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		<title>RIPPLES LIKE TSUNAMIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
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		<title>Landing On The Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories of Vietnam]]></category>
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		<title>TO REVEL IN THE LIGHT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First kiss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kissing like our parents, they might say.
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		<title>I Want The Russian Spies Back; It&#8217;s Lonely in America.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona immigrant laws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gas mileage]]></category>
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		<title>SHAKER LIKE A WEAPON</title>
		<link>http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/shaker-like-a-weapon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arguing with spouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't sweat the small stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keys to a happy marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You make everything harder
And more complicated and always,
Always you make things verge on argument
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		<title>Left is Right and Down is Up</title>
		<link>http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/left-is-right-and-down-is-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOP Extremists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The only agency that truly oversees our economy is the Federal Reserve, imperfect though it may be.  The only agency that oversees the educational system of our nation is the Department of Education, imperfect though it may be. History has &#8230; <a href="http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/left-is-right-and-down-is-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bpurdin2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13690384&amp;post=48&amp;subd=bpurdin2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantis takes its last flight</title>
		<link>http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/atlantis-takes-its-last-flight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Space Shuttle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Americans think about spaceflight they think about the space shuttle. The shuttles have been around so long that when we think about them we take them for granted, so a review of the statistics on this program and its &#8230; <a href="http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/atlantis-takes-its-last-flight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bpurdin2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13690384&amp;post=4&amp;subd=bpurdin2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tiger They Are, The Harder They Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Purdin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He seemed to have everything. The physical prowess and beauty. The talent to claim the world&#8217;s rapt attention over and over. The financial freedom. The beautiful home. The gigantic boat, &#8220;Privacy.&#8221; The happiness of wife and children. Friends all over &#8230; <a href="http://bpurdin2.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/39/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bpurdin2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13690384&amp;post=39&amp;subd=bpurdin2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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