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		<title>Confessions Of A Social Game Addict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mafia Wars, FarmVille, Cafe World, Dragon Wars, Vampire Wars, FishVille. Just some of the games whose notifications are overwhelming the home pages of even the most socially awkward of Facebook users. A quick walk through any college library will reveal scores of screens with the tell-tale signs of various farm animals, waiters and roller-coasters lighting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/11/25/confessions-of-a-social-game-addict/</link>
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		<title>While my wee scar gently weeps.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mess. Definition please. A state of confusion and disorderliness. Welcome to my life. 
Last Saturday confirmed all my suspicions. It&#8217;s 2:30am and the music has stopped, the lights are on and I&#8217;m as hungry as a size-zero model in a McDonalds for the first time in their life. I step outside the Forum and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/11/05/while-my-wee-scar-gently-weeps/</link>
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		<title>A Sucker For Punishment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this post in the comforts of Rosslare Port of all places. Saying that it&#8217;s from the comforts of the place is probably a bit too generous though given that they&#8217;re still proudly displaying that they were the best port back in 1990 and the decor bears all the hallmarks of a place that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/10/19/a-sucker-for-punishment/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all narcissistic. Apparently.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came across this study  after browsing the epicenter of social media news, Mashable, for the first time in about 2 years.
Some people have described the results of the study as jaw-dropping. It found, among other things, that 57% of people believe their activities on social-networking sites are narcissistic in nature. Is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/09/01/were-all-narcissistic-apparently/</link>
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		<title>Why Indian food is bad&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I know that part two of my Oxegen trip report is still &#8220;due&#8221;. The first half of it was far too long, so I&#8217;ve conveniently decided to wait a few months so that I&#8217;ll forget all the non-important stuff and only include a mind blowing account of the remainder of the weekend. If only.
For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/08/30/why-indian-food-is-bad/</link>
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		<title>Oxegen 09. Trip Report &#8211; Thurs/Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from the temporary bog that is currently Punchestown for almost 24 hours now and even though that should be ample time to recover and really appreciate the whole thing, I still can&#8217;t figure out and decide if it was the most breathtaking and electric weekend of my life, or if it was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/07/16/oxegen-09-trip-report-thursfriday/</link>
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		<title>Oxegen Preparations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In years gone by, I&#8217;ve eagerly anticipated Oxegen each Summer, purely for the experience. This is the third year in a row that I have a ticket but it will also be only my first time ever attending it. Be it friends dropping out, getting an offer of twice the face value of the ticket [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/07/08/oxegen-preparations/</link>
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		<title>An Irish Take on Heatwaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heatwaves always take the entire Irish population by complete surprise! I mean, we&#8217;d consider a good day to be one that involves, at most, 15 minutes of sustained sunshine before it fucks back behind grey clouds and proceeds to piss on us for the rest of the day. Although in these past few days, you&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/06/04/an-irish-take-on-heatwaves/</link>
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		<title>Halfway to 40.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gulp.
That heading almost makes me quake in my boots. I&#8217;ve now reached the tender age of 20. For some it&#8217;s a milestone, a time when they reflect on what they&#8217;ve already achieved in life and look forward to what the future has in store for them. For me though, turning 20 is nothing short of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/05/10/halfway-to-40/</link>
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		<title>I must be MAD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No really, I am. Wednesday saw the start of the madness with the M.A.D Ball taking place in the Forum, Waterford. Where most college societies have black-tie balls in hotels, the Media and Design society elect to have a giant fancy dress party instead. I&#8217;m not in the Media and Design society, in fact I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adamsrants.com/2009/05/03/i-must-be-mad/</link>
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