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	<description>Rasmenia is the alter-ego (&amp; middle name) of Jacquelynn Massoud - an expat from a small town in Colorado now living in Paris, France. When the schizoid, sarcastic, writer from America married a French computer geek, they put their heads together to create this blog telling of their amusing adventures &amp; observations in the world.</description>
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		<title>The Joys of a Dysfunctional, Symbiotic Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Star Wars Burgers &amp; the Everlasting Star Cheese</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I got a few messages from friends back home in the States about this: Oh&#8230; &#38; also, this: For a few days, the Internet was abuzz with various articles about the Star...<br/>
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		<title>Survival is Triumph Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; “Being a fiction writer is a good way to go crazy, it’s a good way to be a nervous wreck, it’s a good way to become a drunk. You continually pick at yourself, the little sores that you have....<br/>
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		<title>Springing Forward, Looking Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” &#8211; Leo Tolstoy &#8220;Blah, blah, blah.&#8221; &#8211; Iggy Pop * It&#8217;s been a while since I wrote one of those blogs posts that say, &#8220;I...<br/>
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		<title>Don’t Call Me a Foodie</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“You can&#8217;t just eat good food. You&#8217;ve got to talk about it too. And you&#8217;ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.” ― Kurt Vonnegut “Watch a French...<br/>
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		<title>I Don’t Live in Paris</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I live in France. I don&#8217;t live in Paris. I used to live in Paris. People sometimes ask me about something going on in Paris. I can only answer with, &#8220;Um&#8230; I don&#8217;t really know...<br/>
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		<title>Writer Rant: Writing Advice</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“They&#8217;re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don&#8217;t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.” &#8211;Lillian Hellman...<br/>
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		<title>The Misanthropic Heathens &amp; the Quest for Christmas Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”  &#8211; Charles M. Schulz “What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?” &#8211; Salman Rushdie, Fury * When I was a...<br/>
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		<title>There Is Nothing More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there&#8217;s nothing to be afraid of, I won&#8217;t know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid...<br/>
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		<title>Anti-Peanut Butterism. Yes. It’s a Thing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Man can not live by bread alone &#8230; he must have peanut butter.” &#8211; Bill Cosby “I mostly eat peanut butter sandwiches. Peanut butter and banana, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and...<br/>
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