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		<title>Doritos and Ramen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I am taking a physics class twice a week right now at my local community college.  In addition to learning about Newtonian physics before they agree on a better, more accurate type of physics to explain our universe, I also get a handy dandy student ID for discount movie tickets.  The class is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Up Here by Röyksopp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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This song just makes me smile  
Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
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		<title>BOGO Coupon for TGI Fridays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Ok, this is by far one of my least favorite chain restaurants.  If I were forced to rank TGI Friday&#8217;s on a top 10 list of places I would never eat again, they would fall somewhere between IHOP and Popeye&#8217;s.  That being said, I am poor.  While I try to buy organic and eat healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Should Know Before Going to America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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This is a post on Ars Technica that I just simply found too funny not to respost on here.  The story is that this was written by an United States expatriate now living in Japan&#8230;
I&#8217;m going back to the US for Christmas tomorrow! Yay!
My travel agent has, thoughtfully, seen fit to provide me with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dogs Greet Owner After 14 Months in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Liquidation Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I listed the last of our earthly possessions on Craigslist last week as soon as I heard the news that we would need to be vacating the premises at the end of October.  We pretty much have this whole thing worked out like a fine-tuned machine at this point.  The first to go was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Retards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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As soon as we walked into the house, I knew we were in for it.  Like a pair of bumbling social retards, we entered the sparsely populated house, making a beeline to socialize with the two folks with whom we are most comfortable &#8211; the friend who invited us, and his dog.  Butterfinger was decked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacationitis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I wish I could say I had all kinds of fun adventures and spent a whole week soaking up the rays on the beach, but the truth is that I spent most of my vacation laying on the couch, visiting the toilet, and rotting my brain with television.  My delusions of drinking grandeur were shattered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broseph</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/broseph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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My area is abounding with bros.  For those of you who many have never been exposed to the Southern California brand of bro awesomeness, I will take the liberty of describing the main characteristics that help to classify this strange sub-culture. The East County bros are usually outfitted in slip-on Vans, button up shirts with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of the Internets</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/the-power-of-the-internets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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You can never understand the power of the internet until you post something you do not necessarily want the world to see.  I frequently post my many blog posts to a number of social bookmarking and community oriented sites, but never have I experienced a response as great as what I will refer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Poodles Rant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Dear Ignorant Woman at the Park,
Butterfinger and I were walking our two dogs along the cement walk, minding our own business, following park regulations, and chatting about life, when your vicious poodle decided to charge 20 feet from your little tent party. Not only did the dog run at us like a wild banshee, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Baby Moose and Mom in Sprinkler</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/twin-baby-moose-and-mom-in-sprinkler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Ignore the overly sappy music and enjoy the video:)


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		<title>Out of the Wild</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/out-of-the-wild/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Butterfinger is back.  I picked him up at the airport last Thursday with the dogs in tow.  Dirty, stinky, sunburned, exhausted, and happy; really, really happy.  He spent the greater part of this past month as a nomadic person in Pennsylvania working for food, and helping where he was needed.  Upon our return to PA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian The Lion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I know I have already shown this video to some of you, but I just think its such a wonderful story; you can not help but smile and/or cry (I know I do every time I watch it!).  It is also a welcome respite from the video last week featuring psychotic Dimitri&#8217;s telephone messages. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Awesome</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/i-am-awesome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I have been scouring Craigslist for contract gigs/part-time employment opportunities that would allow me to maintain the flexibility I have come accustomed to in my schedule, while utilizing some of my newly developed content writing/SEO skills.  I find that my background in medicine is often a draw for these sorts of jobs, so I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/the-aftermath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Much to my dismay, I dropped off my two little Hershey Kisses at the airport this morning.  Just a word to the wise &#8211; 6 am flights are never a good idea, especially on a Wednesday morning following a Taco Tuesday outing that lasts into sunrise.  The ride back from the airport was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guapo&#8217;s Geyser</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/guapos-geyser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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It was roughly 10 pm on Friday evening.  Mounds&#8217; girlfriend and I were already a bottle of wine deep, and decided to head a block or so down the street to quench the insatiable thirst that had overcome us on a quiet start to the weekend.  Being the caring doggy mommy I am, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Life for Sale &#8211; Ian Usher</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/a-life-for-sale-ian-usher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Yesterday, I came across an EBay listing posted by a gentleman in Australia that is giving up everything he owns in an all-encompassing sale, through which, the lucky winner will take on his former life.  When he says everything is included, he means just that &#8211; EVERYTHING is included.  Upon settlement of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumor Control</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/rumor-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Ahh, the beauty of whisper down the lane.  I have always enjoyed this game in the silly sense, you know, where you start off by saying you had the best bacon omelette at the newest breakfast nook, and by the time the words go full circle, you have had a passionate affair with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is That You?</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/is-that-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I flew back from Philly this afternoon and just finished receiving my crazy, sloppy doggy kisses and hugs.  Despite Philly-style traffic and ramp closures on the Schuykill (also lovingly called the Sure-Kill) Expressway, being viciously wanded in my most private of areas, and having my carry-on bag contents splayed on a table for all [...]]]></description>
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