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	<title>Library Answer Person &#187; Life&#8217;s mysteries</title>
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	<description>Answering your questions about the library and life since 1982</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Armchair philosophy</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/08/05/armchair-philosophy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[will you please explain to me what is &#8220;armchair philosophy&#8221;?
I&#8217;m sure that the designers for the La-Z-Boy company refer to their work using this term.  It also refers to a sort of casual and untrained philosophy.  You can look upon this in a positive populist manner, or as the work as an amateur [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>will you please explain to me what is &#8220;armchair philosophy&#8221;?</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m sure that the designers for the La-Z-Boy company refer to their work using this term.  It also refers to a sort of casual and untrained philosophy.  You can look upon this in a positive populist manner, or as the work as an amateur (depending, I suppose, on how you view regular philosophers).</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Big decision</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2008/08/05/big-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What should I do with my life?
I often wonder about this myself. If you find out, please get back to me.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What should I do with my life?</p>
<blockquote><p>I often wonder about this myself. If you find out, please get back to me.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Love&#8217;s location</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/03/15/3345c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is the Love? [3345C]
It’s either in your heart, or simply where you find it.  Either way, it’s not trying to hide from you; it’s just up to you to acknowledge it.  On the 1969 album entitled Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service, they devote an entire side to reworkings of Bo Diddley’s song “Who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>Where is the Love? [3345C]</p></blockquote>
<p>It’s either in your heart, or simply where you find it.  Either way, it’s not trying to hide from you; it’s just up to you to acknowledge it.  On the 1969 album entitled <em>Happy Trails</em> by Quicksilver Messenger Service, they devote an entire side to reworkings of Bo Diddley’s song “Who Do You Love?,” with variations such as “When You Love,” “Where You Love,” “How You Love,” and “Which Do You Love.”  This may provide insight.</p>
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		<title>Meaning</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/02/20/meaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[why does it bother me so much that the work i do for a living isn&#8217;t saving the world? i mean, i should be happy with the money i&#8217;m making and find other ways to save the world. right?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You can give all of the money you make to a worthy cause and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>why does it bother me so much that the work i do for a living isn&#8217;t saving the world? i mean, i should be happy with the money i&#8217;m making and find other ways to save the world. right?</p></blockquote>
<p>ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You can give all of the money you make to a worthy cause and live in a tent in the woods.  Maybe that will make you happier (and maybe not).</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the deal with&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/02/20/whats-the-deal-with/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jokes that start with &#8220;What&#8217;s the deal with&#8221;?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: They&#8217;re the real deal.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>jokes that start with &#8220;What&#8217;s the deal with&#8221;?</p></blockquote>
<p>ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: They&#8217;re the real deal.</p>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t find them</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/02/13/3340b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where have all the flowers gone?  And the good times? [3340B]
Young girls have picked them, every one.  Except for the ones over in the Duke Gardens. There are all sorts of good times, though, and although some people say they’ve gone or can’t be found, I believe you can still find them if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>Where have all the flowers gone?  And the good times? [3340B]</p></blockquote>
<p>Young girls have picked them, every one.  Except for the ones over in the Duke Gardens. There are all sorts of good times, though, and although some people say they’ve gone or can’t be found, I believe you can still find them if you just look in the right places.</p>
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		<title>Android dreams</title>
		<link>http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/2007/01/15/3337b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do androids dream of electric sheep? [3337B]
The more appropriate questions are, “Do androids dream?” or “Do androids sleep?” or “Do androids live in a world where everything is robotic and there are no biotic sheep to think about?”   In any case, you count the sheep when you’re still awake in order to bore [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Do androids dream of electric sheep? [3337B]</p></blockquote>
<p>The more appropriate questions are, “Do androids dream?” or “Do androids sleep?” or “Do androids live in a world where everything is robotic and there are no biotic sheep to think about?”   In any case, you count the sheep when you’re still awake in order to bore yourself into a state of drowsiness and may not ever dream about them, electric or biotic.</p>
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		<title>Crazy kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you are standing in the middle of a field.  Surrounding you are an infinite number of children that are trying to attack you.  Their goal is to kill you, and they have three hours to do it.  Obviously, if these were 6 mo old infants you&#8217;d be able to fend them [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Imagine you are standing in the middle of a field.  Surrounding you are an infinite number of children that are trying to attack you.  Their goal is to kill you, and they have three hours to do it.  Obviously, if these were 6 mo old infants you&#8217;d be able to fend them off the 3 hours and survive, but if they&#8217;re an infinite number of 10 year olds, they&#8217;re taking you down.  My question is at what age would you not be able to fend them off the the three hours, resulting in your death? [3336C]</p></blockquote>
<p>This sounds like a word problem that requires differential equations. AP’s math is rusty.  Kids have a pretty short attention span, so I could outlast a group of 5 year olds who’d get bored in a few minutes.  I’d have to worry about falling asleep; then even those just old enough to crawl can then tie me up, like Gulliver, and try to do me in (although I think Gulliver got loose easily enough).</p>
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		<title>Strange tastes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is doodoo so delicious? [3336B]
My mother warned me about perverts like you.  You might like Harry Potter candy, like the jelly beans in flavors such as vomit, dirt, and earthworm.
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<p>My mother warned me about perverts like you.  You might like Harry Potter candy, like the jelly beans in flavors such as vomit, dirt, and earthworm.</p>
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