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	<title>The Spirit of Erie</title>
	
	<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen</link>
	<description>by Rob McGahen</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Adventures in home ownership</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/11/10/adventures-in-home-ownership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Peters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home Ownership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plumbing]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have owned my house now for just over a year. I didn&#8217;t really know what to expect coming into it, but overall, it has been great. But with any house that you buy, there are bound to be surprises.
First, I was finally able to mow my yard on Sunday for the first time in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harbor Creek Consolidation?</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/21/harbor-creek-consolidation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/21/harbor-creek-consolidation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GoErie.com]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harborcreek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clark Elementary School]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harbor Creek Junior/Senior High School]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Klein Elementary School]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rolling Ridge Elementary School]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As was published yesterday in the Erie Times-News, the Harbor Creek School District is considering a plan to close two elementary schools and merge them into one by constructing a new school just west of the township building.
I personally don&#8217;t believe it is that bad of an idea. Two things that would make it better, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get the Community College done</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/20/get-the-community-college-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[community college]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erie County Executive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is about time Erie County starts and gets the community college done.
While it will cost up to $10 million to run, I feel it is a critical part of the Erie area that should have begun 30 or 40 years ago. The longer the community goes without it, the more expensive it will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erie does seem to have it better…</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/14/erie-does-seem-to-have-it-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/14/erie-does-seem-to-have-it-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[airport expansions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erie International Airport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lambert-St. Louis International Airport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[runway extensions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;than St. Louis with regards to the airport situation.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch had an article in today&#8217;s paper about Lambert-St. Louis International Airport&#8217;s own expansion that wrapped up in 2006. To sum it up, the airport was at one point the eighth busiest airport in the country in the late 1990s and with two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/13/consolidation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/10/13/consolidation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I took a mini break from the blog, but it is for good reasons.
Lacy moved into my house with me, and so it has been a pleasant change to get used to. Obviously things have been going well for the two of us, and I think we have a great future together.
It works well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading to D.C.</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/08/07/heading-to-dc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/08/07/heading-to-dc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Delta Sigma Pi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[traveling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington D.C.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, Lacy and I will head to Washington D.C. for a bit over a week for a bit of a vacation, see some friends and for a conference.
I have been to Washington D.C. twice, both times for classes when I was at Behrend. Both times were also in March and it snowed at least once. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>…have been solved.</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/07/21/have-been-solved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/07/21/have-been-solved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Peters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[salesmen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So as everyone knows, I looked at some Accords on Thursday. Well, on Friday, I figured I would go to the Toyota dealership that was right next to the Honda dealership that is right around the corner from my house. So, Lacy joined me again and we go over there after I get off of work on Friday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car woes…</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/25/car-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/25/car-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[car repairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I have developed a couple of issues with my car lately&#8230;
First, I got into my car the other day as I was headed to work, and I heard this loud crack, and my seat started rocking. I get out of the car and look, and it looked like one of the brackets connecting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy weather</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/19/crazy-weather/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/19/crazy-weather/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Peters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Summer weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what do we get here after we get about six inches of rain in a 36 hour stretch earlier this week?
A third consecutive day of temperatures in the mid 90s and the seven day forecast containing nothing but the same. So much for those $25 a month electric bills!
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		<title>I must be bad luck…</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/08/i-must-be-bad-luck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/2009/06/08/i-must-be-bad-luck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob McGahen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Six Flags]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis Cardinals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/robmcgahen/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to the St. Louis Cardinals.
This past weekend, my friend Corey came into town. He lives in Los Angeles, but he is doing a two week drive around the central part of the country. He arrived at my house at 4:30 Saturday morning, after attending a White Sox game in Chicago. Since he, Lacy and myself [...]]]></description>
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