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		<title>Twin Cities Geek: One Year in</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek & Fan Culture]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[January 10th, 2016 was the one year anniversary of launching the Twin Cities Geek online magazine, so I wanted to talk about the project a little bit, since it mostly lives inside my head. I know a few folks have noticed what I&#8217;ve been up to, and I&#8217;ve certainly mentioned or alluded to it here and there, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hal and CONvergence 2015: A Summary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[CONvergence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been putting off writing about what happened to me at CONvergence 2015 for a myriad of reasons. I know a lot of people have heard rumors about it with varying degrees of accuracy. But I made the choice to keep a lid on it. It was a calculated choice, and it was my choice [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Uncle Ben&#8217;s Wisdom isn&#8217;t just for Superheroes</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/12/uncle-bens-wisdom-isnt-just-for-superheroes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Parker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mantra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality Plays]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since I was a girl, my favorite superhero has always been Spider-Man. I think the reason for this lies in how his story is less escapist fantasy and more of a direct allegory for the struggle we all experience navigating our own sense of morality while juggling the (often conflicting) expectations thrust upon us, which can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to use Twitter to get more from a Convention Appearance</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/11/how-to-use-twitter-to-get-more-from-a-convention-appearance/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Cons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[comic con marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Twitter can be an incredibly powerful tool for anyone who is appearing, exhibiting, or presenting at a sci-fi, gaming, genre, literary, or comic convention. Using Twitter, I was able to help comic book artist Christopher Jones double, and in some cases triple, booth traffic and art sales at most of his convention appearances. I get a lot [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>On the Sense and Senselessness of Personal Blogging</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/09/on-the-sense-and-senselessness-of-personal-blogging/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[musing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about priorities and boundaries. I try (with varying success) to stay very cognizant of both because I know my overall well being will be like dish soap on a Slip &#8216;N Slide if I don&#8217;t. In particular, I have to remind myself that it is, in fact, a good thing to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strategy in Everything: My New Business Cards</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/09/strategy-in-everything-my-new-business-cards/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic cons]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey, look at that! I got new cards! I&#8217;ve been wanting my own cards for a while. Though, I already sort of had cards. I mean, I&#8217;ve had my &#8220;fixer&#8221; cards—they just say &#8220;FIXER&#8221; on the front and have my email address on the back—as a joke for a couple years years now. And of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Life Lessons I Learned from (and in spite of) my Mother</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/05/5-life-lessons-i-learned-from-and-in-spite-of-my-mother/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During my brief tenure working at Victoria&#8217;s Secret, one of the concepts they drilled into us was the idea that people usually won&#8217;t remember what you say to them, but they will remember how you made them feel. I&#8217;ve found this to be something of a universal truth and try to apply it in most walks of my life. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Here Begins the Job Hunt. And I ramble about things.</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2015/02/here-begins-the-job-hunt-and-i-ramble-about-things/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content marketing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, I finally finished my online portfolio. This is no small feat—in my mind anyway—since what I do feels so varied and so much of it is sort of behind closed doors. The majority of the stuff I write doesn&#8217;t exactly have my name signed to it, you know? (I&#8217;m working on changing that.) And I do [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hello, Interneter.</title>
		<link>https://halspages.com/2013/02/halspages-hello-interneter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my fancy, new, re-designed website. I have a blog now. Blogging is cool. Not much else to say right now, but since you&#8217;ve found your way here, enjoy some Tolkien verse that I think is probably about surfing the &#8216;net. O! Wanderers in the shadowed land despair not! For though dark they stand, all woods there [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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