tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145747762011-12-14T20:40:04.895-06:00Online essays written by paintball author Rob "Tyger" Rubin. All works ©Panther Free Press, all rights reserved. The views expressed in this blog are those of Tyger, standard disclaimers apply. It's pathetic I have to say this, but for the many people who don't understand subtle or dark comedy, this blog is filled with satire, sarcasm, and general poking of fun at the universe. Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out of it alive.Rob "Tyger" Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084028574014432576noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14574776.post-55341400308114119512008-08-24T16:29:00.000-05:002008-08-24T16:32:21.894-05:00

Just to see if anyone's paying attention.

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Short, sweet, to the point.SPLAT Magazine has offered me a blogspace over on their site, so I'm taking it. Things that are more controversial, they'll still be HERE. But most of the stuff, the stuff that you can show your grandma without getting your inheritance early, will be there.http://www.splatmagazine.com/tygers-den-blog/Will probably update weekly, roughly.

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I was going through my youtube comments today. What a lot of people may or may not know is that when you post a video, and someone comments, youtube sends you e-mail. Well I've been hella-buzy for the last few days, so I haven't had to check until now. And on the video for FPS 5, someone left this lovely comment.chaimy49erwow ur a fucking jew whos gives a shit if someone says ur coming up

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I'm going to chalk this up to a generation gap.I was going through the vids I maintain over on myspace, and found that in my several weeks absence someone actually found a video on there and commented. The video was FPS 5, the one that's still controversial several years after it was released. The commentary was, well, rather rude." hahaha congrats faggetu got blown away on a runthroughby danny

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I posted this a long time ago over on the SO Forums. I refound it while looking for something else, and I wanted to put it somewhere I wouldn't lose it again. So, it goes here. It's a quick look at the differences between "old school" paintball, and the "new skool" players. Pack a sense of humor, and enjoy.Old school : Patches. Everyone had patches on their BDU jacket from events and places

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Since this is all over the place, I post it here. These are all e-bay sales, 5 days. I'm in a pinch again, not having health insurance sucks sometimes. So, I'm selling gear to offset what I owe doctors.Vector M-1 Military milsim paintgun Blowback semi, CO2 compatable, great starter's gun.Unique sporting goods 6x1 harness, WITH podsGoggle Skinz (new) & yellow JT old school strap (used)Indian

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A few months ago, I posted a request for people's opinions of traveling gear bags. I settled on the Redz "Tranzport Seriez Large Gear Bag" for several reasons. Lockable zippers, wheels, ease of travel, and something that didn't scream "I HAVE PAINTBALL GUNS STEAL ME!"5 months after purchase, I have a final verdict on this product. Total junk.The inside of the main compartment is spacious, yes. It

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In the last few times I've played, I've seen a lot of new players at the fields. And on one hand, that's cool. On the other, it's more than a little annoying. A lot of opportunity is lost because I am forced to hesitate and check if the guy opposite of me is wearing his goggles before I pull the trigger. Don't laugh. I've already saved 4 people from going blind this year by having basic

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this post is mirrored from one I made on the Special Ops Paintball forum. The question was asked if red paint was considered ok. A lot of replies were, for lack of a better term, laissez-faire. "I don't care" Or that it made the game more "realistic" and was cool. This is my public response.*turns on "Dead Kennedys" CD*You know what? I've argued against this, I've written an article that

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I went to a "Family Fun Center" last night to play. In reality, I wasn't expecting anyone to be there. But, it was a shot in the dark that got me away from the computer so it can't all be bad. I got there, and predictably nobody was there. That's ok, I ended up walking the field and talking with the refs.But just listening to the refs and what they were saying was an eye opener. "Oh, yeah,

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I first heard the phrase used by Maggie Estep way back when on MTV's "Spoken Word" episode of unplugged. Her spoken-word piece was not only biting and satirical, but also bloody well hilarious. And it ended with her saying "I don't have anything against men, just stupid men." I've modified that a little, and so has a lot of the western world. "I don't hate people. Just stupid people."

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I've been sitting on this since April. But I think this needs to be said. And I may as well take the hit, heaven knows I've been smacked by everyone else in this industry for talking about the 900 pound elephants they would rather ignore. So hell with it, I'll take the potshots.I really hate to even have to say this kind of thing, but nobody else has. Scenario paintball has become the new "

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Many of you may be aware of "Operation Paintball Island". You may not know it by name, but you know it as that "Million dollar woodsball event". A lot of people are hyped about going to this, but it reminded me of an event that was hyped with a $1Mil prize over 5 years ago called "Da Big Rubout". That was a scam, and after running the logistics, the numbers, and the terms of this event, I believe

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Warning, bad words ahead. If you're sensitive to them, don't read them.I'm using this blog as a general announcement about the "annual April Fools" joke. And I'm going to put this as simply as I can.There isn't going to be one from me this year.Now a lot of you are expecting this to be a setup, or expecting me to come out with something big for it, or possibly even do some setups in the coming

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A long time ago I released the "speedball stereotypes" piece on the blog. And ever since then it's been something people read and flame the hell out of me for. "You're bashing speedballers!" No, I'm just pointing out what you look like and poking fun at you. But one thing I've noticed about paintball, and any "youth sport" for that matter, nobody has a sense of humor.Oh they have one, just

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Played indoor last night, had a grand 'ol time. But on the way home I had a thought. I'd go play with a coup stick if I thought the fields would let me.Let me explain. The "Coup Stick" (pronounced "coo", BTW) is a straight stick, usually painted and ornamented. It's not very heavy, and it'd probably break if you tried to use it as a real self-defense weapon. The Souix tribe (and many other

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If you've ever seen my videos, you know that I'm a fairly basic kind of player. I have a paintgun, it works, I'm happy. I don't tinker with a perfectly fine working paintgun, I see no reason to. It's working the way I want it to work, why should I throw more random crap in there?But you know what gets me? Players who think they're qualified airsmiths telling me what I need to do to my

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Just an observation.I was playing a game on my PS2 recently, and an old memory was jogged in my brain. See, it's one of those "adventure" games where your character builds up as the game progresses. The moves you have don't really change, but you can stock up on more powerful weapons as the game progresses. You can't beat the bad guy at the end unless you buy "more powerful" weapons than you

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Gotta pay for my show somehow...Size 40 Motocross PantsPearl Jam T-shirtYear of the Dragon T-shirtCopies of the Complete Guide to PaintballAnd as always, there's the WDR store. I really need to add stuff to it. All proceeds go to keeping WDR going. Gotta get some film down next week, after all....

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A part of me thinks I'm being hoaxed here, but for the moment I'm going to take this post as really coming from a CPX rep. You may remember a while ago I found that Challenge Park now has a "no camera" policy at their field and wrote about it, and other CPX stuff. Well, someone posted this in my blogspace:CPX Representative said... Dear Mr. Rubin,We are sorry that in the past you have had a

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I originally posted this over on the Spec Ops forum. Someone asked about speedball and why people hate it. It's not a matter of hating it as much as I know going into it what's going to happen. I said it before, speedball is predictable. But instead of the field, let's talk about the people you meet.When I go play, about 60% of the people there are pretty cool. They're just playing 'ball, and

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This would be humorous if it weren't sort of pathetic.Those of you who watch the FPS series know about the CPX stuff I've filmed. If not, it's on google video AND youtube. There are three videos out there that I filmed at CPX. One from the Oregon Scientific camera, one from my good cam, and one of the sign out in the front of the premises.It's this sign footage that I think really made them

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I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I'm really loathing airball. Seriously, I'm really, honestly, hating it. It takes a lot for me to actively hate something. But you know what? I'm tired of the airball thing.Ok, some back history. I remember when speedball was this new idea. I can show you pictures from Paintball Sports from 1990 and '91 of guys in woodland camo with Piranha Long

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This was originally written in April of 2005 for a magazine piece. It was not published, and I got permission to repost it in the blogspace.I'm writing this in a state of being torqued off. In fact, it's a state of being VERY torqued off. I went to go play this weekend, and if I may say so myself I was doing a VERY good job at maintaining the illusion that I know what I'm doing in a paintball

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Well, I know that D-Day is this weekend, but I'm in a bind and I need to raise money fast. SO, I'm selling some of the old school stuff I've had in storage. 3 day auctions, because I really need to turn this around VERY quickly. All the gear is "ready to play" right now, and I'd use it myself if that gives an indication of quality. But, here they are.EXC-68, working condition but used /

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Playing for "respect". This was a phrase I heard a lot when I watched the ESPN games from the NPPL this year. "We're playing for respect." When you say that to me, or you say that about paintball and your game, you're telling me a lot more about you than you might think. Please, allow me the pleasure to explain it to you.In the context of the ESPN games, the last few rounds didn't mean

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ESPN is airing the NPPL "tournament" right now. And the more I watch it, the more it dawns on me. Painball STILL sucks as a TV format sport.Ok, all the kiddies over at PB Nation will scream and bitch, but you know what? If I didn't play paintball I wouldn't have a clue what was going on. Seriously. You know what I hear? A lot of screaming, a lot of yelling at other players "GET OUT GET OUT

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It seems the "topic of the month", wiping and cheating. Since we've all seen the ESPN video of the guy getting a 3-for-1 after wiping a hit off his hand, and then later another player made the motion but thought better of it, it's the hot-button of the week. So, fine, I'll comment.The problem we're all having with this topic is equating it with another sport. The advocators of wiping and

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For release on 4-1-06---It's been a hellatious last 9 months to get this together, headaches and trials aside, but I think it's WELL worth it.As of April 1, 2006, "Tyger's Den Paintball Field" is open for buisness! http://www.tyger.us/tygersdenfield/ is the temporary field web page (we hit a snag on our preferred domain name, we'll have it fixed by Monday. I hope) that I threw together real

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I posted this over at Special Ops, but I have a blog and I'm not afraid to abuse it. So, I post it here too. It's a direct response to the PSP announcement, as seen in the last blog post.My theory for this is simple. The banning of teams and players is a knee-jerk reaction to what happened. I also believe that it's a reaction that happened because it hit PSP in the wallet, and for no other

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I want to get some time to think about this before I comment. Short term commentary. I admire that they put this on the front page news of thier site. It's good they're finally putting it out there and saying "Yes, we have problems, we're fixing them."What's described not only does not surprise me, but it doesn't even phase me. Paintball thinks it's an xtreme sport, but the players don't know

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You found the blog, probably through either word of mouth or you read the headline and came here looking to be pissed off. But I want to put this out there and, hopefully, get people to think. But, more often than not, people make a lot of noise to hear themselves talk.We're talking about minors in paintball this time. I like playing paintball with the younger generation. When they're open to

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I haven't pissed anyone off for a while. Let's change that. I typed this up as a response to someone else in another forum, but I figured I'd share. Nice guy me.I want to make this clear. My goals are not to kill tournament paintball. As long as one person says "I'm better than you" there will be tournament paintball. No, my goal is to see paintball do what it's promised since 1991.Biting the

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Once again, I don't even need to add commentary. But I will say this. I may have to stop playing paintball with anyone under the age of 18. Assault and battery against a minor is not what I'd call a pleasant thing to contemplate. Possibly bring a legal paper with me and demand my opponents sign it.It's a matter of time, folks. It's only a matter of time. And when a cop arrests someone at a

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Sometimes, you don't need to add commentary.Here's a thread from PGI's website, and a thread on PB Nation as well. and the basics of the incident.Oakland Assassins (Bob Long's team) Vs. Doc's Raiders.The Raiders and Assassins went at it and this match will be the talk of the tournament for those that witnessed this match up. Assassins Chris Lasoya swears up and down that he shot a Raider and when

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If you don't keep up with the Olympics, I'll recap the topic. Downhill skier Bode Miller was disqualified on his "combined" run for straddling a gate in the slalom. He's an athlete in a precision sport. That happens.But all I've heard today from sports analysts is how much Bode choked. "He's not living up to his own hype." And "He's talking big but he can't perform." And all sorts of other nasty

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some images are linked to with hyperlinks, others are posted below. Enjoy!And as an edit add, hello to everyone from the Ted Nugent Forums. Hopefully, you'll find this entertaining.So what happens when you find something packed away in an old box of paintball gear? You eat it. Well, only if it's an MRE.If you don't know what I'm talking about, MREs are military "Meals Ready to Eat". Well,

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This is in response to another blog entry, which you can find here. The short version of the story is that a US soldier recovering from wounds sustained in the conflict in Iraq recieved a Christmas card that read :Dear Soldier, have a great time in the war. And have a great time dying. From, Miguel Gallier P.S. DIE I wrote this in response on the LAPCO forums, but felt it was blogworthy, because

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This weekend I'll be going up to Factory PB for some indoor action. Pump guns only, should make good footage. I went to the website to find directions, and I found this :Tuesday, November 29th, 2005!Top Gun Tournament at Factory Painball Arena 6 p.m.$50, Plus PaintLimited to first 16 paind RegistrantsRegistration untill 6 p.m.One on One play Best of Seven / Single EliminationWinner gets

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This post has offensive language. Deal.I've said it before, but beginning this piece by saying it again will definitely set the stage here. Paintball, as a "sport", is a joke. With that as the working premise, we continue. So why is paintball a joke? Well, this week we'll talk about the clothing issues.Tournament players are long known for their cheating ways. It used to be they at least

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A while ago I posted about "Intelligent Design", because it was a funny piece of writing. Apparently, it's a bigger deal than I thought. I found this bit of news on MSNBC. What's funny is that of all the arguments I've had on a PAINTBALL forum about this, I'm once again proven right. And after this post, we will return to our regularly scheduled paintball posts.AP : Nov. 3, 2005 VATICAN

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I'm willing to understand that this is all hearsay and rumor. But... ya know... This is the kind of crap that I was talking about MONTHS ago when I said someone's gonna get killed in this game.If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a few links.http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185962http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1251186&page=1&pp=21The "short" version of the

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This isn't meant to be the "usual fare" of this blog, but it was so brilliantly written that I want to share it. I didn't write this, it appears to come from "The Abstract Factory", a somewhat annonymous grad student, who everyone is crediting for this piece. It's actually a very brilliant piece of writing. Let the flame war commence.-TygerIntelligent design explained...Moderator: We're here

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One of my private passions is snowboarding. I didn't go last year, but I think that has a little something to do with major surgery just before the season started. But that didn't stop me from going to the Warren Miller film last fall.I just got back from this year's offering from WME, "Higher Ground". All in all, not bad. I hoped for more, but it was a few hours filled with pow, face shots, and

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(Been a while, sorry, been an "Interesting" month... But let's get on with the job of torquing people off, shall we? Good.)The paintball industry must think we're stupid. No, actually, they probably know we are. Look folks, paintball isn't cheap. Fine, I'll even accept that some things are going to be more expensive than others. But, ya know, the more I look at what people will spend money on,

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Paintball, as a whole, has a tendency to reinvent the wheel every 5 years or so. This isn't surprising, as paintball's turnover rate basically consists of 85% or more of the game leaving every 3-5 year period. So with each new crop of players, they all think they have the answers. The real problem is that it's simply history repeating itself.Like what? Well let's talk about the latest craze of "

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Open letter to all :It's come to my attention that my name is being used on some forums to slam, slander, and generally deface other people. Let me reassure you that I'm not doing this.Specifically, on the webdog.tk guestbook :Name: tygerEmail:Date: Fri Sep 1620:04:54 GMT-12:00 2005man guys stop trying to be me like im going to haveit up for you guys and that kid sucks balls at tip clipsLet me

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Would 'yall be interested in a DVD that covered paintball in a way you haven't seen? I'm talking about the paintball lifestyle? A bit of stuff about fields, a bit about playing, a bit about games and events, in a video version of a magazine? Not an over-slicked and polished "TV Friendly" version of the game brought to you by media moguls, the "Ground Perspective" of the game. If not that, then

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Sorry guys. But, let me give you a taste of what spammers do :6:59 pmGo 4 yr Neighbours wife; Get Laid ...Premium properties in India. Own it now Friend in Need by Abraham Sukumar Meet Old Pals.stramento esercitaz is the owner of ABC exercisekegel exercise which is a premier resource for kegel exercise information.for more information, go to (their webwsite)Well gee thanks. I have such a need for

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This was forwarded to me, and I'm trying to help get the word out. If you have any of these bottles, or you see other people with it, make sure that the right steps are taken.PRESS RELEASEIGNITION Air Systems – Product Recall Notice8-25-05: ARCHON Paintball Inc. announced today an immediate product recall of all IGNITION Air Systems with DOT-E 12695 certification.IGNITION Air Systems were

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I know that someone will accuse me of picking on a specific group here, but it's not just them. This is something I've seen in a lot of places, but last night I wanted to test it.Last night I started a thread over on Spec Ops asking people what their long term paintball goals were. In a way I understand it's a loaded question. I'm asking individuals what they want to do in a sport or hobby they

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This one's for me.I've been reading a lot on the forums about my supposed "Retirement". Amazing. A lot of people will come out of the woodwork and take their final potshots at you when they think you aren't reading them. And they use grudges that they refuse to let go, outright lies they made up or took out of context deliberately, or just their own hatred for me because I managed to do what they

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I am currently selling the following items on e-bay :The "Hope Nelspot" paintball gunJT HarnessSpec Ops harnessLiquidating some of my paintball stock, starting with the smaller stuff.

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Did anyone actually read what I wrote? I mean really?I'm going to say not, as everyone is now saying that I've retired from paintball. Obviously, you didn't read what I wrote. Granted, it's a long piece so I'm willing to understand that people only glean what they want out of it. I shouldn't expect any different really, nobody seems to read anything I write anyway and they never have. They go off

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Adult language follows. Consider yourself warned.As of this moment, the Web Dog main page reads as follows:"It's been real.So long, and thanks for all the Phish."Yes, it's a reference to the popular jam band "Phish", but more importantly, I'm done. After playing today, and comparing it to the past few events I've been to, I've come to the conclusion that the game being presented as "paintball" is

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I played a little this weekend, thankfully. If you've ever survived a Midwest scorching summer, you know what kind of hell it is to play around here. You folks down south may deal with heat, but there's something about the Midwest that makes it worse. Personally, I think it's because there's nothing else for the weather to do here other than make tornadoes and the like, so it tortures us with

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There's been a lot of talk on the Spec Ops forums about "airsoft". I know, you're rolling your eyes already, but hear me out. Besides, you're here anyway so you may as well be entertained for your dollar. Oh, wait, free blog. Someday I'll stop giving it away.Anyhow, let's take a look at airsoft. Airsoft, for those of you who don't know, is a game which is played in a similar way to paintball. The

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I'm updating this more than I thought I ever would, but A few things happened lately to encourage me to do so. Like a field I went to tonight. Field review is up on my web page via this link, but here's the long version of the story.Anyone familiar with NASCAR knows what the "RED" flag means. It means stop immediately. Dangerous track conditions. BAD THING AHEAD! Every once in a while, I get that

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Caution : Bad words and harsh language follows. If you're offended by these things, don't read this. Thank you.I want to take some quality time to talk about the phenomena of "Booth Babes". I want to say this right away, that I'm as much a fan of the female body as the next guy. Women just LOOK better in BDU's, dammit! But that does not mean that a woman in a bikini will convince me that "Brand A

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Well no time like the present to get started then. Besides, this is something I've had on my mind a while. In the future I'll actually have better writing, but this is on my mind now and there's no real better place for it than here.Having set this blog up I also set up the WDR blog as well. I wanted to make sure the "feed" system was working out for me, so I checked it over on Yahoo. Being

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I believe that cynicisim is not something you're born into. It's something you turn into.From Brainy Dictionary :"One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment,

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