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		<title>Justin Bieber in a Geo Metro</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2011/justin-bieber-in-a-geo-metro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep. That&#8217;s paper Justin Bieber in a Geo Metro.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turning&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2010/the-wheel-in-the-sky-keeps-on-turning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is my hope that the catchy classic rock song title of this post will get so stuck in your head that it will serve to detract from the lack of an amazing reappearance to my website I am about &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2010/the-wheel-in-the-sky-keeps-on-turning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Stupid People, Not Dogs</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2009/ban-stupid-people-not-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending some time browsing the pets section on Craiglist, I want to lay with my pit bulls and cry.  It is incomprehensibly saddening to see the things people do to this misunderstood breed.  Area shelters across the US are &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2009/ban-stupid-people-not-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Otterly Cute</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2009/otterly-cute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to write more later, but in the meantime&#8230; ]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Mark Gormley Collection</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2009/the-ultimate-mark-gormley-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least he is doing something&#8230; I wonder if he is accepting nominations for the Mark Gormley fan club? A stellar acoustic track with mind blowing animation; complete with really short shorts. Makes me want to find things with little &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2009/the-ultimate-mark-gormley-collection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Bye Bye Bush</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/bye-bye-bush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<title>H.D. Coli</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/hd-coli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My roommate is not known for his attention to detail, and this includes keeping on top of expiration dates and removing rotting food from the fridge.  Knowing this, about once a week I spend some time going through the contents &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/hd-coli/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Wrench</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/yet-another-wrench/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staying positive is somewhat difficult when it always seems that people are unintentionally/intentionally doing things to throw wrenches in your path.  We made the decision to sell the GTI, a car Butterfinger has had since 0 miles, to give us &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/yet-another-wrench/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cake Wrecks</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/cake-wrecks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a way to waste the rest of your Friday afternoon?  Need a distraction from counting the minutes on the clock until you can crack open a cold one and eat some beef jerky?  I just may have something &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/cake-wrecks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social Retards</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/social-retards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/social-retards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vacationitis</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/vacationitis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/vacationitis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/the-power-of-the-internets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dread Head</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/dread-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Monday.  I have not combed my hair in about 5 days, and it is starting to take on a strange, matted appearance, and I am really toying with the idea of dreading it up and seeing what happens.  &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/dread-head/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/out-of-the-wild/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Punk Rock Mommy</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/punk-rock-mommy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I never met Andrea, I was introduced to her blog a few months ago through a friend in the Philadelphia area holding a fund raiser in her honor. Punk Rock Mommy is Andrea&#8217;s weblog, and was created by her &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/punk-rock-mommy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christian The Lion</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/christian-the-lion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/christian-the-lion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/the-aftermath/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dimitri</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/dimitri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This little gem is courtesy of my friend Rosemary&#8230; According to the email text being passed around with this recording, some friends were out one night in the San Francisco Marina district, and were hanging outside of the bars trying &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/dimitri/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/guapos-geyser/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://startupfiance.com/2008/rumor-control/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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