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		<title>A new leaf</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brand new year has just begun and it’s time to turn over a new leaf. “Turn over a new leaf” is an idiom that means to begin again, to start doing things differently, to reform, to change. Curious about the etymology of that phrase, I conducted an intensive Google search. I was sure that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=123&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The future vision for America: third world nationhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich claims to believe that “personhood,” defined as the status of being a person, begins at conception, rather than at birth. He believes so deeply in this definition of personhood that he wants Congress to pass a law declaring that personhood begins at conception. If such a law were passed, it would make abortion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=125&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bah humbug!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s two days before Christmas and all through the house (condo) not a creature is stirring (except for the cat, Colbert). All that can be heard is that dreadful Michael Bublé Christmas album. Yes, it’s Christmastime and that means it’s time for my annual Christmas grouse. And no, I’m not referring to the chicken-like bird. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=126&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change of pace</title>
		<link>http://doobster418.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/change-of-pace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sign of the times</title>
		<link>http://doobster418.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/sign-of-the-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I took the ferry to Sausalito on Saturday afternoon so that we could watch the annual flotilla of Christmas decorated boats, which was scheduled for around 6:00 that evening. As we were wandering around this picturesque city just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, killing time until the festivities were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=128&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old dog, old tricks</title>
		<link>http://doobster418.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/old-dog-old-tricks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guard in the lobby of the large office building in San Francisco’s financial district directed me to the Prometric Test Center facility.&#160; I slowly pushed open the ominous steel doors that separated the test center from the building’s lobby and walked in.&#160; I have to admit to feeling quite nervous as I walked across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=129&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recurring nightmare?</title>
		<link>http://doobster418.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/recurring-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was around 25 months ago when I informed you, my loyal readers, about how I was the victim of identity theft.&#160; I won’t take the time here to review the gory details; if you are interested you can link back to my original post on the matter. Suffice it to say, though, I had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=130&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turkeys, crabs, Romney, and ringing in the ears</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew?&#160; I suppose that having spent the majority of my 65 years back east (with very brief stints in southern California, Dallas, and Chicago) contributed to my perception that the traditional Thanksgiving dinner always involves turkeys.&#160; (I’m not talking, for the most part, about those who attend Thanksgiving dinner, but about the main course.) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=131&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pandering to evangelicals</title>
		<link>http://doobster418.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/pandering-to-evangelicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a blog posting this past August, I expressed my concern that “this country is evolving into a Christian theocracy where the laws of the Christian bible may have equal, if not greater, influence on our American society as the US Constitution.” It seems, based upon a meeting of six Republican contenders in Des Moines, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=132&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Shrinkage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I arrived at the airport early for my 10 a.m. flight because I had a conference call at 8:30 and I wanted to be through security and situated where I could talk and access the internet on my computer.&#160; I have this speedy USB 4G modem that I use for internet access on the road.&#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doobster418.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8452565&amp;post=133&amp;subd=doobster418&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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