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	<title>Renaissance Man &#187; Life</title>
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	<description>Jack of all trades, Master of none</description>
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		<title>Dr. Jane Goodall Speaks At ASW</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 10:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Dr. Jane Goodall visited The American School of Warsaw (ASW) where my wife works to speak to the students, and hear what they had to say.&#160; It was an incredible opportunity, and I didn&#8217;t want to miss it. At first, I wasn&#8217;t sure I would make there.&#160; There are a lot of things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Conservation (and other related) Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite being unbearably shy, I&#8217;ve always been able to do the things that I felt were right, regardless of outside pressures to the contrary.&#160; I&#8217;ve also always taken any advice to heart, and payed attention to what people older and more experienced than me have said.&#160; One somewhat obvious way this has manifested itself in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apache Wedding Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only have I not written in a while (no surprise there), but with all the impending weddings I looked back on my own and realized that I never shared the Apache wedding prayer that got left out of our ceremony.&#160; So here it is! Now you will feel no rain, For each of you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Years Abroad: A Short Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;re closing in on the end of our second year living abroad, I can&#8217;t help but reflect on the experience. At first, things were very exciting and our days were extremely full.&#160; Those sleepless nights in the scratchy dip-service beds, dealing with jet-lag for the first time ever on this magnitude and the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cathartic Cleaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a pretty good day, despite not really doing a whole lot.&#160; After a rather lethargic start (I slept in after going to bed late and being woken up numerous times by the dog) I managed to accomplish a lot of things that I had either been putting off, or just hadn&#8217;t had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just your average Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with my recent promise to myself, I need to do my writing for today.&#160; And since it&#8217;s almost 10pm and I&#8217;ve just finished working, I figured I&#8217;d do an entry here. This morning&#8217;s web design class went pretty well.&#160; I had the kids take a break from working on their group project (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Entries</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/13/journal-entries?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=journal-entries</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been more than bad about writing on this thing.&#160; But that&#8217;s nothing new, and practically every post I&#8217;ve written recently touches on this in some way or another.&#160; So rather than complain about myself, I&#8217;ve decided to start writing every day.&#160; Not necessarily on here.&#160; Most likely it will be in one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning the Candle at Both Ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days, I just don&#8217;t know how I manage to do it all and stay sane. After a rambunctious group of kids managed to wear me down mentally, physically, and emotionally at the end of the day Wednesday, it&#8217;s just been a tumble since then.&#160; Wednesdays and Thursdays are usually some of my hardest days, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julie and Julia &#8211; iTunes Rental</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, with temperatures dipping to -18&#176;C and both Jess and I playing a symphony of coughing and sniffling noses, we thought we&#8217;d give the iTunes movie rental a whirl.&#160; The way it works is pretty nice, though I think it should be cheaper &#8211; we won&#8217;t get into that right now. The rental was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/01/04/new-years-resolutions?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-years-resolutions</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s a new year and time for new things.&#160; Time to give myself the once over and tighten up all the loose screws.&#160; I tend to set goals for myself all the time, not strictly limiting myself to the Earth&#8217;s position around the sun.&#160; But, seeing as how this time seems to coincide with [...]]]></description>
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