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	<title>Thoughts, ramblings and musings!</title>
	
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		<title>V8 Supercars Sydney Telstra 500</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/12/v8-supercars-sydney-500/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motorsport]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Telstra 500]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to attend the Season finale of the V8 Supercars at the Sydney Telstra 500 at Sydney Olympic Park. Below you will find my thoughts on the event as a whole, and some suggestions for next year, to make the event bigger and better!
We&#8217;ll start with the good stuff:

The Facilities: The race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Snowy Ride 2009</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/11/the-snowy-ride-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motorcycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike ride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motorcycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Touring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year for the past few years I have participated in the Snowy Ride, a ride which supports the Children&#8217;s Cancer Institute Australia through the Steven Walter Foundation. This year&#8217;s ride started on Thursday 5th November for me!
Thursday 5th November
At 7am, the ride started out overcast, and by the time I&#8217;d reached Sutherland, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel 7’s 2009 Bathurst 1000 coverage</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/10/channel-7s-2009-bathurst-1000-coverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bathurst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bathurst 1000]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 has been run and won, by the best team on the day. They drove a faultless race and kept their heads throughout the day. There are many others out there who can write up the story very well, however I decided to dedicate this post to the TV coverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taming the ugliness (an apology)</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/10/taming-the-ugliness-an-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/10/taming-the-ugliness-an-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Betterment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I had gone for a ride with my 2 boys (4 &#38; 7) along the bike path adjacent to Botany Bay starting in Brighton, down to Dolls Point and back. For those not familiar with this bike path, it&#8217;s a shared path with pedestrians for the most part, and cuts through 5 carparks.
In one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freaky Stuff Happens</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/09/freaky-stuff-happens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Betterment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing habits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Acts Of Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you will know, my planned trip to New Zealand to celebrate my 10th Wedding Anniversary was thrown into chaos due to the Apocalyptic elements of Sydney weather early this morning (SMH article, Flickr photostream, BOM warning).
Whilst at the airport, the Air New Zealand staff did the best they could to explain the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood…</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/09/blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood donation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those that don&#8217;t know, I am very passionate about donating blood, simply because I know the benefits it provides and know that it&#8217;s a very small imposition on me to donate something which I have plenty to give. I recently received a medal for passing 50 donations (of whole blood &#8211; Apheresis donors can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bedtime poem for my boys.</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/09/a-bedtime-poem-for-my-boys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made up this little poem whilst tucking Mr4 into bed a few days ago. I thought I&#8217;d share this with you all!
The time for fun is over,
It&#8217;s time to go to bed;
I love you from your little toes,
Up to the top of your head!
Nice &#38; simple, just the way I like it   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/09/half-marathon/</link>
		<comments>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/09/half-marathon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Betterment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am excited to be running my 1st half marathon (as part of the Sydney Running Festival) in less than 2 weeks. For someone who had not done more than a few hundred metres at a time back in May, I think it&#8217;s been pretty good going. Some people (notably friends through Facebook and Twitter) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/07/fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/07/fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manweek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this as a {belated} post to honour Manweek, an initiative to help Australian men talk about how they feel. There are quite a few fantastic posts out there that I know of, I am sure there are more (see end of this blog). I&#8217;m not sure whether there&#8217;s merit in these 2 stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same stock; different flowers</title>
		<link>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/07/same-stock-different-flowers/</link>
		<comments>http://andrewblanda.com/2009/07/same-stock-different-flowers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Blanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young minds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://andrewblanda.wordpress.com/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my blog post Letting your Flowers Grow I made note of some small milestones in the lives of my children as they transition to the next stage of their lives, gaining independence and skills to work their way through the world.
Something I&#8217;ve been guilty of recently and I&#8217;d like to share is about looking [...]]]></description>
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