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About me - A Penry

Just your typical brooding intellectual. Sarcastic and cynical with grandiose delusions and just enough reality to grasp the disappointment of imminent mediocrity.

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Hobbies & Games > Card Games Beginner's guide to poker
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Hi. Poker addict here. I absolutely love the game and spend hours online playing Texas HoldEm for fun. Okay, so maybe I've a bit of problem but at least it makes me qualified to ramble a bit about it. I know it can be a confusing game for a complete newcomer so here are some of the basic rules and terminology laid out for you... More..

Entertainment > TV Characters & Personalities TV character: Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Being one of the biggest cult series one has to wonder just how such an incredulous concept became one of the biggest TV hit series of the 90's with a devout following of hundreds of thousands. Of course, you don't have to look too hard before you find your answer; witty dialogue, engrossing story lines and above all loveable... More..

Jobs & Careers > Employers Do people work more if they are paid more?Smallicon
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When it comes to the topic of salaries many of us prick up our ears, eager to learn how we stack up against others or if our friends are more successful than we are. Let's face it, money is important and the majority of people will do just about anything around the workplace to increase their share of it... if we have to that... More..

Entertainment > TV Show Reviews Anime reviews: Trinity Blood
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Set in a post-apocalyptic world, far into the future, "Trinity Blood" is a new and gripping anime series full of mystery and intrigue; it creates a whole new fantasy world for its viewers to enjoy. The main premise of the series is your classic Good vs. Evil concept which starts out as being humans vs. vampires but gradually ... More..

Sciences > Psychology The nature of IQ tests
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If you do a quick google search you'll find thousands of sites offering IQ tests, if you do each one of these tests you'll end up with at least a hundred different IQ scores. There are also nationally recognised forms of IQ tests though they tend to cost you a few hundred dollars. So how can you tell how accurate they are? We... More..

Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Preventing chicken pox scratching
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From mosquito bites to chicken pox, whenever my siblings or I started itching mum would just dab on a bit of chamomile lotion to help cool it down.This might very well mean practically covering yourself with it and although it might not be 100% effective the process of applying it at least creates enough of a distraction to t... More..

Education > Financing College Should students expect the government to help pay for college expenses?Smallicon
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Of course they should expect it. Why should we penalise a person for wanting to learn by charging them thousands to do so?If a person seeks further education then the government should by all means help them, after all this would encourage more people to go to college resulting in an increase of people with all sorts of degre... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is God an invention of man's mind or true being?Smallicon
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While I don't necessarily disbelieve in the concept of God, I find it more likely that He is our own creation rather than vice versa. What evidence do I have to support this? One word; dinosaurs. I know, an overused and fairly bland rebuttal but they do kind of bring down the whole Adam & Eve theory.Okay, that aside and think... More..

Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Anime and Manga: An overview
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Direct from the minds of some strange Japanese writers, welcome to the world of Manga and Anime.Manga is a form of Japanese comic, Anime is often adapted from this into a cartoon version. Both are often very strange which is the reason they have grown so much in popularity over the past 10 years.I only got into Manga a few ye... More..

Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Are there healthy fats?
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In today's self-conscience, gym-junky world the very word "fat" seems to strike fear into the hearts of many, something proven by the recent boom of "fat-free" and "lite" products that have hit the shelves in the past few years. So, fat is bad then, right? Not exactly, at least not all types of fats. Yes, there are types, six... More..

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