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            <title>What to Do with the Homeless?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2021/01/04/homeless/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack If you have ever found yourself in a situation where you have just lost everything except the clothes you had on your back, you will have a lot of sympathy for the homeless.&#160; You will naturally want to &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2021/01/04/homeless/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <category >Culture</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>What’s the Mortality Rate for COVIDs Right Now?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/10/mortality-rate-covids-now/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack The mortality rate has a lot to do with the quality of healthcare and you will note that England&#8217;s socialized medicine fairs rather poorly compared to the USA.&#160; Germany is the best of all, but is nearly comparable &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/10/mortality-rate-covids-now/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hunter Biden and Chinese Spies</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/10/hunter-biden-chinese-spies/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack Fox News and the Washington Post carried the story about Hunter Biden, the laptop evidence and money laundering with China, but the rest of the pact wouldn&#8217;t touch it because it was pre-election.&#160; The media was so biased &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/10/hunter-biden-chinese-spies/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Texas Under Attack by Gun Grabbing Liberals!!!</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/texas-attack-gun-grabbing-liberals/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Posted by Jack A slew of gun confiscation and gun restrictions bills is being introduced into the Texas State Legislature by democrats apparently still high from their presidential win!&#160; &#160;It seems they are determined to Californicate Texas with laws that &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/texas-attack-gun-grabbing-liberals/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>And in Idaho…COVID Protests</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/idaho-covid-protests/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[posted by Jack The Central District Health meeting in Boise, Idaho, where members were expected to discuss a&#160;Covid-19 health order, ended just 15 minutes into the agenda due to safety concerns related to the protests, various city officials said. A &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/idaho-covid-protests/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>There’s No Science Behind COVID Lockdown</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/science-covid-lockdown/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[posted by Jack Dr. Scott Morrow, San Mateo County&#8217;s leading health officer, released a statement detailing 15 reasons for why the county did not join neighboring jurisdictions in implementing a voluntary shelter-in-place order, largely highlighting personal responsibility for slowing the &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/science-covid-lockdown/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A Different Idea on Combating Crime and Bad Behavior</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/idea-combating-crime-bad-behavior/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack Over the years that we&#8217;ve been participating in this free speech forum, we&#8217;ve explored diverse ideas, criticized dumb ideas, and learned from really good ideas too.&#160; We&#8217;ve sure covered a lot of topics and that&#8217;s been the best &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/09/idea-combating-crime-bad-behavior/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Breaking News – New Chico City Council Sworn In</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/city-council-sworn/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack Tonight Chico&#8217;s new council members were sworn in and this makes it a 5-2 vote in favor of conservatives against the last two crazy liberal holdouts.&#160; Voters had a record turnout for the municipal election this year.&#160; The &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/city-council-sworn/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>COVID Masks Causing Respiratory Infections?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/covid-masks-causing-respiratory-infections/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Jack According to my sources in the Emergency Room at Enloe Hospital, there has been a spike in patients being treated for respiratory infections.&#160; It is suspected these phenomena are due to wearing disposable masks too many times.&#160; Over-time &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/covid-masks-causing-respiratory-infections/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Governor Orders Halt to All Non-Essential Interstate Travel</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/governor-orders-halt-non-essential-interstate-travel/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Posted by Jack SACRAMENTO &#8212; On the heels of a record day of new COVID cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday announced a new regional stay-at-home order tied to the ICU rates in a given region that will require many businesses &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2020/12/08/governor-orders-halt-non-essential-interstate-travel/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Sick and tired of waiting through hard times, 12-4-2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/12/05/sow-there-sick-tired-waiting-hard-times-12-4-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Heather Hacking wears a mask and poses for a self portrait in upper Bidwell Park in Chico. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist December 4, 2020 at 3:30 a.m. Blast you coronavirus for keeping me distant from my parents &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/12/05/sow-there-sick-tired-waiting-hard-times-12-4-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >cancer</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 07:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Audible Call Saves a Conversation</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/11/29/audible-call-saves-conversation/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Something audible is heard.&#160; But calling an audible is something to be done. An audible in football changes a play at the line of scrimmage. &#160;The quarterback reads the defense, recognizes an opportunity then calls an audible, a different play &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/11/29/audible-call-saves-conversation/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Sports</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Just another edgy day in the neighborhood, Nov. 20, 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/21/sow-there-edgy-day-neighborhood-nov-20-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Some of the best discoveries are those that cannot be easily identified, such as a scratch on a fence that looks like an ancient cave drawing. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist November 20, 2020 at 3:35 a.m. When &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/21/sow-there-edgy-day-neighborhood-nov-20-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >fall leaves</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! When rain knocks on your door — clean out the gutters, 11-13-20</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/13/sow-there-rain-knocks-door-clean-gutters-11-13-20/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Agapanthus in full bloom are a summer treat, for humans and butterflies. The cool season is a good time to divide plants trapped in containers. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist November 13, 2020 at 3:35 a.m. We had &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/13/sow-there-rain-knocks-door-clean-gutters-11-13-20/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >agapanthus</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Unseasonable tomatoes and green Halloween boyfriends, 11-6-2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/08/sow-there-unseasonable-tomatoes-green-halloween-boyfriends-11-6-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[My &#8220;new boyfriend&#8221; had a great time on Halloween waiting for a handful of trick-or-treaters. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist November 6, 2020 at 3:35 a.m. It&#8217;s official. I have too many tomatoes. So far I have dried &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/11/08/sow-there-unseasonable-tomatoes-green-halloween-boyfriends-11-6-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >aliens</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 02:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Safe, sane and nearly silent Halloween, 10-31-20</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/30/sow-there-safe-sane-silent-halloween-10-31-20/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Candy for Halloween. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist October 30, 2020 at 3:30 a.m. Halloween hasn&#8217;t felt &#8220;normal&#8221; in quite some time. We can all play that game where we remember what it was like in our youth, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/30/sow-there-safe-sane-silent-halloween-10-31-20/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >Halloween</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 06:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>2020 Trivia Bee Cancelled, Thanks COVID</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/10/30/2020-trivia-bee-cancelled-covid/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The more that you read, the more things you will know.&#160; The more you learn, the more places you will go.&#8220;&#160; Dr. Seuss Ten years from now you may hear this question asked at the 2030 Butte County Trivia Bee,&#160; &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/10/30/2020-trivia-bee-cancelled-covid/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Community</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! A journey with a ‘new sister’, Oct 23, 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/23/sow-there-journey-new-sister-oct-23-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A bear in the dry grass was a big attraction in Yosemite Valley, drawing more clicks from cameras than the broken Yosemite Falls. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist October 23, 2020 at 3:35 a.m. Last weekend I made &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/23/sow-there-journey-new-sister-oct-23-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >sister</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Time again for a change of focus, Oct. 16, 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/17/sow-there-time-change-focus-oct-16-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hyacinths bloom after about 10 weeks. By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist October 16, 2020 at 3:35 a.m. It happened again. The day-to-day I thought I knew was turned upside down. The first week of October, I told my fifth graders that we &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/17/sow-there-time-change-focus-oct-16-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >7th grade</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Quiet corners, near and far, Oct. 9, 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/09/sow-there-quiet-corners-far-oct-9-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&#160; Musical instruments are ready for little hands in Betty Ann&#8217;s garden. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist PUBLISHED:&#160;October 9, 2020 at 3:30 a.m.&#160;&#124; UPDATED:&#160;October 9, 2020 at 1:26 p.m. Yosemite has always been a special place for our &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/09/sow-there-quiet-corners-far-oct-9-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >yosemite</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 03:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! And then we saw an orange sky, 10-2-2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/02/sow-there-orange-sky-10-2-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The first smoky sky has led to many weeks of a red sun. (Heather Hacking &#8212; Contributed) By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist October 2, 2020&#160; Some experiences simply leave scars. Science may have created ways to remove tattoos or melt away stretch &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/10/02/sow-there-orange-sky-10-2-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >coronovirus</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Ready for the World Series?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/09/27/ready-world-series/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;I led the league in go get &#8217;em next time.&#8220;&#160; Bob Uecker, Mr. Baseball Stanley Cup hockey has consumed my brain these past weeks, albeit the season is three months behind schedule.&#160; When NHL hockey ends this week it&#8217;ll start &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/09/27/ready-world-series/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Sports</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sow There! Say hello to children and crow’s feet, Sept. 25, 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/09/26/sow-there-children-crows-feet-sept-25-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[By&#160;HEATHER HACKING&#160;&#124; Columnist September 25, 2020 One day soon, maybe very soon, I will have the addition of children in my classroom. I admire everyone who has been doing their best under these circumstances, and some days I&#8217;m even pretty &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/sowthere/2020/09/26/sow-there-children-crows-feet-sept-25-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Heather Hacking)</author>
            <category >zoom</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hockey Players, Cowboys and Comics</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/08/30/hockey-players-cowboys-comics/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Stuck at home are you?&#160; Tired of surfing the net, streaming reruns, or playing Sudoku? Maybe a good book will help cure your COVID blues.&#160; Books are those paper things you hold up to your eyes where you actually turn &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/08/30/hockey-players-cowboys-comics/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >The Humor Project</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Time You Enjoy Wasting</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/07/26/time-enjoy-wasting/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time.&#8220;&#160; &#8211;Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. I have neither experience &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/07/26/time-enjoy-wasting/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Words of wisdom</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 04:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Flashback Fourth – Check out my July 4 ‘Evening Jazz’ from 2014</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/07/04/flashback-fourth-check-july-4-evening-jazz-2014/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many of you may know that I was a volunteer disc jockey for North State Public Radio for about eight years. From 2008 to April 2016, I was one of a rotating set of hosts for &#8220;Evening Jazz&#8221; (most often &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/07/04/flashback-fourth-check-july-4-evening-jazz-2014/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >La vida Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>‘New’ CurlingZone doc ‘Anything is Possible’ to debut July 4 on YouTube</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/07/04/new-curlingzone-doc-anything-possible-debut-july-4-youtube/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I first posted this on r/curling on July 4, 2020. CurlingZone is debuting a documentary &#8220;Anything is Possible -&#160;An American Curling Story&#8221; on YouTube at 6 p.m. ET tonight (July 4). https://youtu.be/RqeBwXAf0Lc By all appearances, this looks like it might &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/07/04/new-curlingzone-doc-anything-possible-debut-july-4-youtube/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Father’s Day 2020</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/06/21/fathers-day-2020/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Like many dads today I await a phone call.&#160; Or maybe a text.&#160; That&#8217;s all I need.&#160; No ties, cards, soap-on-a-rope, or socks.&#160; Just a call. For the dads out there I share a few observations from some funny guys&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/06/21/fathers-day-2020/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Holidays</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Winter Olympics – Curling replays</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/05/11/winter-olympics-curling-replays/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a re-creation of pages previously hosted by the World Curling Federation linking to replays of curling games from the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. The replays are hosted on OlympicChannel.com, as of this writing. One of the great &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2020/05/11/winter-olympics-curling-replays/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Old Geezers are Just Boys with Wrinkles</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/05/03/geezers-boys-wrinkles/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[(Hockey Player Magazine, May 2020) I&#8217;m getting older.&#160; I guess my friends are getting older too. &#8220;Get on the list,&#8221; he texted. &#8220;What list?&#8221; &#8220;Geezer hockey, Friday morning, minimum age is 50.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s been a while since I skated on &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/05/03/geezers-boys-wrinkles/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Sports</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 04:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A Few Takes on COVID-19</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/03/30/takes-covid-19/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Walk into any essential store these days and you&#8217;ll see X&#8217;s marking the spot for social distancing.&#160; This COVID-19 stuff is spooky.&#160; The only positive is if you test negative.&#160; At least our April 15 tax deadline is delayed until &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/03/30/takes-covid-19/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Health</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>2020 is Leap Year</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/02/27/2020-leap-year/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hey folks, February 29, 2020 is a Leap Day.&#160; We get a free extra day, a twenty-four hour trip around the Sun, for doing nothing.&#160; Which also means that 2020 is a Leap Year.&#160; I have many writing projects in &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/02/27/2020-leap-year/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>North State Writers and Blue Room Theatre Combine for LiveWord II</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/01/21/north-state-writers-blue-room-theatre-combine-liveword-ii/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.&#8221;&#160; Steve Martin I &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/etcguy/2020/01/21/north-state-writers-blue-room-theatre-combine-liveword-ii/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Eric Miller)</author>
            <category >The Humor Project</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Curling, Year 3 — Winning my first game as skip</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/03/11/curling-year-3-winning-game-skip/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The winter season of my third year of curling is winding down. We&#8217;re heading into the playoffs today, and I&#8217;m happy that I helped get our team on its best possible footing by winning my first game as a skip &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/03/11/curling-year-3-winning-game-skip/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Getting my first pair of shoes at the Continental Cup</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/19/pair-shoes-continental-cup/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A lot of people new to the sport of curling often ask if it&#8217;s expensive to participate in. Thankfully, the answer is no for the individual curler. In a lot of ways, getting into curling is like going to the &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/19/pair-shoes-continental-cup/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Featured</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Getting the joke at the Continental Cup</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/19/joke-continental-cup/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Watching curling in person can be a unique experience, especially at this weekend&#8217;s Continental Cup in Las Vegas. Watching with several thousand enthusiastic fans who are knowledgeable about the game really takes it up the next level. Watching curling in &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/19/joke-continental-cup/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Watching the world’s best curlers in Las Vegas</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/17/watching-worlds-curlers-las-vegas/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of the 2019 Continental Cup of Curling at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. If you haven&#8217;t seen this event before, I would say it&#8217;s well worth your time if you&#8217;re a fan of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2019/01/17/watching-worlds-curlers-las-vegas/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>On ‘The Good Place,’ Michael is failing his ethics test</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2018/10/18/the-good-place-michael-failing-ethics-test/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[So, this post contains spoilers about the TV series &#8220;The Good Place&#8221; through the episode that aired Oct. 11. It will also discuss elements of the show from past episodes, so caveat emptor. One thing stuck with me at the &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2018/10/18/the-good-place-michael-failing-ethics-test/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >TV, Film and Radio</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Back in the hack for year 3 of curling</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2018/09/25/hack-year-3-curling/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I started my third full year in curling two weeks ago at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns. It was great to get back to a sport that I&#8217;ve come to enjoy over the past two years. Considering that my &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2018/09/25/hack-year-3-curling/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Sports and rec</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A comment on commenting systems, specifically Kinja</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2017/08/23/comment-commenting-systems-specifically-kinja/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It seems like there are very few good commenting systems on the Internet. Based on my experience, the free or low-cost services can be very barebones, sluggish or just a pain to use (I guess you get what you pay &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/buzzblog/2017/08/23/comment-commenting-systems-specifically-kinja/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Ryan Olson)</author>
            <category >Gadgets and technology</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru 2004-2005</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2017/02/26/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-5/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Our next stop in Cuzco was El Mino. the black market, where everything from CD&#8217;s to name-brand shoes was sold for incredibly low prices.&#160; After lunch at a local pizzeria, we returned to the central square and trooped into the &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2017/02/26/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-5/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru    2004-2005</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/11/23/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-4/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[At our New Year&#8217;s Eve dinner in our Cuzco hotel, Walter, our guide, provided hats, masks, whistles balloons and streamers.&#160; We all received good luck by being sprinkled with rice and yellow confetti and eating grapes. Day 7 &#8211; We &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/11/23/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-4/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru   2004-2005</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/10/12/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-3/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Day 6 &#8211; I stayed at the hotel while Kathy and some others returned to Machu Picchu to climb to the summit of Huayana Pichu (young mountain). After lunch at our hotel which jutted over the rapids of the Urubamba, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/10/12/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-3/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru     2004-2005</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/09/15/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-2/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Upon entering our hotel room, Kathy called to me,&#8221;Mom, look at what&#8217;s in our shower!&#8221;&#160; I thought maybe some special shower device.&#160; No.&#160; It was a very long insect wiggling along the floor.&#160; The bell boy who came in and &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/09/15/real-affordable-peru-2004-2005-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru     2004-5</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/09/01/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-5/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The train ride from Ollantaytambo to Agua Caliente (base camp for Machu Pichu) was one hour and 20 minutes in a vista dome coach car with an included snack served by the porters.&#160; Since there&#8221;s only one track that runs &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/09/01/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-5/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru    2004-5</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/08/14/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-4/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Day 5 &#8211; With only an overnight bag we climbed onto the bus for our adventure to Machu Pichu; however, before we boarded the train, we went for a city tour of Urubamba by way of a moto-taxi for every &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/08/14/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-4/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru    2004-5</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/08/04/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-3/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On our afternoon adventure to the Incan fortress of Ollantaytambo (one of the few places where the Incans defeated the Spaniards in 1536), we saw families tilling their plots with oxen and many small boys and girls herding sheep and &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/08/04/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-3/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru     2004-5</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/07/22/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-2/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Urubamba River Trip continued:&#160;&#160; The other four members of our entourage learned how to hold the paddle correctly and follow the captain&#8217;s commands of &#8220;forward,&#8221; &#8220;stop,&#8221; and &#8220;back paddle.&#8221;&#160; All I had to do was enjoy the gorgeous scenery with &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/07/22/real-affordable-peru-2004-5-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru 2004-5</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/07/08/real-affordable-peru-2004-5/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Da &#160; y 4 -&#160;&#160; Full day today which started with a bus ride up the Andean highway witha photo-op for a glacier on the second highest peak (22,000 ft. elevation) in the Andes.&#160; Walter said that global warming poses &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/07/08/real-affordable-peru-2004-5/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Real Affordable Peru     2006</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/06/20/real-affordable-peru-2006/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[At our Day 3 lunch stop, I had alpaca in sweet and sour sauce over rice, elderberry syrup over polenta, lamb from a large skewer, maize fried in oil and a sampling of tasty desserts.&#160; And then a female voice &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/travels/2016/06/20/real-affordable-peru-2006/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Pat Feldhaus)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A REUNION AT SEA</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2016/05/01/reunion-sea/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three of us gals who&#8217;ve known one another for more than seven decades, ever since the first grade, decided we should have a reunion on a short cruise from Long Beach to Ensenada last week. WE had enjoyed friendships since &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2016/05/01/reunion-sea/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2016 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A Bump on the Head in Chico</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/04/07/bump-head-chico/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Being knocked out cold, robbed and not remembering any of it &#160; I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I&#8217;m the only one and I walk a&#8230; My shadow&#8217;s the only &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/04/07/bump-head-chico/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Chico Police Officer Nick Rush</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>My Life as a Bum at 62</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/09/life-bum-62/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[My Bum Bucket List The first time I met David Little, the esteemed editor of the Enterprise-Record over a couple of years ago, he asked me why I referred to myself as a &#8216;bum&#8217;. He asked a lot of insightful &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/09/life-bum-62/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Bum Bucket List</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The Die, Die, Die Guy and the Goofy Panhandling Red Parking Meters</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/07/die-die-die-guy-goofy-panhandling-red-parking-meters/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[7 March 2016, Monday &#8211; 3:31 P.M. Anyone who spends time in Chico&#8217;s downtown has probably run into the Die, Die, Die Guy. I&#8217;ve been told his real name is James, but nearly everyone refers to him as the Die, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/07/die-die-die-guy-goofy-panhandling-red-parking-meters/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Die Guy</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Molasess as Metaphor</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/04/molasess-metaphor/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It seems as though in much of my communication, email or verbal I&#8217;ve often been using the word &#8216;molasses&#8217; &#8211; as in I often feel like I&#8217;m moving through molasses, that life seems slow and challenging and ever syrupy and &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/04/molasess-metaphor/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Tom Gascoyne</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/01/tom-gascoyne/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In downtown Chico on Main Street between First and Second, there is a mural painted on a building&#8217;s side of a graphic rendering of an iconic photo of John, Ringo, barefoot Paul and George walking in a crosswalk. It is &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/03/01/tom-gascoyne/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 01:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Three Close Encounters of the Unsettling Kind</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/25/close-encounters-unsettling-kind/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Downtown Chico Spending an inordinate amount of time daily either at Peets Coffee and Tea or, as I am now, typing away at a key board at Mr. Kopy (both located at 2nd and Main Streets) I watch people striding, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/25/close-encounters-unsettling-kind/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Writing as Therapy</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/24/writing-therapy/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[At Winco last summer I ran into a woman named Terina Garron. She was with her husband, Tom whom I had never met before. I met Terina, who I would guess is in her late 30s, about two and a &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/24/writing-therapy/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Stream of Consciousness</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/23/stream-consciousness/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An Explanation I have been staring at the cursor on the screen for an inordinate amount of time, long enough to feel sort of short of breath along with the consciousness that I just downed a cup of caffeinated coffee &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/23/stream-consciousness/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Chico Downtown Business Profile: Mr. Kopy</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/22/chico-downtown-business-profile-mr-kopy/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On any given day, I have the privilege of speaking with George whose last name I&#8217;ve never known or perhaps not remembered, but he is universally known as &#8216;Mr. Kopy&#8217;, the name of the family business (located on Main Street &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2016/02/22/chico-downtown-business-profile-mr-kopy/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>DIY XERISCAPING</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/12/09/diy-xeriscaping/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Our front lawn was the least attractive of others on our short cul-de-sac as Bermuda grass and other weeds overtook the original fescue. WE used thousands of gallons of water to keep it looking reasonably green but it was never &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/12/09/diy-xeriscaping/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Unhappy Anniversary</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2015/12/02/unhappy-anniversary-united-express-left-town-year/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, 2 December 2015, marks a year since Chico lost all commercial air service for the first time in probably 50 or more years when United Express/SkyWest Airlines left town. I wrote about the last day of service in a &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2015/12/02/unhappy-anniversary-united-express-left-town-year/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Car rental – One way car rentals to and from the Sacramento airport</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2015/10/20/car-rental-car-rentals-sacramento-airport/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In January &#8217;09 I wrote a blog post suggesting using a rental car to get to airports outside of Chico. Since then Chico has gone from a one-horse town as far as airlines go, to a no-horse town which means &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2015/10/20/car-rental-car-rentals-sacramento-airport/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Car rental</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A  BICYCLE IN A TREE</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/09/17/bicycle-tree/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[News reports via radio, TV and the daily paper inform us there is an epidemic of bikes stolen in Chico. I believe the last statistic I read was the loss of one bike each day. That may sound like a &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/09/17/bicycle-tree/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>VISITING MY ALMA MATER AFTER SIX DECADES AWAY</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/08/15/visiting-alma-mater-decades/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In late July my husband and I joined a Road Scholar group that began in Denver to tour the scenic byways of western Colorado in six activity filled days. At the conclusion of the tour, we independently rented a car &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/08/15/visiting-alma-mater-decades/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The Dignified Death of ‘Synthesis’ and the Disappearance of Anthony Peyton Porter</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2015/06/09/dignified-death-synthesis-disappearance-anthony-peyton-porter/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Discriminatory and Disgusting Practices of the Chico News and Review Author&#8217;s Note 11 June 2015, Noon Dear Readers, I just got into town. Out at camp, reviewing this blog, I found, as usual typos and incomplete thoughts. I&#8217;m going &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/breathe/2015/06/09/dignified-death-synthesis-disappearance-anthony-peyton-porter/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Don Regis-Bilar)</author>
            <category >Anthony Peyton Porter</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>MY MISADVENTURE</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/05/09/misadventure/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On a recentThursday while walking with my husband across the street from the Saturday Farmers&#8217; Market, I suddenly stumbled and in a nano second sprawled on the sidewalk face first! The sidewalk was smooth but I think at the indentation &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/05/09/misadventure/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>A SURFEIT OF ADDRESS LABELS</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/04/17/surfeit-address-labels/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Before e-mailing became my passion, I regularly wrote personal letters to friends and a few relatives. In fact, my best friend and I corresponded weekly as she lived on the East Coast and we rarely got together for a visit, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/04/17/surfeit-address-labels/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>USING SURGICAL MASKS TO PREVENT SPREADING GERMS</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/01/29/surgical-masks-prevent-spreading-germs/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cold and flu season are here and epidemic in many states. WE are advised by health officials to wash our hands, use hand sanitizers, cover our coughs or cough into our sleeves. They suggest we not shake hands but bump &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2015/01/29/surgical-masks-prevent-spreading-germs/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>JAPAN, THE LAND OF ‘OMIYAGE’ AND INCOMPARABLE PUBLIC RESTROOMS</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/12/23/japan-land-omiyage-incomparable-public-restrooms/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With Christmas only a few days away and a frenzy of buying gifts and wrapping them harried and unwelcome &#160;or &#160;unnerving to some, it is different in Japan where wrapped gifts for &#8216;omiyage&#8217; or gifting is an art in itself. &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/12/23/japan-land-omiyage-incomparable-public-restrooms/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>VISITING THE LAND OF MY ANCESTORS</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/12/23/visiting-land-ancestors/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[My parents were immigrants from Okinawa and led a hard life working in the sugar and pineapple plantations &#160;until they struck out on their own to become truck farmers. The latter was independence from the hard-driving plantation supervisors known in &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/12/23/visiting-land-ancestors/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – End of an era, now what?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/12/03/air-service-chico-era-now/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I was on Horizon Air&#8217;s very first flight in March 2007 from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles and back.&#160; That was a festive occasion, and the culmination of years of hard work by many committed people in a region that &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/12/03/air-service-chico-era-now/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Community Travel Survey</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/11/12/air-service-chico-community-travel-survey/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Airline Attraction Committee, a joint effort of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, the City of Chico, and the Airport Commission, created a Community Travel Survey to gauge air travel use and attitudes among residents of Chico and surrounding communities, &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/11/12/air-service-chico-community-travel-survey/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>REMEMBERING FDR</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/09/22/remembering-fdr-2/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[MThe recent Ken Burns documentary, THE ROOSEVELTS, jogged my memory about FDR as &#160;a wartime president. During WWII I attended a rural elementary school in Oahu, and we experienced an environment on alert for military action. Behind our school &#160;was &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/lily/2014/09/22/remembering-fdr-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Lily Loughlin)</author>
            <category >Uncategorized</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Chico business community invited to meeting about Chico’s air service</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/03/06/chico-business-community-invited-meeting-chicos-air-service-2/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Next Thursday, 13 March, at 6 pm, the Chico Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a meeting to discuss Chico&#8217;s commercial air service.&#160; All interested members of the Chico area business community, Chamber members or not, are encouraged to attend. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/03/06/chico-business-community-invited-meeting-chicos-air-service-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>United Express bargain fares to San Francisco</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/01/10/united-express-bargain-fares-san-francisco/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Most people who fly out of Chico to San Francisco on United Express do so in order to connect with a flight to a further destination.&#160; Furthermore prices have historically been relatively high for those only flying the short segment &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2014/01/10/united-express-bargain-fares-san-francisco/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Where do we go from here?</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/10/03/air-service-chico-here/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For readers of the &#8220;Air Service in Chico&#8221; series, you may be wondering if there is any path to improving the service we have or to seek additional service. While there isn&#8217;t a kit backed by a money-back guarantee that &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/10/03/air-service-chico-here/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Expand, part 2</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/09/09/air-service-chico-expand-part-2/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the previous post I looked at the issue of expansion of air service in the existing Chico-San Francisco market.&#160; Here in part 2, I&#8217;m going to write about airlines adding service to other cities. In the now rather distant &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/09/09/air-service-chico-expand-part-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Expand, part 1</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/07/09/air-service-chico-expand/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are two ways we can seek to expand.&#160; One is for United to increase the frequency of service in our existing Chico-San Francisco market.&#160; The other is to work for flights to new destinations. In this post I&#8217;ll focus &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/07/09/air-service-chico-expand/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Air service in Chico</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Air Service in Chico – Emergency, Emergency</title>
            <link>http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/06/23/air-service-chico-emergency-emergency/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In an amusing 1966 movie from my childhood, &#8220;The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming&#8221;, there is a scene where a Russian in heavily accented English shouts, &#8220;Emergency, emergency &#8211; everyone to get from street&#8221;. For reasons not clear &#8230; <a href="http://www.norcalblogs.com/transportation/2013/06/23/air-service-chico-emergency-emergency/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
            <author> no_email@example.com (Greg Fischer)</author>
            <category >Running</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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