<?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-1725419251110263619</id><updated>2011-07-07T16:25:16.726-04:00</updated><category term='Road Trips'/><category term='A Confused Roommate'/><category term='English Breakfast Tea'/><category term='Anger'/><category term='Joseph Paquette'/><category term='Frustration'/><category term='Frogs'/><category term='Uncertainty'/><category term='Josh Parks'/><category term='Michael Kates'/><category term='The Humor of a Philosophic Poet'/><category term='Some Pizza'/><category term='John Parkison'/><category term='Angst'/><category term='Crew'/><category term='Nick Combes'/><category term='My Cat'/><category term='Prayer'/><category term='A Cup of Earl Grey'/><category term='Final Exams'/><category term='Nostalgia'/><category term='Benjamin DeGroot'/><category term='and A Smattering of Insanity'/><category term='Classes'/><category term='Life'/><category term='Baker Woodlot'/><category term='Avenged Sevenfold'/><category term='Death Metal'/><category term='Amon Amarth'/><category term='University'/><category term='The Typical'/><category term='Newfallen Snow'/><category term='SBEmail'/><category term='Mute Math'/><category term='Bowling'/><category term='Home'/><category term='Star Trek'/><category term='MSU'/><category term='Dave Maust'/><category term='Campus Crusade'/><category term='Theology'/><title type='text'>Matters of a Tenor</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-845214575890205534</id><published>2010-08-19T23:21:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-19T23:26:50.911-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Confused Roommate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baker Woodlot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Cup of Earl Grey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Some Pizza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='and A Smattering of Insanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benjamin DeGroot'/><title type='text'>Crayons Can Melt on Me for All I Care</title><content type='html'>So what if I'm a little weird or act a little crazy sometimes; I like to have fun without being concerned about the opinions of the peanut gallery.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Season well with friends having similar mindsets, serve warm on a summer evening, and enjoy life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-845214575890205534?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/845214575890205534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=845214575890205534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/845214575890205534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/845214575890205534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2010/08/crayons-can-melt-on-me-for-all-i-care.html' title='Crayons Can Melt on Me for All I Care'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-6410547581189750785</id><published>2010-06-10T01:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T01:15:18.628-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Humor of a Philosophic Poet'/><title type='text'>Concerning the Events of a Certain Ninth Night of June</title><content type='html'>Maybe I'll find someone while wandering.  Maybe I'll see a blue moon.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've seen the moon glow orange; is a different hue so difficult to imagine?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-6410547581189750785?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/6410547581189750785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=6410547581189750785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/6410547581189750785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/6410547581189750785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2010/06/concerning-events-of-certain-ninth.html' title='Concerning the Events of a Certain Ninth Night of June'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-361104628032543710</id><published>2010-01-08T23:59:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T00:05:15.086-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nostalgia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newfallen Snow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Star Trek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Cat'/><title type='text'>Concerning an Event of the Eighth Day of January</title><content type='html'>Out in a field, heartwarming cold winter, new dressing on old ground, a brief exultation in the glories of living.  How better could I show my appreciation of breath than expelling it in such an exclamation?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-361104628032543710?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/361104628032543710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=361104628032543710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/361104628032543710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/361104628032543710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2010/01/concerning-event-of-eighth-day-of.html' title='Concerning an Event of the Eighth Day of January'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-4824631576337693636</id><published>2009-05-13T22:10:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T22:17:15.478-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Uncertainty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Typical'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mute Math'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Road Trips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Home'/><title type='text'>The Spotlight is On</title><content type='html'>There are times when I wish I could do more than the typical, break its spell and become someone.  I wish that my life was more than following a laid-out course, interspersed with waiting for something to happen.  I should be making these things happen.  I want to become part of an epic, strive for greatness.  But what can &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; do?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-4824631576337693636?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/4824631576337693636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=4824631576337693636' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/4824631576337693636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/4824631576337693636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2009/05/spotlight-is-on.html' title='The Spotlight is On'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-5791520854925148242</id><published>2009-03-19T01:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T01:03:00.062-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Josh Parks'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The different stars tonight&lt;br /&gt;Will somehow fade the same&lt;br /&gt;And all the tears we cry&lt;br /&gt;Tell us we're made the same&lt;br /&gt;And when we fall aside&lt;br /&gt;Let's hope we fall in place&lt;br /&gt;We built our different lives&lt;br /&gt;But they all break the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And only tears know how&lt;br /&gt;To remind us we all break the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Paul Meany&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-5791520854925148242?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/5791520854925148242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=5791520854925148242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/5791520854925148242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/5791520854925148242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2009/03/different-stars-tonight-will-somehow.html' title=''/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-9191088396930655006</id><published>2009-02-06T00:22:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T00:27:53.171-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Parkison'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English Breakfast Tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bowling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crew'/><title type='text'>What I've Done</title><content type='html'>The most aggravating part of making any decision is not weighing each and every alternative and outcome, but waiting for the ramifications come to fruition, followed by the subconscious uncertainty over the validity and correctness of the choice.  Sometimes I wish I could see the future.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-9191088396930655006?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/9191088396930655006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=9191088396930655006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/9191088396930655006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/9191088396930655006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-ive-done.html' title='What I&apos;ve Done'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-4432491811789888845</id><published>2009-01-08T22:32:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T22:43:01.322-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amon Amarth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Angst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Death Metal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avenged Sevenfold'/><title type='text'>I Sound My Babaric Yawp</title><content type='html'>Why must we be such a civilized race?  Why do we have to practice such restraint when emotion tells us to render everything in sight asunder?  Why do we feel we must cover up the extremes of expression?  Is it for the benefit of the people around us, like they never have felt the same things that tear at our insides?  Is it for the creation of an image, a facade of levelheadedness? Why can't we just vent it once in a while without the depreciation of our reputation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Society, do us a favor and accept the sporadic fumings of frustrated individuals; let us sound off our terrible and heartfelt exclamations, maybe even find it acceptable for us to break something once in a while.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-4432491811789888845?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/4432491811789888845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=4432491811789888845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/4432491811789888845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/4432491811789888845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-sound-my-babaric-yawp.html' title='I Sound My Babaric Yawp'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-6186309068209786248</id><published>2008-12-11T14:44:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T14:53:42.641-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Kates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Final Exams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joseph Paquette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MSU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dave Maust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avenged Sevenfold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classes'/><title type='text'>Something is Takings Its Course</title><content type='html'>The end of the chapter, the page slowly turning has met its partner of the past.  What has the time to say for itself?  Will it recount the hours spent increasing in knowledge, or increasing in relationships?  Or will the reflection focus towards the future partner in the tome, waiting to provide its commentary until the ramifications are fully realized?  We shall see, we shall see. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The course shall become clear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-6186309068209786248?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/6186309068209786248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=6186309068209786248' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/6186309068209786248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/6186309068209786248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2008/12/something-is-takings-its-course.html' title='Something is Takings Its Course'/><author><name>Otto R. Hartenstein</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vzT_PSSUP6A/SScNMLzEANI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xu3IrAmKrQQ/S220/Nolan.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725419251110263619.post-2446716176130042096</id><published>2008-11-21T23:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T23:52:44.884-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='University'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SBEmail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nick Combes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Campus Crusade'/><title type='text'>Concerning the Events of 21 November, 2008.</title><content type='html'>What better ways are there to share your life with new friends than scavenger hunts, breaking into theaters, visiting old venues of procrastination, swapping tales, and eating copious amounts of pizza?  Indeed, the pedantic life of university is not complete without a night of diversions such as these.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1725419251110263619-2446716176130042096?l=mattersofatenor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/feeds/2446716176130042096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1725419251110263619&amp;postID=2446716176130042096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/2446716176130042096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1725419251110263619/posts/default/2446716176130042096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mattersofatenor.blogspot.com/2008/11/concerning-events-of-21-november-2008.html' title='Concerning the Events of 21 November, 2008.'/><author><name>Otto R. 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