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		<title>Thank you &#8230; Snow Patrol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when I need songs like these.  This week has been one of them.  Chasing Cars We&#8217;ll do it all Everything On our own We don&#8217;t need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don&#8217;t quite know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=787&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hypocrisy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s this kind of hypocrisy in politicians is the type of thing that will never stop driving me crazy.  Yes, my world view is based on human dignity.  Well, except for the dignity of people who I consider my enemies.  Or the dignity of people who are &#8220;other.&#8221;  Just really absolutely drives me up the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=785&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Update &#8212; The Irrepairable Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Irrepairable Past is bewitching me.  I&#8217;ve started and stopped on what I&#8217;m referring to part 3 several times now.  With each beginning, I know I&#8217;m not doing it right.  Tonight, on the way home from work, I believe I cracked the nut.  I&#8217;m making what is now my third or fourth attempt to continue with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=779&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Wish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I wish I could do is paint &#8230; it&#8217;s why I love Kara Schunk&#8217;s work so much.  It is amazing and stunning.  And, why I love this so much.  I Paint. Some day, some where I&#8217;m going to find the time to learn to paint.  And learn how to play an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=776&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Favor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you order one of my books from Amazon and there are issues with it (like the cover art is screwed up) let me know. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=774&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publishing News</title>
		<link>http://kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/publishing-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shady Acres and Other Stories may never see the light of day in paperback.  What worked with The Marfa Lights isn&#8217;t working for the second collection.  I&#8217;m growing ever more frustrated by the inconsistencies with Amazon&#8217;s publishing service. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=772&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking while Running  (Warning &#8230; long, long, long post)</title>
		<link>http://kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/thinking-while-running-warning-long-long-long-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Modern Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went for my third run in eight days, trying to see if I can make slow progress towards resuming a healthy level of physical activity while still struggling through my stupid groin issue.  3.5 miles today, stiffness mostly throughout (insert joke here &#8230; but it&#8217;s not the right kind of stiffness).  But, I managed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=767&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up With &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/whats-up-with-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; trying to get something I&#8217;ve written reviewed? Turns out it costs a lot of money.  Kirkus Reviews &#8230; $425 or $575 for express service.  Publisher&#8217;s Weekly &#8230; it appears to be $149, which doesn&#8217;t automatically mean a review.  That gets a six-month subscription and a listing of your self-published book.  They take the best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=764&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Republican Party is on the road to nowhere&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan I found this by Timothy Egan.  There is a lot of good stuff in the op-ed about the current state of the Republican Party.  A couple of points to highlight&#8230; In the South Carolina primary, in a state that is only 66% white, 98% of the Republican primary voters were white.  In Nevada, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=762&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if Obama is re-elected?  Whither the Republicans?</title>
		<link>http://kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/what-if-obama-is-re-elected-whither-the-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something about the nature of political discourse in this country that is so poisonous and divisive.  It would be far too idealistic to believe that there isn’t always some level of negativity and attack in the political debates our country has had over the years.  However, it seems that the level of anger and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kingmidgetramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3892308&amp;post=760&amp;subd=kingmidgetramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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