<?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-19738562</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:47:55.909-07:00</updated><title type='text'>toy soldier discussion</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toysoldiermovement.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19738562/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toysoldiermovement.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>clw</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19738562.post-4955190460585795523</id><published>2009-03-27T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T12:51:47.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Galveston Guyana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cp2gm8e210k/Sc0uRS4fnZI/AAAAAAAAACs/nRmO9UeM6kY/s1600-h/Jan_and_Cal__Snowman_scan0001%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317957609655868818" style="FLOAT: left; 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A friend researched it and told me there was nothing there. I replied “ exactly” , Meaning my agenda is not so visible. What is my agenda? It is to experience life at a level I can get more clarity on my own life. I could do it in the states but have a gut feeling even the most basic human in the states are still caught up in the neurotic flow of our country . I feel very few people take much time to reflect why they are alive. Even less try to sort the values of life other than comforts , microwaves and color tv’s.&lt;br /&gt;Has anyone thought about or practiced what they are going to say to make their case on judgment day ? Are you going to dress in a suit for the occasion ? Ever thought about how you will get the suit there and if so you might as well bring your car.. Hmmm , might be a good chance you are naked at this most important event of your life. How many of you are totally comfortable naked outside you little pink house? Now picture yourself a little bit bashful and a whole lot naked stating your case for eternal life with the big boss . The only thing that makes this more difficult is it is a whole lot more than preaching to the choir. I still greatly imagine vast efforts to bull shit the man .&lt;br /&gt;My initial thought was put an usa flag on my hat and go south till someone ask me what it was. That journey is down the road. For now I am just going to get my feet a little wet.&lt;br /&gt;How am I going to do this? Mostly by simple acts of kindness. I have my laptop, camera and printer and will photograph people and give them photos. I am thinking about taking my mother peep and a big box of marshmallow peeps and do a series with them. They are a lot like walking a cute puppy . They bring out a simplicity in people. My main agenda is just to do simple acts of kindness to anyone I feel will respect it at all and some who do not and absorb the reaction .&lt;br /&gt;Those who know me have no doubt that even though I do not have much of a plan this is not going to be a lame adventure. Stay tuned! I will try to post stories and photos as it happens .&lt;br /&gt;I leave Tuesday , March 31. 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