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        <title>Well I&#39;ll be a monkey&#39;s uncle!</title>   
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        <published>2009-10-01T21:08:49Z</published>
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    It&#39;s discoveries like this that really make me miss archaeology.          <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>The kindness of strangers and the idiocy of neighbors</title>   
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        <published>2009-08-05T15:42:20Z</published>
        <updated>2009-11-24T04:54:56Z</updated>
    
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          Mistake #1: Yesterday the mailman put a piece of my mail containing those awful blank checks from the credit card company in someone else’s mailbox. Mistake #2:  The person who received my mail opened it. Mistake #3:  Same person then attempted t...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>QotD: First Job</title>   
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        <published>2009-05-26T19:27:28Z</published>
        <updated>2009-05-27T19:20:17Z</updated>
    
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          What was your very first job?  Ugh - detasseling.  I also consider it the absolute worst job I&#39;ve ever had.  According to Wikipedia, detasseling is &quot;the act of removing the pollen-producing tassel from a corn (maize) plant and placing it on the g...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Would I still be considered &quot;trailer trash&quot; if I had one?</title>   
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        <published>2009-05-07T15:16:11Z</published>
        <updated>2009-05-08T17:22:18Z</updated>
    
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        <title>Sure, but can you still do the Truffle Shuffle?</title>   
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        <published>2009-05-06T03:50:16Z</published>
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    I don&#39;t know about you but this Goonies reunion photo makes me very nostalgic.          <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>QotD: Named after one of the 50 states </title>   
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        <published>2009-04-24T19:19:00Z</published>
        <updated>2009-04-27T14:09:41Z</updated>
    
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          If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?  Duh, West Virginia!   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Down to 7 days...</title>   
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        <published>2009-04-08T17:32:41Z</published>
        <updated>2009-04-09T18:07:40Z</updated>
    
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          Thanks to an incredibly hectic morning and a suddenly slow lunch hour I&#39;ve discovered a whole new batch of pet peeves that are driving me crazy.  Thankfully the theraputic act of typing them out has kept me calm and collected in the workplace.   ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Twelve days and counting...</title>   
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        <published>2009-04-03T19:10:53Z</published>
        <updated>2009-04-08T16:09:19Z</updated>
    
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          I like my job.  I like that I have a job.  It’s not the &quot;world&#39;s best job&quot; but it will do nicely for now.  My coworkers are nice people (mostly) and I feel I’m learning a thing or two.  For the first time in my life I had someone else do my taxes...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>I want to be an Emasculator</title>   
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        <published>2009-03-11T02:20:56Z</published>
        <updated>2009-03-12T15:38:27Z</updated>
    
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          Each day at work I like to look at my Forgotton English daily calendar to see if there’s anything new I can learn.  The nice thing about this calendar is that not only does it give a forgotten word and it’s definition (today’s word – “chicken-man...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Random thoughts</title>   
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        <published>2009-02-25T18:52:47Z</published>
        <updated>2009-03-01T16:45:10Z</updated>
    
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          I don&#39;t have anything really important  to discuss right now so I&#39;ll throw out some random thoughts:   Since I’ve started working at an accounting firm I am continually surprised at how many people don’t pay their taxes.  I always thought if you ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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