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	<title>Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little: All Blog Activity</title>
	<description>Quick reference to all recent blog entries by Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little</description>
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Quick update roundup of sims we’ve visited before</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a couple of months since this blog last updated, long enough that some of even the most recently blogged places may have changed their schedules, their events, or even their state of existence. Let&#8217;s do a quick check-in: Amber Lights Village has closed down, &#8220;due to a slow summer&#8221;. The Apple Hunt Group [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:06:56 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: How to earn your September 2010 Seal o' Piracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month saw the debut of a new Sea Monster Hunt environment: Haunted Seas. It&#39;s understandable that, in your excitement--in the flush of your NRE, so to speak--you find yourself doing just about nothing but.
BUT!
There are other SMHs out there, remember, and other expeditions. You oughtn&#39;t to neglect them!
That&#39;s the challenge posed to ye by the September 2010 Seal o&#39; Piracy, mates. Of the six SMH and expedition types, you&#39;ve got to visit four:
Attack an Atlantean Citadel
Venture onto a Cursed Isle
Exorcise a Haunted Ship Graveyard
Visit a Buried Treasure Atoll
Haul...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/how-to-earn-your-september-2010-seal-o-piracy</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:16:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: So Practice Detachment Already</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intensity of intention has an inverse relationship with productivity.  To wit: This morning I got up and said to myself, "You've only finished three paid content-writing articles all month! And the third requires a rewrite! And when this month have you don . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100831235955</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:59:55 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Absinthe House now open in Foundry’s old location</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where once stood a landmark pool hall, a Euro-style bistro/bar/dancehall now awaits your visit.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/08/31/absinthe-house-now-open-in-foundrys-old-location/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:37:14 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the week of August 30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With just a couple blockades this afternoon in the doubloon world and one more scheduled for Friday on Midnight, it&#39;s looking like a quiet week... so far. Remember that Event Blockades may be announced with as little as an hour&#39;s advance notice, so what&#39;s known today may end up representing much less than the sum total of all blockade activity for the week.
All times given in UTC - 8:00, or &quot;Pirate Time&quot; (U.S. Pacific). Click on links for each flag&#39;s members and allies. Check the Notice Board for complete Event Blockade details.
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Doublooon Ocean Blockades
***...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-week-of-august-30</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the weekend of August 28-29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Better late than never, right? Here&#39;s your blockades for this weekend--at least, here are those currently scheduled as of 8:00 AM Saturday morning.
There&#39;s a real mix of blockade types this weekend. Gretchen Goldfang and Azarbad the Great are attacking islands today on the subscription oceans, while island government all over the doubloon universe have scheduled Event Blockades. Meanwhile, flag versus flag action is breaking out all over! On Sage, Viridian, and Midnight, war chests have been dropped and island takeovers will be attempted. Go log onto your favorite ocean and help...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-weekend-of-august-28-29</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Friday market alerts: Marketscoops spotlights magazines, interviews editors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author and editor D. L. Snell keeps a blog called Market Scoops, and if you&#39;re having trouble deciding on the next semi-pro market to send your story to, you should bookmark it. Once or twice a month, Snell spotlights a &#39;zine, following up its vital stats with an in-depth interview with its editor or editors.
The most recent &#39;zine Market Scoops highlights (August 17) is Ideomancer, an online spec fic quarterly. Snell asks editor Leah Bobet about her favorite authors and what sort of qualities Ideomancer looks for in submissions. Questions go into details of setting, genre,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/friday-market-alerts-marketscoops-spotlights-magazines-interviews-editors</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Coffee and writing in the Boulder Rock Club lounge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Boulder, there&#39;s a good chance you&#39;ve at least dabbled in rock climbing. Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the town tends to attract climbers, mountaineers and hikers. And if that didn&#39;t describe you originally, the proximity of all these sports may have tempted you to try it out.
Boulder boasts not one but three climbing gyms: Movement, The Spot, and the Boulder Rock Club. What follows might well be said about any of them, but this Examiner, being most familiar with the BRC, will be writing about that one for now.
Wait, though. What does a rock...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/coffee-and-writing-the-boulder-rock-club-lounge</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Haunted Seas goes live on all oceans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next time you launch your Puzzle Pirates client, don&#39;t be surprised to see the &quot;Your client is out of date&quot; message. If you&#39;ve been paying attention to the Ice Changelog lately, you&#39;ll know what that means...
Haunted Seas launches today! Check it out: Release 2010-08-24
Charts to these ghostly locations will begin to appear in the way that all other Sea Monster Maps do: you&#39;ll occasionally win them in a pillage or by defeating an island&#39;s skellie infestation. You&#39;ll need a subscription or bravery badge, depending on your ocean, to chart to a Haunted Seas...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/haunted-seas-goes-live-on-all-oceans</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Get the most peices of eight out of your labor hours: YPP job hunting strategies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get a job!
No, really--it&#39;s your best opportunity to get PoE daily without even logging on. Hiring on at a Shoppe or Stall in the Puzzle Pirates world means that your character &quot;works&quot; a certain number of labor hours a day, if the labor is needed. The Shoppe/Stall gets that many more hours towards completing necessary in-game products, and you get PoE.
Seems simple, right? Well... it&#39;s not quite that simple, not if you want to really maximize the profitability of your daily allotment of labor hours. And since you&#39;ll be paying per month to keep your subscription or...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/get-the-most-peices-of-eight-out-of-your-labor-hours-ypp-job-hunting-strategies</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: CU Writing Center offers writing and rhetoric advice for all occasions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you need writing advice, and you are a student, staff or faculty member, or an alumnus/alumna of the University of Colorado at Boulder, CU&#39;s Program for Writing and Rhetoric invites you to bring your boggle over to the Writing Center, free of charge. From August 30 to December 14, the Writing Center will offer fall semester hours of 10 AM to 6 PM from Monday through Thursday, and from 10 AM to 1 PM on Friday.
The Writing Center isn&#39;t a computer lab where you go to get your homework done. Nor is it a copy-editing service. Instead, it&#39;s an optional teaching resource whose...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/cu-writing-center-offers-writing-and-rhetoric-advice-for-all-occasions</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the week of August 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahoy, mateys! Ready for a little blockading? If so, here&#39;s your schedule for this week, Monday through Friday. Quite a few &#39;kades are for today, so you&#39;ll want to hurry!
Remember that Event Blockades can be scheduled with very little advance notice, so even though you see nothing scheduled for tomorrow or Thursday, it&#39;s not impossible that island government will yet schedule one. So log onto your favorite oceans throughout the week and keep your eyes open!
Only sinking/nonsinking and number of rounds are given here. Check the Notice Board for further details on each Event...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-week-of-august-23</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:13:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the weekend of August 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not many islands changing hands this week--at least, not unless the Brigand Kings have their way! Friday and Saturday are loaded with basic "practice"-style Event Blockades, and no attackers have announced their intentions as of yet. But Azarbad the Great and Admiral Finius are trying to take over islands on Opal, Hunter and Sage tomorrow. To stop them succeeding, allies of the defending flags will probably be hiring jobbers at generous per-segment rates. So mark your calendars and get ready to rumble!
All times given in Pirate/Pacific Time (UTC - 8). Brigand King amassed power accurate as...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-weekend-of-august-20</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Appreciations, part 3 of 3: Having Writers In Your Corner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I've been blogging this week, I've been having doubts. This stuff I say I remember: did it really happen that way? It's more than just "Was the poem on display in first or third grade?" or "Was it tenth grade or twelfth grade when Mr. Day and Ms. Pet . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100820222543</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:25:43 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Prop Gay presents H2OMO benefit party at Boulder Reservoir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, come play in the sand, enjoy live entertainment, and support BCAP and Boulder Pride.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/08/20/h2omo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:40:47 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Friday market alerts: Reprints sought for consideration for Best Horror of the Year 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This alert is for any of you who have had stories published this year, or will have imminently. Editor Ellen Datlow is putting together Best Horror of the Year 3, an anthology from Night Shade Books.
What might be considered for inclusion? All things horrror, she says, &quot;from the traditional-supernatural to the borderline, including high-tech sf horror, supernatural stories, psychological horror, dark thrillers, or anything else that might qualify. If in doubt, send it.&quot;
If your story isn&#39;t out yet but will be before the end of December, she suggests you send a galley....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/friday-market-alerts-reprints-sought-for-consideration-for-best-horror-of-the-year-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Appreciations, part 2 of 3: Teachers Who Are Also Writers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being given absolute permission to follow that star, a budding writer needs support that maybe their parents, if they're not writers themselves, can't give: concrete knowledge about the path leading to that star. Also knowledge about avoidin . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100819225435</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:54:35 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Jane McGonigal: Gamers will save the world. This means you.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you consider Puzzle Pirates a guilty pleasure? Do you find yourself constantly apologizing for the amount of time you spend on the ocean? Is the YPP client&#39;s &quot;No pizza for you!&quot; reminder a frequent visitor to your screen?
Apololize no more. Turns out, you are our hope for the future.
Skeptical? Watch this video: Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world (transcript).
McGonigal&#39;s thesis, put simply, is that in the virtual worlds of online multiplayer role-playing games, participants get in a state of mind more conducive to cooperative problem solving than they do in...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/jane-mcgonigal-gamers-will-save-the-world-this-means-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Writing prompt: Stasia Burrington's &quot;Cute Girls&quot; art on display at downtown Brewing Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The downtown Brewing Market (1918 13th St.) may not be as spacious as its Basemar sibling (2610 Baseline Rd.), nor its hours as long. But it&#39;s rarely as crowded. Its customers are mostly 9-to-5ers stopping in for a brew on their way to work. There always seems to be room for a cafe writer and her laptop at one of the five indoor tables or the three on the patio. Another bonus is, its wi-fi doesn&#39;t have that password-entry barrier limiting you to two hours per purchase. Instead it&#39;s a perfectly transparent connect-and-go.
And if you visit right now, you&#39;ll get to see some...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/writing-prompt-stasia-burrington-s-cute-girls-art-on-display-at-downtown-brewing-market</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Appreciations, part 1 of 3: Parents and Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, blog I'm supposed to be updating daily but instead have been hitting maybe twice a month! For the record, I'm a little embarrassed at the high percentage of Examiner posts in my Uber-RSS. It's like, I used to write fiction, but now I'm totally selli . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100819003255</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:32:55 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Boulder Public Library offers writing workshops for children and teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boulder Public Library encourages kids of all ages, from elementary through senior year, to participate in their Just Write! sessions, hosted weekly in the Teen Art Gallery.
Both the Junior and Senior level groups are led by professional writers, giving children and teens a chance to learn from and interact with adults who are active in the craft and industry. Whether students write for fun or hope to write for a living--or both!--these workshops will help them develop their skills as storytellers.
According to the Just Write! web page, &quot;The one-hour workshops feature writing...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/boulder-public-library-offers-writing-workshops-for-children-and-teens</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the week of August 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s time once again for this week&#39;s Big Happy Fun List of Weekday Blockades!
Most weekday blockades are Event Blockades, and this week&#39;s list is no exception. Event Blockades can be scheduled with very little advanced warning, so while the list is complete as of right now this second, there could be another 5 or 6 posted tomorrow. For Event details beyond round duration and sinking/non-sinking, log onto the appropriate ocean and check the Notice Board.
Remember, all times are given in PT, Pacific Time, or UTC - 8:00... also known as &quot;Pirate Time.&quot;
Here we go!
&nbsp;...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-week-of-august-16</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Market update: First round of responses to Bewere the Night submissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Books LogoIf you submitted a story prior to June 15 to Ekaterina Sedia's upcoming shapeshifter anthology Bewere the Night (Prime Books), you'll have gotten a response by now. The editor announced on August 1 that she's read and responded to everything received by that time, either with a rejection letter or a hold notice.&nbsp; Stories on hold will receive rejections or acceptances in December. That's a long way off, and there's only so long you can usefully chew on your nails while haunting the mailbox. So hie thee back to your typewriters, word-processors and goose-feather quills,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/market-update-first-round-of-responses-to-bewere-the-night-submissions</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Friday market alerts: Orange Pekoe to e-publish short fiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Orange Pekoe hopes to soon serve a new cuppa fiction Photo by Xavier Snelgrove (Wikimedia Commons) &nbsp; Related articles Friday market alerts: Dystopia Press seeks post-apocalyptic novel submissions Friday market alerts: Gumshoe Review now accepting original fiction for publication Friday market alerts: Anthology seeks urban fantasy set in the 1920s Orange Pekoe Press, a new electronic publisher, is now accepting submissions of short fiction of lengths up to about 12,000 words. Publication will not be in the usual magazine issue format. Instead, readers will be able to buy individual...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/friday-market-alerts-orange-pekoe-to-e-publish-short-fiction</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockade schedule for the weekend of August 13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ready for battle? This weekend's a big one for Brigand King Blockades! Vargas, Barnabas, and Brynhild are all acting in a very unfriendly manner toward your favorite ports of call--get on out there and teach them better manners! Several event blockades are also scheduled, including one coming up immediately on the Cobalt Ocean. You'll need to hurry if you hope to get a piece of that action. All blockade start times are listed in &quot;Pirate Time&quot; (Pacific Time, UTC - 08:00). Brigand King amassed power and attacker information accurate as of 8:30 PM Friday evening. Click flag names for...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockade-schedule-for-the-weekend-of-august-13</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Haunted Seas debut on Ice Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of the purple sword-fighting blocks has been revealed! On August 4, Haunted Seas made their debut on the Ice Ocean.Haunted Seas is a new sea monster lair. On the battle board you'll fight against enemy ships whose ethereal nature allows them to pass straight through rocks as though they were ghosts... which, in fact, they are. When you attack their graveyard citadels, your sword-fighting opponents are your own ghostly doubles. Win, and you get to haul treasure from the shipwrecks they haunt. But beware--phantasms will board your ship and try to wrest it from your control!Vettias...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/haunted-seas-debut-on-ice-ocean</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Hollowdeck Press sponsors local writing guild, writing classes, writing in museums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hollowdeck Press isn't a typical publishing house. It doesn't accept unsolicited submissions, and, given its nature as &quot;an independent, small literary press,&quot; it likely doesn't receive agented submissions either. So what is Hollowdeck Press? Well, first off, it's a Boulder local, founded right here in 1994 and located in the downtown zip code. And, secondly, it's an important resource for writers of all stripes. Our commitment is to awaken the curiosity and passion of those who love to write. We believe in creating honest, skillful and non-competitive communities where writers...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/hollowdeck-press-sponsors-local-writing-guild-writing-classes-writing-museums</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Distilling for greenies: How to practice the puzzle for free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the five crafting puzzles currently available in Puzzle Pirates, distilling is probably the most profitable to master. Every voyage demands rum, after all. You don't have to look hard to find someone paying well for expert distilling labor. Get your stats up to Renowned, take a few jobs, and you're set. But many pirates find distilling to be one of the most daunting puzzles out there. When first introduced to the puzzle, you might be tempted to despair. The movement rules for the three different types of bubbles seem impossible to memorize. And you simply don't have time to sit there...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/distilling-for-greenies-how-to-practice-the-puzzle-for-free</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Boulder Writers Alliance offers job leads, networking, professional training; hosts logo contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First things first: The BWA is looking for a new look. If you want to help them out with their make-over, send your logo proposal to &quot;domarino&quot; at &quot;earthlink&quot; dot &quot;net&quot;. The winning logo will be featured &quot;on all things BWA!&quot; That said, what's the BWA? The Boulder Writing Alliance is, in their own words, &quot;is a nonprofit organization of communications professionals. Our goals are to help our members find work and to increase our marketable skills.&quot; Its membership primarily comprises technical writers, but professionals along the entire...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/boulder-writers-alliance-offers-job-leads-networking-professional-training-hosts-logo-contest</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: How to earn your August 2010 Seal o' Piracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A full year has passed since the first monthly Seal o' Piracy trophy was offered. That first Seal, the one for August of 2009, had a complex system of weekly challenges to keep track of. This month's edition is much simpler. All you have to do is... Play twelve (12) different puzzles throughout the month. Almost any puzzle will do. Duty, labor, parlor--in fact, you'll have to play around in each of these categories, since there aren't enough of any one type of puzzle to meet the requirements. Just mix it up and you'll get there. Note: Battle navigation doesn't count. (But duty navigation...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/how-to-earn-your-august-2010-seal-o-piracy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Special purple block SF drop pattern now in play-test on Ice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest innovation being tested on the Ice Ocean targets the sword-fighting environment. As of July 21, certain non-playing characters (NPPs) will send purple blocks into your play area as part of their attacks. These aren't like the aqua blocks that make Atlantean dragoons more challenging to fight. Those are an odd color, but they act like normal blocks. The new purple blocks don't fuse. And they don't have breakers of their own color. Instead, they &quot;can be cleared using a breaker of any color. The breaker will clear groups of purple blocks, as well as any regular blocks of its...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/special-purple-block-sf-drop-pattern-now-play-test-on-ice</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Pick a number, pick a writing prompt at Shery Russ's website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Writer's Digest site mentioned previously is great, but it only publishes one prompt a week. And sometimes a writing prompt just doesn't &quot;speak&quot; to you. There's value in gritting your teeth and writing to that prompt regardless of how uninsipring you find it--that's when the most surprising creativity comes out to play--but it's nice to have alternate options.Shery Russ has 346 options for you to choose from at CreativeWritingPrompts.com.(Pause a moment. Does your browser support Javascript? You'll need it to. If you run Firefox with the NoScript add-on, make sure to &quot...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/pick-a-number-pick-a-writing-prompt-at-shery-russ-s-website</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Friday market alerts: Dystopia Press seeks post-apocalyptic novel submissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click image to visit Cafe Press to purchase Dystopia Press magnets like these &amp; other official gear! Product image from Cafe Press &nbsp; Related articles Friday market alerts: Gumshoe Review now accepting original fiction for publication &nbsp; Friday market alerts: Links to daily writing job opportunities at Freelance Writing Jobs Network &nbsp; Friday market alerts: Anthology seeks urban fantasy set in the 1920s &nbsp; Postage prices, cost of submitting a manuscript may increase in January Brand new publisher looking for manuscripts! But should you submit? Many writers are...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/friday-market-alerts-dystopia-press-seeks-post-apocalyptic-novel-submissions</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Puzzle Pirates Examiner :: Blockades this weekend on the doubloon oceans: July 30 through August 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahoy, mateys! Saturday'll be your big day for blockades across the Puzzle Pirates doubloon universe. Jobbers, look out for some potentially high-paying affairs. Be sure to set your alarm clock for the wee hours for a couple of the 'kades on Sage and Opal All blockade start times are listed in &quot;Pirate Time&quot; (Pacific Time, UTC - 08:00). Brigand King amassed power and attacker information accurate as of 7:45 PM Friday evening. Click flag names for alliance details. Sage Ocean Saturday, July 31, 2:00 AM: Ventress Island (Event, 1 round, non-sinking) Defenders: Research Group Saturday,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/puzzle-pirates-in-national/blockades-this-weekend-on-the-doubloon-oceans-july-30-through-august-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Amtrak contest could send you on a Western US travel writing adventure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The California Zephyr at Chicago Union Station Photo by joefutrelle (via Flickr) &nbsp; Related articles Artist dates: Take the train, spend the day in Winter Park Take your writing on the rails with the California Zephyr Speaking of writing on the rails: Between now and August 15, you can enter to win round-trip first class (roomette) travel on the western Amtrak route of your choice, a three-night stay in a 4-star hotel, and $1500 spending money. All you'd have to do is get yourself to the appropriate originating train station, and Amtrak will take it from there. Amtrak's contest page...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/amtrak-contest-could-send-you-on-a-western-us-travel-writing-adventure</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Sugar Monster art reception at Tee &amp; Cakes on August 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The artist sketches a sugar monster. From Aya Tanaka's event postcard. &nbsp; Recent T&amp;C yummies: Fuel your creativity with free coffee from Tee &amp; Cakes on Tuesdays Tea &amp; Cakes announces winner of short story contest Aya Tanaka is an artist. Originally from Yokohama, she now lives in Boulder. And, as an artist in visual media, she has this in common with artists of the written word: she knows the importance of the Muse. Aya's Muse is the Sugar Monster. And if you would like to meet the Sugar Monster and the art it has inspired, put this event on your calendar:&nbsp; When: Friday...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/sugar-monster-art-reception-at-tee-cakes-on-august-6</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Apple, apple, who’s got the apple…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And, more importantly, where is it? Get in the Apple Hunt Group to find out!]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/24/applehunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:58:53 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Writing prompt: The journey of water downhill from Nederland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ever-downhill movement of water attracts the imaginative attention. Having bused from Boulder to Nederland, you can't help but be aware of it; the canyon road follows Boulder Creek all the way up to Barker Reservoir. As you approach, you first see the towering dam wall rising above the valley. Then Highway 119 finishes its climb into Nederland, and you realize how much water that seemingly thin and fragile cement holds back. Water always moves toward the lowest point. It's obvious, a simple necessity of gravity, yet the phenomenon makes its way into literary metaphor on all sides. In...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/writing-prompt-the-journey-of-water-downhill-from-nederland</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Friday market alerts: Gumshoe Review now accepting original fiction for publication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic by Simon Howden (via FreeDigitalPhotos.net) Until recently a venue exclusively for book and film reviews, Gumshoe Review has announced their slush pile open for business. Nonfiction essays and short mysteries are what they're looking for. Both essays and short stories should be no longer than 1,000 words; pay is 5 cents a word up to a maximum payment of $50. The plan is to publish one short story and one essay per month. What kind of mystery can you write that's only 1,000 words long or less? What are Gumshoe Review looking for? Here's how their Senior Editor puts it: We're looking...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/friday-market-alerts-gumshoe-review-now-accepting-original-fiction-for-publication</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:37:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Artist dates: a quick bus ride to Nederland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rustic Moose and the People's Co-op on E. 1st Street in Nederland Photo by Towle Neu (via Wikimedia Commons) &nbsp; Related articles Artist Dates: Take the train, spend the day in Winter Park Second Life provides virtual writing spaces, writing community For Boulder locals, a day-long writing retreat or artist date in Nederland is practically effortless. Just catch the N bus; at the Boulder Transit Center. Half an hour later you're 3,000 feet higher and 15 degrees cooler. On a day when Boulder's forecast shows a high of 90 degrees regardless of heavy rains, &quot;15 degrees cooler&quot;...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/artist-dates-a-quick-bus-ride-to-nederland</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: A Real-Life Glitch In the Matrix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You remember the scene, right? A black cat crosses the red carpet in the hallway, hisses, then continues on its way--only to vanish two steps later and reappear five steps behind. With a brief digital blur, it reenacts its most recent past. The protagonist . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100722000952</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:09:52 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Just Enough Success to Learn the WRONG Lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm still under orders to keep mum concerning the details regarding my recent sale of "First Breath," unless by some chance said orders have been rescinded without my knowledge. Playing it safe, I assume that not. But apparently it's never too early for a . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100720220505</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:05:05 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Join the DuckDuckDeal Treasure Hunt tomorrow at 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...when the digital purveyor of local eatery deals will reveal the clue leading to Rubber Ducky &#38; Treasure Map Fragment #2.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/07/20/ddd-t/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:36:04 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Globejotter Tours offer travel writing adventures, travel writing classes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a postcard found at Common Grounds in LoDo: &quot;Join bestselling travel author Dave Fox on a creative writing adventure in southern Vietnam!&quot; Your curiosity piqued, you slip the postcard in your backpack and resolve to find out more.
Several weeks later, the postcard falls out while you&#39;re searching for a misplaced telephone number. &quot;For details, visit GlobejotterTours.com or call (206) 922-2292.&quot; So you do.
As it turns out, the Vietnam Tour is scheduled for October 17-30 of this year. There is also a Botswana Tour scheduled for March 1-11 of 2011, a follow-up to the...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/globejotter-tours-offer-travel-writing-adventures-travel-writing-classes</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Gaiman's and Sarrantonio's &quot;Stories&quot; anthology explores, redefines the limits of fiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman describes the magic of fiction thus: &quot;You take the words and you build them into worlds.&quot; That&#39;s the magic that draws readers to stories, time and time again. It&#39;s what draws writers to fiction as well.
There are easier ways to make a living, surer ways to earn a paycheck; why be a writer? Why make art? Stories, a new anthology edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio answers that question by asking another one: Why keep reading? They answer it with another question: &quot;...and then what happened?&quot; That&#39;s the question that keeps readers reading--and,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/gaiman-s-and-sarrantonio-s-stories-anthology-explores-redefines-the-limits-of-fiction</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Boulder Writing Examiner :: Weekend inspiration at the Downtown Boulder Art Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend is a big one in Boulder. Saturday and Sunday will see the Pearl Street Mall transformed into a giant open-air Art Fair. At the time of this writing, local and visiting artisans are still setting up their booths. Tents blossom like flowers after a monsoon. The sight of multiple trucks and trailers parked on the pedestrian-only bricks is a strange one.
Your Assignment is to come on down and browse the market. Half an hour would be great; if all you&#39;ve got is five minutes, that&#39;ll do too. Gaze at paintings on canvas or on wood, sculptures of wood or bronze, delicate turned...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-boulder/weekend-inspiration-at-the-downtown-boulder-art-fair</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Eggd’s Eleggdtronic Eggdsperimental House of Futzed Perception</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sublime surreality challenges your spacial assumptions: Second Life is only pixels, after all, and pixels can do wonderful things.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/16/aact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:21:44 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Jay Leno will headline Children’s Hospital Gala 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a wayyyy early heads-up for your chance to hear Jay Leno live and support an important cause:
Late night funny man Jay Leno will headline the 2010 Children&#8217;s Hospital Gala on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center.
The theme of this year¹s Gala, &#8220;What Matters Most,&#8221; captures the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/07/13/childrenshospitalgala2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:28:50 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Word-spreading: Go Center seeks shareholders, co-managers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zarf appeals to the Go-playing community for their time and funds, these being the usual requirements for Having Nice Things.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/11/gocenterhelp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:42:11 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Pencil Factory art gallery makes your avatar part of the exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come for the giant Twitter-enabled typewriter. Stay for the thought-provoking artistic explorations of the Second Life experience.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/08/pencilfactor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:32:04 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Pints for the People, Wednesdays at Upslope Brewery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raise a pint and send some bucks to There With Care every Wednesday in July.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/07/06/pints-for-the-people-wednesdays-at-upslope-brewery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:40:14 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Bunny Ears and Cottontails for Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join the Army of Bunnies to help raise money for worthy causes. Also, bunny suits are hella awesome.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/01/grizzybunny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:13:41 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Define &quot;Chagrin&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm only up to chapter 3 of the re-type? Really? Really?  That... ain't right. For serious values of "ain't" and "right." Maybe what I'm calling Chapter 2 is really, really long and ought to be divided into two or more chapters. Or maybe I'm just slow.  We . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100629221622</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:16:22 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Absolute Vinyl, Bart’s new Shack keep the music playing in Boulder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you thought there was no place left to buy records in Boulder, think again.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/06/29/vinyl-in-boulder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:06:05 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Happy 7th Birthday, Second Life!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a stroll this week in SL7B Cake Park, where the best of Second Life is on display through the 27th.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/23/birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:08:48 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: On the Pressures of Serial Publication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I know a little how Charles Dickens felt. At least insofar as to do with publishing a novel serially.  Today I finally finished the retype of the chapter where Melissa finds the upstairs room of the castle. That's one more chapter safely written, o . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100622234941</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:49:41 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Walking or biking to work tomorrow in Boulder? Bingo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five reasons in a row to leave your car at home on June 23.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/06/22/bingo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:09:28 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Big Freakin’ Deals for Father’s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief, non-exhaustive list of Father's Day specials in the area. Also a rant about gender stereotypes.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/06/19/fathersday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:58:05 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: The Go Center: Community, culture, and scripted gobans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Group hosts the perfect place to play Go in Second Life.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/16/gocenter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:02:05 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: FLEX bus makes Larimer County accessible to Denver/Boulder/Longmont commuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of this month, you can get from Longmont&#8217;s 8th &#38; Main RTD station all the way to the downtown Fort Collins transit center on a single bus, passing through Berthoud and Loveland along the way. The bus that will take you there is the FLEX, &#8220;the newest, most flexible route in northern Colorado.&#8221;
Effectively linking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/06/15/flexbus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:08:09 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Parking spaces become human spaces in downtown Boulder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Temporary parks are being created in miniature in the streets of downtown Boulder.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/06/11/parkingspaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:37:33 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Attend a Milk Wood Writers’ Meet in its brand-new location</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup, it moved again. Update your LMs and come see what's new in the Gypsy Camp.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/10/milkwoodmovedagain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:37:57 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: The Mobile Office, Downtown Boulder Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Amtrak to the BX, from the station straight to work. John and I just got back this morning on a train from Chicago, having spent a fantastically action-packed Memorial Day weekend there. A night spent in sleeping accommodations meant we were well- . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100601220323</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:03:23 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: On Hardware and Software and Shifting Writing Environments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm an hour into today's work on the Melissa's Ghost retype, which took a surprising amount of tech savvy to enable. The why of that may be summarized thusly:  Running Word Perfect 5.1 (for DOS) on Windows 7.  I got a new laptop recently. It's another Dell . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100518163125</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:31:25 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: OneClimate Island Intro – Because Earth Day Is Every Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Explore the island that brought you COP 15 and the Bolivia Climate Summit.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/02/1climate_1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 21:33:19 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: A Recipe For Food-Happiness in the Korean Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because everyone should be as food-happy as I am right now:1. Prepare a mix of every rice-like grain you have in the house. My version of that is as follows: Bring 2.25 cups water to a boil, add 1/4 C wild rice, bring to a simmer, cover. Set timer for 15 . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2010/03/recipe-for-foodhappiness-in-korean.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2010/03/recipe-for-foodhappiness-in-korean.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Why My Neighborhood Whole Foods Team Rocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They gave me chocolate. With "Thank you!" written on the back in Sharpie. Even though I was the one who inconvenienced them.It was the classic stupid: I got up to the register and my stuff was all on the belt and the nice guys are halfway through the chec. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-my-neighborhood-whole-foods-team.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-my-neighborhood-whole-foods-team.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: On Music That Does What It's Probably Supposed To Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Homesick", by Kings of Convenience. I never remember it between hearings. Then it'll play unexpectedly on the stereo in a cafe or tea house, and my reaction is always the same: "Goodness, that sounds like Simon & Garfunkle. Wait--this is that song, isn't. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-music-that-does-what-its-probably.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-music-that-does-what-its-probably.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Open Letter to Starwood Properties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Starwood,So I understand who your target audience at the W is. I do see how this is a population calculated to appreciate that you blew your budget on tempting incidentals and on cutsy alliterative branding, and didn't save much for things like free . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/05/open-letter-to-starwood-properties.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: I have my bike pump back SQUEEEEE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I got ready to leave my hotel room to seek breakfast. I gathered up my bookbag, my bike tool bag, my helmet, and my AOPA visor cap. And I tried to gather up my bike pump, but could not find it. I had been bringing it up with me rather than le. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-have-my-bike-pump-back-squeeeee.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-have-my-bike-pump-back-squeeeee.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Trains Are All Laid-Back And Stuff, Exhibit #157</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exhibit #157 evincing the laid-back-ness of train stations as compared to airports in our Post 9/11 World:"Once again, ladies and gentlemen, will all visitors please detrain. We are about to depart."Exhibits #107-110 are the absence of metal-detector arch. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/04/trains-are-all-laid-back-and-stuff.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/04/trains-are-all-laid-back-and-stuff.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:29:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Americans! Beware of FOREIGN ELECTRICITY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Radio Shack gets major props for having in stock, all the time, so I can waltz in 4 days before a cross-Atlantic flight and buy them, 85W Voltage Converters and Foreign Travel Outlet Adapters. Granted, it would be nice if the outlet adapters came by the s. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/03/americans-beware-of-foreign-electricity.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/03/americans-beware-of-foreign-electricity.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: These Jeans Are Cleeeeeeeean!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bright spring green latex paint splotches on deep black jeans. Unsightly! And this happened last week. Says eHow, "We hope you were wearing work clothes when you were doing that painting job ... because latex paint is almost impossible to get out of cloth. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/03/these-jeans-are-cleeeeeeeean.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/03/these-jeans-are-cleeeeeeeean.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: What? Of course it was awesome!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thoroughly concur with Joe Hill.Also, on the subject of how appropriate the movie is for kids, I'm reading comments all over the blogosphere along the lines of "I took my 3-year-old. She was mesmerized! She wants to see it again!"John and I saw the 10:0. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-of-course-it-was-awesome.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-of-course-it-was-awesome.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Two Sides To Every Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going to see Coraline tonight. Have avoided most reviews, but cannot resist some links presented at Neil Gaiman's blog. Compare and contrast:While watching this movie I couldn’t help thinking it’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers for kids. I wouldn’t . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-sides-to-every-story.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-sides-to-every-story.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:18:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: So this is the GOOD alternate universe, right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposed: That during the Bush administration, comedians were often doing a better job at news than the news reporters were, cf. The Onion, The Daily Show/Jon Stewart.Observed: That on the first day of the Obama administration, CNN is calling on comedians. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-this-is-good-alternate-universe.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2009/01/so-this-is-good-alternate-universe.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Upon rewatching Beauty And The Beast (Perlman/Hamilton, not Disney) for the first time in years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I did the LJ icon thing (which I don't), I'd make me an icon right now. It would feature, off-center on a black background, a scary pic of Vincent going all snarly and I KILL YOU NOW RAWR. And the caption would read:CAN RIP YOUR THROAT OUTDOESN'T NEED . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/upon-rewatching-beauty-and-beast.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/upon-rewatching-beauty-and-beast.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Like A Kid At Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[because i have new Doctor Who downloaded to hard drive like RIGHT NOW and we're all gonna watch it tomorrow SQUEEEEEE*ahem*That will be all.]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/like-kid-at-christmas.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/like-kid-at-christmas.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Among the New Orleans Saints records: Most Up-To-Date Web Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An unofficial title, of course, but, seriously, I haven't come across any other NFL franchise web site that keeps its site quite as updated on game day. You watch. The "Game Day" page updates with score and key plays throughout the game (typically running. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/among-new-orleans-saints-records-most.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/12/among-new-orleans-saints-records-most.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Bestest STAR WARS Pastiche Evar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had occasion to reread the Making Light thread with the timely fruitcake recipe. Why? Because there's fruitcake in the oven right now (but not that recipe). Found this. Aren't you glad I did?]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/11/bestest-star-wars-pastiche-evar.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/11/bestest-star-wars-pastiche-evar.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:51:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Peacocks in North Boulder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really.Round about the corner of Vinca and Upland.Peacocks. In North Boulder. Yesterday afternoon. Just... peacockin' around.Huh.]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/11/peacocks-in-north-boulder.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/11/peacocks-in-north-boulder.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Another Reason To Play YPP!PuzzlePirates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because when it comes to the inherent problems of DRM and making money on software, Three Rings Design have a clue.The cheddary 'Free to Play' is not just a cheesy marketing slogan, but a shift in assumptions; it costs approaching nothing to give away som. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-reason-to-play-ypppuzzlepirates.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-reason-to-play-ypppuzzlepirates.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: How Not To Use Your &quot;Fry Daddy Jr.&quot; (TM)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember: Before plugging in your Fry Daddy Jr., always remove the black plastic storage lid!The stupid of it is, my first instinct was to write to the company. "I just plugged it in, like normal, and the black hard-plastic rim melted! It's not supposed t. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-not-to-use-your-fry-daddy-jr-tm.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-not-to-use-your-fry-daddy-jr-tm.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: It's Official: I'm Old (clue #456)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's not that I was listening to the local Oldies station that was my clue. It was that the local Oldies station was playing songs by Blondie and Eddie Money.I suppose the Eddie Money song gets a pass, since it directly references The Ronnettes' 1963 hit . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-official-im-old-clue-456.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-official-im-old-clue-456.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: &quot;But you're supposed to be polite to everyone!&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am putting the work-a-day world on notice: Starting now, I am no longer going to answer the question, "Oooh, that smells good! What are you eating?" with anything more specific than "Food." Because what I decided to put in my body today is not a subject. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/06/but-youre-supposed-to-be-polite-to.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/06/but-youre-supposed-to-be-polite-to.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Beware the Fringe Beast!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because sometimes you just have to take photos of your cat. There are laws.]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/06/beware-fringe-beast.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Luck Be A Playah Tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shorter Frank Sinatra: "Ladylike behavior means acting like I own you."Lady Luck's response: "Waiddaminit. You thought we were on a what? Excuse me while I laugh myself sick over there by that guy at the roulette wheel."]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/05/luck-be-playah-tonight.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: i *heart* making light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exhibit A:It is one thing to call a blog-comments-troll a fruitcake. It is a thing of an entirely other and more elegant order to give the troll a fruitcake recipe.Exhibit B:After two threads about Ron Paul devolved into abortion debates (this is vaguely . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-heart-making-light.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-heart-making-light.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: A Modicum Of Research Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Heroes screenwriters:Your touching montage of flooded-out homes superimposed over a melancholy facial expression fell a little flat after having the owner of that melancholy facial expression say, "Half the folks in this county are still living in FE. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/10/modicum-of-research-needed.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/10/modicum-of-research-needed.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: Cake doing  the Jim Carroll Band. Maybe.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Compare and contrast:Cake's "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," 2001I want a girl with a mind like a diamondI want a girl who knows what's bestI want a girl with shoes that cutAnd eyes that burn like cigarettesI want a girl with the right allocationsWho's fast and. . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/10/cake-doing-jim-carroll-band-maybe.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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