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		<title>Writing Exercise #2</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/07/29/writing-exercise-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this time I&#8217;m giving myself a similar assignment, except this time I&#8217;m writing what happens next, with little to no reference as to what has already happened.&#160; We&#8217;re just getting plunked into the middle of the story.
And for some extra flavor, I&#8217;m going to try it in 1st person, too&#8230;&#160; I&#8217;m also going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Exercise #1</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/07/27/writing-exercise-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;In order to work on my writing, I&#8217;m going to start doing some exercises and trying to write often &#8211; even if what I write sucks (which I&#8217;m sure it will more often than not &#8211; especially late nights like tonight).
Tonight&#8217;s exercise: Go to www.flickr.com/photos/, find the first photo of a person, and write a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Conservation (and other related) Practices</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/07/25/my-conservation-and-other-related-practices</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/07/15/apache-wedding-prayer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blessing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>

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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 will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Karate Kid (2010) &#8211; Review</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/06/21/the-karate-kid-2010-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karate Kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>

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When I first saw the trailer for this movie my heart sank.&#160; Despite really liking Jackie Chan, I was almost a little mad that he was involved in what seemed more of a spoof than a remake of the old classic.
But I really like Jackie Chan, and the movie looked good in the trailers.&#160; After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berries</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/06/09/berries</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like to make up little rhymes or songs throughout the course of the day.&#160; Mostly stuff for kids.&#160; 
Today while I was washing up a bowl of blueberries, with some Celtic music in the background, this little critter popped out of my head:
I&#8217;m  gonna eat the berries; gonna put them in my belly.
I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Years Abroad: A Short Summary</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/29/two-years-abroad-a-short-summary</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

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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 that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cathartic Cleaning</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/16/cathartic-cleaning</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/14/just-your-average-friday</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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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 give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Entries</title>
		<link>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/13/journal-entries</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rykus.com/2010/05/13/journal-entries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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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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