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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>actually writing blog :: Incidents Following An Interception</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course the bar went wild. If my cell phone weren't A) set to vibrate and B) in my hand, I would have missed Steve's text message: "HOLY SHIT!" I tried to write back: "I KNOW, RIGHT? That's it! That's the game!" At which point my phone told me that it ha . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100208183126</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:31:26 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: When You Can’t Visit The French Quarter in Real Life…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...you can visit the lovingly crafted Second Life version.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/02/05/fquarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:37:25 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Hey, WHO DAT Nation! Where Y’all At?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The author seeks Saints Superbowl celebrations in Second Life, but will settle for a paraphernalia shopping trip.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/01/30/whodatnation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:22:27 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Bears By the Cottage Door</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I go walkabout and spot some industrial art wildlife.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/01/22/bears-by-the-cottage-door/</link>
		<guid>http://denver.metblogs.com/2010/01/22/bears-by-the-cottage-door/</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:58:31 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Starting From Scratch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not as drastic as it sounds. The novel wouldn't let me in to edit it, so I've started a brand new Word Perfect document and have begun a re-type.  Unpacking that. Um. So, you know how I said I barely knew where exactly the holes were, let alone what shape . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100120222452</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:24:52 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: KJ Racing: Where To Host Your Next Company Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In which we go VROOM BEEP-BEEP rrrrrKRASH! With ice skating to follow.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/01/20/kj-racing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:27:54 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Have Avatar, Will Travel :: Truth In Advertising is a GOOD Thing, You Should Try It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In which the author is grumpy about the bait-n-switch tactics of a pay-per-click affiliate.]]></description>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/01/12/truth-in-advertising/</link>
		<guid>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/01/12/truth-in-advertising/</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:30:41 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Seeds of Apathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's amazing how "Just another half hour" turns into a day with absolutely no nutritional value.  Seriously. I know exactly where today went wrong. I can put my finger right on it. It was the bit where John left for work and I said, "I've set my alarm for . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100111231102</link>
		<guid>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100111231102</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:11:02 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Day 1 of the Rest of My Life, Take 967</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm sure I've used that as a blog title before. But, so? Every day is the first day of the rest of your life. You get do-overs.  Today was good. Only, writing two articles for Demand Studios takes at least forty-five minutes longer than it should. Right no . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100110000114</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:01:14 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Defining &quot;Part Time Self-Employment.&quot; Also, Happy New Year.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The original mission statement with this blog was, "I will blog every day, and only after I've written that day." And of course I began to fail at that standard pretty much the moment I put it into place. But it's never too late to get back on board with a . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20100108134018</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:40:18 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: For Those For Whom It’s Just Another Day…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dedicated to other non-Christmas-celebrating Boulderites trying to enjoy an evening out on December 25th.]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/12/25/just-another-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:12:40 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Quickest November You Ever Did See</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that I forgot to blog for the entire latter three-fourths of November. You may have been under the impression that NaNoWriMo kicked me under a bus and left me for dead. If so, you would be wrong. Not far wrong, but wrong nonetheless. The bu . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20091208172321</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:21 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: On Vegan Pot Roast and the Loneliness of Millenium-Old Ghosts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So. First, you gotta make stir fry. Stir fry requires sauce. Sauce requires soy, hoisin, mushroom sauces. Also hot sauce and a spoonful of dill relish (because it's easier than chopping chilis and acquiring sezchuan pickles). Also veggie broth. And you got . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20091106221421</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:14:21 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: Meeting Ghosts and Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Melissa did meet the Ghost Prince in today's writing. And the conversation was terribly stilted. And every line felt really, really unnatural and hard to eke out. And some days are just like that. I just keep telling myself, someday I'll know more about . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20091105230047</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:00:47 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: NaNoWriMo 2009: Off To A Good Start</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those with an eye on the calendar may have noticed that it's November. Yes, I'm doing NaNoWriMo again. Yes, I am a Municipal Liaison for Boulder again. You can buddy me at Nanowrimo.org via my handle "vortexae" if you like.  It's been going well. I've been . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20091105090340</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:03:40 -0600</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: CSA Membership: Creativity Required</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I may have mentioned before, this is Chez LeBoeuf-Little&#8217;s second year in CSA membership with Abbondanza Organic Seeds &#38; Produce. Last year we had far, far too many veggies even for our renewed resolution to eat out less and cook together more, so this year I yielded to John&#8217;s wisdom in signing up for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/10/10/csasoup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:20:08 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>actually writing blog :: CSA Membership: Creativity Required</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I may have mentioned before, this is Chez LeBoeuf-Little's second year in CSA membership with Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce. Last year we had far, far too many veggies even for our renewed resolution to eat out less and cook together more, so this . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=date&amp;value=20091010130557</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:05:57 -0500</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: The Seasonal Vultures of Retail Leasing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a fact universally acknowledged that any retail space left vacant for a sufficient length of time must be in want of a seasonal discount store. Where the co-op used to be, there bloomed the Boulder Democratic Headquarters last year. Where Ross used to be in Diagonal Plaza before it moved down to Walnut, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/09/22/the-seasonal-vultures-of-retail-leasing/</link>
		<guid>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/09/22/the-seasonal-vultures-of-retail-leasing/</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:44:39 +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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Let’s Play &quot;Spot The Bagpipes&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you hear bagpipes today, you&#8217;re not hallucinating. A little bird tells me that today Denver will be blessed by the presence of the widely traveled Bagpipe Busker. If you spot him, quick take a picture &#8217;cause tomorrow he&#8217;ll have moved on.
For purposes of recognizing him &#8211; I mean, if the big honkin&#8217; wind instrument [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/07/08/1247/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:35:31 +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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Sita Comes to Denver to Sing the Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you, like Roger Ebert, have heard about the intensely indie oddball feature-length animation Sita Sings the Blues, then you don&#8217;t need me to tell you what &#8220;the greatest breakup story ever told&#8221; is all about or why it&#8217;s such a phenomenon.
And if you&#8217;ve been sighing over the unfortunate copyright circumstances that make this film [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/06/26/sita-comes-to-denver-to-sing-the-blues/</link>
		<guid>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/06/26/sita-comes-to-denver-to-sing-the-blues/</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:27:14 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Thursdays with Abbondanza (week 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursdays are CSA Pick-up Days! Abbondanza Organic Seeds &#38; Produce is a local CSA, or &#8220;Community Supported Agriculture&#8221; farm. CSA membership fees in the winter and spring help support the farm, and members pick up a share of the produce each week during harvest.
That&#8217;s CSA 101. And this is CSA Week 2!
(What happened to Week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/06/11/abbo-wk2/</link>
		<guid>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/06/11/abbo-wk2/</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:26:08 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: Things to do this weekend: Attend a &quot;Hands On Social Media&quot; event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Direct from email, here&#8217;s an event announcement especially for women in the Denver/Boulder area:
Microsoft Office and Office Live are partnering with social media platform, Kirtsy, to organize and host a series of free training sessions for women who are looking for an introductory crash course in social media and tech. The sessions will take place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/06/10/things-to-do-this-weekend-attend-a-hands-on-social-media-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:20:58 +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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: The Amtrak Pioneer Line: Back From The Dead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Squee #1 &#8211; Amtrak are considering reviving the Pioneer line which used to run between Denver and Seattle (discontinued 1997). Imagine that &#8211; Denver Union Station actually serving more than one long distance train route! Wouldn&#8217;t that be something? Just four years ago, I heard no common knowledge beyond &#8220;Rail travel is dying, enjoy it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/05/19/the-amtrak-pioneer-line-back-from-the-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 05:14:35 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Metroblogging Denver :: FYI: How To Reach The Baggage Department at Union Station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since it took me for-freakin&#8217;-ever to actually get ahold of this number, but I am not under the impression that it&#8217;s, like, a secret or anything, I present:
Denver Union Station: Amtrak Baggage Department: (303) 629-6477
This number reaches a Real Live Person &#8211; as long as someone&#8217;s in the office, of course. Courtesy note! The best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://denver.metblogs.com/2009/05/16/fyi-how-to-reach-the-baggage-department-at-union-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 03:03:51 +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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/06/beware-fringe-beast.html</guid>
		<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>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2008/05/luck-be-playah-tonight.html</guid>
		<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>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/10/cake-doing-jim-carroll-band-maybe.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<title>Oooh, Shiny! :: The Oceanmasters Tell It Like It Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overheard while workin' me pirate's hindquarters off at a distillin' joint:Hephaestus broadcasts, "We are aware of the problem with lag on Viridian at the moment."Hephaestus broadcasts, "It is under investigation."Hephaestus broadcasts, "We are confident . . . .]]></description>
		<link>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/08/oceanmasters-tell-it-like-it-is.html</link>
		<guid>http://shiiiiny.blogspot.com/2007/08/oceanmasters-tell-it-like-it-is.html</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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