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	<title>The Other Side of Normal &#187; General</title>
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	<description>not all who wander are lost</description>
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		<title>A Post for a Midsummer&#8217;s Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we are experiencing the solstice (sol = sun, stice = to stand still). The longest day of the year with the shortest night. In more rural communities and in times when we weren&#8217;t so separated from the earth and our environment midsummer would be celebrated with a big festival. Easting, drinking, dancing. We don&#8217;t do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those Bright Baby Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend of mine once told me
Close your eyes, and try to feel at ease
I thought I was flying like a bird, so far above my sorrow
But when I looked down I was standing on my knees

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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.
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		<title>Thought of the day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 00:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[well done]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said.
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		<title>Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.stevedemott.com/233/memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 01:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I will say that my upbringing was less than normal&#8230;but what dyed-in-the-wool Gen-Xer can&#8217;t say that?? One of the aspects of my upbringing that still makes me smile is when I think back on the songs my Gram used to sing to me. Mostly 1920s and 1930s novelty tunes, many of them inappropriate for young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[epiphany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great music is an epiphany that reaches deep into the soul and turns the listener into a prophet who must share that epiphany with everyone they come across.
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		<title>The Power of Ritual</title>
		<link>http://www.stevedemott.com/205/the-power-of-ritual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A thought I had while arguing a point &#38; thought I would share. The point presented was that we crave drama in our lives, drama that mimics a fairy tale.
What we want out of life are tangible sign posts along the way of our life&#8217;s journey, not drama. We want moments of sublime importance to [...]]]></description>
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