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		<title>All&#039;s Whale That Ends Whale</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/alls-whale-that-ends-whale-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from The Outlier Collective: "Hooray!" "It's magnificent!" "What a spectacular creature!" "Let's murder it!" In an article published on April 8 by USA Today, officials from Institute of Cetacean Research complained of "unforgivable sabotage" after their 48-day Antarctic hunt had the lowest yield since 1987. This annual event of what the ICR terms "research whaling" failed to slaughter [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=2097&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Annual Dumb People Celebration Day</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/dumb-people-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was transcribed from KMVM’s original broadcast *** DON BLANCMAN (Parade Co-Master): This is Don Blancman coming to you live atop the viewing post on Viking Blvd. in the heart of our beautiful downtown for what we hope to be an exciting display of pride and unity. For those of you just joining us [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=2030&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Respected newsman Edward R. Murrow once said of KMVM&#039;s Don Blancman, &#34;Am I supposed to know who that is?&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Waste Of Ancient Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/waste-of-ancient-wisdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The place: Tacoma, WA Aron Hakone&#8217;s dad was someone worth bragging about. He was a black belt in karate, was in really good shape, was really nice and, oh! was a black belt in karate. One day at school, Aron posted a sign-up list in our 4th grade class room. Mr. Hakone was offering karate [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1978&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uncorking A Bottle of Whoopass</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/uncorking-a-bottle-of-whoopass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre-game brawls in parking lots. Waves of projectiles hurled at someone wearing a rival jersey. Violence erupting in the grandstands. These acts have become acceptable (and, at times, expected) at any given major league sporting event. And, as a result of our nation&#8217;s increasingly nonchalant attitude of &#8216;boys will be boys&#8217;, this behavior has begun [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1945&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;I don&#039;t know about you fellows, but this Northside P is feeling a bit querulous, this evening. Anyone up for some engaging in a fracas?&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Tips On Adulthood</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/tips-on-adulthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who inhabits the same sphere of influence as pop teen sensations, I believe that I have a responsibility to today&#8217;s youth. By the very nature of my being a hero to so many, kids all over the world look up to me for advice. The most common question I receive from my young [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1906&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Doreen, I swear these pictures are just for me. I promise I won&#039;t put any of these on the Internet. Now, come on, baby, be sexier.&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>The Girl With The Bowl Cut Hair</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/girl-with-the-bowl-cut-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The place: Mrs. Dell&#8217;s 6th grade classroom, Idlewild Elementary, Tacoma, WA. *** As Valentine’s Day crept up on us like a pink disease, Mrs. Dell read aloud stories of love. Every one of the girls in class were attentive as Mrs. Dell read about love won, love lost, mythical love (both Greek and Roman). We [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1829&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Fear I and Fear II go head to head. </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;One-two-three-four, Mike is a dumb bore! Five-six-seven-eight, we see Mike and we hate!&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Le Clown Meets 1950&#039;s America</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/guest-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from A Clown On Fire: NOTE: My name is Mike Calahan and Le Clown asked me to write a post for him as part of his magnificent Week of Back Pain. His only request was that I discuss 1950's America in some form. I decided I would show it to him first hand, instead. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1823&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phillip&#8217;s Coming To Dinner (A Cautionary Tale)</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/phillips-coming-to-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the years since our time working together in retail hell, Phillip* and I had kept in sporadic contact. Just when I&#8217;d start to wonder how he was doing, the phone would ring or an email would arrive. This time, it had been somewhere in the neighborhood of a year without contact when I received [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1741&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">mwah</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;I&#039;m not gonna get off th-the table. You&#039;re a table! Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah? Well, I&#039;m not as think as you drunk I am, so... *gurgle* Table!&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Og discover flash drive! Og do good!&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>A Corporate Bull and an Evangelical Walk Into a Coffeeshop</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/corporate-bull-and-an-evangelical-walk-into-a-coffeeshop/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/corporate-bull-and-an-evangelical-walk-into-a-coffeeshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Every Day Episodes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[busybody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffeeshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swearing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When this happened, I hurried to get it down while it was still fresh in my mind. There is a maximum 24-hour lifespan for any information stored in my brain. Once that time is up, it&#8217;s lost forever and my 20GB brain retains its constant (although, admittedly useless) 19.5GB of free space. *** Having stimulated [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1712&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/corporate-bull-and-an-evangelical-walk-into-a-coffeeshop/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>82</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Carl, I&#039;ve got a whole gallon of curse-laden whoop-ass I&#039;m gonna unload on you, but I&#039;m gonna call you back when I&#039;m at a more inappropriately public location.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">coffee mike</media:title>
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		<title>My Alter Ego</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/my-alter-ego/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/my-alter-ego/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shameless Plug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alter ego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I have one. And it&#8217;s a girl. Back in 2008, I started writing as a character named Valerie Atherton. She was created in response to the masculine-dominated fanboy blogs, many of which were so myopic in their tastes, but also their attitude of never being pleased. Movies are nitpicked and dissected ad nauseum and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1701&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Aaay! It&#8217;s Fonzie Day</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/fonzie-day/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/fonzie-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood = 100 Years Ago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delinquent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fonzie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. With the exception of my first felony, growing up on that particular Oregon street was innocent, quiet and, if I&#8217;d known what a Beaver Cleaver even was, maybe even Cleaver-esque. Hillsboro was the sort of Nilla wafer-flavored suburb that angsty teens hated for its lack of anything interesting that ever happened, and the neighborhood [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1633&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>98</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">all in one</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">social norm society</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">deity</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">fonzie day danger</media:title>
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		<title>Holiday Rules For Everyone</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/holiday-rules-for-everyone/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/holiday-rules-for-everyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lazy Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[millennium falcon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. &#8220;Home is where the heart is.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t spend more than you can afford.&#8221; Advice that has been handed down for generations and stood the test of time are the result of a combination of common sense, downhome know-how and a cycle of emotional abuse that perpetuates the strict demands of those relatives long dead. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1614&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Wait, so why am I putting this giant centipede on the tree, again?&#34;&#34;It&#039;s tradition!... Or maybe an urban legend. I don&#039;t really know.&#34;</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/a48155482fa981b2_landing.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;You girls look lovely. It&#039;s a shame, though, about your nose, Jane. Oh, and your teeth, Stella. You both could be so pretty, but, alas, you&#039;ve got your father&#039;s genes and will probably become spinsters.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">no falcon for mike</media:title>
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		<title>LINK:  M-I-C&#8230; See That Exit? K-E-Y&#8230; Why? Because You&#8217;re Fired!</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/mousketeers_unknown/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/mousketeers_unknown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shameless Plug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forces of geek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mickey mouse club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mousketeers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a link to my newest article for Forces Of Geek and editor Stefan Blitz.  I am taking a break from FOG for a few months, so please send me off by clicking on the link below. Thanks! ***  M-I-C… See That Exit? K-E-Y… Why? Because You’re Fired! Mouseketeer Roll Call!  Bobby!   Annette! Sharon!  [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1597&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">calakutha</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">“Everyone who wants to keep their job next week smile on the count of three. 1-2-3!”</media:title>
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		<title>Holiday Captions For Awful People</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/holiday-captions-for-awful-people/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/holiday-captions-for-awful-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smartass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday captions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogyny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[santa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xmas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ho x 3! With Christmas fast approaching, America&#8217;s holiday traditions are in full force: overeating while forgetting that gluttony is a sin, giving gifts you can&#8217;t afford to relatives you can&#8217;t possibly like and, all the while, feeling like you&#8217;ve contributed to the peace on Earth and goodwill toward man because you spent $.99 on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1576&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">calakutha</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">BeFunky_xmas017</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Christmas-For-Men</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/bobs-christmas-story.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bobs-Christmas-Story</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">billslastparty</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/warrenandmarcia.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mr. gundersen&#039;s gift</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/its-slinky.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">It&#039;s Slinky</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Santas-Preferred-Brand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Illegal-gift-Of-The-Magi.jpg</media:title>
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		<title>Who Is That? How&#8217;s It Spelled?</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/who-is-that-hows-it-spelled/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/who-is-that-hows-it-spelled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Day (Back In)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[49ers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom framing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[san francisco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a few years, I worked a relatively dead-end job at a custom framing store. Besides getting many things of my own nicely framed, I got a story or two to tell. ****** The store I worked at had a contract with the San Francisco 49ers, in which all of their framing needs (which were a lot [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1557&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">calakutha</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/4dc06f59f5b97961_landing.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;When I finish knitting this personalized elbow pads for pop&#039;s jersey, he&#039;ll know I&#039;m no weirdo about sports.&#34;</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/3799c72e706a55bc_landing.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;I&#039;m bad with names, so I&#039;m just gonna call you Guy With Weird Teeth or Funny Nose Dude.&#34;</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/63a2f268331baf19_landing.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;Wait, what song am I singing in the shower? It&#039;d be just my luck that my wife&#039;ll ask.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">On the assignment that was to copy the words &#039;Tens&#039; and &#039;Ones&#039;, Allison received an F.</media:title>
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		<title>Real Hunters Do It For Art</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/real-hunters-do-it-for-art/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/real-hunters-do-it-for-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Day (Back In)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom framing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ducks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a few years, I worked a relatively dead-end job at a custom framing store. Had I been an artist, this job would have made a lot of sense because framing can get expensive. For me, this job made as much sense as my getting an internship with a chiropractor to further my literary pursuits. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1522&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/image3.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;Are you a doctor?&#34;&#34;Me? No, no. I&#039;m a writer with no interest in medicine.&#34;</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mikecalahan.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/image2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">&#34;I do so love watching their insides explode. It&#039;s quite the sight. Nature truly is amazing.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;It iz true zat I killed zose men, but, you must understand, I am a sportsman. It iz not as though I ate zem. I&#039;m not an animal.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Those two over there are the rarest of the rare. They were in the process of curing cancer when I shot &#039;em both. Sure do collect a lot of dust, though.&#34; </media:title>
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		<title>For M After 5 Years</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/after-5-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because writing poetry, as far as my own abilities go, ranks right up there with fixing a car, mental telepathy or even basic mathematics, I can only read and share the works of others. The following is an excerpt from the poem, Having A Coke With You, by the insightful and tragic Frank O&#8217;Hara. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1495&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LINK: Disney Peripherals</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/disney-peripherals/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/disney-peripherals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shameless Plug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forces of geek]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is the link to a new article of mine for Forces Of Geek. It gets more interestingd after the link, trust me. Disney Peripherals Disney does many things well, like family-friendly movies, theme parks that attract millions of people and reminding us that magic can be a real possibility.  They also do a few [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1486&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Style Tips For Men and Women</title>
		<link>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/style-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/style-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calahan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lazy Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikecalahan.wordpress.com/?p=1450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. &#8220;Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have&#8221; &#8220;Leaving a little to the imagination is sexy&#8221; These are just a few of the pieces of advice handed down from first-time life coaches and stale fortune cookies. These words of wisdom continue to be handed out like prostitution leaflets on a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikecalahan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=32049689&#038;post=1450&#038;subd=mikecalahan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">2ffd0c1a1f13c6d0_large</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">prancy paws</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">fred and ties</media:title>
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