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		<title>Swan Swan Hummingbird</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could this be it? An insight to what those words mean, finally, after 20 years of them rattling around in my brain? Could I be right? Only Michael Stipe could know for sure. <p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/2981">Swan Swan Hummingbird</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>They Don&#8217;t Complain and They Die Quietly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psst! If you&#8217;re interested in plants, check out Plantgasm, my gardening blog. When I was young, I knew two things&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/2489">They Don&#8217;t Complain and They Die Quietly</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Chasing Hamburgers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Grandfather Ben, Dad&#8217;s dad, survived the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the endless heat and mini-malls of&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/2290">Chasing Hamburgers</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Speaking Disasters and Lessons Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Bekun is writing a book for O&#8217;Reilly Media, due out in October, called Confessions of a Public Speaker. He&#8217;s&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1983">Speaking Disasters and Lessons Learned</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Someone&#8217;s Always Listening</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working for a tech company that will go unnamed a few years ago, and I had a bad day. A really bad day. So that night, I went out to a favorite restaurant with a couple of friends and got a bottle of wine.
<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1708">Someone&#8217;s Always Listening</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Tamed By the Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A snowmobile is basically the biggest, meanest chainsaw you&#8217;ve ever seen, with two skis bolted to the front and a&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1571">Tamed By the Beast</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Regina Powazek 1919-2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Powazek is my father&#8217;s mother. She was born in Dobre, Poland, in 1919. When she was 20, the nazis&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1300">Regina Powazek 1919-2008</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>White Folks for Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many things I love about my dear wife is her patronage of the arts. After too many&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1147">White Folks for Obama</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>Chihuahuas and Children, a Story in Three Parts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Heather 1. Heather&#8217;s traveling for work, which means that I&#8217;m on Early Morning Walk duty. The dogs are&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/1020">Chihuahuas and Children, a Story in Three Parts</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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		<title>On Permanence and Scars of Choice</title>
		<link>http://powazek.com/posts/994</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Powazek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thing that gives me pause about getting a tattoo is all the awful things I would have gotten tattoos&#8230;<p><p>Read this post online:<br /><a href="http://powazek.com/posts/994">On Permanence and Scars of Choice</a><br />By <a href="http://powazek.com">Derek Powazek</a></p></p>
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