<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498</id><updated>2011-08-19T19:57:09.312-04:00</updated><category term='pirates'/><category term='on-line games'/><category term='Fun'/><category term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>The world as I see it</title><subtitle type='html'>A brief musing of the programming world, sprinkled with poems and stuff.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>83</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-3594095188571061615</id><published>2011-08-19T19:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T19:57:09.318-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pirates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='on-line games'/><title type='text'>Star Pirates FTW</title><summary type='text'>I've been playing Star Pirates.  Come play, tell them Runfire sent you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/3594095188571061615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=3594095188571061615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3594095188571061615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3594095188571061615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2011/08/star-pirates-ftw.html' title='Star Pirates FTW'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-7693918451847460802</id><published>2010-01-05T21:19:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T21:21:13.578-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>The story stalled</title><summary type='text'>As you can see, the story stalled.  I've got more in my head and I will put it here eventually, but for now I'm on hiatus.  Nanowrimo is done for 2009 and I will do another story for 2010.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/7693918451847460802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=7693918451847460802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7693918451847460802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7693918451847460802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2010/01/story-stalled.html' title='The story stalled'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-9040368554189456143</id><published>2009-11-22T22:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T22:13:42.206-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 7 - Restart ... Again</title><summary type='text'>With the ESR/HSC updated with the new restart parameters it is time to test them out.I put my helmet back on and secure it to the suit collar.  Reaching down I turn the life support pack on from standby.“Computer. Command.  Switch to backup power, Override Code: Charley Zero Nine”I hear the Command and Control circuit breakers click over to the Battery Bus as the computer responds “Done.”“</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/9040368554189456143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=9040368554189456143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9040368554189456143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9040368554189456143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-7-restart-again.html' title='Chapter 7 - Restart ... Again'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-2204970785210431345</id><published>2009-11-22T22:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T22:12:28.336-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 6 - Study and Change</title><summary type='text'>“Loading Emergency Restart System Development Tools”The main screen comes to life as a tactile keyboard folds out of the console.The ERS/HSC is an embedded micro-controller with five basic sections.  The first is the processor itself with 128 bit address bus.  Second is two terabytes of RAM to run all the applications.  Third is the System ROM which holds the core Real Time Operating System code </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/2204970785210431345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=2204970785210431345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/2204970785210431345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/2204970785210431345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-6-study-and-change.html' title='Chapter 6 - Study and Change'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-7718529435632410713</id><published>2009-11-22T22:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T22:10:32.787-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 5 - Homework</title><summary type='text'>“So what else does this book say about fusion reactor restart failure?” I open the manual up to where I was and continue reading.Since you are reading this, the restart must have failed.  If you have not done so already, ask the computer to run an analysis of the restart attempt and suggest improvements.There are many factors in starting or restarting a fusion reactor.  Among them is fuel </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/7718529435632410713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=7718529435632410713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7718529435632410713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7718529435632410713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-5-homework.html' title='Chapter 5 - Homework'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-7705143396324810578</id><published>2009-11-17T15:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T16:11:06.282-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 4 – The Rapid Restart</title><summary type='text'>“James, Time to wake up.  Your alert criteria have been met!”Great, just enough time to not feel rested and it is time to get up.  Isn't that always the way?“Computer, I am awake.”Grabbing the H2IK manual, I flip over to the reactor restart section.The restarting of the fusion reactor is a very power hungry process.  It can take all of the power in the cells, though in the tests there was always </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/7705143396324810578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=7705143396324810578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7705143396324810578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7705143396324810578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-4-rapid-restart.html' title='Chapter 4 – The Rapid Restart'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-2352450287906102428</id><published>2009-11-16T00:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T00:04:45.966-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 3 – Graceful Recovery</title><summary type='text'>I sit and watch the power cells charge and the diagnostic run.  So far the computer has asked that Life Support, Navigation and Communication to be switched to the main bus.  The Power Cells are charging nicely, even with the increased load.  There are only three more to go before the Battery system begins charging.Life support checks out so I can remove my helmet and turn off the suit pack.  I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/2352450287906102428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=2352450287906102428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/2352450287906102428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/2352450287906102428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-3-graceful-recovery.html' title='Chapter 3 – Graceful Recovery'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-242679541143803487</id><published>2009-11-11T15:58:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T00:05:36.274-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 2 – The Brief History</title><summary type='text'>The screens clear and a video begins playing in the center display.  I see myself on the monitor.“Hello James, this may come as a complete shock to you, but you are no longer in the solar system.  You just made the first successful Hyper Shunt Transfer of a human being.  In fact, if my, um your calculations are correct, you should be somewhere near or in the Alpha Centauri System.  Please be sure</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/242679541143803487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=242679541143803487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/242679541143803487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/242679541143803487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-2-brief-history.html' title='Chapter 2 – The Brief History'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-6664683600233943079</id><published>2009-11-09T22:39:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T00:06:29.842-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Chapter 1 – An Interesting Beginning</title><summary type='text'>The first thing I notice is that it is dark, very dark.  The next thing I notice is a beeping in the dark.  It is incessant, not loud, just constantly sounding again and again.  There may be four or five different sounds.I try to stir, but I am restrained across my chest.  I feel like I am sitting. My knees and hips are bent like I am in a chair, but it does not feel quite right.  Then it hits me</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/6664683600233943079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=6664683600233943079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6664683600233943079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6664683600233943079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-1-interesting-beginning.html' title='Chapter 1 – An Interesting Beginning'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-7472897369649841131</id><published>2009-11-08T02:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T00:09:17.954-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nanowrimo'/><title type='text'>Hey, I am in NaNoWriMo</title><summary type='text'>Yes, you heard it hear first.  I am trying to write a novel this month.  I got a late start, but I am going to keep plugging away at it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/7472897369649841131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=7472897369649841131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7472897369649841131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7472897369649841131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2009/11/hey-i-am-in-nanowrimo.html' title='Hey, I am in NaNoWriMo'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-115868752399817082</id><published>2006-09-19T13:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T13:39:36.283-04:00</updated><title type='text'>National Talk Like a Pirate Day</title><summary type='text'>And here is my pirate name:My pirate name is: Bloody Harry Flint  Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.part of the fidius.org </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/115868752399817082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=115868752399817082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/115868752399817082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/115868752399817082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2006/09/national-talk-like-pirate-day.html' title='National Talk Like a Pirate Day'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-115506674222969425</id><published>2006-08-08T15:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T15:52:22.240-04:00</updated><title type='text'>has it really been so long?</title><summary type='text'>For those of you who know my past.... yeah!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/115506674222969425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=115506674222969425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/115506674222969425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/115506674222969425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2006/08/has-it-really-been-so-long.html' title='has it really been so long?'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-113658048651000282</id><published>2006-01-06T15:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T15:48:06.520-05:00</updated><title type='text'>5th Street Asylum time.</title><summary type='text'>I'm Bennett!You would rather get a new motherboard than talk to actual human beings, and rewiring your toaster as a wifi node is second nature to you. Always ahead of the cutting edge, and a genius with anything tech related, no one quite knows how you make a living, including yourself, but you think it has something to do with the internet. You also look for ways to mess with the plans of Raven,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/113658048651000282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=113658048651000282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/113658048651000282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/113658048651000282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2006/01/5th-street-asylum-time.html' title='5th Street Asylum time.'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-113389951158685195</id><published>2005-12-06T15:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T15:05:11.596-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Programming Languages I Know</title><summary type='text'>In the beginning there was DEC BASIC Plus and PASCAL.From that we learned FORTRAN-77, COBOL, Assembler, APL, PL-1, RPG and JCL from the land of IBM.DOS Batch files, Unix Shells, sed and awk abound through the land.Esoterica ensues with Forth and Lisp.Lo, the introduction to the 6502 microprocessor and Assembler with all its variations by processor 6800, 68000, 8008, 8080 Z-80, 8086, 80186, 80286,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/113389951158685195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=113389951158685195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/113389951158685195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/113389951158685195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/12/programming-languages-i-know.html' title='The Programming Languages I Know'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-112992254811765660</id><published>2005-10-21T15:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T15:22:28.126-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What color is your hair?</title><summary type='text'>Your Hair Should Be OrangeExpressive, deep, and one of a kind.You pull off "weird" well - hardly anyone notices.What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/112992254811765660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=112992254811765660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112992254811765660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112992254811765660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-color-is-your-hair.html' title='What color is your hair?'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-112913819098366185</id><published>2005-10-12T13:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-12T13:29:50.990-04:00</updated><title type='text'>X-Men Quiz</title><summary type='text'>STORM!!!Holy crap! You are: Impulsive yet good natured, Storm has the power to control just about every element on earth. Not that she needs to, because with a rack like that 90% of all males pretty much eat out of her hand. She's pretty daring but gets hurt alot, it's a good thing her friends always back her up, because she gets shot out of the sky in just about every fight.  My test tracked 1 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/112913819098366185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=112913819098366185' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112913819098366185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112913819098366185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/10/x-men-quiz.html' title='X-Men Quiz'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-112273896929797123</id><published>2005-07-30T11:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-30T11:56:09.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bleach Quiz Time</title><summary type='text'>Take The quiz yourself</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/112273896929797123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=112273896929797123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112273896929797123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/112273896929797123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/07/bleach-quiz-time.html' title='Bleach Quiz Time'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-111834346361560718</id><published>2005-06-09T14:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-09T14:57:43.620-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiz Time, head and heart</title><summary type='text'>Ok this one is about how I think:Your Dominant Thinking Style:ExploringYou thrive on the unknown and unpredictable. Novelty is your middle name.You are a challenger. You tend to challenge common assumptions and beliefs.An expert inventor and problem solver, you approach everything from new angles.You show people how to question their models of the world.Your Secondary Thinking Style:VisioningYou </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/111834346361560718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=111834346361560718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/111834346361560718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/111834346361560718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/06/quiz-time-head-and-heart.html' title='Quiz Time, head and heart'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-111153026804345024</id><published>2005-03-22T17:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-22T17:24:28.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Quiz Time - Give me your religion</title><summary type='text'> You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already.In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/111153026804345024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=111153026804345024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/111153026804345024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/111153026804345024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/03/new-quiz-time-give-me-your-religion.html' title='New Quiz Time - Give me your religion'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110900993838908777</id><published>2005-02-21T13:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-21T13:18:58.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Whodathunkit</title><summary type='text'> You scored as Visual/Spatial. You probably feel at home with the visual arts, maps, charts, and diagrams. You tend to think in images and pictures. You learn best by looking at pictures and slides, watching videos or movies, and visualizing. People like you include sculptors, painters, surgeons and engineers.Verbal/Linguistic71%Visual/Spatial71%Logical/Mathematical61%Intrapersonal57%Bodily/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110900993838908777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110900993838908777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110900993838908777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110900993838908777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/02/whodathunkit.html' title='Whodathunkit'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110805821624438130</id><published>2005-02-10T13:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-10T13:08:37.210-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I may be sane</title><summary type='text'>But after all that work has put me through I'm not so sure. So, I took an internet test:DisorderRatingParanoid:LowSchizoid:HighSchizotypal:ModerateAntisocial:LowBorderline:LowHistrionic:LowNarcissistic:ModerateAvoidant:LowDependent:LowObsessive-Compulsive:LowPersonality Disorder Test - Take It! </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110805821624438130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110805821624438130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110805821624438130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110805821624438130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/02/i-may-be-sane.html' title='I may be sane'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110805988263692817</id><published>2005-02-10T13:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-10T13:24:42.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dante's Inferno Test</title><summary type='text'>From the people who brought you "How crazy am I?"  here is "Where am I going next?"The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)HighLevel 2 (Lustful)HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)ModerateLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very LowLevel 5 (Wrathful</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110805988263692817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110805988263692817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110805988263692817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110805988263692817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/02/dantes-inferno-test.html' title='Dante&apos;s Inferno Test'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110644026320837035</id><published>2005-01-22T19:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T19:31:03.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How much are you worth?</title><summary type='text'>I am worth $1,735,980.00 on HumanForSale.comNow if I could only collect...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110644026320837035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110644026320837035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110644026320837035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110644026320837035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-much-are-you-worth.html' title='How much are you worth?'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110643980475622457</id><published>2005-01-22T19:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T19:23:24.756-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Y. A. Q.</title><summary type='text'>Yet Another Quiz, this time the Greek God quiz.Morpheus ?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110643980475622457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110643980475622457' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110643980475622457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110643980475622457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/01/y-q.html' title='Y. A. Q.'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110643923478544878</id><published>2005-01-22T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T19:14:53.950-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiz time again</title><summary type='text'>I was reading my daughter's live journal today and saw where she had taken a nerd test.  Determined to find out which of us was nerdier I had to follow suit.  Here are the results:   as you can see I'm in deep trouble.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110643923478544878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110643923478544878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110643923478544878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110643923478544878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2005/01/quiz-time-again.html' title='Quiz time again'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-110349076304667057</id><published>2004-12-19T15:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-19T16:12:43.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Recognition</title><summary type='text'>Well, I finally got some recognition at the office for one of my more interesting talents.I have been working on the project for the better part of 2 years, one with ENA and the second with the company I am working at now.  Some of my other posts have indicated how minor miracles have occured in the coding.  Well the last two rush projects that have taken time away from the main tasks have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/110349076304667057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=110349076304667057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110349076304667057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/110349076304667057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/12/recognition.html' title='Recognition'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-109365750933865716</id><published>2004-08-27T21:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-27T21:45:09.336-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yet Another Quiz - What kind of Anime School Uniform should you wear?</title><summary type='text'>Congrats! You would wear: A Monastery Uniform! What kind of Anime School Uniform should you wear? (..now with pics!..) brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/109365750933865716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=109365750933865716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109365750933865716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109365750933865716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/08/yet-another-quiz-what-kind-of-anime.html' title='Yet Another Quiz - What kind of Anime School Uniform should you wear?'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-109061716825244513</id><published>2004-07-23T17:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-23T17:12:48.253-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Magic happens here</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever had a project where most of it is straight forward, but there is that one step that just doesn't seem possible.  That is a 'magic happens here' task.  I just finished writing one of those for the system I am developing at work.For a week we have been slogging through the design and prototyping of this subsystem.  Every time we got to this one spot we would say, "There is where it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/109061716825244513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=109061716825244513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109061716825244513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109061716825244513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/07/magic-happens-here.html' title='Magic happens here'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-109042021294535999</id><published>2004-07-21T10:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-21T10:30:12.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The idle moments</title><summary type='text'>I haven't found that many idle moments here.  Work is busy, very busy.  As is the norm for my life there is enough  work for 3 or 4 of me and I only have one assistant.  He's good, but I need more.I feel like I am building a cardboard box from the inside by glueing little scraps of paper together while someone is out there spraying the whole construct with water.  I'll get done, but it will all</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/109042021294535999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=109042021294535999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109042021294535999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/109042021294535999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/07/idle-moments.html' title='The idle moments'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-108091531700728781</id><published>2004-04-02T09:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-02T09:18:51.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'>drowning in the sea</title><summary type='text'>Well, the sea of boxes is still here.  I don't know when I will ever have the time to go through them and filter out what's good from what's trash.  Some people would say it's all trash, but I know better.Work is eyeball deep.  I'm doing the work of three developers, but then how is that different from any good job I have had.  I have help now, we (the company) picked up a programmer straight </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/108091531700728781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=108091531700728781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/108091531700728781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/108091531700728781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/04/drowning-in-sea.html' title='drowning in the sea'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-107341293324222597</id><published>2004-01-06T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-06T13:30:59.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I have moved</title><summary type='text'>For all you who care and those who don't I have relocated.  While I haven't been blogging for some time, a lot has happened.  The company I worked for, Enterprise Network Applications has collapsed.  I have followed the software I wrote there to a client.  This required a move from Sunny Atlanta to Charleston West Virginia.  A quiet little town in the western mountains of West Virginia.The new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/107341293324222597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=107341293324222597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107341293324222597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107341293324222597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2004/01/i-have-moved.html' title='I have moved'/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-107094389032427442</id><published>2003-12-08T23:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-12-08T23:25:52.360-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You know so much about the nightmare beforechristmas.  You must research and study it asmuch as I do.  I have loved this movie since Iwas a kid and studied it very hard.Congratulations.Please Please Please vote formy quiz.  XxThe Best and Most Challenging Quiz of The Nightmare Before ChristmasxX brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/107094389032427442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=107094389032427442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107094389032427442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107094389032427442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/12/you-know-so-much-about-nightmare.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-107022687154820660</id><published>2003-11-30T16:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-30T16:15:22.840-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Looks like it's quiz time again in the ol'blog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/107022687154820660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=107022687154820660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022687154820660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022687154820660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/11/looks-like-its-quiz-time-again-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-107022684826648623</id><published>2003-11-30T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-30T16:14:59.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Say Anything... What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!) brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/107022684826648623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=107022684826648623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022684826648623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022684826648623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/11/say-anything.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-107022662999987406</id><published>2003-11-30T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-30T16:11:21.390-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Revenge! That's why you would kill someone! If acruel person did something horrible to someoneyou loved, you would hunt him down. You wouldnot let anyone abuse you or someone you know.You fight. Your belief is probably that revengewon't bring anyone back, but that's not whatyou're trying to do. You want to see thathorrible person suffer and get punished forwhat he/she did.WHY Would You KILL </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/107022662999987406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=107022662999987406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022662999987406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/107022662999987406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/11/revenge-thats-why-you-would-kill.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-106946838509945766</id><published>2003-11-21T21:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-21T21:33:43.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You are water. You're not really organic; you'reneither acidic nor basic, yet you're an acidand a base at the same time. You're strongwilled and opinionated, but relaxed and readyto flow. So while you often seem worthless,without you, everything would just not work.People should definitely drink more of youevery day. Which Biological Molecule Are You? brought to you by Quizillawoot! water, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/106946838509945766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=106946838509945766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/106946838509945766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/106946838509945766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/11/you-are-water.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-105675004049059759</id><published>2003-06-27T17:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-06-27T17:40:40.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>[take the test] - [by krystaljungle.com]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/105675004049059759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=105675004049059759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/105675004049059759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/105675004049059759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/06/take-test-by-krystaljungle.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-92752427</id><published>2003-04-16T22:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T22:22:37.340-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You are a Cyberpunk! In A Post-Apocalyptic World, Who Would You Be? brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/92752427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=92752427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/92752427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/92752427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/04/you-are-cyberpunk-in-post-apocalyptic.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-91933702</id><published>2003-04-03T15:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-04-03T15:12:59.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>WHITE A WHITE Dragon Lies Beneath!I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a White Dragon on the inside. If there ever was an apparition of balance, power and reclusive intelligence, my Inner Dragon is it. Whites are a fairly common dragon and are considered one of two harmonious dragons. My antithesis is the evil Black Dragon.My Inner Dragon likes to think things out, plot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/91933702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=91933702' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91933702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91933702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/04/white-white-dragon-lies-beneath-i-took.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-91496919</id><published>2003-03-27T14:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-27T14:27:53.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> Ah the fighting few.  Help us win the war for Real Life  Thanks for playing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/91496919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=91496919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91496919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91496919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/03/ah-fighting-few.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-91258411</id><published>2003-03-23T23:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-23T23:05:32.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>  Conscious self Overall self   Take Free Enneagram Test</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/91258411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=91258411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91258411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/91258411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/03/conscious-self-overall-self-take-free.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-89855467</id><published>2003-02-27T14:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-02-27T14:52:53.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmmm, This explains so much, doesn't it.You're a Non-box. What box do you get put in? brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/89855467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=89855467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/89855467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/89855467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/02/hmmm-this-explains-so-much-doesnt-it.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-88859474</id><published>2003-02-10T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-02-10T12:36:14.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok, I am helping to mass an army for a 'friend'Click here to join.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/88859474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=88859474' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/88859474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/88859474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2003/02/ok-i-am-helping-to-mass-army-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-85850345</id><published>2002-12-11T13:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-12-11T13:56:13.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hey,  here is a place where I also hang out: Circle of Friends @ www.ezboard.comhope you enjoy the lively discussions.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/85850345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=85850345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/85850345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/85850345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/12/hey-here-is-place-where-i-also-hang.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-85849809</id><published>2002-12-11T13:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-02-10T12:39:27.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok, now I just know I have not had anything interesting, read ANYTHING, to say these days, but I will make an effort to keep updating this blog on a regular basis.  I am about to redesign the home pages.  The first redesign since I posted them up over 3 years ago.  It will include more of my poetry, better pictures and all sorts of neat stuff I've always wanted to try out.  My ISP does not have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/85849809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=85849809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/85849809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/85849809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/12/ok-now-i-just-know-i-have-not-had.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-84288924</id><published>2002-11-09T16:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-11-09T16:05:36.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Isn't it the truth? What type of LotR fan are you? brought to you by Quizilla</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/84288924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=84288924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/84288924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/84288924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/11/isnt-it-truth-what-type-of-lotr-fan.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-82004330</id><published>2002-09-23T14:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2002-09-23T14:30:26.383-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Has it really been that long since I have updated?  I guess it has.Which Hellsing character are you?quiz time again.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/82004330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=82004330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/82004330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/82004330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/09/has-it-really-been-that-long-since-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-75838492</id><published>2002-04-26T02:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2002-04-26T02:16:03.953-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I AmFacheaCeltic Goddess of Poetry.I'm a freaky writer type that doesn't like to leave the house.  I'm probably a lot smarter than you.What Celtic Goddess are You?Quiz by Aoibhell</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/75838492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=75838492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75838492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75838492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/04/i-amfacheaceltic-goddess-of-poetry.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-75490497</id><published>2002-04-16T23:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2002-04-16T23:21:47.020-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Want To Know Which Element You Are?Stuck between the sky and the ground, you lack the sudden impulse that Air has but are unable to root yourself down like Earth. Though you have troubles finishing projects, people can depend on you for the most part (even if it means pulling a few all-nighters). On the plus side, you are extremely adaptable and thus can adjust to any situation. Sure, you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/75490497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=75490497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75490497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75490497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/04/want-to-know-which-element-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-75176135</id><published>2002-04-08T16:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2002-04-08T16:48:01.353-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Which Member of the Endless Are You?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/75176135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=75176135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75176135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/75176135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/04/which-member-of-endless-are-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-10572926</id><published>2002-03-09T21:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-03-09T21:37:53.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Look out and lock up your daughters, everyone, we're in the presence of Remy LeBeau. That's right, you're that smooth-talkin' Cajun boy with a flare for making women swoon and a great love for all things shiny and steal-able. Sure, you're forever on the run from your past, but there's no reason why you can't run from it in style, oui?I'm Remy LeBeauWhat X-Men Character are You?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/10572926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=10572926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/10572926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/10572926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/03/look-out-and-lock-up-your-daughters.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-10169158</id><published>2002-02-26T22:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-12-11T13:33:58.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My turn to take the test ... and the winner is:I Am A: Chaotic Good Half-Elf Ranger BardAlignment:Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.Race:Half-Elves are a cross between a human and an elf. They are smaller</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/10169158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=10169158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/10169158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/10169158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/02/my-turn-to-take-test.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-9824059</id><published>2002-02-17T16:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-02-17T16:32:59.180-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A GREEN Dragon Lies Beneath!I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a Green Dragon on the inside. My Inner Dragon is the embodiment of Nature and the Earth. Greens spend almost all of their time below the canopy or just above the treetops in tropical rain forests. Not a bad life considering every other creature in the forest looks up to me, figurativly and literally. I speak </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/9824059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=9824059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9824059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9824059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/02/green-dragon-lies-beneath-i-took-inner.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-9372986</id><published>2002-02-04T15:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-02-04T15:47:13.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>*blinks at blogger* where are my archives?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/9372986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=9372986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9372986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9372986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/02/blinks-at-blogger-where-are-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-9365226</id><published>2002-02-04T11:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-02-04T11:50:50.790-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmmm, I wonder...You sometimes doubt yourself - who you are and what you can do.  You're a curious person, with questions and concerns about the world.  You go along with the crowd and aim to please others to your best ability.  But when you finally discover what you're really capable of, you can do some serious ass kickin'!  You're fast and furious, and you will always stick up for what you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/9365226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=9365226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9365226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9365226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/02/hmmm-i-wonder.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-9124952</id><published>2002-01-28T11:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-28T11:28:31.280-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>frische dora v8 --&gt; [an eye for an eye] . What kind of a stupid society is it that's composed mainly of bitter people who only do what they have to to make ends meat?Dora?!? I think you mean meet, right?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/9124952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=9124952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9124952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/9124952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/eye-for-eye.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8797790</id><published>2002-01-17T20:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-17T20:00:57.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Go Faeries!!Take the What Faery Are You? Quiz!This quiz was made by lia</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8797790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8797790' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8797790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8797790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/go-faeries-take-what-faery-are-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8797665</id><published>2002-01-17T19:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-17T19:55:57.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>*blinks* Ok?!?  According to the Which Sanrio Character Are You? quiz, I am:      </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8797665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8797665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8797665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8797665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/blinks-ok-according-to-which-sanrio.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8767352</id><published>2002-01-16T21:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-16T21:44:34.023-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmmm, I didn't know ducks flew in rotting fruit.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8767352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8767352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8767352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8767352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/hmmm-i-didnt-know-ducks-flew-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8695896</id><published>2002-01-14T19:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-14T19:49:52.380-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>And I don't even LIKE Pokemon  What Kind Of Pokemon Are You?But this one is a good as any I suppose.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8695896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8695896' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8695896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8695896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/and-i-dont-even-like-pokemon-what-kind.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8689349</id><published>2002-01-14T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-14T16:10:33.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yet another test.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8689349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8689349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8689349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8689349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/yet-another-test.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8544726</id><published>2002-01-09T14:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-09T14:36:57.413-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oh look the tests are back.  Now you too can take them.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8544726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8544726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/oh-look-tests-are-back.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8544711</id><published>2002-01-09T14:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-09T14:36:08.413-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Maybe this one will go throug.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8544711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8544711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/maybe-this-one-will-go-throug.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8544469</id><published>2002-01-09T14:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-09T14:21:47.166-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I see that blogger has gotten to big for its servers.  Too bad I enjoy reading them and sometimes writing them too.  Maybe later.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8544469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8544469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8544469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/i-see-that-blogger-has-gotten-to-big.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8406440</id><published>2002-01-04T11:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-04T11:42:45.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is just too funny to me.  It said I was 92% like this test.I'm The Internet-Addict Test!I love in-jokes, especially if they help highlight the marvellously geeky cultural differences between my internet clique and the rest of the world.Click here to find out which test you are!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8406440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8406440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8406440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8406440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/this-is-just-too-funny-to-me.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8379847</id><published>2002-01-03T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-03T14:12:40.890-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok, this is just a bit too real.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8379847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8379847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8379847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8379847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/ok-this-is-just-bit-too-real.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8365232</id><published>2002-01-03T00:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-03T00:27:49.096-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am sorry that some of the other tests on this blog have been taken down.  Seems the publisher didn't expect them to do as well as they did and all the hits he was getting got him in trouble with his ISP.  Oh well.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8365232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8365232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8365232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8365232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/i-am-sorry-that-some-of-other-tests-on.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-8365151</id><published>2002-01-03T00:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2002-01-03T00:24:04.140-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle TestClick here to takethe quiz!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/8365151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=8365151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8365151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/8365151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2002/01/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-test-click.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-7359242</id><published>2001-11-24T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-11-24T00:01:52.203-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I've taken a testI am 61% ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET.I am pretty addicted, but there is hope.  I think I'm just well connected to the internet and technology, but it's really a start of a drug-like addiction.  I must act now!  Unplug this computer!Take the INTERNET-ADDICT Test at Fuali.com!or twoI AM 49% GEEK.I probably work in computers, or a historydeptartment at a college.  I never </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/7359242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=7359242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7359242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/7359242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/11/ive-taken-test-i-am-61-addicted-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-6747302</id><published>2001-10-30T22:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-10-30T22:24:09.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Once more, thinking hard about the answers:Your Results:The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/6747302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=6747302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6747302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6747302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/10/once-more-thinking-hard-about-answers.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-6730208</id><published>2001-10-30T10:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-10-30T22:12:31.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is a cool test.  It is the Belief-O-Matic.  It tries to figure out which religion your beliefs best fit.  Here are a couple of my runs.This one is as I see the world now:Your Results:The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/6730208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=6730208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6730208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6730208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/10/this-is-cool-test.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-6229776</id><published>2001-10-10T01:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-10-10T01:24:26.660-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok, here is a peek into my darker side.  Enjoy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/6229776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=6229776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6229776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/6229776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/10/ok-here-is-peek-into-my-darker-side.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-5675719</id><published>2001-09-13T22:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-09-13T22:37:54.383-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Subject: Stand proud America! This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.  Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/5675719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=5675719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/5675719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/5675719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/09/subject-stand-proud-america-this-from.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-5192209</id><published>2001-08-20T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-08-20T10:35:56.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sure blame it all on me.  Just because it's my pair of missmatched chromosones that made you what you are today, just blame it on me.  As if I had any say in the matter either.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/5192209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=5192209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/5192209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/5192209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/08/sure-blame-it-all-on-me.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-4537155</id><published>2001-07-14T12:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-07-14T12:08:37.926-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok just one more: You use you thinking to look for the principles underlying the sensory information that comes into awareness. As a result, you are logical, analytical, and objectively critical. You are not likely to be convinced by anything but reasoning based on solid facts.While you like to organize facts and data, you prefer not to organize situations or people unless you must for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/4537155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=4537155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/4537155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/4537155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/07/ok-just-one-more-you-use-you-thinking.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-4537055</id><published>2001-07-14T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-07-14T11:58:23.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The house quiz for me:You are sensitive and indecisive at times.You are a freedom lover and a strong person.You love your house and family. You are a gifted artist as well.Your life is always full of changes.You always have plans on your mind. This might cause a lot of stress if things don't go the way you expect.You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/4537055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=4537055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/4537055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/4537055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/07/house-quiz-for-me-you-are-sensitive.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-3246452</id><published>2001-04-17T16:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-04-18T00:26:59.650-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is nifty.  Mine came out like so:# 1 Benvolio# 2 Friar Lawrence# 3 Nurse# 4 Romeo# 5 Tybalt# 6 Juliet# 7 Mercutio Just thought you should know.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/3246452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=3246452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3246452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3246452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/04/this-is-nifty.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-3157225</id><published>2001-04-11T10:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2001-04-17T17:03:32.886-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just some seafood? I don't think so :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/3157225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=3157225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3157225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/3157225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/04/just-some-seafood-i-dont-think-so.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-1836182</id><published>2001-01-02T10:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-01-02T10:43:20.096-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Now I have a handy way to blog whenever I think of something to post.It is the new year now.  I hope everyone who is reading thins had a good time.  I know I did.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/1836182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=1836182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1836182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1836182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2001/01/now-i-have-handy-way-to-blog-whenever.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-1651967</id><published>2000-12-13T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2000-12-13T15:43:46.080-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Alright, a month at a whack just doesn't cut it.I have been thinking of putting some of my poems here, maybe tonight I will get around to putting some of them here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/1651967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=1651967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1651967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1651967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2000/12/alright-month-at-whack-just-doesnt-cut.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-1589615</id><published>2000-12-07T13:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2000-12-07T13:28:49.243-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Geez, I guess I am supposed to post to this regularly.  So much for that idea. I will get better at it as I go along.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/1589615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=1589615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1589615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1589615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2000/12/geez-i-guess-i-am-supposed-to-post-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-1351472</id><published>2000-11-13T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2000-11-13T10:07:23.366-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just what I need, a link to my blog.  Now the world will read this, this stuff.  I don't know if I can handle that kind of pressure.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/1351472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=1351472' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1351472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1351472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2000/11/just-what-i-need-link-to-my-blog.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326498.post-1326530</id><published>2000-11-10T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2000-11-10T12:12:46.163-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What have I gotten myself into?  I really didn't think I would go through with it.  I have read other people's blogs and felt that I should add my 2 cents into the frey, but I never thought that I would.  Oh well.  Now that I have started, I guess I will make a go of it.Enjoy what you will and ignore the rest.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/feeds/1326530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1326498&amp;postID=1326530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1326530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1326498/posts/default/1326530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mggates.blogspot.com/2000/11/what-have-i-gotten-myself-into-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Marshall</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04146798598986133090</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.mindspring.com/~mggates/Marshall_8_00.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
