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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bed has reached maximum carrying capacity of
one cat per square meter      (k = 1/m^2)
(But where am I supposed to sleep?)
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And may your household plumbing continue to function!
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		<title>Web buzzing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor/ Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects & Arachnids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to share some cool things I found recently!
INSECT-RELATED FUN
Amazonian ants apparently adore Tetris &#8211; &#8217;tis a tee from Threadless Tees.

and,
NPR has a short episode with guest comments by the inimitable entolomogist and highly entertaining author, May Berenbaum,
There has been a worldwide proliferation of urinal flies, observed May Berenbaum, head of the department of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2112&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor/ Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects & Arachnids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what your job, there are some frequent questions or comments from the general public that get, shall we say, a tad tiresome.
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		<title>Schrödinger&#8217;s snack</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Christmas and of course we&#8217;ve been eating all day, but for some celebratory reason, we&#8217;re always hungry anyway.  Come evening, my son-in-law stumbles blearily downstairs, through the living room, and into the kitchen.
&#8220;I thought you were taking a nap?&#8221;  enquires my baby-bouncing daughter.
&#8220;I am.  I can get something to eat, can&#8217;t I?&#8221;
Fridge door opens, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2105&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goldfish resting by an open fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor/ Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bad Goldfish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a day!  There&#8217;s nothing so &#8220;fun&#8221; as grocering the day before a holiday, especially when the meteorology report is dire.  Guess what I found while stocking the doggy chews?
Yes indeedy, The Bad Goldfish were back, undeterred by the possibility of ending up as frozen fish from the weather.  Planning for their Christmas, they had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2088&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your irony for the day</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/your-irony-for-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arthritis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My knees hurt from stocking arthritis medication.
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		<title>Grandma&#8217;s Counting Book</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/grandmas-counting-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(not suitable for an embroidery sampler)
1  Pair of shoes that fell apart, plus
2  belts that did as well.
3  Pairs of sad slacks with stains.
4  Part-time jobs I’ve worked this year, for
5  people whom I’m supporting.
6  Pairs of raggedy undies and
7  pairs of holey socks I tossed in the trash.
8  Hundred is a great credit score,
9  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2077&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Goldfish are back!</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/the-goldfish-are-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So today when I was stocking groceries, I found some more evidence of malfeasance.  This time it was not a compromised package with the seal broken or contents used, but rather, groceries abandoned in odd places.  (Thankfully, not perishables, like lunch meat stuck behind cookies, or yogurt tubs amongst the baking tins, ugh.)
This time, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2060&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music to Bounce By</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/music-to-bounce-by/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADD/ADHD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My five-month old grandson, AKA Tigger or Mr BoingBoing, has loved to bounce from the get-go.  Even when he was in utero, my daugher remembers how the sonography technician ended up sighing when she visited, because the baby was so mobile that it was hard to get a measurement.  Later on, the mom-to-be said that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2051&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s looking at you!</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/heres-looking-at-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insects & Arachnids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordless Wednesday]]></category>

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		<title>Compatibly yours</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/compatibly-yours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ow!&#8221; Exclaimed my daugher, who was playing with her 4-month old son.  &#8220;He loves standing up, but he&#8217;s grabbing my glasses.  Or my hair.  And that hurts mummy, boo-boo.&#8220;
She&#8217;d already given up wearing earrings.  But it was going to be a while before the lad could be taught &#8220;touch gently&#8221; for petting cats or family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2028&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saved by bureaucracy</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/saved-by-bureaucracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auditory Processing Disorder]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Migraine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[( A follow-up on my shaky employment status, as described in a previous post, The Catch.)
So now I&#8217;ve twice seen the ENT (Ear, Nose &#38; Throat doc, not tree-folk), to figure out if the vertigo, worsening tinnitus and hearing difficulties are related to Ménière&#8217;s, or &#8220;just&#8221; migraines.  At those visits I also spent time in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2011&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We live interesting (albeit grungy) lives</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/we-live-interesting-albeit-grungy-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter just remarked, &#8220;Swords, teapots and rubber duckies &#8212; wow, that Bon Ami is great stuff!&#8221;
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		<title>Thieves!</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor/ Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bad Goldfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTF?!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grocery stockers are well-familiar with the sight:  random empty boxes that are the hidden leftovers to stolen goods.  Cold medicine.  Hair coloring.  Condoms.  Diapers. Candy.
A couple days ago I found a different wrapper stuffed behind the tidy stacks of soap bars, a small cylinder of fish food, with the plastic lid missing and the foil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=2002&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a great combo</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/what-a-great-combo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADD/ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ADHD + fussy baby:
&#8220;See?  There&#8217;s Bouncy Lady.  We call her Grandma.&#8221;
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		<title>The Catch</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-catch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Injustice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invisible disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having intermittent bouts of vertigo (some severe), along with worsening tinnitus and resulting difficulty understanding what people are saying. My GP said I got poor results on the tympanogram, and is sending me to an ENT, whom I see next week.  I&#8217;m no longer driving on the highway, and take extra care if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1979&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What you want</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/what-you-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autism/Asperger's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inertia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I still feel queasy when I remember the words.
Children have a certain disempowerment simply because they are young &#8212; they are naïve, less learned, and lack perspective. But this transcended childhood.  It sank past the boundaries of adult to child, or parent to child, and trampled my self-identity and self-determination.
My mom had found a way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1841&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to tell if</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/how-to-tell-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insects & Arachnids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[your bee is asleep:

She still hasn&#8217;t groomed off the morning dew.
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		<title>Sound check</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/sound-check/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[w00t!]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Testing, 1, 2, 3 &#8230;&#8221;
Hooray, I got my MacBook back from the shop!  It would completely lose the wireless signal two meters from the router, and kept getting hot.  Due to teaching commitments, I wasn&#8217;t able to take it in until now, just a couple weeks before the AppleCare programme expired.  Lessee &#8230; they replaced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1949&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Role-Playing</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/role-playing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eye contact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small talk]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve role-played in various capacities over the years, from the &#8220;acting-out student&#8221; in a staff safety seminar, to the novice thief in a D&#38;D game.  But the other week I was asked to try out a far different rôle:
&#8220;If you were Melba Toast, where would you be hiding?&#8221;
Melba Toast &#8230; gee, were I a small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1907&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fever dreams</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/fever-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/?p=1916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember running around, repeating over and over:
&#8220;My conniption doesn&#8217;t fit! My conniption doesn&#8217;t fit!&#8221;
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		<title>We Mutants</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/we-mutants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyperacussis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypermobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prosopagnosia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now remember &#8212; you&#8217;re special, just like everyone else!&#8221;
It seems that classic punch line (for all the jokes on useless self-esteem boosters) was never truer.  At the ever-entertaining NeuroLogica Blog, Steven Novella explains recent findings that everyone is a mutant.
Given my numerous neurological quirks, I had long assumed my mutant status to be true, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1908&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Betcha I wasn&#8217;t the only one absent</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/betcha-i-wasnt-the-only-one-absent/</link>
		<comments>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/betcha-i-wasnt-the-only-one-absent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to attend the free seminar on chronic pain,
but my backache was too severe that night.
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		<title>Welcome to the Ivory Tower, Internet</title>
		<link>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/welcome-to-the-ivory-tower-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/welcome-to-the-ivory-tower-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College/University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching/Tutoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter shares this story:
Research is to English majors what coffee is to the general college student. Essays are ramen and reading material naps, if you’re curious. (Note that literal naps often overlap with these figurative ones.) So caught up in the glee of primary sources and minutia of MLA, we forget that not all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=qw88nb88.wordpress.com&blog=240321&post=1892&subd=qw88nb88&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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