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		<title>Yeah, It&#8217;s That Day Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don&#8217;t forget your booties 
because it&#8217;s COOOLD out there today!
 
That&#8217;s right, rodent lovers!
It&#8217;s Groundhog Day!
 


&#8230;When Chekhov saw the long winter,
it was a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope;
and yet, we know winter&#8217;s only one more step in the cycle.
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		<title>It looks abandoned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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No one has been around in a while.  People pass by it every day on their way to some place else and hardly give it a thought.  Even those who were frequent visitors have forgotten how to get here.  Occasionally someone will stop by, perhaps hoping someone will be home, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=238&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reposting is a Lazy Thing To Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading my friend Chris’ blog, and he had a list of five songs that “defined” his life.  It made me think of this post I had written in March of 2005, so I&#8217;m reposting it again because I’m lazy.  The original post was in response to a post from a twenty-something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=236&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hurry, Time Is Running Out!</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/hurry-time-is-running-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then there is this: a website selling sainthood!  You, too, can become one of the 144,000 saved from the Tribes of Israel.  But hurry &#8211; there are only 142,621 places left.
Amazing.  Not that someone is actually doing this (I’m becoming more and more cynical every day), but that there are people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=235&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ponderings</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/229/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feelings/Emotions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sitting here at work, the day after the 4th of July, and I’m pondering a few things.  I hate when that happens as it doesn’t happen often.  But here I sit in my office at the college with absolutely nothing going on but our usual rain soaking.  Nothing is going on because we are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=229&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On A Diet?  Check This Out</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/on-a-diet-check-this-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chili&#8217;s &#8211; Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie
(1,600 calories, 78g fat, 950mg sodium, 215g carbs, 6g fiber, 19g protein)
Romano&#8217;s Macaroni Grill &#8211; New York Cheesecake w/ Caramel Fudge Sauce
(1,610 calories, 96g fat, 960mg sodium, 169g carbs, 1g fiber, 21g protein)
P.F. Chang&#8217;s &#8211; Great Wall of Chocolate
(2,240 calories, 89g fat, 376g carbs, 20g protein)
Denny&#8217;s &#8211; Oreo Blender Blaster
(895 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=228&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Church &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/new-church-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, let me say that I am NOT a proponent of people changing churches because “they are not getting fed.”  Or in other words, THEIR needs aren’t getting met.  I would like to think that I’m beyond that in my search for a new church home, but who am I kidding…it’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=227&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: New Chruch</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/wanted-new-chruch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re looking for a new church and I hate looking for a new church.  It’s not like we’re big church hoppers – the last time we looked for a new church was 19 years ago.  That’s right, we’ve been members at one church for 19 years.  So, why are we looking again?  I’m not really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=226&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>40 Day Blog Fast</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/40-day-blog-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just taken a 40 day blog fast, but it wasn&#8217;t intentional.  During the last 40 days I&#8217;ve been to New York City for a week, started moving my office and video studios from one campus into new digs on another campus about 20 miles further in my daily commute, tried to re-seed my back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitofsmoke.wordpress.com&blog=256761&post=225&subd=bitofsmoke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Predestination</title>
		<link>http://bitofsmoke.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/predestination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
~Stephen Hawking
(HT: Kansas Bob)
B~
 
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