<?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-32923745</id><updated>2012-01-23T15:20:03.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Like a Rope Bridge Over Troubled Water</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-6520823472663389083</id><published>2010-12-13T18:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T18:14:00.524-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Roseless This December</title><summary type='text'>So far, I do not have roses in December.  Perhaps Darling David has been mingent this entire month.Yoohooooooooooooooo, Darling David...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/6520823472663389083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=6520823472663389083&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/6520823472663389083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/6520823472663389083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2010/12/roseless-this-december.html' title='Roseless This December'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-1986672146546052117</id><published>2010-11-27T13:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-27T13:27:21.849-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Mingent."  That is my lovely, adopted word from Save The Words.Mingent:  discharging urine.  Used in a sentence:  Darling David is currently mingent.  Please call back later.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/1986672146546052117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=1986672146546052117&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1986672146546052117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1986672146546052117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2010/11/mingent.html' title=''/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8839193688964415533</id><published>2010-10-02T21:16:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T21:34:00.929-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My brand new, factory-fresh husband brought me yellow Sweetheart roses today. He said he’d still bring me roses when we’re a wrinkled, old, vaguely cabbage’y-smelling couple. Happy Sigh.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8839193688964415533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8839193688964415533&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8839193688964415533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8839193688964415533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-brand-new-factory-fresh-husband.html' title=''/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-1548319783799439150</id><published>2009-08-08T08:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T10:29:01.729-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Utilitarian Ethics</title><summary type='text'>Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall utility: that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as summed among all persons. It is thus a form of consequentialism, meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome: put simply, the ends justify the means.As applied to medical decisions, a Utilitarian </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/1548319783799439150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=1548319783799439150&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1548319783799439150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1548319783799439150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/02/utilitarian-ethics.html' title='Utilitarian Ethics'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-1828536065898976161</id><published>2009-07-21T22:36:00.014-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T23:39:29.332-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>[To the tune of R*E*S*P*E*C*T]K*a*k*is*toc*racyFind out what it means to meK*a*k*is*toc*racyTake care, WTF</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/1828536065898976161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=1828536065898976161&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1828536065898976161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1828536065898976161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/07/to-tune-of-respect-kakistocracy-find.html' title=''/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-7727812366687509777</id><published>2009-05-09T19:45:00.021-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T14:06:22.683-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Red Riding Hood:  A Tale of Capitalists, Socialists and a Government Wolf</title><summary type='text'>Once upon a time there lived in the village of Section8, just outside the county of Berkeley,  a little country girl; everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.One day she decided to travel through the forest to the Big City to visit her secured bonds.As she was going through the wood, she met with a great, grey Government Wolf.   The Wolf asked Little Red Riding Hood where she was going. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/7727812366687509777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=7727812366687509777&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/7727812366687509777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/7727812366687509777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-red-riding-hood-tale-of.html' title='Little Red Riding Hood:  A Tale of Capitalists, Socialists and a Government Wolf'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8597730571929865698</id><published>2009-04-02T20:55:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T21:07:59.552-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Read A Good Book Lately?</title><summary type='text'>Not if Obama &amp; Co., UnLtd. have their way -- and McCain/Feingold made it all possible.The Obama Administration claimed that BCRA allows the federal government to ban a 600-page book if it mentions a candidate's name only once, a 90-minute movie if it mentions a candidate's name once, or even a toy action figure of a candidate. If the organization uses a single dime of its general funds to produce</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8597730571929865698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8597730571929865698&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8597730571929865698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8597730571929865698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/04/read-good-book-lately.html' title='Read A Good Book Lately?'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/SdVeo9JcdwI/AAAAAAAAADA/z2j4_yXnz8A/s72-c/congress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-4962569857566732804</id><published>2009-03-30T23:14:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T23:39:04.735-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Insanity</title><summary type='text'>It is vitally important to our President that women be able to kill their unborn children without any restrictions whatsoever, but no one should be able to consume the rutabagas they grow in their own backyard.Born alive infants - as a result of botched abortions - must be made to die alone of neglect (as legislated by State Sen. Obama and further supported by Presidential Candidate Obama), but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/4962569857566732804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=4962569857566732804&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/4962569857566732804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/4962569857566732804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/insanity.html' title='Insanity'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-1429860501149142514</id><published>2009-03-30T22:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T21:01:44.951-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Calluses On My Freckled Hands</title><summary type='text'>HR875 includes roadside fruit &amp; vegetable stands, the basil growing in your kitchen window, and the garden I FULLY INTEND TO PLANT this year:Basically, the Obama administration is going to put every single garden, from herb gardens in your apartment windowsill to farmers markets to big corporate farms, under government control. You have to track all of your crops and plantings, you have to comply</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/1429860501149142514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=1429860501149142514&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1429860501149142514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/1429860501149142514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/calluses-on-my-freckled-hands.html' title='The Calluses On My Freckled Hands'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-5730649494659158312</id><published>2009-03-23T21:42:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T14:11:00.186-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yet Another Anecdote From My Fascinating Life</title><summary type='text'>Many, many years ago I worked for two summers at the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio.Cedar Point (used to, anyway) recruit employees from colleges in states near Ohio - they rarely hired anyone actually in Ohio.  Why, you ask?  Well, because that way all of the hourly employees (of which I was one) could be classified as migrant workers.  You got no benefits, they had no liability if</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/5730649494659158312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=5730649494659158312&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/5730649494659158312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/5730649494659158312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/yet-another-anecdote-from-my.html' title='Yet Another Anecdote From My Fascinating Life'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-6648006011530368694</id><published>2009-03-16T23:06:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T21:03:31.418-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pay Your Taxes!</title><summary type='text'>How many of you are paying too much into withholding?You know what to do about that, right?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/6648006011530368694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=6648006011530368694&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/6648006011530368694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/6648006011530368694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/pay-your-taxes.html' title='Pay Your Taxes!'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8507898828598334306</id><published>2009-03-03T21:40:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T21:03:16.099-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Go John Galt, When You Can Go...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8507898828598334306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8507898828598334306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8507898828598334306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8507898828598334306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-go-john-galt-when-you-can-go.html' title='Why Go John Galt, When You Can Go...'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-7322741023689802541</id><published>2009-01-06T15:51:00.017-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T01:40:39.342-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Filling In the Blanks for the MSM</title><summary type='text'>As retrieved from ABC News Article: Chronology of Israel's Relationship With Gaza— June 1967: Israel captures the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip during six-day Mideast war. An Israeli census put the population at 380,000, at least half of whom were refugees from Israel. Today the population stands at about 1.5 million. The U.N. lists just over 1 million as refugees and their descendants.Preceded </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/7322741023689802541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=7322741023689802541&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/7322741023689802541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/7322741023689802541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/01/simple-fisking.html' title='Filling In the Blanks for the MSM'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8473837002978568727</id><published>2009-01-04T02:08:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T01:40:51.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspired by Mac - A Gentleman and a Scholar</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8473837002978568727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8473837002978568727&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8473837002978568727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8473837002978568727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2009/01/inspired-by-mac-gentleman-and-scholar.html' title='Inspired by &lt;a href=&quot;http://texasmachinist.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: red; text-decoration: underline&quot;&gt;Mac&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - A Gentleman and a Scholar'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-4872997585810770958</id><published>2008-12-31T22:35:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T01:41:19.109-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On Proportional Responses</title><summary type='text'>When I was 5 years old, there was a little boy about my age that would punch me in the nose.  He never said a word to me, I had no idea who he was.  He would just walk up, punch me in the nose and run off.I don't think it was a crush gone terribly wrong.The first time it happened, I told my dad.  My dad told me that I would have to handle it myself (with the hindsight of adulthood, I realize now </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/4872997585810770958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=4872997585810770958&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/4872997585810770958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/4872997585810770958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-proportional-responses.html' title='On Proportional Responses'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8028149059194963103</id><published>2008-03-19T15:10:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T21:02:15.337-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Matter for Discussion</title><summary type='text'>Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community. . . . Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8028149059194963103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8028149059194963103&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8028149059194963103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8028149059194963103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2008/03/matter-for-discussion.html' title='A Matter for Discussion'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32923745.post-8209277283220903603</id><published>2007-07-08T10:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T08:16:46.378-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Down Heah...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/feeds/8209277283220903603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32923745&amp;postID=8209277283220903603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8209277283220903603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32923745/posts/default/8209277283220903603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ropebridge.blogspot.com/2007/07/dsf.html' title='Down Heah...'/><author><name>BrendaK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529349891123597630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2UDy9qk8es/S7PqU3Jh3fI/AAAAAAAAADI/5m1icxX9bxE/S220/BrendaStarr2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
