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		<title>The Handshake Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a game I play sometimes called The Handshake Game.  It basically involves getting people to shake your hand and trying to come up with creative ways to make to give horrible handshakes.  You&#8217;ve succeeded when the other person gets that shivery feeling akin to the sensation when you rub a finger too far back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA’s St. Patrick’s Day Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First let&#8217;s address the elephant in the room.  The banner.  I said to my VP of Strategic Marketing and Brand Development, &#8220;Hey can you get me a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day themed banner for Friday&#8217;s post?&#8221;  He said sure and asked what I wanted it to look like.  I said, &#8220;Anything you want, just make sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling For The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t read the comments sector on SA (and- judging by the subscribers to the comments and the amount of my responses that go unacknowledged-you don&#8217;t) you&#8217;ll be kicking yourself by the end of this post.  In fact you should just start kicking yourself right now.  That&#8217;s right.  In the shins.  Use your heel! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’ve Been Reading Many Award Winning Books Lately</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People sometimes, after reading the title of my blog, ask me &#8220;Do you even read books?&#8221;  After a fair amount of harumphing and exhaling and peering over the rim of a cup of coffee with squinty eyes, I say, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;  And then I come right back at them, &#8220;Do you, bozo?&#8221;  Then they try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exceptional Bacon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farmland brand bacon comes in 12 oz. packages.  Or at least I buy it in 12 oz. packages.  You are free to do as you wish.  That&#8217;s what people refer to as &#8220;American Exceptionalism&#8221;.  You can buy packages of bacon in units of 12 oz or 24 oz or if you are Mor-Mon or Mexican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Of America Would Prefer Cheaper Racists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, I left you with a little teaser regarding Bank of America being a horrible company.  I know,  not much of a teaser.  I might as well have said, &#8220;Breaking news!  Youtube commenters mainly just racist!  Tune in to find out just how racist at 11!&#8221;  But for those of you who just don&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Collection Is Fun If You’re Dead Inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using my good friends&#8217; wedding as a &#8220;soft&#8221; excuse to not get a job for the last six weeks.  Sure, if somebody walked into my apartment and said, &#8220;Hey you!  Yeah, you in the sweat pants!  We got a job for you.  You are going to be the official team manager and water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something Authorly’s Guide To Weddings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the time you read this I might be being led out of Phil&#8217;s BBQ by the manager (&#8220;Sir&#8230; SIR, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve bartended before but there are no drink that contains Midori and scalded eggs.&#8221;).  Why would I be at Phil&#8217;s BBQ?  Delicious smoky meat treats, of course.  Oh and because that&#8217;s where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonalds Patrons Have Pretty High Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Labor Day I was in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan to gamble, like you do.  After dinner, my parents, my Dad&#8217;s cousin, and I stopped at a McDonald&#8217;s for coffee at my second cousin&#8217;s (and it is my second cousin- I looked it up) insistence. &#8220;Nothing wrong with McDonald&#8217;s coffee.  They put the cream in for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eggs N’ Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Himbokal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discussion turned to the color of eggs after my roommate brought home and 18 rack from the local farmer&#8217;s market.  As anybody who&#8217;s been to a farmer&#8217;s market in the last decade knows, there is one and only one color for eggs when you go to a farmer&#8217;s market.  It&#8217;s dingy brown like the [...]]]></description>
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