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	<title>Startup Fiance &#187; Planes Trains &amp; Automobiles</title>
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		<title>You Can Go Repack Your Bags</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/you-can-go-repack-your-bags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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My first bad experience with the TSA was in Austin, TX while heading home from a holiday trip.  It was 5 am, the line was almost out the door, and I was very low on my egg McMuffin intake, so I was understandably cranky.  After waiting about 90 minutes to get to the xray machine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Satellite Image of KU</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Earlier this week, GeoEye-1, the world&#8217;s highest-resolution commercial satellite sponsored by Google, began taking high resolution photos.  The photo below of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania was the FIRST image taken by the newest Google-sponsored satellite.
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How quick and powerful is this newest imaging satellite?  From Wired:
&#8220;The 4,300-pound satellite collected the image at noon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphians, your RIGHTS are being invaded!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Anyone looking for proof that any sort of technological innovation is usually met with fear and skepticism will enjoy the following post.  The poster below, &#8220;borrowed&#8221; from the national archives, or ARC, website, shows an outrageous scene with a menacing locomotive plowing its way through town.  Of particular note is the way the &#8220;face&#8221; of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay for What You Weigh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I read an interesting article the other day titled, &#8220;The Obese Should Have to Pay More For Airline Tickets&#8220;, written by Newsweek.  The article brings up a lot of good points about our carbon footprint, pointing out the fact that our carbon footprint is different depending on our body size. In the article the [...]]]></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>Gays Kicked Off Flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Is it real or not?  Who knows&#8230;  You would think the airline personnel would ask, &#8220;Are you Mr. Gay&#8221;, instead of using an indefinite article, but then again maybe they are trained to treat people as cattle-like as possible to complement the seating inside the tube of the plane.  At the end it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster Smart Car</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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The first time I ever saw the sub-compact car known as the Smart car was on a high school trip to Spain.  As you can imagine, there was very little actual Spanish learning being done on this trip, but we did manage to spend our free time in pubs speaking Spanglish with the locals and [...]]]></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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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>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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		<title>Airport Juice</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/airport-juice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 21:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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My latest secret shopping excursion landed me at the airport.  Most people would have been greatly perturbed at the notion of leaving a BBQ on a Friday night to ride around in an airport shuttle and submit a report, but I was energized.  Instead of taking the airport for what it is at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gassing Up</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/gassing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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As I stood there and watched the digital numbers creep up past $70, I could not help but be thankful that I was not at one of those older-style pumps at which all of the numbers click as they rapidly spin to their final destination.  No one spoke, no eye contact was made, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airplane to H-E Double Hockey Sticks</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/airplane-to-h-e-double-hockey-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Yesterday I embarked on my journey back to the west.  You would think, even as an inexperienced passenger, that a Monday, early in the evening, would be a decent choice in hopes of avoiding all of the family-style travelers.  To add some clarity, this classification does not include the parents with well-behaved children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quickie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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This is going to be a quickie seeing as my laptop is rapidly losing battery (I have already used it for 4+ hours on the plane doing some things in photoshop related to Save-a-Bull) and my grandparents should soon be arriving from Florida.  Right now I am sitting at their arrival gate, eating a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love Franklin</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/i-love-franklin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I am getting ready to head back to Pennsylvania for the weekend to attend a wedding, and one of the most important things I need to remember to bring along with me is my buddy Franklin.  You see, Franklin is what is called EVDO or Mobile Broadband, and his little USB dongle body is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Posts, Here&#8217;s to 100 More!</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/100-posts-heres-to-100-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Today, not-withstanding my Christmastime blogging break, I am writing my 100th post as the Startup Fiance.  Given that I usually spend roughly 30 minutes writing, editing, and publishing each post, I have now officially spent at least 50 hours perfecting my literary craft; I think 50 hours is a gross understatement, but is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Office &#8211; Optimized</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/mobile-office-optimized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Yesterday the framework was laid for productivity success within the confines of the VW Eurovan office, but a few key pieces to the efficiency puzzle were still missing.  We still had to run the van to charge the laptops and for heat, which we knew was not fair to Grimace, and an optimal comfort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Radio Code For You</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/no-radio-code-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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Grimace went in the shop the day before our departure to get a new brake switch, an oil change, and a once-over from our dear independent Volkswagen man, Tootsie.  As we expected, everything checked out and Grimace was given a clean bill of health for the 3000 mile journey ahead.  The only minor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Productive Administrative Day</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2007/productive-administrative-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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All things non-startup related we have started to refer to as &#8216;administrative obligations&#8217;.  These include food shopping, dealing with bills, getting the car fixed, and other assorted tasks that do not rank to highly in the &#8216;I really can not wait to get that done and drop a whole lot of cash&#8217; column.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carpocalypse</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2007/carpocalypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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I just got back from my very first tow truck ride.  I thought I was going to have my first ride on Tuesday evening when Jolene refused to start after I left the bank after work, but the nice TowPro man gave her enough juice to get home.  I got to call my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pit Bullmobile</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2007/pit-bullmobile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mandie</dc:creator>
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We have to be careful not to jingle our keys if we are going somewhere and do not want the dogs to accompany us, because the slightest tinkling of the keys will send all three of them into an exuberant sprint for the front door.  At the door they will wait, tails thrashing wildly [...]]]></description>
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