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		<title>The Opposite of Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about the subjects of courage and fear. They are complimentary and contradictory emotions and actions. Both are vital to our existence. Both are also under the auspices of Ares. Recent events in my life have brought thoughts of fear and courage to the forefront, so I thought I&#8217;d discuss some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=159&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Darker Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, I&#8217;ve lost over 1700 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines on my watch in the Air Force. It saddens me to think that as we lose more, I know personally one of the blessed dead lost in theater. My friends and I recently received word we lost one of our own, a man [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=154&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Differences</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/culture-differences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[race relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I had the terrifying pleasure of sitting down for my first television interview. I was pretty nervous; I wasn&#8217;t sure what I&#8217;d say or need to do. I was also worrying about how I&#8217;d look. My skin has been improving, but I haven&#8217;t been able to get to a barber in about three weeks, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=151&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updates and Musing</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/updates-and-musing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m sorry I don&#8217;t have much more for you  today other than promises of better articles to come. I noticed I got a lot of traffic for the post on Hekate and Ares, so you can expect more like those; I&#8217;ve already begun drawing up notes for comparisons with Apollon and Dionysos. Folks seemed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=148&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Show-and-Tell</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/show-and-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, with my recent wave of veteran&#8217;s advocacy, I&#8217;ve found myself at the center of an unusual (for me) predicament. My little sister is the &#8220;person of the week&#8221; in her first grade class, and has invited me to be her terminal show-and-tell subject on Friday. I have to say, I&#8217;m a bit nervous. See, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=142&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blue and White</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/blue-and-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a story from a fellow Air Force vet who happened to be involved in the same program I was, albeit at a different installation. Enjoy! ***  When I went through Basic  Training, on Sunday when the other girls went to Church, I went to the  Wicca group. It was all they had and it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=132&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dogs of War</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/the-dogs-of-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst researching the cultic connections between Ares and His sister, Athene, I could not help but to be intrigued by the commonalities between Ares and Hekate as well. Ares and Hekate have odd symmetry at times, from cult sacrifices to titles, and even symbolism. I wanted to take time today to speculate on possible links [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=134&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Vet&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the story of a Army veteran and a friend of mine. She is also a practicing Hellenic Polytheist and one of my biggest supporters. I want you to read her story and reflect on the struggles that she faced, struggles service men and women go through, and I want you to think about how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=127&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Ares</title>
		<link>http://aspisofares.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/honoring-ares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the lamentable things about being a solitary devotee to a god is actually having to do many things alone. Humans are social animals, and sometimes it takes the motivation others provide to even get up in the morning, let alone worship. Lucky for me, I&#8217;ve come up with a fun, social way to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=123&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ares and Athene, Revisited</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was reading through my last post about Ares and Athene, and I was feeling slightly dissatisfied. It was rather dry and academic, and I feel I should have talked about their related symbolism, added a prayer, or included something people could actually use in worship. With that, I&#8217;m writing for a second (but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aspisofares.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26285691&amp;post=120&amp;subd=aspisofares&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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