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eventually</description><title>exceptional exceptionalism</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @svenvonpaulus)</generator><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Trouble with wrinkles?  Just put some murdered Peruvian on it.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&amp;story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/20/peru-gang-killing-human-fat"&gt;Trouble with wrinkles?  Just put some murdered Peruvian on it.&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;What’s weirder than people murdering other people so that they can steal rendering fat for makeup companies? The fact that they are called Pishtacos. Every time I sound the word out, I feel like I’m in line at a taco stand behind someone with a speech impediment.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/253504504</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/253504504</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:21:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Some randomness I was messing around with tonight - feel free to...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/249169813/tumblr_ktc6poPFrY1qzr29i&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some randomness I was messing around with tonight - feel free to comment - not mastered in any way, shape or form - purely in need of critique.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Headphones or non-laptop speakers recommended.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/249169813</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/249169813</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:22:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I know dogs are called “Man’s Best Friend,”...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/660_1258567727" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/660_1258567727" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know dogs are called “Man’s Best Friend,” but I have never really wanted a best friend that beats off on my couch, let alone in front of me.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/248991475</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/248991475</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:44:37 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmakers being useless</title><description>&lt;a href="http://mobile.thehill.com/blog-briefing-room/66757-lawmakers-trash-talk-and-vote-against-yankees-world-series-win"&gt;Lawmakers being useless&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Oh Gee, we only have to turn around a huge deficit in the midst of a failing economy, all while we’re trying to increase the role of government, but…here’s a great idea: let’s talk about baseball while we’re in session.
Great fucking ideas you useless, awful jackasses. I’d like to quit paying your salaries now, thank you very much.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/235672055</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/235672055</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:25:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Oh…so fun.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zrqx_rDHMpY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zrqx_rDHMpY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh…so fun.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/235623465</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/235623465</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:29:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>GI Joe was nowhere NEAR as exciting as this remake from hell....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks5rda9yeA1qzr29io1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;GI Joe was nowhere NEAR as exciting as this remake from hell. NEW A-TEAM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/224604486</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/224604486</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:31:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Old jam, rearranged - tell me whatcha think.</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/220600258/tumblr_kry7qq1NjO1qzr29i&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Old jam, rearranged - tell me whatcha think.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220600258</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220600258</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>JAM!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p7TrJMeO57g&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p7TrJMeO57g&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;JAM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220546526</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220546526</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:39:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>To be honest, this video is like a graphic representation of how...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BO2rW1alVv8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BO2rW1alVv8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, this video is like a graphic representation of how I feel about my life (to be clear, I feel like the gentleman in a suit that barely avoids becoming a road pizza).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220481641</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/220481641</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:23:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Personally, I don’t think the balloon hoax holds a candle...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nmlBPAY90MM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nmlBPAY90MM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don’t think the balloon hoax holds a candle to this shit.  If there was a court of good taste, the freak that pretended his kid was floating around in some invention that looked like it was straight out of flight of the navigator would have been arrested for perpetrating the video above…and we all might have been spared the news orgy from last week.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/219614003</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/219614003</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:44:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Everyday Struggle</title><description>Me: "You were hit by a car?"&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
My favorite person: "Yeah...it was a busy day."</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212572566</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212572566</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:20:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/128_1255439954" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/128_1255439954" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212471131</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212471131</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:12:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>If you like history, then this is interesting.  If you think...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TN85StJ2mTU&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TN85StJ2mTU&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like history, then this is interesting.  If you think it’s boring, then you might find it boring.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212468533</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/212468533</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:08:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I want one!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/98d_1254951791" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/98d_1254951791" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want one!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/207156696</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/207156696</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:39:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Here’s the best part: that duder at the counter, who...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/93b_1254763779" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/93b_1254763779" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here’s the best part: that duder at the counter, who she’s apparently waiting for, is probably going to hold that disgusting hand.  He might even kiss her mouth, which is probably just as dirty as her seemingly spotless, manicured and painted nails.  After years of observation, I have come to the conclusion that some of the dirtiest people on the planet are the high maintenance “ladies” that collect new benefactors like they do treatable STD’s.  Blech!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/205345064</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/205345064</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:01:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Mainstream media is useless because...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;…they’ve turned Chicago losing as an Olympic venue into a nationwide crisis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regular citizens in Chicago should have thrown a party when they lost.  Consider this: now they won’t have to deal with YEARS of construction, heightened security, or a false, temporary economy based on hundreds of thousands of people who really don’t care about their city in the end.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PLEASE…let it go.  I almost cried when I heard a pundit wondering how ,”…the combined power of Obama, the First Lady, and Oprah wasn’t enough.”  Our country is in decline, our President and his wife aren’t deities, and Oprah has as much clout in Scandinavia as the leader of a local community organization (interpret: none).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/203406175</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/203406175</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:55:23 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Maybe the bear is really smart and just likes scaring little...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/cc8_1254339052" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/cc8_1254339052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the bear is really smart and just likes scaring little girls?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/202051389</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/202051389</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:05:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>What happens when cargo ships have no cargo?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1212013/Revealed-The-ghost-fleet-recession-anchored-just-east-Singapore.html"&gt;What happens when cargo ships have no cargo?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;From the article:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
“The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/199542246</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/199542246</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:47:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Paintball art.  Somewhat interesting, if only to hear the...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/7e8_1254153366" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/7e8_1254153366" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="328"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paintball art.  Somewhat interesting, if only to hear the cacophony of all the guns firing together.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/199520218</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/199520218</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:17:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Yet another gem from an old newspaper.

I have a feeling that...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpu0nemG2G1qzr29io1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yet another gem from an old newspaper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a feeling that these Dr.’s enjoyed a short-lived partnership. (Drumroll please)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/185685914</link><guid>http://svenvonpaulus.tumblr.com/post/185685914</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:14:02 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
