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	<title>Running After My Hat &#187; Writing</title>
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		<title>The World Was Too Much With Them All</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/the-world-was-too-much-with-them-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lives too complicated not to be real]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rin Tin Tin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Orlean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading Susan Orlean&#8216;s Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend. Aside from the heart (and I mean heart) of the main story itself, after something like ten years of borderline-obsessive research Orlean managed to weave into the book dozens of little stray details about the lives and personalities of the many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Propagational Library (8): Dreamtime</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/the-propagational-library-8-dreamtime/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/the-propagational-library-8-dreamtime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Propagational Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossing barriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning to drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the rain in Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the unconscious (or is it subconscious?) mind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See the latest installment in the ongoing Propagational Library series, here: &#8230;in which The Librarian (having discovered four additional dimensions of time) drifts off to sleep, and more than one light winks on as he encounters someone very familiar. As always, if you’re unfamiliar with the series, I encourage you to begin instead with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and Whether to Ask (or Not)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/who-what-when-where-why-how-and-whether-to-ask-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[whiskey river Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arjuna Ardagh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorothy Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elspeth Huxley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Googlewhacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pablo Neruda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions and answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quora.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainer Maria Rilke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trine Meyer Vogsland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Image: Many Questions No Answers, by Norwegian artist Trine Meyer Vogsland (acrylic on watercolor paper; 24x32cm)] From whiskey river: LXXII If all rivers are sweet where does the sea get its salt? How do the seasons know they must change their shirt? Why so slowly in winter and later with such a rapid shudder? And how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Propagational Library (7): Thenward</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/the-propagational-library-7-thenward/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/the-propagational-library-7-thenward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Propagational Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lunging vs. nudging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the sparks of consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timey-wimeyness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See the latest installment in the ongoing Propagational Library series, here: …in which The Librarian learns what it means to lunge, just so &#8211; and discovers a previously unknown sense. If you’re unfamiliar with the series, you almost certainly will prefer to begin instead with the Table of Contents/Overview page.]]></description>
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		<title>Sleepwaking, Blindsighted, and a Little Bit of Movies in the Night</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/sleepwaking-blindsighted-and-a-little-bit-of-movies-in-the-night/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/sleepwaking-blindsighted-and-a-little-bit-of-movies-in-the-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[whiskey river Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.R. Ammons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Lamott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chard deNiord]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Wiencek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McSweeney's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nin Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Centolella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing prompts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Video: one of the best cinematic commentaries on ignoring (and paying attention to) the wrong things turned 71 the other day. Above, its trailer -- complete with telephone commentary not actually in the film... and not showing its title character for even a single second.] From whiskey river: Solar On a gray day, when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midweek Music Break: Water Liars, &#8220;Dog Eaten&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/midweek-music-break-water-liars-dog-eaten/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/05/midweek-music-break-water-liars-dog-eaten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midweek Music Break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Hannah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Liars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=10182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Image(s): Water Liars. You'd never imagine that a couple of guys who look like this would write, play, and sing so sweetly, would you?] I don&#8217;t know how the duo who call themselves Water Liars came up with that name. I do know, however, that it&#8217;s the title of the first story in a collection by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Counter-Intuition Replied&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/and-counter-intuition-replied/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/and-counter-intuition-replied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Missus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[distractedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I've Seen All Good People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intuition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucia Perillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mathematicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mathematics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urszula Koziol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendell Berry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Stafford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yupno]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=10674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Video: studio version of "I've Seen All Good People," by Yes] From whiskey river: Not a few, but everyone, makes art. There is no art beyond the sensibility of the people confronting it: art is an interaction between object and beholder. The idea of a human being forced to concede the superiority of a work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intersections Close By, Milestones Passed</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/intersections-close-by-milestones-passed/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/intersections-close-by-milestones-passed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Looking Backward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Running After My Hat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[whiskey river Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alain de Botton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anniversaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buckminster Fuller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.K. Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rita Dove]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Image: the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 and the New York City skyline at night (January, 2011)] From whiskey river: Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laughing, Refreshed, in Its Face</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/laughing-refreshed-in-its-face/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/laughing-refreshed-in-its-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Wagoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Barnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Fulghum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rynn Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Princess Bride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Video: scene from The Princess Bride -- the Man in Black faces off against his cleverest adversary, Vizzini the nearly-inconceivable Sicilian. You can find a transcript (among other Vizzini-isms) at this IMDB page.] From whiskey river: To get through this life and see it realistically poses a problem. There is a dark, evil, hopeless side to life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plugged Right Between the Eyes</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/plugged-right-between-the-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2012/04/plugged-right-between-the-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack London]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the Letters of Note blog for a good while now. The curator/editor, Shaun Usher, collects samples of real letters &#8212; often but not always from &#8220;famous&#8221; people &#8212; on matters of real import, and/or in styles worth sharing. Today&#8217;s entry features a 1914 letter from Jack London to a young aspiring writer named [...]]]></description>
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