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<h1>Introduction</h1>
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I hope your stay in Solace here will
let you learn a bit more about me, and that
you may find something interesting here.
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<h2>Other References to Me</h2>
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My <a href="http://sourceforge.net/users/ftobin/">developer account</a>
at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a> may be
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diary</a>, which is generally related to
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<h2>Interesting Sayings</h2>
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Est Sularus oth Mithas.
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<q class="good-quote" style="display: block">One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.</q>
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<a href="http://www.cp-tel.net/miller/BilLee/quotes/Wilde.html">Oscar Wilde</a> (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author
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<q class="good-quote" style="display: block">To learn what is good and what is to be valued,
those truths which cannot be shaken or changed.</q>
<cite class="quote-attribution"><a href="http://sirrus.cyan.com/Online/D%27ni/Books/BookAtrus">Myst: The Book of Atrus</a></cite>
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Humor in the Court:
Q: ...any suggestions as to what prevented this from being a murder trial
instead of an attempted murder trial?
A: The victim lived.
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