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    <description>Earnest questions from a man in a flannel shirt — and the best answers I had.</description>
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      <title>Why 72 virgins?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>He asked me why we'd want 72 virgins in heaven?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh boy. This is an embarassing and hilarious one. Be forewarned this isn&rsquo;t going to go where you think it might. But then again, where <em>you</em> think it might is kind of why we have this awkward misunderstanding to begin with.</p>
<p>To be completed.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Why can't you drink?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>He wanted to know why I cannot drink alcohol.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a funny one, because if we&rsquo;re speaking stricly about whether or not I can drink, the answer is actually that I could if I wanted to. In fact, there&rsquo;s a theological argument that would say I cannot drink wine, but harder spirits not made form grapes would be totally fine. This sounds ridiculous, and I personally disagree very strongly with that way of justifying drinking. But to understand why, we need to talk about the letter of the law versus the spirit (no pun intended) of the law.</p>
<p>To be completed.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The pickup truck is to haul stuff</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>This was my dumb question. And it told us a lot about how differently we saw labor costs.</description>
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<p>&ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t there someone who hauls it for you?&rdquo;
— Me, mid-1998</p>
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