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I like to write short fiction and poetry about life experiences.Tumblr (3.0; @nrholder)http://tumblr.nickholder.net/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nickholder/~3/XUdqqdcF3oU/">Two Art Photographs I Like</a>: <a href="http://nickholder.net/2010/06/11/two-art-photographs-i-like/comfort-in-writing/" title="Comfort in Writing"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://nickholder.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Comfort-in-Writing-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Comfort in Writing"/></a> <a href="http://nickholder.net/2010/06/11/two-art-photographs-i-like/qjujlmddkfh5wnbub9rp3zejo1_400/" title="qJujlMDdkfh5wnbuB9Rp3ZeJo1_400"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://nickholder.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/qJujlMDdkfh5wnbuB9Rp3ZeJo1_400-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="qJujlMDdkfh5wnbuB9Rp3ZeJo1_400"/></a> <div style="float:none;margin:20px 0 20px 0;text-align:center;"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <div style="font-size:0px;height:0px;line-height:0px;margin:0;padding:0;clear:both"></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pguVSrB9GRz5LbjHwaCuAMIioTw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pguVSrB9GRz5LbjHwaCuAMIioTw/0/di" border="0" ismap/></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pguVSrB9GRz5LbjHwaCuAMIioTw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pguVSrB9GRz5LbjHwaCuAMIioTw/1/di" border="0" ismap/></a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?a=XUdqqdcF3oU:EhgVfF7tu0g:nQ_hWtDbxek"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?d=nQ_hWtDbxek" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?a=XUdqqdcF3oU:EhgVfF7tu0g:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?i=XUdqqdcF3oU:EhgVfF7tu0g:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?a=XUdqqdcF3oU:EhgVfF7tu0g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/nickholder?i=XUdqqdcF3oU:EhgVfF7tu0g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nickholder/~4/XUdqqdcF3oU" height="1" width="1"/>http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/688099279http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/688099279Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:51:09 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nickholder/~3/YgVvrG-q3ME/">A Path to Atheism</a>: <p>I am a former believer. 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I looked to him for comfort and…</p>http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/654289634http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/654289634Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:55 -0500“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.”<br/><br/> - <em>Thomas Carlyle</em>http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/650580781http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/650580781Mon, 31 May 2010 12:58:57 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQW6B89_GQM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQW6B89_GQM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/649956416http://tumblr.nickholder.net/post/649956416Mon, 31 May 2010 08:33:49 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nickholder/~3/eDTsjb75EtA/">Sexy Bookmarks</a>: <p>I’ve added a new sharing/bookmarking plugin. 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