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	<title>Running After My Hat &#187; Real-Life Dialogue</title>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue: Wardrobe Culling Edition</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/09/real-life-dialogue-wardrobe-culling-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/09/real-life-dialogue-wardrobe-culling-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The scene: a suburban home in North Florida, USA. He has stayed home from work on this day to prepare a guest bedroom for painting. In this guest bedroom is a closet, and in the closet are His clothes. All of them. Woven shirts, knit shirts, jeans, suits, ties, socks, underwear, shoes... It's not a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue: Return of the Bathroom Talker</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/06/real-life-dialogue-return-of-the-bathroom-talker/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/06/real-life-dialogue-return-of-the-bathroom-talker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time since I last posted about this guy. Not that I&#8217;ve had no further interaction with him, no. It&#8217;s just that all further interaction with him has been of the same unvarying sort. Nothing new to report. And I&#8217;ve also gotten cleverer about avoiding him. But this latest example just pushed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (The Wind Beneath My Wings, the Garage Sale Beneath My Feet Edition): A Fragment</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/05/real-life-dialogue-the-wind-beneath-my-wings-the-garage-sale-beneath-my-feet-edition-a-fragment/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/05/real-life-dialogue-the-wind-beneath-my-wings-the-garage-sale-beneath-my-feet-edition-a-fragment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Missus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garage sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The scene: a home in a suburban development in North Florida, USA. At a computer upstairs, He stares at a blank screen which represents, in fond theory and -- for the moment -- ebbing hope, a page in a novel-to-be. He wears headphones, volume turned up louder than normal to mask the downstairs haggling, laughter, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unreal-Life Dialogue: Midweek Music (Emmylou Harris) Edition</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/03/unreal-life-dialogue-midweek-music-emmylou-harris-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/03/unreal-life-dialogue-midweek-music-emmylou-harris-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midweek Music Break]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alison Krauss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fantasies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillian Welch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The scene: A Saturday evening in mid-June, 2011. A living room in suburban northwest Florida, USA. A man and a woman watch TV -- something the man has chosen, because it is his birthday. A knock comes at the front door; The Pooch begins to bark madly, as usual, except she is also spinning: something [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real-Life Monologue (Anthropomorphism Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/01/real-life-monologue-anthropomorphism-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2011/01/real-life-monologue-anthropomorphism-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=7994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[For information about this photo, which doesn't precisely relate to the post, see the note at the bottom.] The scene: A suburban home in northern Florida, USA. He is trying to get the household denizens out the door promptly in the morning. He has walked and scooped up after The Pooch. He has fed The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (Remote Possibility Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/12/real-life-dialogue-remote-possibility-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/12/real-life-dialogue-remote-possibility-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First World problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satellite TV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=7979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[The scene: a home in suburban northwest Florida. He and She are in the living room, watching TV (by way of a satellite-TV DVR). She clicks the remote control, pausing the show in progress to ask Him a question. Discussion complete, She clicks the "un-pause button" to resume viewing. Nothing happens.] She: It&#8217;s not doing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real-Life Dialogue (Awkward Moments Edition)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/real-life-dialogue-awkward-moments-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/real-life-dialogue-awkward-moments-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[assumptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EXAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle age]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=7884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[The scene opens in the waiting room of Super Mega Giant medical center in a mid-sized city in northern Florida, USA. He is a middle-aged male, and has been for some time. This report includes two Shes: A, a medical assistant; and J, a nurse practitioner.] A: Mr. He? He: Right here. A: Very good, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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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>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/real-life-dialogue-midday-meal-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=7867</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=7425</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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