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		<title>Bugs vs. Humans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Random</category>
	<category>Candy Thoughts</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/12/insects-vs-humans/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We here at Candy Smokes have been engaged in a long running (and occasionally heated) debate&#8230; not about politics, not about religion but a debate about an inter-species war between bugs and humans.
Hopefully you can help us come to some sort of resolution on this issue.
This is how we are framing the debate:

Simultaneously, every bug [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We here at Candy Smokes have been engaged in a long running (and occasionally heated) debate&#8230; not about politics, not about religion but a debate about an inter-species war between bugs and humans.</p>
<p>Hopefully you can help us come to some sort of resolution on this issue.</p>
<p>This is how we are framing the debate:</p>
<ul>
<li>Simultaneously, <em>every</em> bug on the planet turns against humankind and <em>actively</em> does everything within its power to eradicate humans</li>
<li>Besides their blood-lust for humans, bugs gain no other powers than they already possess (i.e. they  cannot communicate outside their normal means&#8230; like with bugs of different varieties)</li>
</ul>
<p>So what do you think? Who would win? Vote using the poll below and if you want to explain your pick please use the comments section of this post.</p>
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<p>Expect more to follow&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The average Republican/Obama-hater</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CandySmokes/~3/447736764/</link>
		<comments>http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/09/the-average-republicanobama-hater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Candy Thoughts</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/09/the-average-republicanobama-hater/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, don&#8217;t take this as a ringing endorsement for Obama or anything like that.  I don&#8217;t really care either way.  I&#8217;m willing to give the guy a shot and see what he can do.  But whatever; that&#8217;s neither here nor there.  What IS, however, here AND there, is a look at how fucking stupid the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now, don&#8217;t take this as a ringing endorsement for Obama or anything like that.  I don&#8217;t really care either way.  I&#8217;m willing to give the guy a shot and see what he can do.  But whatever; that&#8217;s neither here nor there.  What IS, however, here AND there, is a look at how fucking stupid the vast majority of hardcore Republicans/Obama haters really are.  Here&#8217;s a comment I took from someone&#8217;s recent Facebook status messages (other than removing a few names&#8230;NOTHING was edited or altered):</p>
<blockquote><p>You have never been suttel or for that tackful. Thoe I do not like obama or his socalist and comunist ideas. You have to remain a person that can inform people of the truth. You see obama as he is and not for a savior that will save this nation. This nation is desprate and tired of all the B.S. with white and black, the slowly falling econemy, and America being laughed at even thoe we help any other nation in trouble.(where was comunist china for those times) Americans are so scared that they will give up there freedoms one by one. Our fore fathers had even said this would happen. but what scares me more is that Comunist Russia said this would happen. Thoe rember its still not to late. We must stay strong and not be looked at as close minded idiots but as people educted with facts.I have decided to refrain from racial comments or rash talk excpecily in public so people will take my opion seriously. And not of a racist close minded rude ass. stand with me and out wit them.</p></blockquote>
<p>I should probably be scared that someone so dumb is out there and allowed complete freedom to drive, own a weapon, hold a steady job and even speak in public&#8230;but I can&#8217;t stop laughing at how absolutely wrong almost every word is in that paragraph.  And Republicans wonder why so many people hate them&#8230;
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		<title>We did it, America.  We made history last night.</title>
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		<comments>http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/05/we-did-it-america-we-made-history-last-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Candy Thoughts</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/05/we-did-it-america-we-made-history-last-night/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been so proud to be an American in all my life.  Never in our history have such odds been faced and never before have we come out on top so united, so responsible and so open-minded.
The last few years have been leading up to this moment.  Never before has change been so desperately [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve never been so proud to be an American in all my life.  Never in our history have such odds been faced and never before have we come out on top so united, so responsible and so open-minded.</p>
<p>The last few years have been leading up to this moment.  Never before has change been so desperately needed or deserved for our lives and the lives of millions of others across this great globe.  With the events of last night, we can finally say, &#8220;Yes, we can&#8221; and can confirm that change has, indeed, arrived.</p>
<p>It is with great pride, honor and joy that I looked at the American flag this morning, smile and gave a big &#8220;Fuck you&#8221; to Microsoft.  Yeah, that&#8217;s right.  I got them to repair/replace out-of-warranty Xbox 360.  No longer do we have to fear the big corporations pushing around the little guy because last night, the little guy won.</p>
<p>Suck. On. That.</p>
<p>This is a huge day for Americans and Xbox 360 owners worldwide.  Let us rejoice in the good fortunes this surely means for us all.
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		<title>LOLmcCain IV &amp; LOLbama III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Images</category>
	<category>LOLmccain</category>
	<category>LOLbama</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://candysmokes.com/2008/11/03/lolmccain-iv-lolbama-iii/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2008 presidential election less than 10 hours away I thought I&#8217;d do my civic duty and throw a couple of stupid captions on photos of our candidates.



Seriously though, get out and vote November 4! Make your voice heard and support the candidate you&#8217;d like to see captioned on this site for the next [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the 2008 presidential election less than 10 hours away I thought I&#8217;d do my civic duty and throw a couple of stupid captions on photos of our candidates.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/lolCainZzz.jpg" alt="Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." /></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/lolBamaHat.jpg" alt="UR HAT, I WANT" /></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/lolCainDemons.jpg" alt="WARDING OFF TEH DEMONS" /></p>
<p>Seriously though, get out and vote November 4! Make your voice heard and support the candidate you&#8217;d like to see captioned on this site for the next 4 years. God bless you and God bless America.</p>
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		<title>If You Need To Use The Phone . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Images</category>
	<category>Things I Wish I Hadn't Seen</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s one about a half-mile back.

Yeah, you just saw that.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s one about a half-mile back.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/sign.jpg" alt="*sigh*" /></p>
<p>Yeah, you just saw <em>that</em>.</p>
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		<title>Soda only and ???</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Images</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to the fancy Burger King again and Kyle pointed out something interesting with the soda fountain.

So if the first button is &#8220;Soda Only&#8221; then what does the second button mix with the soda? Unfortunately it wasn&#8217;t gin.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to the <a href="http://candysmokes.com/2008/10/07/apparently-having-it-your-way-also-includes-accomodating-job-interviews-legal-settlements-and-investment-banking/">fancy Burger King</a> again and <a href="http://candysmokes.com/author/kyle/">Kyle</a> pointed out something interesting with the soda fountain.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/soda.jpg" alt="Soda only and ???" /></p>
<p>So if the first button is &#8220;Soda Only&#8221; then what does the second button mix with the soda? Unfortunately it wasn&#8217;t gin.</p>
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		<title>Sarah Palin gets PW3ND!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Thanks for nothing ‘cheap’ flight email</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the last time I bought airline tickets I must&#8217;ve mistakenly signed up for a newsletter because I&#8217;ve been getting spammed from the site I used.
Like anyone else, I&#8217;m annoyed by spam but these emails really irk me. Why? Well because they include domestic flights that don&#8217;t involve the city in which I live&#8230; so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently the last time I bought airline tickets I must&#8217;ve mistakenly signed up for a newsletter because I&#8217;ve been getting spammed from the site I used.</p>
<p>Like anyone else, I&#8217;m annoyed by spam but these emails <em>really</em> irk me. Why? Well because they include domestic flights that don&#8217;t involve the city in which I live&#8230; so they are totally effing useless.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.1984web.com/img/flightDeals.gif" alt="A bunch of domestic flights that do me no good" /></p>
<p align="center"><small>Sweet! A bunch of flights from places I don&#8217;t live to places I don&#8217;t want to travel.</small></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s say that I wanted to take advantage of the &#8216;cheap&#8217; flight from Philadelphia to Boston. Well, since I live in Milwaukee that means I&#8217;d have to first get to Philly. So I&#8217;ll either need to drive 309 miles or fly for $188 (which was the cheapest flight I found) just so I could hop on the &#8216;cheap&#8217; flight to Boston for another $188. This means that I&#8217;d either have to drive twice as far as my &#8216;cheap&#8217; flight or spend a total of $376 to get to Boston instead of a direct flight for only $163. <em>Awesome</em>.</p>
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		<title>An Ode to Scots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
	<category>CandyRhymes</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often underappreciated,
or at the least,
not talked about very often at all,
are the Scots.
But, they’ve given us such things as
golf
and Scotch
and that crazy Plaid pattern,
which I actually thought was a color when I was a kid,
until my mother called me a
retarded little Barbie doll,
even though I’m a boy,
and tickled me senseless
until I was crying.
The Scottish also [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Often underappreciated,<br />
or at the least,<br />
not talked about very often at all,<br />
are the Scots.<br />
But, they’ve given us such things as<br />
golf<br />
and Scotch<br />
and that crazy Plaid pattern,<br />
which I actually thought was a color when I was a kid,<br />
until my mother called me a<br />
retarded little Barbie doll,<br />
even though I’m a boy,<br />
and tickled me senseless<br />
until I was crying.</p>
<p>The Scottish also gave us<br />
Braveheart,<br />
but no one really associates<br />
the movie with the culture.<br />
We mostly associate the movie with Mel Gibson.<br />
And we mostly associate<br />
Gibson with<br />
drunken,<br />
anti-Semitic behavior.<br />
So, really, Scots hate Jews.</p>
<p>And… let’s see…<br />
What else comes from Scotland?<br />
Oh yeah, haggis.<br />
Want to hear something<br />
pretty fucking gross?<br />
Something that makes a<br />
pile of shit<br />
sound like a mound of Technicolor happiness<br />
and wonderment that smells like strawberries<br />
and heals wounds<br />
when you rub it on?</p>
<p>Haggis is –<br />
literally –<br />
a bunch of filling stuffed into a<br />
SHEEP’S STOMACH<br />
and then boiled.</p>
<p>It’s their national dish.</p>
<p>Christ on a cross.</p>
<p>Stay hot, Scots.
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		<title>UPDATED: Europeans and web development or Things I learned not to say/do in the company of foreigners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Candy Thoughts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned something when I awoke this morning.  In fact, I learned at least three things.
And, ironically, they were probably the most important things I learned at the two-day An Event Apart web development conference I attended&#8230;yet none of them have anything to do with web development.

Making a joke that requires a somewhat intimate knowledge [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I learned something when I awoke this morning.  In fact, I learned at least <em>three</em> things.</p>
<p>And, ironically, they were probably the most important things I learned at the two-day <a title="An Event Apart" target="_blank" href="http://aneventapart.com/">An Event Apart</a> web development conference I attended&#8230;yet none of them have <em>anything</em> to do with web development.</p>
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<li>Making a joke that requires a somewhat intimate knowledge of local geography and tensions between the people in two different cities (and states)&#8211;a joke that most it applies to can barely chuckle at&#8211;won&#8217;t get any laughs.  Especially if it needs to be explained afterward.  Explained <em>twice</em> no less.</li>
<li>When discussing culture and entertainment don&#8217;t respond with X Country &#8220;<em>has</em> original TV shows?&#8221;  And, in the same vein, don&#8217;t immediately respond &#8220;I have no idea who that is&#8221; when the foreigners are discussing their most famous film director ever.</li>
<li>After a 12-hour struggle with a hangover powerful enough to put down an elephant, I learned to never, <em>ever</em> drink with Europeans.  <strong>Especially</strong> if you&#8217;re at a conference and one of the sponsors is holding an open-bar party after the first night.</li>
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