<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333868</id><updated>2026-04-06T03:17:14.107-04:00</updated><category term="Optimistic Bear"/><category term="EPNW"/><category term="surkan"/><category term="depression"/><category term="economics"/><category term="recession"/><category term="tales"/><category term="deflation"/><category term="editorial"/><category term="inflation"/><category term="software"/><category term="Job Search Trenches"/><category term="diary"/><category term="startup"/><category term="entrepreneurs northwest"/><category term="uhuru"/><category term="resume"/><category term="recruiting"/><category term="linkedseattle"/><category term="real-estate"/><category term="bear"/><category term="finance"/><category term="investing"/><category term="microsoft"/><category term="sniglet"/><category term="podcast"/><category term="entrepreneur"/><category term="employment"/><category term="berkshire hathaway"/><category term="career"/><category term="government"/><category term="intranetsites"/><category term="linkedin"/><category term="marketing"/><category term="program management"/><category term="recruiter"/><category term="rent"/><category term="social networking"/><category term="warren buffet"/><category term="&quot;credit crisis&quot;"/><category term="&quot;free banking&quot;"/><category term="CPU"/><category term="CRM"/><category term="Coquelin"/><category term="IT"/><category term="Intel"/><category term="apple"/><category term="bailout"/><category term="banking"/><category term="banks"/><category term="canada"/><category term="clickonce"/><category term="credit"/><category term="crude"/><category term="economy"/><category term="facebook"/><category term="gasoline"/><category term="history"/><category term="intraoffice"/><category term="ipsec"/><category term="marketplace"/><category term="message"/><category term="multi-core"/><category term="multi-threaded"/><category term="myspace"/><category term="p2p"/><category term="politics"/><category term="project management"/><category term="recycling"/><category term="rewards"/><category term="source code"/><category term="surkanstance"/><category term="twitter"/><category term="unemployment"/><category term="windows"/><title type='text'>Pomp &amp;amp; Surkanstance</title><subtitle type='html'>An intellectual and philosophical analysis of reality by Michael and Brian Surkan</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://surkanstance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18333868/posts/default/-/optimisticbear'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://surkanstance.blogspot.com/search/label/optimisticbear'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Surkanstance</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04585126606657293898</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>0</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage></feed>