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  <title>Drunken Owls and Other Delights</title>
  <subtitle>Who am I, and what have I done with me?</subtitle>
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    <name>jon_chaisson</name>
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  <updated>2017-11-07T16:11:15Z</updated>
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    <title>Staying Positive - Part 2</title>
    <published>2017-11-07T16:11:15Z</published>
    <updated>2017-11-07T16:11:15Z</updated>
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    <dw:mood>irritated</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">Man, it's hard to be a positive tweeter when you just want to kick all those bigoted rightwing idiots in the nads. &amp;nbsp;Repeatedly. &amp;nbsp;But I digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has in fact taught me something, I think. &amp;nbsp;Aversion therapy, I&amp;nbsp;think.&amp;nbsp; I have to remember that the Twitter universe is most definitely NOT the entirety of the world.&amp;nbsp; I've proven this already, by my amazing inability to find nearly any of my college friends on there or on Facebook (I'm in touch with maybe three of them).&amp;nbsp; I'd rather want to know what's gong on in the world via a reputable media channel than hearsay or opinion, primarily because the latter is usually far from being accurate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As someone on FB said earlier today:&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;&lt;span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span data-ft="{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}"&gt;&lt;span class="UFICommentBody"&gt;&lt;span&gt;We  need to control guns, but we also need to understand that media is  driving anger, which is driving violence, and we need to get a handle on  the anger too.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that might be part of it.&amp;nbsp; A vicious cycle that feeds on itself.&amp;nbsp; I see anger and get angry, and get angry at myself for being so reactive.&amp;nbsp; And in turn get angry because I'm wasting time and emotional energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a work in progress, I guess.&amp;nbsp; And it's only the 7th.&amp;nbsp; So I can still try to turn this around for myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We shall see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jon_chaisson&amp;ditemid=927903" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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