﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>Adrian's Blog</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net</link><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:39:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:39:23 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright /><itunes:subtitle> </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author /><itunes:summary /><description /><itunes:owner><itunes:name /><itunes:email>AdriesWorld@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Arts" /><item><title>How to Write a Traditional Bio</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/05/20/how-to-write-a-traditional-bio.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2289140_write-traditional-bio.html"&gt;How to write a traditional bio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Writing</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/05/20/how-to-write-a-traditional-bio.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">d18db481-ec88-4396-80e4-2b52ef8cd648</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Worst Humanitarian Crisis In the World</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/22/the-worst-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-world.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>Darfur: &lt;a href="http://thealog.adriesworld.net/2008/04/22/the-worst-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-world.aspx"&gt;The Worst Humanitarian Crisis In the World&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><category>news</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/22/the-worst-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-world.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">8d33c159-074e-4ffd-aeda-a9b05b6d4392</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why I am a vegetarian</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/19/why-i-am-a-vegetarian.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>Why I only like my fake meat! &lt;a href="http://thealog.adriesworld.net/2008/04/16/why-i-am-a-vegetarian.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;MEAT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Eating</category><category>adries world</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/19/why-i-am-a-vegetarian.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">0fe207e3-c3dc-41ad-ade9-cccb131c0672</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ziggy's first Walk</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/19/ziggys-first-walk-2.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>Ziggy's first walk.&amp;nbsp; Isn't she cute in her little pink harness! &lt;a href="http://adriesworld.wordpress.com/?p=23"&gt;First Walk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Ziggy</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/19/ziggys-first-walk-2.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">72e698c7-7683-4350-bf29-97c540eefd97</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Writers Thoughts</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/14/a-writers-thoughts.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;A
word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while
writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to
dream.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Gaston
Bachelard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;All
that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything.
What we think, we become.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Buddha&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The 
        pen is the tongue of the mind.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Miguel de Cervantes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;I 
        don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are&amp;nbsp; certainly 
        worth thinking about.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Arthur 
        C. Clarke&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The 
        spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough 
        of appearances toward an unknown reality.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Joan Cocteau&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;It 
        is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. 
        It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
        &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Isabel Colegate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt; 
        Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very 
        simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
        &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Charles Caleb Colton&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;I 
        don't have a moral plan. I'm a Canadian.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-David 
        Cronenberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;A
writer doesn't solve problems. He allows them to emerge.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Friedrich
Dürrenmatt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Joan Didion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Consciousness
will always be one degree above comprehensibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;-Gösta
Carl Henrik Ehrensvärd&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;In
my experience, the best creative work is never done when&amp;nbsp; one is unhappy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Albert
Einstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Curiosity
has its own reason for existence. The important thing is not to stop questioning.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Albert
Einstein&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Only
those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-T.
S. Eliot&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Writing,
I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present
events in such a light that battles lost in life were either won on paper
or held to a draw.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Jules
Feifer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;How 
        do I know what I think until I see what I say?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-E. 
        M. Forster&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;If 
        you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are 
        very probably right; if you are pointing out the only thing a story is 
        about you are very probably wrong - even if you're the author.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Neil Gaiman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in
his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first
possess a noble soul.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The
human mind is like umbrella. It functions best when open.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Max
Gropius&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Writers 
        seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they 
        think other folks think they think.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Elbert 
        Hubbard&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Fiction 
        writers, present company included, don't understand very much about what 
        they do - not why it works when it's good, not why it doesn't when it's 
        bad. &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Stephen King&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Authors 
        who never give you something to disagree with never give you anything 
        to think about.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Michael LaRocca&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Stupidity 
        is no excuse of not thinking. &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Stanislaw Jerzy Lec&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;A 
        man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't. &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Stanislaw Jerzy Lec&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Genius 
        is not a quality, but only a quantitative difference in a combination 
        of attributes contained in all persons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Dr. Ernst Jones&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The
only time I know that something is true is the moment I discover it in
the act of writing.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Jean
Malaquais&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;We
write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Anais
Nin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Better
keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must
see the world.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-George
Bernard Shaw&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The 
        skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Edwin Schlossberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt; 
        If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that 
        is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
        &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Henry 
        David Thoreau&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;You
cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Mark
Twain&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;The
brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Gore
Vidal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Our
awareness is all that is alive and maybe sacred in any of us. Everything
else about us is dead machinery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Kurt
Vonnegut&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Consistency 
        is the last refuge of the unimaginative.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;
        &lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-Oscar 
        Wilde&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;One 
        of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things 
        right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them. &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;-Tobias Wolff&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="+1"&gt;Writing
is thinking on paper.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman,Times" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;-William
Zinsser&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>famous authors</category><category>quotes</category><category>Writers</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/14/a-writers-thoughts.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">725983c9-e216-45ca-bae7-937cea52e49a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ziggy</title><link>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/13/ziggy.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator><description>&lt;font style="font-family: Georgia;" size="6"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;A picture is worth a thousand words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Georgia;" size="6"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/5/2/0/5/1/123215-115025/IMG_2166.JPG" border="0" width="640"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;" size="6"&gt;Here is Ziggy my new puppy!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Puppy</category><category>Ziggy</category><category>Pets</category><comments>http://blog.adriandoyle.net/2008/04/13/ziggy.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">4dec7dc2-4194-44a7-941f-8e45898cd851</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>