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		<title>The Back Porch</title>
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			<title>Go figure</title>
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			<dc:creator>JustaMan</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I just glanced at the MSN homepage and there was an article in big plain letters: the 10 best and 10 worst states to live in for brain health.  No surprise to me to find that I live in one of the worst states.  That could explain a lot.
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I guess I'll be moving soon.]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>loss...</title>
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			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description>Sunday--we got a call from the husband of this woman Tamara that G--my disabled partner saw for help for over a year and a half for healing treatment.  Tamara had killed herself.  The last couple of times G. had spoken to her, T. said that she felt like everything she touched was poisoned--that she made a terrible choice and lost everything.  She couldn't channel, couldn't help people, felt that she was detrimental to her 4 kids--Older sons of 19 and 17, the youngest boy is 13 has ADD, her daughter  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Something is terribly wrong.</title>
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			<dc:creator>JustaMan</dc:creator>
			<description>Something has to be seriously wrong with me, and probably all of you too.  I saw where Sara Palin completed her autobiography ahead of schedule, 400 pages in 4 months.  Somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong.</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:59:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>ifin ya think yer disk is a-herniated and yer a-numbed it might be a fistula</title>
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			<dc:creator>CRS</dc:creator>
			<description>This is more to help someone else out if ever comes the time. My hubby had been complaining of some back ache and things just not working right from the waist down for about a month so he went for a routine physical. A couple days later he went for a motorcycle ride and noticed that his feet weren't able to move in a timely fashion to do what needs done on the bike. He didn't drop it though. When he got home it took him a long time to get off it and he had to crawl up several of the top steps  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>I hate clothes shopping!!</title>
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			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>*rant*



A rare opportunity presented itself last week.  My father was in town visiting so Mr. C and I decided to take advantage of the free babysitting.  We went on a date.  (We average about two dates/year)  This date was simply an outing to the local theaters and a viewing of the latest Harry Potter movie.  I remember feeling fairly posh as I donned one of my new pairs of jeans and a black peasant blouse.  The movie was entertaining even though quite a few scenes weren’t even in the book.  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:57:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>A note about odds</title>
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			<dc:creator>JustaMan</dc:creator>
			<description>I thought this may be as good a place as any for this.  It is a story, unimportant and meaningless - about odds.  Besides, I have nothing better to do.



A number of weeks ago a retired Marine who lives nearby called to invite me to join a small, somewhat special group of veterans.  Without trying, I did my best Monsieur Rick (from Casablanca) part, assuring him I wasn't a joiner of anything.  But he'd send me a membership form anyway - just in case.



About two weeks ago, he called again.  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>taxes for life</title>
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			<dc:creator>davids</dc:creator>
			<description>Dear IRS,



I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.



I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog licence tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting licence tax, fishing licence tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years),  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>High school 1957 vs 2007</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007 

Scenario 1: 



Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack. 

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. 

2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.   





Scenario 2: 



Johnny and  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The War on Terror, and how to solve it.</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>'Here's the propsal...







Take all North American women who are within five years of menopause. Train us for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, moisturizer with SPF 30, Prozac, hormones, chocolate and canned tuna. Drop us (preferably using parachutes) across the landscape of Afghanistan and Iraq and let us do what comes naturally. 







Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard stuff like grocery shopping and paying bills,  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Assholes I have worked for (in honor of S6's idea)</title>
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			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description>Bless Shakey's lil pointed ears :}



Lessee, an early job of mine working at a local newspaper, the owner was a sh-tfaced alcoholic most of the time, esp. on Fri. afternoons after the paper was 'put to bed' for the week, oh yes, and on St. Pats, and Groundhog day and sundry times.  'Mike' could be charming, sort of, he didn't grab ass, so I'll give him pointers for not being a complete sleaze.  But come the plastered eventide, the call from the couch in his office for the #2 person who--gawd  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Maybe i'm to sensitive?</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>For many years, I have done counted cross stitch, making stockings for everyone in the family for Christmas. I've made over 50 of the damned things. All my siblings and all their kids got one, and when they got married their spouses got one, as did their children when they had them. There is a lot of time and work goes into making them. they are a labor of love, but I said from the outset that I would NOT make them for boyfrends/girlfriends... that once there was a commitment of some kind, that  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>FAMILY DRAMA!!!</title>
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			<dc:creator>TrainofThought</dc:creator>
			<description>My aunt recently called my sister yelling then hanging up on her.  She then started yelling at my mother and commenting on how my sister spends her money all because we didn't spend Christmas with them.  Then my cousins emailed my mother to tell her 'they love her because she's their mother's sister.&quot; They sent her an email because my mom and aunt (sisters) got in a fight, so my cousins decided to stick their noses into it even though they DON'T DO much for their mother.  My mom was so hurt  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:40:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Big Three Bailout --I'm confused...</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>and this could well be my teeny tiny female mind thinking about cars and other guy stuff, so be warned.



the big three want a bailout so they can keep making cars and keep the people who make the cars employed. My personal opinion is that much of the trouble they are in is because of gross mismanagement, for whatever that's worth. 



But here's the thing, and I bring this up because they are talking bailout up here as well... IF they get the money, how does that help? Right now, the banks  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:38:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>paint peeling--help!</title>
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			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description>1 hour after painting 1/2 the bedroom--temp 65 down to 55f, acyrlic on plaster, the paint is peeling around the windows.  Never had that happen before.  Any clues?</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:31:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Not feeling like Christmas yet.  :(</title>
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			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[My eldest child has been fighting with a flu, a cold and another flu since Black Friday.  Now my youngest woke up this morning (4am) vomiting.  *sigh*  
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Can I have a December Do-Over?   <img src="http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net//users/2112/63/14/11/smiles/845890.gif" alt="" longdesc="73" />]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:56:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Where's the Love??</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>They have been showing footage of the G-20 on the news. At a photo op today, when President Bush walked in to take his place, everyone was shaking hands. No one would shake his. (I'm trying to find a link for the footage)



He looked like the littke kid that got his hand caught swiping presents from under the tree at the school Christmas party. The Grubs saw this, and they both thought it was rude to refuse to shake his hand, but more to the point, that it was incredibly cruel. 



I think  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>still gone...</title>
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			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[20 years ago, Nov. 18, '88 complications from diabetes killed my sister. 
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I can't have her back, I can't take revenge.
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One thing about my mom being 89 and being forgetful, she didn't remember, and I didn't tell her when I talked to her tonight.
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The worst is missing her.]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Judging a book by its cover</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>Okay, this is really about TWO beefs, both about books! 



I don't normally do it, but I do like to read what the heck a book is about... at least a little blurb. You know, is there a character in there that I've already read and loved (or hated), does it sound like drivel or really exciting...



I also will pick up a book because of the author's name on the cover. Some authors I enjoy, some not so much.



So, today I happened to browse the book shelves while I was shopping. The first  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:17:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>AAAARRRGGG</title>
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			<dc:creator>nessam dorma</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Just one of those days.    <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_evil.gif" alt="Evil or Very Mad" longdesc="7" />]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Poo Diaries</title>
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			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>Everyone who has kids has gone through momentous bathroom experiences.  I am going through that phase right now.  Today I was playing Wii with my 4yo and my 2yo.  My 4yo needed to use the restroom in the middle of a race.  So my 4yo left the room and I finished the race.  (1 minute of time here folks!) Then I enter the bathroom to offer help.  (4 year olds haven't mastered the art of self cleaning yet.)  Only to find the bathroom completely covered in splatter paint.  (only it wasn't paint)   ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:26:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Media is blasting away self confidence</title>
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			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>A little bit of a rant....



I don't subscribe to beauty magazines.  One reason... it generates insecurities.  I am not a size 2 supermodel, nor is it possible for me to compete with an air brushed babe.  Therefore I will not exposed myself to those images of what the media perceives as &quot;perfect beauty.&quot;



Second reason... I don't want my Turkettes to be exposed to those 'ideals' either.  I am trying to build self esteem in my children.  I don't want it dashed away with diet advice  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>When did it become ok for commercials</title>
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			<dc:creator>nessam dorma</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[to be talking about herpes, sexual disfunction and whatnot?
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Really do I need to know 3 in 5 people have herpes and do all these people go mountain climbing?
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I just have real issues when I have to explain to my daughter what erectile disfunction lasting for 12 hours means.
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It's 5:00 in the evening.  Seriously?]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Call me sappy</title>
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			<dc:creator>nessam dorma</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[but my own book is making me cry.  What is this crap?  I write dark, ugly, bloody battle scenes without batting an eyelash.  Now I am writing a scene and can't get through it without crying and I already knew it was going to happen.  Hell, I'm the one that caused it all.  I'm supposed to make the reader cry not me.
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Mrs. Sappy, your table for one is ready in the corner. <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_evil.gif" alt="Evil or Very Mad" longdesc="7" />]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:24:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/call-me-sappy-t481.htm#5672</comments>
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			<title>'New Rule' game</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/new-rule-game-t487.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anthony Matias</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[If any of you have seen the show 'Real time with Bill Maher' on HBO then you may be familiar with this. 
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It's called 'New Rule' and what you do is make up a new rule that you want to see happen in any topic you prefer. 
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I'll start. 
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New rule that fast food commercials will show what their food <strong><i>actually</i></strong> looks like!]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/new-rule-game-t487.htm#5821</comments>
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			<title>Facebook</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/facebook-t252.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>This isn't a vent or rant, but I didn't want the general public to read it.  I am doing a blanket invite for any Facebook users out there to be 'Friends'.  If you haven't tried Facebook before, you should.  When I signed up for it, I found three cousins whom I haven't seen in over 10 years, and a friend I haven't seen in 8 years.  It is a great way to keep in touch with people who live far away.  (Which is helpful to me since I moved away from my friends and family three years ago!)  Anywho...  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/facebook-t252.htm#1950</comments>
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			<title>ARGHDAMMITFRICKIN#%$@#&amp;amp;^</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/arghdammitfrickin-t476.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description>Spent 90 min editing, I saved--I'm anal retentive about that btw, and the usb drive thingy didn't keep the edits!  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/arghdammitfrickin-t476.htm#5587</comments>
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			<title>The Lobster is Toast!!!</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-lobster-is-toast-t394.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>I've had it!! He's too silly. And he used the word Poophead in a post. I shall ban him!!!</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:47:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-lobster-is-toast-t394.htm#3983</comments>
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			<title>Error</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/error-t379.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anthony Matias</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The last few days the Writers Block has been automatically logging me off the site and sometimes when I refresh the page loads like in the picture below. I've rebooted and done a virus scan on my system, but nothing seems to help it. Any ideas? 
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<img src="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj17/shonymat/error.jpg" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:35:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/error-t379.htm#3586</comments>
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			<title>daytime TV</title>
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			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[daytime TV sucks. Its rainy, I was taking a break from editing, turned on the idiot box and started clicking.  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_eek.gif" alt="Shocked" longdesc="3" />  Steve Wilkos? Maury doing DNA tests for screamin people? 
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what the heck did we used to have on tv during the day?? Has it always been this bad?]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:03:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/daytime-tv-t362.htm#3389</comments>
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			<title>Found on Myspace</title>
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			<dc:creator>Suprswimmer</dc:creator>
			<description>Dear Freshmen,



Congrats....now you're the lowest of the low, Here are just a few helpful words of advice: U S U C K just so u know and remember this



- YOU ARE NOT COOL.



- Everyone does hate you



- You are annoying.



- Sex doesn't make you cool &amp; it won't make the upper-class boys think any higher of you. So don't go around bragging about it, no one cares &amp; then you look like an easy freshman whore.. just leave all the slutty things you did in 8th grade in middle  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/found-on-myspace-t268.htm#2136</comments>
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			<title>Inactive</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/inactive-t198.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anthony Matias</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Got this in my email this morning. 
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*****
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Hello,
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Your account on The Quill and Parchment Writers\' Pub has been judged inactive by a forum administrator.
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If you wish to stay in our community, please connect yourself to the forum - <a href="http://thequillpub.topic-board.net" target="_blank">http://thequillpub.topic-board.net</a>
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*****
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Anyone else?]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/inactive-t198.htm#1272</comments>
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			<title>So what has happened?</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/so-what-has-happened-t232.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Anthony Matias</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I see a little increase of new members who came from AW. So what went on for this to happen? 
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<i>*yes, I'm being nosey*</i>]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:18:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/so-what-has-happened-t232.htm#1628</comments>
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			<title>Pathetic...</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/pathetic-t213.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html



I know the US is just as bad about this sort of thing.  (Dont get me started on all the Photoshoping of children in fashion magazines to hide baby fat!) 



It is just pathetic. </description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/pathetic-t213.htm#1466</comments>
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			<title>The Slam The Door and Scream Thread</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-slam-the-door-and-scream-thread-t264.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
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**throws pen and paper against the wall**
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forget mojitos.... I need whiskey.]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:50:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-slam-the-door-and-scream-thread-t264.htm#2083</comments>
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			<title>Writers Block</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/writers-block-t171.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Suprswimmer</dc:creator>
			<description>Oh dearie me! I have a horrible disease! The doctors said it shouldn't last long. Its called 'Writers Block'. Unfortunately, it's a specific kind of writers block. I can write, Harry Potter fan fiction... Here is how sad it is: I have almost a complete story in my head, for: a Harry Potter series!!!



First: Lily and James

Second: Harry Potter

Third: Life after school



He has three sisters and one brother, all older. It will tell about their lives and what happened to them. I have  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/writers-block-t171.htm#1044</comments>
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			<title>Why is the back porch so damned small?</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/why-is-the-back-porch-so-damned-small-t122.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>HeronW</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh, legit gripe? Um, what does 'humor' mean under the Profile listing?
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Need it?  Want it?  Know any semi-dirty jokes?  Nawty limricks?  Should be 'humor me'?  :|]]></description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:42:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/why-is-the-back-porch-so-damned-small-t122.htm#552</comments>
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			<title>Can you teach an old cat new tricks?</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/can-you-teach-an-old-cat-new-tricks-t193.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>I have a problem. I have a cat that is driving me crazy, and not in a good way. He has taken on a VERY bad habit and I can't seem to get him to stop. 



So, I can try to find him a new home, but no one will want him with the habit he has developed.

I can take him to be put down... he's only 4 years old and I hate to do it, but am almost at the point where I will have no choice.

I can let him go outside and see if that stops the problem. This is what I am leaning towards. But there are  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/can-you-teach-an-old-cat-new-tricks-t193.htm#1247</comments>
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			<title>Brett went to the Jets!?!?!?!</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/brett-went-to-the-jets-t158.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>TurKeyLurKey</dc:creator>
			<description>AGH!!!</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:46:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/brett-went-to-the-jets-t158.htm#824</comments>
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			<title>I need something...</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/i-need-something-t150.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>a kick in the ass? a reality check? 



The neighbor arrived this afternoon... I was on a conference call so he started talking to the grubs to give me a message. I joined them half-way through.



There is a lady here who owns a ranch. She is trying to sell it because its too much for her to handle. She has been trying for 6 months to sell her horses. She has pure-bred quarter horses and Belgians. The only people who have come forward to buy them are people who want to sell them for dog  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:11:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/i-need-something-t150.htm#753</comments>
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			<title>The Summer Olympics - Beijing</title>
			<link>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-summer-olympics-beijing-t87.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>AmandaLyn</dc:creator>
			<description>Human rights issues, heavy pollution, suppression of the media and no freedom of speech... are they going to be able to pull it off or is this going to be a disaster???



since i am currently paying for the next round of Olympic Games, 2010 in Vancouver, I'm really starting to wonder if the politics and economics of the games doesn't far supercede the actual athletics and talent that is supposed to be celebrated at them... 



there was a documentary on a couple of weeks ago about when steroids  ...</description>
			<category>The Back Porch</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://thewritersblock.forumotion.net/the-back-porch-f39/the-summer-olympics-beijing-t87.htm#273</comments>
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