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		<title>Hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>All creatures great and freakish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m outside smoking and lost in deep thought when a creature crawls from  beneath the barbecue. For a moment, we both just sort of froze. I looked at him  and he at me and if there was any telepathic communication going on, it went  like this:
Don&#8217;t think I know you, friend. In fact, don&#8217;t think I know [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I&#8217;m outside smoking and lost in deep thought when a creature crawls from  beneath the barbecue. For a moment, we both just sort of froze. I looked at him  and he at me and if there was any telepathic communication going on, it went  like this:</p>
<p><em>Don&#8217;t think I know you, friend. In fact, don&#8217;t think I know your  species.</em></p>
<p>The critter was about a foot long with beady eyes behind a long, tapered  snout. Not real menacing to look at, though there was a sense of incongruity in  this place not normally inhabited by any beasts but me.</p>
<p>The creature had enough of my ugly mug and took off into the backyard. I went  inside to research what variety of nocturnal maneater I had just confronted  because, well you never know. It could be some breed of vampire or possibly  something I could exploit somehow. And while researching with the terms &#8220;maine,&#8221;  &#8220;nocturnal&#8221; and &#8220;rodent,&#8221; I came across this.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_Mole"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2487" title="Take me to your leader or I will suck you into my Venus fly face." src="http://marklaflamme.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2009/09/Star-nosedMole-B_n_W-Closeup-273x300.jpg" alt="Take me to your leader or I will suck you into my Venus fly face." width="273" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure this is not what I met out by the barbecue. Because if I had  come face to face with this Bradbury-esque monstrosity, I&#8217;d be still running and  screaming and vowing to never touch liquor again.</p>
<p>A star-nosed mole, it&#8217;s called. But to me, it looks like something that would  burst ouf of someone&#8217;s chest to get a look at Sigourney Weaver in a tank  top.</p>
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		<title>Facebook blunders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaFlamme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what they say: the worst thing that can happen to you on Facebook is  your momma getting an account. Happens all the time. Some party girl posts about  her vomitous binges and unabashed lays and suddenly mother is in there preaching  the dangers of unprotected drunk sex like one who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know what they say: the worst thing that can happen to you on Facebook is  your momma getting an account. Happens all the time. Some party girl posts about  her vomitous binges and unabashed lays and suddenly mother is in there preaching  the dangers of unprotected drunk sex like one who knows.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s just for starters. The potential for bedlam in a place where  people share their inner most thoughts is huge. And where there&#8217;s bedlam,  there&#8217;s comedy. <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791517">Here is a  site</a> that will take you less than two minutes to peruse but the payoff is  mighty. If you&#8217;re into Facebook, you&#8217;ll get it at once. If you&#8217;re not, maybe  you&#8217;ll want to sign up so your reputation can be destroyed and immortalized at  the same time, too.</p>
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