Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. and more.  What are your thoughts?</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=656</link><author>Jeremy Divis</author><category>Random Links</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=656</guid><pubDate>2008-07-18 06:27:38</pubDate></item><item><title>The Facts About Theories</title><description>This is a rather long article about facts, theories, and why you should never confuse one for the other.

It is the second in a multi-part series of articles I am writing for TODC concerning the origins of religion and scientific methods.  

Enjoy!</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=664</link><author>Alan Wortman</author><category>Soap Box</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=664</guid><pubDate>2008-07-16 11:26:14</pubDate></item><item><title>Closure 25 - Remember, Chuck</title><description>End of Book one, people.

During its trip from the dark and dread-filled shipping docks on the outskirts of the hump-backed and massive Franklin Mint factories in mainland China, this thing had been as dead and inert as any Princess Di collectible or die-cast sports car could ever be.</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=660</link><author>Joe Whited</author><category>Closure</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=660</guid><pubDate>2008-07-13 23:07:19</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Twain in the Public Domain</title><description>Google.com is a Rock'n website and corporation.  They provide all of us Internet users with digital copies of books in the Public Domain.  Let's talk about Mark Twain for a moment or two.</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=661</link><author>Jeremy Divis</author><category>Arts</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=661</guid><pubDate>2008-07-13 18:28:25</pubDate></item><item><title>Weekly Pulse: Wise-Tales</title><description>There are many, many wise-tales that get passed down from generation to generation.  I'm sure that I've heard of most of them, since my Grandmother is Queen of these, what I call hillbilly stories.  

Now, to educate all of us, please we go ahead and give us all of your wise-tales!</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=659</link><author>Chris Chaffin</author><category>Weekly Pulse</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=659</guid><pubDate>2008-07-09 09:31:18</pubDate></item><item><title>Annual Fourth of July Remembrance</title><description>On the 4th of July in 1776 America declared independence from our oppressive colonial masters. The surviving humans of the North American slave colony of New Jersey discovered, with the help of Ben Franklin and then time-traveling Theodore Roosevelt, the fatal weakness of our alien masters, the D'Aret Krang.
</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=658</link><author>Joe Whited</author><category>Humor</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=658</guid><pubDate>2008-07-04 12:00:46</pubDate></item><item><title>Closure 24 - Bad Banana</title><description>Closure is dark, comedic, Sci-Fi noir. At times it is slightly disturbing, but by no means a horror story. It is ALWAYS intended to be funny. Today's episode, &quot;Bad Bananas,&quot; in which we learn a thing or two...</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=654</link><author>Joe Whited</author><category>Closure</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=654</guid><pubDate>2008-06-25 23:40:26</pubDate></item><item><title>Liberals, Conservatives, and Social Unrest</title><description>This article is in response to &lt;a href=http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=653&amp;PHPSESSID=6e33910cac7728bb2b6fb0a90cdbd4de#comments target=”new”&gt;comment # 84 on this article&lt;/a&gt;.  I want to repost Dustin's comment and then respond to it.</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=657</link><author>Jeremy Divis</author><category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=657</guid><pubDate>2008-06-25 23:40:08</pubDate></item><item><title>You're Going To Hell For That!  OR  Why To Make Yourself A Religion.</title><description>I hope to make this the first in a series of articles concerning science and what I've learned about the origins of religion.  

I was asked a very interesting question regarding the notion of hell, and this is my response.</description><link>http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=655</link><author>Alan Wortman</author><category>Religion</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=655</guid><pubDate>2008-06-23 00:32:45</pubDate></item></channel></rss>