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		<title>Moving Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Something Magic has moved! This past week I shifted Something Magic from here to www.alainarkraus.com. I&#8217;ve been meaning to do it for awhile and I finally bit the bullet to make it happen. It&#8217;s still pretty dusty, but new posts will be going that way and new pages/features will be showing up as time permits [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Sept 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Superfruit Jelly Bellys I&#8217;ve seen these on a number of visits to Marshalls but this weekend I finally took the bite and they are quite a tasty treat. They have real fruit juices &#38; purees in them, so that must make them healthy &#8211; right? 2. Floppy Disk Sticky Notes I work UX at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Sept 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Retro Owls I&#8217;ve been seeing them all over the place &#8211; material at the fabric store, decorating hobo bags, Etsy finds &#8211; and I must admit I&#8217;m quite enamored of them. Check out these rainbow hued ceramic fellows or these fluffy friends by hilary cosgrove. Winston &#38; Squeak break the mold a bit, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Aug 29</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, apparently I forgot that Monday was Monday. And Tuesday was, well, Tuesday. So finally today, here&#8217;s my 5 Things I Love for this week. 1. The Return of Superheroes Maybe it&#8217;s the whole tomboy growing up with brothers &#38; no sisters thing, but I&#8217;m really enjoying the resurgence of the superhero (even if superheroines [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Aug 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Clove Soap Several weeks back when I ventured up to Frankenmuth I stumbled across a tore named Those Nature People Herb Haus advertising spices, herbs, etc in their window. Intrigued, I investigated and ended up coming away with a bag of loose leaf Mango Ginger Mint tea and a promise to myself to return [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Aug 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Louis Vuitton Creatures by Billie Achilleos These critters are fabulous by nature with their oh so high end materials, but even more so they are awesome works of art and cute to boot. 2. The Return of Ankle Boots and Booties I&#8217;m guessing that perhaps this is due to the influence of Steampunk working [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slow-Cooked Fresh Black Beans &#038; Rice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit it. While tomatoes, corn and mushrooms can all be purchased at the Farmer&#8217;s Market mine came from Meijer. I was in Pennsylvania last week and had to pick up groceries mid-week because my fridge was fairly barren, so I cheated. However, had I not been prowling Meijer&#8217;s produce I never would have stumbled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Aug 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. Nintendo Cartridge Clocks Nostalgia meets utility in these re-purposed bits of childhood memories. Of course, choosing your game may be as difficult as beating that final level was back when Nintendo was the latest and greatest in technology ;) 2. Sara Bareilles Kaleidoscope Heart I may have mentioned &#8216;King of Anything&#8217; in a previous [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mango Beet Soup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Be not deceived by the garnishment. There are no apples in this recipe. It is however full of betalains which have a whole host of beneficial aspects for the body. Much like cucumbers I&#8217;ll admit to having a bit of a beet prejudice growing up. My mom liked them but they were a strange purple [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Things I Love &#8211; Aug 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1. A Perfect Day by Natasha Bedingfield I had forgotten how much I love this hidden single from her Unwritten album. Maybe I&#8217;m just a bit different, but I think we can all find things that appeal to our inner selves in the song, especially with lines like &#8220;all the mundane has brought out the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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