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	<title>Why Bother Naming It?</title>
	
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		<title>Four Weeks In</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culinary career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dave chappelle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earl grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hibiscus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the new parish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hibiscus has been opened to the public for four weeks now, and it&#8217;s been a great learning experience with some stressful nights.  Unfortunately, two coworkers that I liked are no longer there.  On the positive side, Dave Chappelle walked behind me yesterday on his way to the club&#8211;The New Parish&#8211;while I was washing my hands.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need to get back to this blog</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/25/need-to-get-back-to-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With work and school, WBNI might be updated less frequently, but I&#8217;ll try my best.
Today is my &#8220;Friday&#8221; at work and my &#8220;Sunday&#8221; for school, but it&#8217;s actually Monday.  You know what I mean.
I&#8217;m not looking forward to finishing work at 11:45pm-12:15am tonight, and then waking up at 5:15am for culinary class.  I need that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends are supposed to call you about stuff like this, right?</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/14/friends-are-supposed-to-call-you-about-stuff-like-this-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[tv shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big bang theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danica mckellar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hulk hands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green Lantern lantern and Danica McKellar (played Winnie Cooper on the Wonder Years) on television recently.   I don&#8217;t watch The Big Bang Theory, but I guess I should.
Too bad CBS doesn&#8217;t put full episodes online, but here&#8217;s the scene.  I mean HERE (direct links to the video only brought up the main CBS page).  Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling behinds on these posts</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/14/falling-behinds-on-these-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culinary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chrismendoza.net/write/?p=1374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday was a kitchen staff meeting where we went over policies and received some information from Chef regarding the purveyors we deal with.  I like getting handouts/printouts of useful information, and it reinforced what a lot of us must be thinking, and that&#8217;s, &#8220;Hibiscus is going to be a great place to learn.&#8221;  After that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting, Not Cooking</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/10/tasting-not-cooking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culinary career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hibiscus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oakland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chrismendoza.net/write/?p=1361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be leaving the house in about an hour.  Is this finally the first day of training at Hibiscus Oakland after a few months of waiting?  Of course, I&#8217;m a little nervous.  I&#8217;ve only met Chef and Omar White and one gentleman who was doing some construction in the dining room at the time.  &#8230;
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice and easy</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/08/nice-and-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[in the kitchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salsa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been craving salsa even though tomatoes aren&#8217;t in season here in the Bay Area.  I do like the idea of buying produce close to home, but I ended up buying tomatoes from Arizona and Mexico at Berkeley Bowl today.  The jalapenos were also from Mexico.  The onions were from California.  Key Limes were grown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step 1b</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/04/step-1b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heroin guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chrismendoza.net/write/?p=1354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NYC has used its money to publish a guide for heroin users.
Yes, people will debate whether or not it should have been done, but it&#8217;s pretty simple.  Will heroin users read the guide to insure the correct/safe way of shooting heroin?  No.  They&#8217;re too busy shooting heroin.
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		<title>2010!</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2010/01/01/2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[the holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First voicemail of the new year:
Hi Richie, this is Sal.  Happy New Year.  Hope you have a Happy New Year&#8230;
Did I mention my name is not Richie?  I do have two cousins that go by that nickname, one in Texas, one in France.  My brother does have an old, high school friend named Sal.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to it.</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2009/12/30/back-to-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chrismendoza.net/write/?p=1346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jogged for 3.5 miles yesterday for the first time in months.  It felt great, and so far the muscles aren&#8217;t sore.  I hope there&#8217;s a break in today&#8217;s rain, so I can go for another one.
(I have a category just for jogging?  I guess I should write more about jogging.)
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		<title>ATM Wizardry</title>
		<link>http://chrismendoza.net/write/2009/12/22/atm-wizardry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chase]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chrismendoza.net/write/?p=1344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No one told me (okay, I didn&#8217;t see the various signs telling me of this new feature) that ATMs don&#8217;t want deposits in envelopes anymore, and that these machines can now scan the cash or checks that you place into the proper slot.  Do I want a scanned image of the check on my receipt??  [...]]]></description>
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