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		<title>A Health Care Analogy</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2010/03/23/a-health-care-analogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the best way to look at things is from a totally different perspective.  Analogies give us the opportunity to do just that, so I&#8217;ve taken this opportunity to shed some light on why a government-run/regulated health care industry would be better than an unregulated, privatized health care industry such as the one we currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/07/19/online-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you sign up for online classes, you do so via the Internet.  That means there are no registration lines and no bitchy ladies telling you the registration form hasn&#8217;t been filled out properly.  There are no physical classrooms to show up late to, which means there are no boring lectures that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Dates Gone Awry</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/07/18/first-dates-gone-awry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of speculation about the quality of single, college-aged girls in the Melbourne area.  My hypothesis is simple: most of the good ones go out of town for college while the &#8220;less than desirables&#8221; stick around, making the dating scene a rough, contaminated quagmire for guys like me.  To qualify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negativity in the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/07/17/negativity-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When an organization causes feelings of negativity, people handle it in a number of different ways.  Detachment is the one we&#8217;re going to focus on right now.  Obviously, this is bad for both the organization and the individual, but the process of detachment is popular because it works really well in the short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Dollar Gas Rocks!</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/07/06/four-dollar-gas-rocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since gas hit three dollars a gallon, I’ve been championing higher fuel prices as much as possible.  Most people get pissy when I tell them that the primary reason I want gas prices to go higher is because “it will keep all the lowlifes off the road”.  In fact, there are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sure, Leave Me a Voicemail</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/03/28/sure-leave-me-a-voicemail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laviska.net/2008/03/28/sure-leave-me-a-voicemail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to hate when people would call my phone and leave a voicemail message telling me to call them. First off, I know you called. It said so when I pressed &#8216;ignore&#8217;. Second, it&#8217;s kind of a no-brainer that, when someone calls, you call them back.  Lastly, I really don&#8217;t care anymore anyways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisor Vs. Adviser</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2008/01/22/advisor-vs-adviser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to argue something trivial, but I’ve always personally used the spelling advisor.  Since adviser looked awkward, I decided to investigate.  My research indicates that the two terms are interchangeable and neither can actually be deemed incorrect.  See the web definitions of advisor and adviser.
Merriam Webster says the words are synonymous, as does the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Interpretation of Communication</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2007/09/19/my-interpretation-of-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of people that I enjoy interacting with on a daily basis.  Some are friends, some are family, some are random strangers who I&#8217;ve never met before and may never meet again.  Others are ones that I&#8217;ve only met through text in an IM window or messages through an online community.
Communication is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2007/05/03/stupid-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laviska.net/2007/05/03/stupid-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 01:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally posted this on Florida Today&#8217;s forum, in response to the &#8220;kids-in-car&#8221; bill that the Florida House of Representative were considering.  I kinda liked it, so I wanted it to live forever here, too:
Laws are made to &#8220;protect&#8221; us.  Well, what this really means is that laws are made to control people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Questions, Stupider People</title>
		<link>http://www.laviska.net/2007/03/29/stupid-questions-stupider-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aksival</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laviska.net/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know how you can tell whether or not you&#8217;re talking to an idiot? One way to know for sure is if they ask you nonsensical questions over and over again, taking baby steps to clarify what they actually need. Then, once you finally understand the nature of their inquiry, it has absolutely nothing to [...]]]></description>
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