<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309018700016468908</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:07:59.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nobody's Disciple</title><subtitle type='html'>One mans quests for the meaning of life.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7309018700016468908/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gonzo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='16' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uv8KhVTQVmw/SwZEL97iewI/AAAAAAAAACE/qaiCrEXLG2M/S220/gonz.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309018700016468908.post-8493011072489178594</id><published>2008-08-27T12:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T13:03:32.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Am Nobody</title><content type='html'>My blood is mixed. My father and mother have hated one another &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;since&lt;/span&gt; before the day I was born. The sexual encounter which spawned me was the last they ever had. Such bad luck for them, and for me as well. They have scarcely spoken to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;each other&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;since&lt;/span&gt; the time I first learned to speak. I saw each of my parents only &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;separately&lt;/span&gt;, and each one sought to turn me against the other. There has never been unity in my life, not ever. When I was five, fate decided that I should die, but science and myself &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;colluded&lt;/span&gt; to make it otherwise. All this pain left me with two things, intense fear and sadness, and an intense feeling of compassion for other beings which feel pain. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Since&lt;/span&gt; that time I have tried to educate myself, I have tried to see things as they really are and was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;emboldened&lt;/span&gt; by this thing called reason.  I told my family of what I had learned, buy they did not understand, and the stories of my adventures angered them. They called me a liar, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;exaybachay&lt;/span&gt;, he who talks loud, saying nothing. They &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;ridiculed&lt;/span&gt; me, my own family, and I was left to wander the earth alone. I am Nobody.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7309018700016468908-8493011072489178594?l=nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/feeds/8493011072489178594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7309018700016468908&amp;postID=8493011072489178594' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7309018700016468908/posts/default/8493011072489178594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7309018700016468908/posts/default/8493011072489178594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-blood-is-mixed.html' title='I Am Nobody'/><author><name>Gonzo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='16' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uv8KhVTQVmw/SwZEL97iewI/AAAAAAAAACE/qaiCrEXLG2M/S220/gonz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309018700016468908.post-9118114293680318582</id><published>2008-08-25T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T12:45:56.102-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You Cannot Stop the Clounds by the Building of a Ship</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Hello? Is there anybody out there? I've heard about this blogging thing, a place where I can write a log of my thoughts and ideas for all to see, but what I can't figure out is: Why would anyone care what I think? If I am lucky enough to express an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;opinion&lt;/span&gt; which you already hold, you may agree with me. If my opinion is different, then what is there to hook your interest? Who, after all, do I think I am? Do I have money? Power? No, I have nothing. No job. No &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;credentials&lt;/span&gt;. Nothing. I am Nobody.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7309018700016468908-9118114293680318582?l=nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/feeds/9118114293680318582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7309018700016468908&amp;postID=9118114293680318582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7309018700016468908/posts/default/9118114293680318582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7309018700016468908/posts/default/9118114293680318582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nobodysdisciple.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-cannot-stop-clounds-by-building-of.html' title='You Cannot Stop the Clounds by the Building of a Ship'/><author><name>Gonzo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='16' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uv8KhVTQVmw/SwZEL97iewI/AAAAAAAAACE/qaiCrEXLG2M/S220/gonz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
