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		<title>Shared Article from AOL: Scientists discover 5 genes linked to most severe form of COVID-19</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 23:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Where do I go from here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2019 03:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been neglecting my blog when I still need to write and journal. I need to vent sometimes and keep things inside or use other outlets. I don&#8217;t always know what to write or how to express myself. I need to work on that. A Social Security Disability application was filled and appealed this &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/where-do-i-go-from-here/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Where do I go from&#160;here?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>If You Don&#8217;t Ask, You Don&#8217;t Get</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally posted on <a href="http://marymeyerwrites.com/2019/03/23/if-you-dont-ask-you-dont-get/">mary meyer, freelance writer</a>: <br />I don&#8217;t go crazy over celebrities. You could tell me that the world&#8217;s biggest star was right across the street and I would still stay home. So when my sister asked me to take her on Friday to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wahlburgers in St. Charles,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Daughter&#8217;s Car Accident GoFundMe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My 24 year old daughter Kerry was involved in a winter weather related car accident when her car went off the road and into a snowbank. She is low income, but works two jobs. She has insurance but the damage will not be covered. She lives in an area without access to public transportation and &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/daughters-car-accident-gofundme/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Daughter&#8217;s Car Accident&#160;GoFundMe"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Margarita Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am wasting time waiting for my TV shows to start and drinking a margarita. OMG I love margaritas! But enough about that. Okay, maybe. So it&#8217;s one of my favorite &#8211; if not top favorite drink. Lime or flavored, what do I care? It&#8217;s delicious! Tonight is lime. I have no agave so I &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2018/11/26/margarita-monday/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Margarita Monday"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When Friends Know Too Much (And Where I Hide The Bodies)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 22:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I used to post here more regularly. Over the years it became less and less. Really, I have so much to say! It&#8217;s just that for one reason or another I have more difficulty with the words. My writer&#8217;s block often comes from, perhaps, my own imagination and being afraid to share my life and &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/when-friends-know-too-much-and-where-i-hide-the-bodies/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "When Friends Know Too Much (And Where I Hide The&#160;Bodies)"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keeping Up the Momentum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It can be hard to be inspired. Sometimes I have the inspiration, but my technology isn&#8217;t optimum. So what do I do? Often, I do nothing. I admit that is not the best strategy. It&#8217;s the worst. I am trying to work on that. I am regularly attending a WordPress blogging class at Next Door. &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/keeping-up-the-momentum/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Keeping Up the&#160;Momentum"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reliving desperation and admiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I interviewed with a BBC Radio show today. (It won&#8217;t air until next week. I&#8217;ll let you know when.) The topic for the host started out as basically, people being almost addicted to their cell phones. Then by chance during an internet search she came across my story. If you somehow aren&#8217;t aware yet, I &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/reliving-desperation-and-admiration/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Reliving desperation and&#160;admiration"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hackers &#8216;can detect your butt plug from outside your house – and turn it on&#8217; &#124; Metro News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can also &#8216;detect&#8217; your smart sex toys from outside your house Source: Hackers &#8216;can detect your butt plug from outside your house – and turn it on&#8217; &#124; Metro News]]></description>
		
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		<title>Police Apprehend Pig; Suspect Was On The Loose For Weeks; Bail Not Determined</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 21:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(HENRICO, Va.) — A pot-bellied pig that had been on the loose for weeks in a Virginia neighborhood has been nabbed by police. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the pig had become a familiar sight in Henrico’s Twin Hickory subdivision as it scurried around the neighborhood. Police finally caught the pig Tuesday morning after it… via &#8230; <a href="https://padschicago.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/police-apprehend-pig-suspect-was-on-the-loose-for-weeks-bail-not-determined/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Police Apprehend Pig; Suspect Was On The Loose For Weeks; Bail Not&#160;Determined"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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