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	<title>Running After My Hat &#187; The Missus</title>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (Midday Meal Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/real-life-dialogue-midday-meal-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Setting: a small automobile in a mid-sized city in northern Florida, USA. It is early morning. She is driving today; He occupies the passenger seat. The car pulls up to a curb. He opens his door and prepares to exit; in the midst of the usual love-yous, good-byes, and have-a-good-days, He suddenly remembers a specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hits and Misses</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/hits-and-misses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complicated here, during the last week. Not bad, just&#8230; complicated. Thought I&#8217;d sort of summarize a couple of points of potential interest, but first, a question for regular visitors: Have you had problems accessing RAMH recently? One of your number has reported getting repeated &#8220;the connection was reset by the server&#8221; errors. It&#8217;s prevented her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Kindle: Some First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/using-a-kindle-some-first-impressions/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/using-a-kindle-some-first-impressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[E-Books, E-Reading, E-Publishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is one of what will no doubt become a series on my experiences in using a Kindle 2. It's not a drum I want to beat often -- don't want it to become one of those "I have X but you don't, haha!" gloatfests. But it might be useful for people on the fence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buh-Bye, Book-Buying Guilt!</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/06/buh-bye-book-buying-guilt/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/06/buh-bye-book-buying-guilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Missus has a refrigerator magnet which features a head-and-shoulders hand-tinted photo of a wealthy, hoity-toity society-matron sort of woman; the text alongside says, &#8220;&#8216;Frugal&#8217; is such an ugly word.&#8221; (Ha!) Like many people, I suppose, I have great ambivalence about acquiring ever more Stuff. Examined closely, expressions like Wow, that would be so cool! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Can Believe It (or Even If You Can&#8217;t)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/06/if-you-can-believe-it-or-even-if-you-cant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Image: backglass from a new(ish) pinball game by Stern, currently available from Premier Amusements] From whiskey river&#8216;s archive (a/k/a the commonplace book): A physicist visits a colleague and notices a horseshoe hanging on the wall above the entrance. &#8220;Do you really believe that a horseshoe brings luck?&#8221; he asks. &#8220;No,&#8221; replies the colleague, &#8220;but I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Water</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/in-the-water/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/in-the-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[For information about this photo, called "Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida," see the Note at the bottom of this post.] From whiskey river: Adrift Let my dreams while I&#8217;m wide-awake loose. Let me be drowned, bap­tized, in the light given me. Day comes around, night, fall, win­ter, spring, sum­mer. Leaves over­head, under­foot. Waves arrive, buf­fets from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Update</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/medical-update/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/medical-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stepdaughter and The Missus: both doing fine, albeit exhausted. The immediate crisis &#8212; borne mostly by the former, although vicariously by The Missus and the rest of us &#8212; finally passed last night, sometime after midnight. Now begins a loooong period of physical and psychological recovery. This has been a sad, scary, tiring week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (Household Hints Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/real-life-dialogue-household-hints-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/05/real-life-dialogue-household-hints-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scene: a suburban home in North Florida, USA. Family gathering for Kentucky Derby viewing: gambols and gambles. Much food and beverage being prepared and consumed. He has just returned to house after walking Pooch. Everyone but She is in the living room, talking, laughing, watching TV. He: [entering kitchen, where He knows She must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things vs. Other Things</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/04/things-vs-other-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Internet, Sorry I&#8217;ve been so&#8230; so&#8230; casual about our relationship over the last few days. No, the dog hasn&#8217;t eaten my posts here and my comments elsewhere. The dog &#8212; specifically, The Pooch &#8212; has in fact eaten damned little of anything at all. She&#8217;s recovering from surgery on both back knees, to correct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (EDT Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/03/real-life-dialogue-edt-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/03/real-life-dialogue-edt-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The scene: a suburban home situated somewhere in the (US) Eastern time zone. It is a mild, sunny Sunday afternoon in mid-March, and He and She are seated at their respective computers on opposite sides of a low wall, enjoying the sunshine when they remember to look out a window.] She: [From her side of [...]]]></description>
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