<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038</id><updated>2024-11-08T08:37:49.064-07:00</updated><category term="Fall"/><category term="Halloween"/><category term="Haunted"/><category term="Kids"/><category term="Obama"/><category term="Obamalos"/><category term="UNM Route 66 Rally the Vote"/><category term="adventure"/><category term="spooky"/><title type='text'>What The Bleep...?</title><subtitle type='html'>Robin L. DesJardins:  Soon retiring as a professional student.Staying alive,sheltered,healthy etc.in 21st century USA. Artist,musician,photographer,potter,quantum physics fan,observer of the macro and the micro.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-5243498782219519284</id><published>2013-06-10T12:55:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2013-06-10T12:55:22.366-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">
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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/5243498782219519284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2013/06/join-movement-to-define-republic-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5243498782219519284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5243498782219519284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2013/06/join-movement-to-define-republic-this.html' title=''/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-574186437972823684</id><published>2010-12-19T11:54:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-07T15:28:49.910-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dont Ask Don&#39;t Tell...?</title><summary type="text">

This morning it was all over the broadcast media. The house and senate have voted to let the Don&#39;t Ask Don&#39;t Tell policy in the American Armed Forces go. I suppose I should be happy. It is an historic vote, no question about it, and one giant step for Gay-Kind. So why am I not out dancing in the streets with the rest of the Gay community?

I was sweet 15 in the spring of 1969. From then until </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/574186437972823684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/dont-ask-dont-tell.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/574186437972823684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/574186437972823684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/dont-ask-dont-tell.html' title='Dont Ask Don&#39;t Tell...?'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnC3lAMalbAt_hH1jFq0MykK3zAx0jQjiC7qfcXka0tvpx1iXjpCZU-CKyUDMC2N2-ch0Bu_MBa8NzXU5PnYgb5V2ZGUSf_UfPzXglby0n_7_H_7eDu12PfBnhziL5TyA60pTX6jb7XqH/s72-c/SOLDIER-537x469.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-8627994272036861779</id><published>2010-12-17T10:20:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T10:27:21.768-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NetworkedBlogs through FaceBook</title><summary type="text">I thought I&#39;d try out this service offered by FaceBook. The main reason was to get more views and readers to share my writing with. Did I even think about everything else I would be sharing? Well...no, of course not. Being as savvy as I think I am about security and privacy issues, I simply reached out for the candy, the sweet thought that so many more would read my thoughts. I will keep this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/8627994272036861779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/networkedblogs-through-facebook.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/8627994272036861779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/8627994272036861779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/networkedblogs-through-facebook.html' title='NetworkedBlogs through FaceBook'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-3736869983020444912</id><published>2010-12-15T13:47:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T14:51:38.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Updates,endless updates...</title><summary type="text">Greetings Folks.Long time, No post...I know. Life will tear us away from the things we love and my loves are no exception. That was then and this is Now. I have fallen into Face Book, oh yes. It is a wonder, and  I&#39;m not the only one who sees the end of email because of it. Instant communication! Drive Through Friendships! Don&#39;t like &#39;em anymore? Un-friend them! Poof! How very Up To Date is that!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/3736869983020444912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/updatesendless-updates.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/3736869983020444912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/3736869983020444912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/12/updatesendless-updates.html' title='Updates,endless updates...'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdVXxdSmrk3PgHrm37SjotMMiAmFWaPzFLeEy7Mj5SFY78RZEzdZVJY-a_WLygIslpWGxw00HImu_WEmv_SHM5M8Nc7mMgqh3OMqYHjXZGAaqSKDR6zuuaDjCH5zKID60zs0BeDaTPcpN/s72-c/SPY.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-5333722789071541181</id><published>2010-10-24T08:35:00.065-06:00</published><updated>2013-09-19T01:08:35.673-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="adventure"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fall"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Halloween"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Haunted"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spooky"/><title type='text'>THE TRUCE</title><summary type="text">
This is a Hallowe&#39;en story, based on a more or less true story from the days when kids could walk around the neighborhood, the folks didn&#39;t panic if they didn&#39;t know where you were, and Tricks were almost more important than Treats on the spookiest night of the year!

I wrote &quot;THE TRUCE&quot; in a fiction class five years ago. If anybody thinks they see themselves, literally or otherwise, in this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/5333722789071541181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/10/truce.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5333722789071541181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5333722789071541181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2010/10/truce.html' title='THE TRUCE'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-8993066035861138327</id><published>2009-04-27T13:17:00.023-06:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T13:43:29.649-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Losing My Religion</title><summary type="text">Originally posted in the spring of 2009,I can&#39;t help but think on how the questions I asked in this one have been answered by the events since then.I will be posting a follow up, a &quot;revisited&quot; of sorts soon.Here it comes....again......those uncertain weeks when we ask ourselves &quot; is it time yet?&quot; What is this thing that comes to us in early spring? All winter I spend getting excited about things </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/8993066035861138327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/04/losing-my-religion.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/8993066035861138327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/8993066035861138327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/04/losing-my-religion.html' title='Losing My Religion'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFaKcYWPZ1JRncOp8YdPdrE-zq9PgQpNom5xkUlZ3L91bBOLQqEOsrJbj0Yx7nKaNCoXEk_Ef98zU8UOm_lmr4yxA3rlG0Y5xLpKbuVnOHa10VOuJHyRqeovy4A3A4z_pmiKfcv_veMyD/s72-c/sept+18+07+004.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-4412732441977454489</id><published>2009-04-04T09:52:00.026-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T15:16:07.058-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Signs and Wonders in the 21st Century...or Everything I know Is Wrong.</title><summary type="text">After reading a couple of paragraphs of Carolyn Myss’s &#39;Sacred Contracts&#39;, over my first few sips of coffee this morning, I returned to the rest of the house, where the television was chatting away with the voices of some Vegetables who were taking on roles from a recent Indiana Jones script.  What was I seeing? Why did this nonsense capture my attention so strongly?  Can a television play the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/4412732441977454489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/04/signs-and-wonders-in-21st-centuryor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/4412732441977454489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/4412732441977454489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/04/signs-and-wonders-in-21st-centuryor.html' title='Signs and Wonders in the 21st Century...or Everything I know Is Wrong.'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0w0jWAgHKGauNSShdgu3DfyNNZxNGJD462r-TFWDPuJ6sgjv7-T6SvnKu5waizefncdPMBFxulArbqTrtC_eIq7eaeY1HipyaCbs9iq5SQmCCYJHETb_buz6cKLhAMeukBVXgsBz1uBVz/s72-c/Windy+Day+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-5003549944923619874</id><published>2009-03-07T13:30:00.012-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-04T12:22:14.092-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagio&#39;s Silly Reviews Page</title><summary type="text"> 	&lt;!-- 		@page { margin: 0.79in } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } 	--&gt; 	 An insightful and mostly irreverent poke at books I have read and loved or hated. This may become an ongoing blog antic.The first shall derive from papers I submitted to the interminably patient faculty at the Valencia Campus of UNM. Sometimes I just need to cheer myself up this way.To paraphrase my Mother (and her Mother) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/5003549944923619874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/03/imagios-silly-reviews-page.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5003549944923619874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/5003549944923619874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/03/imagios-silly-reviews-page.html' title='Imagio&#39;s Silly Reviews Page'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-D_VlXTl7wXsfMu2lt_gsbZnrXEztKvPaMIyLnmFr6lzjBlJHjtVvOglqTu0HEh0oA39lxcCLLarIjkjUnYHT106VCe2Aa71jMYW8bQWL-IQFnOvZRLcy8pvr9pon_ZN9JQOrZrf3Tqm/s72-c/images.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-6078844654977388677</id><published>2009-03-02T11:01:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T12:08:18.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From the Big Orange Chair</title><summary type="text">I bought a big, orange chair recently. It rocks, swivels and sometimes puts me to sleep. Every time I come home it greets me with that orange color, upstaging Sally&#39;s loud welcoming barks. I think it wanted to be gold in color but just didn&#39;t make the dye lot.  The best way to overcome my rather pale love of Orange, in fabric, is to just sit in the chair. Small of stature though I may be, this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/feeds/6078844654977388677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/03/from-big-orange-chair.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/6078844654977388677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/6078844654977388677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/03/from-big-orange-chair.html' title='From the Big Orange Chair'/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3JU6RLvrWC8QPXr3iJYz6TEFJT4ffea7-u4jP6QRAgfPdjZiUQGksNnhBdhE60aBHcjqfY6jyxmMEhkCJT6ZfevacDHtQvzh3WzE7LtRGrKRafGwgnB9xMyjs8kV7DL9KYzzmBfZie8o/s72-c/0302091130.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525190899447814038.post-2646051342693664253</id><published>2009-02-18T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T13:44:49.280-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obamalos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UNM Route 66 Rally the Vote"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">OBAMALOS! On Route 66, UNM main campus, 11/04/08Though not my choice pick for movie debut on a blog, the cell phone video phenomenon has earned a place in the scheme of things. There we were, on &#39;Super Tuesday&#39;, trying to remind drivers on Central Ave. to go and vote, for Obama of course. I think we were mostly trying to get them to blow their car horns a bunch. Nevertheless, a good time was had </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=6db83b0396310448&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/2646051342693664253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1525190899447814038/posts/default/2646051342693664253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robinowitcz.blogspot.com/2009/02/oba-ma-los-on-route-66-unm-main-campus.html' title=''/><author><name>What The Bleep</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13353123311479040360</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FuLBM0Kw2gM/SZcp-cbVMbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-OgPDYraeuQ/S220/Fuji+Nov+29+08+002.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>