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	<description>Named for a Weakerthans song, this blog is sort of a personal diary of random thoughts</description>
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		<title>My favorite podcasts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the bulk of my information and entertainment in the second half of 2010 in podcast form — during the baby’s naps, nighttime feedings and playtime. I didn’t have much opportunity to read or watch TV, and haven’t seen &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/my-favorite-blogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=825&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>450 words down, 182,050 to go</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to write at least 182,500 words this year. 500 words a day (apparently the tally will include sentence fragments starting with numbers, AP style be damned. It’s going to be a wild, rebellious year). Why? Because my &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/450-words-down-182050-to-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=823&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support the MS Ride, look at my baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had two wonderful additions to my life so far this year — my 10-day old baby Finn and (admittedly in a distant second), a top-shelf but second-hand road bike I named Ace Wheelie. I bought the second because I &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/support-the-ms-ride-look-at-my-baby/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=815&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pop culture catchup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would have been really annoyed if I had wasted six years watching Lost. As it was, we busted through it in less than two years (mostly helping the time pass during many indoor winter workouts). I increasingly didn’t care &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/pop-culture-catchup-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=809&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I learned in my first 24 hours of parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naming your child after a mythical giant (the Irish Finn McCool) may doom you to a big, hard-to-deliver baby. My baby is tougher about shots than I am. He has been poked a couple of times, and hasn’t really cried &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/what-i-learned-in-my-first-24-hours-of-parenting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=800&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Armenian Genocide: Agreeing on the boilerplate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know someone who died from cancer. Imagine that every time you tell somebody how your friend died, you have to explain the concept of cancer and wonder if they believe you. You also find vitriolic arguments all over the &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/the-armenian-genocide-agreeing-on-the-boilerplate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=793&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finally saw &#8220;Amadeus&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw &#8220;Amadeus&#8221; when it first came out and I was a kid. I don&#8217;t remember much beyond the powdered wigs and the music that my frustrated piano teacher was trying to teach me — only it sounded better. Then &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/finally-saw-amadeus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=786&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quit slagging on &#8220;Shutter Island&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Shutter Island&#8221; got pretty mediocre reviews. Thankfully I didn&#8217;t actually read them. I was surprised by the movie in pretty much every way. I was surprised by the story, and surprised how much I enjoyed it. I didn&#8217;t have particularly &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/quit-slagging-on-shutter-island/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=782&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Game Change&#8221; and why I won&#8217;t go into politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Game Change&#8221; reminded my why I will never go into politics. It mostly recaps the 2008 presidential election with few shocking surprises. About 50 pages in, I was thinking &#8220;I&#8217;m wasting my time with this. I have a crap memory, &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/game-change-and-why-i-wont-go-into-politics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=774&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six great trips in &#8220;Routes of Man&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Conover closes his fascinating new book with a Springsteen quote from &#8220;Thunder Road,&#8221; and that&#8217;s not even the best thing about it. I couldn&#8217;t put this book down, and every page was enlightening and surprising. In fact, it made &#8230; <a href="http://relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/six-great-trips-in-routes-of-man/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relativesurplusvalue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6865405&amp;post=764&amp;subd=relativesurplusvalue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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