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		<title>OkCupid tells me I&#8217;m attractive?</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2010/06/16/okcupid-tells-me-im-attractive/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2010/06/16/okcupid-tells-me-im-attractive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps they have me mixed up with someone else?

We are very pleased to report that you are in the top half
of OkCupid&#8217;s most attractive users. The scales recently tipped
in your favor, and we thought you&#8217;d like to know.

How can we say this with confidence? We&#8217;ve tracked click-thrus on your photo
and analyzed other people&#8217;s reactions to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trystan Julliard Search (aka Cheryl Lynn Tate)</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2010/03/03/trystan-julliard-search-aka-cheryl-lynn-tate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2010/03/03/trystan-julliard-search-aka-cheryl-lynn-tate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It must be nearly 10 years since I last saw Trystan. It&#8217;s a real shame, because I liked her a lot. I&#8217;ve asked everyone I can think of, and no one knows what&#8217;s become of her. So, Trystan &#8211; are you out there? If so, then drop me a line.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>My fantasy Lord of the Rings cast</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/09/my-fantasy-lord-of-the-rings-cast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/09/my-fantasy-lord-of-the-rings-cast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It just struck me that Alan Rickman would have played Denethor much better than whoever it was in the Peter Jackson movie. That idea has opened the floodgates&#8230;

So without further ado


Frodo BagginsJohnny Depp
Samwise GamgeeChristopher Biggins
MerryEddie Izzard
PippinSimon Pegg
AragornClint Eastwood (c. 1980)
GandalfAlec Guinness
LegolasPaul Newman
GimliMeatloaf
BoromirMel Gibson

Bilbo BagginsChristopher Walken
Tom BombadilBill Bailey
ElrondTim Curry
GollumRichard O&#8217;Brien
GaladrielBrigitte Nielsen
King ThÃ©odenBrian Blessed
Grima WormtongueRowan Atkinson
Ã‰owynSigourney Weaver
SarumanChristopher [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Imbolc&#8217;s supposed to be the first day of Spring</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/02/imbolcs-supposed-to-be-the-first-day-of-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/02/imbolcs-supposed-to-be-the-first-day-of-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.firetree.net/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It certainly doesn&#8217;t look like Spring out there tonight. I was going to cycle to work tomorrow, not sure if I&#8217;ll make it now.


]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Latest News from the World of Cats</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/01/the-latest-news-from-the-world-of-cats/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2009/02/01/the-latest-news-from-the-world-of-cats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Miaow! Miaow! Mew mew mew. Miu miu. Mrrrrww rrrrwwwwrrrww&#8230;. Mrrrwww.

Miaow!

Rrrrrwww mmmm&#8230;. rrrrwwww mmmm&#8230; mmmrrrrwww&#8230;.

Proot!


]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s boycott UK ISP censors.</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/12/07/lets-boycott-uk-isp-censors/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/12/07/lets-boycott-uk-isp-censors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sign the pledge: I will move to an ISP that does not censor my Internet access but only if 1,000 other people in the UK will do the same.



The following UK Internet Service Providers are censoring their users&#8217; web-access:


Opal Telecommunications
Virgin Media
Be Unlimited/O2/Telefonica
Demon Internet
Easynet/UK Online/Sky
Plusnet
Eclipse Internet / Kingston Communications


On 5 December 2008, it was noticed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pointless airport security.</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/09/09/pointless-airport-security/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/09/09/pointless-airport-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, the ludicrous plot to blow up aeroplanes with bottles of shampoo turns out to be nothing but a paranoid fantasy. Naturally, the hysterical extra security measures brought in as a response to the &#8220;threat&#8221; will remain in place indefinitely.

Is this an evil plot to further restrict our freedoms, or just stupidity? Or (as my [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Identity Theft</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/05/01/identity-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/05/01/identity-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we hear the BBC has discovered that Facebook apps allow your &#8220;personal details&#8221; to be &#8220;stolen&#8221;!!!!11 In reality, it&#8217;s always been obvious that Facebook apps can see your whole profile, and anyone can write a Facebook app. Yes, two plus two really does make four.

The real problem is not identity theft, but corporate laziness. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Person Under a Train</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/03/13/person-under-a-train/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2008/03/13/person-under-a-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I went into Town today to register as an election observer for the Open Rights Group. On the way home, my tube train shuddered to an early halt in Oxford Circus station. Some poor person had fallen (or jumped?) under the train.



We were all trapped in the carriage for a few minutes, while anguished wails [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iraqi deaths survey was robust, says MOD</title>
		<link>http://blog.firetree.net/2007/03/26/iraqi-deaths-survey-was-robust-says-mod/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.firetree.net/2007/03/26/iraqi-deaths-survey-was-robust-says-mod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote about the Lancet study that estimated 654,965 Iraqis had died as a result of Tony Blair and George Bush&#8217;s invasion. At the time, the Prime Minister&#8217;s office attempted to rubbish the estimate, saying that it was nowhere near accurate. Now the BBC has discovered that the Ministry of Defence&#8217;s own chief [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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