<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">
    <title>OUT OF FOCUS</title>
    
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/" />
    <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1259960</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T11:51:38-04:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Rants, Raves and Idiocies from an A.D.D Perspective. 


var jFHostPath = 'http://tools.jargonfish.com';
var jFDataPath = '/tools/data.jsp?cid=112&amp;sid=460';
var jFWidgetId = '460';


                                         

</subtitle>
    <generator uri="http://www.typepad.com/">TypePad</generator>
    <link rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OutOfFocus" type="application/atom+xml" /><entry>
        <title>Greetings from the Jersey Shore</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/07/greetings-from-the-jersey-shore.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/07/greetings-from-the-jersey-shore.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2008-07-20T18:30:13-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52825760</id>
        <published>2008-07-17T11:51:38-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-23T13:13:05-04:00</updated>
        <summary>We called it the army camp, the rocky beach secluded by giant sand dunes and military barracks, a getaway where...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Personal Essay" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Kali Karagias" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Jersey Shore" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>An All-Clad American Family</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/an-all-clad-american-family.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/an-all-clad-american-family.html" thr:count="3" thr:updated="2008-07-13T16:19:19-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-51729426</id>
        <published>2008-06-23T09:32:28-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-13T16:19:19-04:00</updated>
        <summary>We drove around in well-worn, rust-colored Chevrolet New Yorker in the late seventies; the perfect car I always envisioned us...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Humor" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="The Price is Right" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Bob Barcker" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>I won a writing contest! I think?</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/i-won-a-writing-contest-i-think.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/i-won-a-writing-contest-i-think.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2008-07-22T03:44:47-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-51683950</id>
        <published>2008-06-22T00:16:01-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-22T03:44:47-04:00</updated>
        <summary>I have just been informed by Humor Press that I am a winner of their April/May writing contest! I think?...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Humor" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Humor Press" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="comedy writing contest" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="voting" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Tatum O'Neil On Crack &amp; In Need of Rescue?</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/tatum-oneil-on-crack-in-need-of-rescue.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/06/tatum-oneil-on-crack-in-need-of-rescue.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2008-06-09T20:44:38-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50775694</id>
        <published>2008-06-03T15:10:06-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-09T20:44:38-04:00</updated>
        <summary>I don't know who is worse off, me for being deprived of summer camp as a child or Tatum O'Neil...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Celebrity" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Tatum O'Neil" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Out Of Focus" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Made In China It Ain't</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/made-in-china-it-aint.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/made-in-china-it-aint.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2008-05-31T20:22:06-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50610840</id>
        <published>2008-05-30T11:04:57-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-02T14:35:33-04:00</updated>
        <summary>As my blog, Out of Focus, comes to a near close (you will be able to buy the anecdotal book...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Made In The USA" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="US manufacturing" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>How To Incorporate Your Love Of Tap Dancing Into Your Already Overbooked Chaotic Life </title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/a-bit-of-adhd-n.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/a-bit-of-adhd-n.html" thr:count="5" thr:updated="2008-07-24T00:04:00-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49769040</id>
        <published>2008-05-12T20:41:33-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-12T20:50:24-04:00</updated>
        <summary>ADD Symptom: Lacking Time Management Skills. Huh? The last two weeks I have been neglecting this blog in an attempt...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Attention Deficit Disorder" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="A Chorus Line" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="ADD" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="ADHD" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Attention Deficit Disorder" />
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>And Iran So Far Away</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/and-i-ran-so-fa.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/05/and-i-ran-so-fa.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2008-05-24T20:36:07-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49581592</id>
        <published>2008-05-08T10:53:55-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-08T11:00:53-04:00</updated>
        <summary>After auditioning for SNL and getting bumped, I rarely watch the show anymore. This is sheer brilliance. I can't stop...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Comedy" />
        
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>New Self-Help Book, Believe In Your Lies</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/how-to-live-lik.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/how-to-live-lik.html" thr:count="6" thr:updated="2008-05-13T15:15:39-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49228782</id>
        <published>2008-04-30T14:34:37-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-01T23:06:35-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Everyone wants to be a millionaire. Including this guy: Introducing self-help author and self-proclaimed millionaire, Stan Matterhorn. What's so great...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Money" />
        
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>So You Say You Don't Like Living in America?</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/so-you-say-you.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/so-you-say-you.html" thr:count="4" thr:updated="2008-05-13T18:04:53-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49177794</id>
        <published>2008-04-29T13:09:35-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-04-29T13:12:25-04:00</updated>
        <summary>I was walking my dog on one of New York's beautiful piers yesterday evening and I heard a snippet of...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Current Affairs" />
        
        


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>How To Run For Political Office</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/running-for-off.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/running-for-off.html" thr:count="3" thr:updated="2008-04-25T07:47:48-04:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-48853262</id>
        <published>2008-04-22T16:37:49-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-04-22T16:42:43-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Because of my tarnished past, I always assumed that I would never run for office but lately people have been...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Humor" />
        
        


    </entry>
 
</feed>
