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	<title>Mange Merde</title>
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	<description>...if you'll pardon my French</description>
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		<title>Nuclear Excavation - and Idea Whose Time Has Come - and Gone, Thank Goodness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I'm the only one - but I'll bet that I'm not - did you know that there was once a plan to do something called "nuclear excavation" - or "nuclear earthmoving", i.e. using nuclear explosions to move massive amounts of earth for excavation projects?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/nuclear-excavation-and-idea-whose-time-has-come-and-gone-thank-goodness/</link>
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		<title>The Newest Addition to Our Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This picture is when she is not even 3 hours old.   A May day baby!    Welcome to the world, little one - we&#8217;re so glad that you&#8217;re here!


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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/the-newest-addition-to-our-family/</link>
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		<title>Remember that Lincoln Continental Commercial with the Diamond Cutter in the Back Seat?  Well Check This Out!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Remember that Lincoln Continental commercial, from way back when -   the one with the master diamond cutter in the back seat, cutting a   hugely valuable diamond?  The idea was that the Lincoln delivered   such a smooth ride that the diamond cutter could cut the diamond even   in the back of a moving car.  Well, they ain't got nothing on me!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/remember-that-lincoln-continental-commercial-with-the-diamond-cutter-in-the-back-seat-well-check-this-out/</link>
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		<title>Gas in Bay Area Tops $4.00 a Gallon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and that&#8217;s just for regular!
 

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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/gas-in-bay-area-tops-400-a-gallon/</link>
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		<title>300,000 Miles and Still Ticking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, my old Volvo is a testament to all Volvo 240 DLs.
 

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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/300000-miles-and-still-ticking/</link>
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		<title>The View from a Bathroom Window</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you wish you had this view from *your* bathroom window?  This is  an actual picture from an actual bathroom window during an actual trip  on the California Zephyr.
 

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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/the-view-from-a-bathroom-window/</link>
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		<title>Telemarketing Calls within 3 Hours of Hooking Up the Telephone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The winners for the "slime who phone spammed us when our phone line wasn't even 24 hours old" are:  501-217-3296   Market Strategies, 720-214-3122  Affordable Security, and 515-369-5701  Viking Magazine.  Oh, and 203-365-9666 (number unknown, darn!)  On day #2 800-845-2074 started calling us.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/telemarketing-calls-within-3-hours-of-hooking-up-phone/</link>
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		<title>Baking Dogs is Just Plain Wrong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baking dogs is just plain wrong (and doesn&#8217;t soaking baked goods just   get them soggy?)


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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/baking-dogs-is-just-plain-wrong/</link>
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		<title>Annie&#8217;s Blueberry Honey Almond Semolina Muffins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These yummy Blueberry Honey Almond Semolina muffins have a scone-like texture - they are delicious warm from the oven with butter and honey, or some peanutbutter!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/annies-blueberry-honey-almond-semolina-muffins/</link>
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		<title>If the Sock Monkey&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[..from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium didn't bring a lump to your throat and make you want to hug it <b>every</b> time you saw it, well, then, you just aren't human.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/if-the-sock-monkey/</link>
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		<title>A Sunrise that Moved Me to Tears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly every morning I involuntarily awake between 5:00 and 5:30   a.m..  I usually don't mind, though, as I enjoy the quiet - the   solitude - and, the amazing sunrises to which I am treated here in   Colorado.  But this morning's - following a scirocco-like wind - was   particularly stunning - in fact, so beautiful was it, that it moved   me to tears.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/a-sunrise-that-moved-me-to-tears/</link>
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		<title>Take this Valentine&#8217;s Day Challenge!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Valentine's Day, give a true gift of the heart by giving the gift of life - help fund heart surgery for a child.  Even $5.00 will help, and you can even donate through Paypal - it doesn't get much easier than that!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/take-this-valentines-day-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Trust Your Cookware to be Lead-Free - Test It!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2002 I ordered a tagine from a vendor, online.  I had made a point of communicating with the vendor first, to make sure that the tagine was lead-free.  They assured me that not only was it lead-free, but that it was the same tagine that they supplied to restaurants all across the country.  After cooking with it twice, and serving the food to both guests and my own family (including our young son), I decided to test it, and guess what?  It had lead in it.  Here's our story.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/dont-trust-your-cookware-to-be-lead-free-test-it/</link>
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		<title>If You Have an Incontinent Dog or Cat (or a Puppy) The Swiffer Will Save Your Life - or at Least Your Sanity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have an incontinent dog, or an incontinent cat (or a new puppy), the Swiffer will save your life.  Or, at least, your sanity.  I used to pooh-pooh the Swiffer.  Then our dog pee-peed the floor.  A lot.  As our dogs grow to amazingly advanced ages, one of them has become a bit incontinent.  Ok, a lot incontinent.  Suddenly, the Swiffer made a <b>lot</b> of sense.  Read on...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/if-you-have-an-incontinent-dog-or-cat-or-a-puppy-the-swiffer-will-save-your-life-or-at-least-your-sanity/</link>
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		<title>Give a Little - Mean a Lot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Valentine’s Day, give a true gift of the heart by giving the gift of life - help fund heart surgery for a child. Even $5.00 will help, and you can even donate through Paypal - it doesn’t get much easier than that!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/give-a-little-mean-a-lot-2/</link>
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		<title>o/` o/` It&#8217;s a Cross to the Left.. and Jab to the Right&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohmygosh!  I learned how to box today as part of my physical therapy training!  (I'm doing my PT at a regular gym now.)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/o-o-its-a-cross-to-the-left-and-jab-to-the-right/</link>
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		<title>The Worlds Best Cat Litter and Cat Litter Box Set Up - Really!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget about those automatic cat litter boxes!  We've found the worlds best cat litter and cat litter box combination, using just an inexpensive hidden litter box and this perfect litter.  Even better and easier than an automatic cat litter box.  In fact, we'd used a Litter Maid self cleaning litter box for years;  this is far easier and better, and no smell!  So, forget all those other kitty litter boxes.  And if you've been asking yourself "which is the best automatic cleaning cat litter box?", you've been asking yourself the wrong question!  The right question is "what is the best, easiest kitty litter and box combination", and this is it!  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/the-worlds-best-cat-litter-and-cat-litter-box-set-up-really/</link>
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		<title>I Think I Know His Cousin..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I know this guy&#8217;s cousin&#8230;


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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/i-think-i-know-his-cousin/</link>
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		<title>My Yummy Honey Brownies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around the beginning of the year, I suddenly decided that I should try to reduce the refined sugar in my diet.  (Last year it was that I should <a href="http://www.mangemerde.com/what-i-did-today-hair-today-goon-tomorrow/" target="_blank">cut off all of my hair</a> - I think that my family prefers this new change!)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/my-yummy-honey-brownies/</link>
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		<title>How about now?</title>
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		<link>http://www.mangemerde.com/how-about-now/</link>
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