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		<title>Tool-Using Octopus Caught on Film - Video of Veined Octopus Building Coconut Shell House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an incredible display of just how smart the octopus is - and how they are capable of forethought - Dr. Julian Finn of Museum Victoria in Australia has caught on video a veined octopus transporting coconut shells for the express purpose of building a shelter (and then doing so).
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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/tool-using-octopus-caught-on-film-video-of-veined-octopus-building-coconut-shell-house/</link>
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		<title>Please Take a Moment to Send Positive Thoughts for this Wounded Sea Lion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the quick and dirty post - just copied and pasted directly from what my daughter (creator of the awesome fashion shows to benefit animals organization, <a href="http://fabshows.org" target="_blank">FABShows.org</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/animalrescuegal" target="_blank">@AnimalRescueGal</a> on Twitter) just emailed me.  It's <b>heartbreaking</b> but maybe - just maybe - our collective positive thoughts can make a difference.  Please read on.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/please-take-a-moment-to-send-positive-thoughts-for-this-wounded-sea-lion/</link>
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		<title>Vegan UGGs Boots - Half the Price and None of the Suffering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was so excited to find Vegan UGG boots - well, Vegan UGG style boots, that is - <i>and for a fraction of the price</i> of actual UGGs!  And they are <b>so</b> comfortable!  All of the comfort, a fraction of the price, and none of the suffering!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/vegan-uggs-boots-half-the-price-and-none-of-the-suffering/</link>
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		<title>Our Awesome New Electric Snowblower!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's the first big snow of the season! I <b>love</b> living somewhere where we have seasons again!  But it is true that removing snow from the sidewalk and driveway can be hard, especially with a bad back and hip.  We only have a few major snowfalls every year, but now, when we do, we break out our awesome new electric snowblower!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/our-awesome-new-electric-snowblower/</link>
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		<title>What Exactly is a &#8216;Bra Fitting Destination&#8217;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you've seen the ads - "Your bra fitting destination" - you may be wondering just what exactly a bra fitting destination is.  I certainly was.  It turns out that the ads are for Sol Lingerie. Sol Lingerie specializes in bra fitting.  Now,  you guys can stop reading right here (save for your prurient interest), but us gals can attest that one of the most vexing parts of life as someone with two X chromosomes is finding a bra that fits well.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/what-exactly-is-a-bra-fitting-destination/</link>
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		<title>Slashdot and the Baltimore Sun &#8220;Discover&#8221; Unschooling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when mainstream media gets something so spectactularly wrong, but I expect better from the brainiacs at Slashdot.  So imagine my surprise to read the headline "Schooling, Homeschooling, and Now, "Unschooling" " on Slashdot today, and to learn that unschooling, a method of homeschooling that I and many of my homeschooling friends have personally known about for at least a decade - and which has been around since at least the 70s when John Holt wrote about it - is something new and now.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/slashdot-and-the-baltimore-sun-discover-unschooling-2/</link>
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		<title>Slashdot and the Baltimore Sun &#8220;Discover&#8221; Unschooling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when mainstream media gets something so spectactularly wrong, but I expect better from the brainiacs at Slashdot.  So imagine my surprise to read the headline "Schooling, Homeschooling, and Now, "Unschooling" " on Slashdot today, and to learn that unschooling, a method of homeschooling that I and many of my homeschooling friends have personally known about for at least a decade - and which has been around since at least the 70s when John Holt wrote about it - is something new and now.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/slashdot-and-the-baltimore-sun-discover-unschooling/</link>
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		<title>Urgent Need for O Negative Blood Donors to Help Young Boy Scout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the details on the young Boy Scout here in Colorado who desperately needs O Negative blood.  He is in one of our local Boy Scout councils, and that's how I got involved in trying to help find donors for him.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/urgent-need-for-o-negative-blood-donors-to-help-young-boy-scout/</link>
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		<title>Two Writing Wrongs Don&#8217;t Make a Write Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to love going to the Brewing Market and teasing the barristas because their sign on the case where they have their pastries and snacks offered, for the longest time..]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/two-writing-wrongs-dont-make-a-write-right/</link>
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		<title>My Personal Colorado Weather Page</title>
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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/my-personal-colorado-page/</link>
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		<title>Odor Eaters for Your Pants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would I make this up?  A company called The Pond is marketing a product that can only be described as odor eaters for your pants.  Actually, I guess it can also be decribed as "Subtle Butt" filter pads, as that's what the company is calling it. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/odor-eaters-for-your-pants/</link>
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		<title>At Last, a Condom for Women Who Just Want to Avoid the Whole Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last, a condom for women who just want to avoid the whole thing.   ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/at-last-a-condom-for-women-who-just-want-to-avoid-the-whole-thing/</link>
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		<title>Germany to Circumcise Constitutional Freedoms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You read that right.  According to the website NetzPolitik.org, in reporting on the upcoming change to German law which would censor certain websites, the new law will be circumcising constitutional freedoms.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/germany-to-circumcise-constitutional-freedoms/</link>
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		<title>Anguished Fans Beg Tennis Star Simona Halep Not to Have Breast Reduction Surgery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teen tennis phenom Simona Halep has two things going for her - her incredible tennis chops and her youth - and two things going against her: her breasts.   As news of her anticipated breast surgery for a breast reduction surfaces, howls of anguish and outrage are being heard around the world.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/anguished-fans-beg-tennis-star-simona-halep-not-to-have-breast-reduction-surgery/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Halt or I&#8217;ll Make You Spew&#8221; - Defense Firm Develops Barf Ray Gun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, please note that it is <b>not</b> April 1st.  Now, U.S. company Laser Energetics, Inc.,  has announced the "Dazer Laser", a non-lethal weapon that incapacitates the subject by causing them to puke their guts out.  Seriously.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/halt-or-ill-make-you-spew-defense-firm-develops-barf-ray-gun/</link>
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		<title>Baking Soda 101 - Uses for Baking Soda You Might Not Have Known About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to baking soda 101 uses for baking soda you may never have heard of.  Read on and you'll understand why I order baking soda 12 pounds at a time - because there are so many cool baking soda uses!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/baking-soda-101-uses-for-baking-soda-you-might-not-have-known-about/</link>
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		<title>Archie Proposes to Veronica, Jilts Betty - WTF is He Thinking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much like the "Ginger or MaryAnn" argument, the "Betty or Veronica" argument has gone on for decades, pitting the girl next door (Betty, MaryAnn) against the spoiled little rich girl (Veronica, Ginger).  And <i>everyone</i>, but <b>everyone</b> knows that the girl next door - the faithful, smart (but still cute and perky), steady girl next door is supposed to get the guy.  But apparently nobody told Archie Andrews that, because next month he will be proposing to Veronica, while a stunned Betty and a befuddled Jughead look on.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/archie-proposes-to-veronica-jilts-betty-wtf-is-he-thinking/</link>
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		<title>What Do You Get When You Mix 12 Pounds of Baking Soda with 2 Gallons of Vinegar?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While ordering the largest container of baking soda that I could find (don't ask), I came across this interesting tidbit on Amazon]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/what-do-you-get-when-you-mix-12-pounds-of-baking-soda-with-2-gallons-of-vinegar/</link>
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		<title>Red Bull Cola Energy Drink Tests Positive for Cocaine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the NFL and NBA aren't the only energy pumps to have problems with positive drug tests!  Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia say that a lab test of RedBull Cola Energy Drink revealed that Red Bull contains 
<b>0.4 micrograms of <i>cocaine</i> per liter of Red Bull!</b>
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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/red-bull-energy-drink-tests-positive-for-cocaine/</link>
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		<title>Teaching Students How to Spread Swine Flu - Just Whose Side Are They On, Anyways?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Either this newspaper needs to hire better writers, or swine flu may just turn out to have been a student's senior project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/teaching-students-how-to-spread-swine-flu-just-whose-side-are-they-on/</link>
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