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<title>Is it April 10 yet?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've been suffering from baseball withdrawal.
Symptoms have included crankiness, lethargy, depression, hot dog cravings, sweating, insomnia,&nbsp;hallucinations of Royals players in public, et al.
Tonight at Nara with my BF... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>My Love Affair with NKOTB</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My love of New Kids on the Block is old enough to buy porn. 
One of my earliest memories dates back to a summer morning, circa 1989. I was a chubby, fanatic 4-year-old gawking at basic cable. At the&nbsp;promise of&nbsp;a Jo... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>How I got mono from the Kings of Leon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have never left a Kings of Leon show empty-handed. 
The first time I saw them live, my sister apprehended a drumstick for me. The second time, we completed the pair. The third time, I got autographs and a guitar pick.* 
B... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Are you my BFF?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Take this simple quiz and find out!*&nbsp;

You have knowingly consented to endure the following on Monday and Tuesday (check all that apply):
[ ] a cross-state drive during which we will sing Justin Timberlake songs
[ ] ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My new get-rich-quick plan</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/2304</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A charity opportunity fell right in my lap today. Or, should I say, in my work e-mail inbox.
Some hard-up&nbsp;bloke from the UK needs my help. I don't know how he found me, but I am honored that he would consider me respons... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Prevent fires, but only in moderation</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/2144</link>
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<description><![CDATA[All I&rsquo;ve gotta say is, the Blue Springs Fire Department is on top of it.&nbsp;
On my way to an oil change this morning, I drove past a giant banner unfurled roadside in front of the fire station. It read: &ldquo;Preven... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sweet transvestites and bum hecklers</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/2112</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Friday night, I attended the outdoor City Market screening of "Rocky Horror Picture Show." Tim Curry in drag = almost as awesomely creepy as Tim Curry in clown makeup. But I digress...
If you're familiar with the low-class c... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Speed trap warning</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I&nbsp;got nailed by the speed trap on Main and Westport. Apparently there's a school zone there. Did you know that? I do now.... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Who's got two thumbs and hates the circus?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This gal.
Yeah, I said it. "The Greatest Show On Earth" is the greatest pain in my ass. Why?
1. Elephant dung all over the Crossroads.2. Families clogging up the P&amp;L district when I'm driving my car.3. Families clogging... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My Brush with Royal-ty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When I found out Mark Teahen (my second favorite Royals outfielder) would be scooping ice cream Sunday evening for charity&nbsp;at Coldstone&nbsp;on the Plaza, I decided this was my in. (I had to abandon my original plan afte... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My 60-second review of New Kids on the Block's "The Block"</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/1673</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I spent 2.5 hours last night (and another 1.5 this morning) listening to the new NKOTB masterpiece, "The Block," released Tuesday. And let me just say, these boys still got it. The right stuff, that is.
I'm not much of an al... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Proud to be an American (Idol fan)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I found out on my way to work this morning that I was going to the Pop Tarts Presents American Idols Live 2008 tour. Tonight.
My bff Meghann had a spare ticket and recalled my closeted&nbsp;obsession&nbsp;with David Cook. I ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>DeJesus is the reason for the season</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dear Mom,
I'm in love. His name is David. He plays baseball. Maybe I'll bring him home to meet you sometime. After I meet him.
Last night, I made this T-shirt to show love for my favorite outfielder.&nbsp;The project took&n... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Free Royals Tickets!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/1433</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Is there shame in&nbsp;donating blood to get free shit?
Maybe. But who cares? It's FREE SHIT!
I snatched up a pair of Royals tickets this morning, and it only cost me a pint of red.
If you drop into a Community Blood Cente... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>I gained the "Ink 20"</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I learned two crazy things tonight.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
First, I found out that John Tesh is a germaphobe. Did you know that? I didn&rsquo;t.
&nbsp;
Second, I realized that I have gained the Ink 20. Allow me to explain.
&nbsp;... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>While You Were Watching "The Dark Knight" for the Third Time...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My weekend activities: another project for my sister. She needed a slew of barnyard beanie babies for a beanbag toss at her company's state fair booth. Why couldn't she just buy beanie babies?
Good question. Don't think I di... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>While you were watching "Dark Knight"...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is how I spent my weekend. Making a display for my sister's company, Farm Bureau. Apparently, they're setting up a booth at the state fair with a Tour of Missouri cycling race theme. Or something. I don't really know. I ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>While you were watching "Dark Knight"...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is how I spent my weekend. Making a display for my sister's company, Farm Bureau. Apparently, they're setting up a booth at the state fair with a Tour of Missouri cycling race theme. Or something. I don't really know. I ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>While you were watching "Dark Knight"...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is how I spent my weekend. Making a display for my sister's company, Farm Bureau. Apparently, they're setting up a booth at the state fair with a Tour of Missouri cycling race theme. Or something. I don't really know. I ... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My (Evening) Rant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I realized tonight that all my blogs are one big bitchfest. 
Anytime anything sucky happens, my instinct is to blog it out. I never blog to celebrate the virtues of life or the generosity of others. 
This isn&rsquo;t that t... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>New Kings of Leon album announced!!!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/1110</link>
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<description><![CDATA[I am so excited I can't even stand it.
My favorite band (pictured here, with me) has just announced a new album release. "Only By The Night" will land September 23.
Do not adjust your computer monitors -- their jeans really... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>This is just funny...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I took this picture at lunch today. Read the sign on the left, then read the sign on the right. Laugh. Repeat.
&nbsp;... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My Hannah Montana moment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm so ashamed.
Strike one: I found myself listening to Top 40 radio on the way home from work today.
Strike two: I found myself crying at the lyrics of one upbeat poppy tune.
Strike three: The DJ announced that the song w... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Down with David's Bridal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I was majorly inconvenienced today.
But let me back up a few months, when I stepped into David's Bridal in Independence to get measured for a bridesmaid's dress. I found the dimensions to be a bit disconcerting, but whatevs,... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The New Class</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/1008</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a sad day.
Up until this afternoon, the tomato ban didn't bother me. I actually hate tomatoes. They're all like, "Look at me, I'm a tomato. I'm really slimy and I smell bad. I don't know if I'm a fruit or a vegetable... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Baby's first hookah</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/971</link>
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<description><![CDATA[If you know me at all, then you'll never&nbsp;believe what I did Friday night.
I'll give you a clue. It starts with "h" and rhymes with "ookah."
Why this is a big deal: Up until my jaunt to Jerusalem Cafe with a few gals fr... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A rare sighting in Blue Springs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This author made a rare discovery at 10:32 p.m. Thursday at the Blue Springs Super Wal-Mart. Near the magazine aisle, she detected the unmistakeable presence of the&nbsp;species douchebaggus obnoxiousus.
The specimen was una... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Your heartbreak survival guide</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/869</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Got dumped? That sucks. 
&nbsp;
I&rsquo;m no expert or anything, but I have formulated a no-fail twelve-step program to recovery. Try it next time you get the axe!
&nbsp;
Step One: Make a list of all the things you didn&r... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 15:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My bra assault</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The girls are still frightened.
I stepped into what seemed like an innocuous lingerie-and-swimsuit boutique with Cherryh&nbsp;last Friday. An account of what happened:
"Welcome to&nbsp;Woodpeckers*! Have you been here befor... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rachael Ray: Ending marriages before they begin</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/677</link>
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<description><![CDATA[So, one of my roommates left Rachael Ray on this morning while I was getting ready for work. Not to name names, but it wasn't my dad.
Normally, I would change the channel faster than you can say E-V-O-O, but I was tethered t... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Do you know what your kids are wearing???</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/643</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Between dodging spit missiles from the lead singer of Okkervil River and copping the set list from the lead singer of the New Pornographers*, I observed a disturbing trend among the kids at the concert I attended last Saturda... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Overheard in the Ink office</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tasha: "Hey Cherryh, guess where I'm going Saturday?"


Cherryh: "Menages?"


Tasha: "No. Barry Manilow."


Cherryh (springing from her chair): "Oh my god, You're a FANILOW, too?!"... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Shining like you've never seen it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you've never seen Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, don't bother watching this. You won't get it.
And if you have, prepare to laugh your ass off.
Someone created a trailer that will make you see The Shining in a whole new l... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My Saturday night: Porn!</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/552</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I'm headed to STL to see The New Pornographers. Jealous much?
A friend of mine thought that was straight-up silly. Traveling 200ish miles to be suffocated and sardined. (Yeah, I just made sardine into a verb. Big wh... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Overheard in KC</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/490</link>
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<description><![CDATA[At KC Pita on Westport Road:
Hipster Girl 1 to Hipster Girl 2: "Yes! That's when I first fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio."... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Everything I know about sex I learned from Ghost</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/437</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot of people who see my workspace assume I&rsquo;m obsessed with Patrick Swayze. Don&rsquo;t know why, but it might have something to do with the 22 photos of him I&nbsp;keep on my bulletin board.&nbsp;
For the record, I&... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>No sex? No thanks.</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/400</link>
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<description><![CDATA[During my usual Sunday evening activities (read: slathering&nbsp;a pore-refining mud masque on my face and listening to "Bizarre Love Triangle" on repeat), something on the tube pricked* my ears.
It was one of those annoying... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wanted: A Dramatic-Exit Montage</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/388</link>
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<description><![CDATA[During a staff field trip/bender last week, I had a wine-induced revelation. Which I promptly shared with Sarah Benson.
No one ever says "I'm out of here" when they storm out of a room anymore. They just leave without saying... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>My So-Called Love Life</title>
<link>http://www.inkkc.com/monica+watrous/blog/298</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This weekend was not conducive to romance novel-writing.
After&nbsp;collecting an obscene amount of shut-eye, catching up on work stuff, splurging on $100+ worth of hair products, grabbing a Frapuccino Light with one of my b... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Score me some plot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Between chasing the login bar up and down the page with my&nbsp;cursor* and latchhooking a rug&nbsp;designed to look like a pair of tighty whities**, I've had to backburn the old romance novel. But fear not; I haven't given u... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>It's no Fabio, but he'll do</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I&nbsp;present to you the&nbsp;cover of my debut romance novel, &quot;City of Fountains, City of Love,&quot; designed by moi truly.&nbsp;You might notice the&nbsp;heroine looks eeriely like me. Total coincidence, I assure you... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Research for my romance novel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I don&#39;t want to&nbsp;just jump into this writing-a-romance-novel thing the way a lusty maiden jumps into her lover&#39;s pants. This sort of thing takes time, planning and research. Tonight, I got a head start on my resea... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Baby's first blog</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So, I&#39;m new at this whole blog thing. I&#39;ve always found blogging to be an act of self-indulgence and narcissism.* But then I thought, what&#39;s so wrong with that? Some of my favorite habits are self-indulgent and na... ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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