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<title><![CDATA[Shopaholic]]></title>
<link>http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When it comes to shopping I&#8217;m terrible&#8230; I spend FAR too much money, usually when I don]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to shopping I'm terrible... I spend FAR too much money, usually when I don't have it!!! I swear I refuse to allow myself a card with a higher limit than the one I have now!!! DANGEROUS!</p>
<p>So fashion-wise I used to do the chic hippy look but then went gothic and I must say, I'm moving back to the boho look... Bohemian-Gothic I call it! </p>
<p>I'm TOTALLY obsessed with Mary-Kate Olsen at the moment... More than ever... and I take a lot of inspiration style wise from her! Recently I found this dress on ebay from Mary-Kate and Ashley's designer collection ''Elizabeth And James'' that MK herself wore back in 2007. I've wanted since she was photographed in it but I thought because the one I found was a US size small it'd be too tight... BUT it fits me perfectly!!!<br />
Problem was, it costs a BOMB and I could technically have afforded it if I delved into my savings account but mum wouldn't let me because she thinks I won't put the money back into the account!! I can easily do this, but she doesn't believe it.</p>
[caption id="attachment_17" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="MK In &#34;Elizabeth And James&#34;"]<a href="http://theladymelusel.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/mary-kate-vintage-sequin-dress.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17 " src="http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/mary-kate-vintage-sequin-dress.jpg?w=225" alt="MK In &#34;Elizabeth And James&#34;" width="225" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_19" align="alignright" width="236" caption="You Could Wear Skinny Jeans Under It Too!"]<a href="http://theladymelusel.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/sequined-dress-i-want-one.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-19" src="http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/sequined-dress-i-want-one.jpg?w=236" alt="You Could Wear Skinny Jeans Under It Too!" width="236" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
<p>I'm afraid to say I was <strong>REALLY</strong> naughty and did it without telling her!!! I told her I was meeting my friends in town but actually the real reason I went was so I could take £300 from my bank to pay for the dress! For now, I won't be able to wear the dress round mum! HOWEVER... I'm off to Uni in late August, so I plan to pack it without her knowing...! I'll be able to pay the money back really soon, and I'm later going to tell her that I found it in TK-Maxx (a store selling out of season designer clothes for cheap) and if she does look in my bank she won't (hopefully) get too mad because I'll have put the money back in. I do feel guilty about lying, but everyone I've asked about it has said the dress is too beautiful and rare to not buy it! ;) Am I a bad person?? Probably.</p>
<p>I also just spent almost £200 on a BEAUTIFUL pair of high heeled ankle "hoof" boots by Sam Edelman. They look almost exactly the same as the $2,000 pair of Balanciaga boots as worn (to death) by Mary-Kate! The boots arrived a few days ago and are SO HIGH. Probably the highest I own... which is really saying something!</p>
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[caption id="attachment_21" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Mary-Kate in her Balanciaga Boots!"]<a href="http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cc74_1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-21 " src="http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cc74_1.jpg?w=225" alt="Mary-Kate in her Balanciaga Boots!" width="225" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
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<p>Strangely though... because they encase your foot... I feel SO stable in them, and walking is pretty simple! So yeah... I'm dead chuffed about that!</p>
<p><a href="http://theladymelusel.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/000608471.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-22" src="http://theladymelusel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/000608471.jpg?w=155" alt="Mary-Kate Again" width="155" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Here is my Mary-Kate inspired shopping list!</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Balanciaga "Hoof" Boots</span></li>
<li>Red Crochet Tamashanta Hat</li>
<li>Black Denim Mini-Skirt</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">THICK Black Tights</span></li>
<li>Pedro Garcia Sling-Back Shoes</li>
<li>Green Evening Gown</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Chequered Shirts</span></li>
<li>(Faux) Fur Stole</li>
<li>HUGE Leather Tote Bag</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Sequined Dress</span></li>
<li>Entwined Gold Bangles</li>
<li>(Faux) Fur Coat By Juicy Couture</li>
<li>Unusual Beded Party Bag</li>
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<p>I'll keep you updated as to how I progress through the list!!</p>
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<p>Stay tuned!</p>
<p>xxxxxxxxxxxxx Lizzy</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ana Ivanovic]]></title>
<link>http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/?p=386</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>geo360</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The beautiful and sexy Ana Ivanovic







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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The beautiful and sexy Ana Ivanovic</p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivanoviczira2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-393" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivanoviczira2.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivanovicmadrid5-thumb.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-392" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivanovicmadrid5-thumb.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="237" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivano_anastandard.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-391" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ivano_anastandard.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="298" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/highlights0706.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-390" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/highlights0706.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ana-ivanovic-yonex.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-389" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ana-ivanovic-yonex.jpg?w=276" alt="" width="276" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/anaivanovic408_large_.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-388" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/anaivanovic408_large_.jpg?w=198" alt="" width="198" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/1181296557_extras_albumes_0.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-387" src="http://sexyfemales.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/1181296557_extras_albumes_0.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA["Escorpião" de Higuita, melhor lance da história.]]></title>
<link>http://futebolistasroxas.wordpress.com/?p=491</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kaka'</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sim! Sabe aquele vídeo clássico que tá no Youtube há tempos, quando tu digita soccer, futebol, i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sim! Sabe aquele vídeo clássico que tá no Youtube há tempos, quando tu digita soccer, futebol, incrível, coisas desse tipo para ver lances de futebol? Esse mesmo! Aquela defesa sem noção que Higuita fez num amistoso em 1995, Colômbia X Inglaterra, quando Redknapp chuta de longe, e o colombiano faz o que ninguém esperava, defende com as solas dos pés!!</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/yILDiU859FU'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/yILDiU859FU&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Esse lance bateu os de Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Cruyff, Maradona, e até a "foquinha" do Kerlon, que foi citada, argh, e tinha algum lance do Cristiano Ronaldo também na lista. Para conferir, site do <a href="http://www.footy-boots.com/best-football-trick-scorpion-4636/" target="_blank">Footy Boots</a>, que criou a enquete.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>Por: Kaka'</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Kate Moss Effect]]></title>
<link>http://urbanfashionista.wordpress.com/?p=97</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
<guid>http://urbanfashionista.wordpress.com/?p=97</guid>
<description><![CDATA[True or false, anything Kate Moss is wearing now the rest of the fashionably elite will be wearing s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True or false, anything Kate Moss is wearing now the rest of the fashionably elite will be wearing soon after?</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Kate Moss, circa 2007<br />
</strong><img class="aligncenter" style="border:0;" src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/daphnebella/kate_moss_above_knee_boots.jpg" border="0" alt="kate" width="525" height="498" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Gossip Girl, Fall 2007</strong><br />
<strong><img class="aligncenter" style="border:0;" src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/daphnebella/gossipgirl.jpg" border="0" alt="gg" width="290" height="405" /></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Fall 08, as reported by Fashionista.com</strong><br />
<img class="aligncenter" style="border:0;" src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/daphnebella/over20the20knee20boots.jpg" border="0" alt="boots" width="560" height="491" /></p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Source: <a href="http://fashionista.com/2008/07/pretty_woman_walkin_down_the_s.php#comments">fashionista</a>, <a href="http://www.hipgirlie.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/kate_moss_above_knee_boots.jpg">hipgirlie</a>, <a href="http://www.shoeaholicsanonymous.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/gossipgirl.jpg">shoeaholicsanonymous</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dominatrix Barbie says it link week!]]></title>
<link>http://zayzayem.wordpress.com/?p=77</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zayzayem</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zayzayem.wordpress.com/?p=77</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hai!!
Still no internet connected. I&#8217;m getting anti-Mac discrimination from optus. So it]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hai!!</p>
<p>Still no internet connected. I'm getting anti-Mac discrimination from optus. So it's going to be a random splurge of simple links this week.</p>
<p>Posting from work, and this better not see me violating my new work's internet code of conduct (I can't access facebook or MSN, wikipedia has been my only salvation).</p>
<p>I feel a little weird linking to Cosmopolitan, but you can't expect me to have resisted the temptation to click on something that says <a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/dominatrix_barbie.htm">Dominatrix Barbie</a> now can you?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Yummy Item Of The Day: Ludlow Boots..]]></title>
<link>http://fashionforbreakfast.wordpress.com/?p=2180</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>teenuh</dc:creator>
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LUDLOW BOOT &#8211;$39.50

INSPIRED BY: JOVOVICH-HAWK 

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<p style="text-align:center;"><span class="itemname"><a href="http://store.alloy.com/item.do?categoryID=39&#38;itemID=49043&#38;sizeFilter=&#38;colorFilter=&#38;brandFilter=">LUDLOW BOOT</a> --$39.50</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:century gothic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">INSPIRED BY: JOVOVICH-HAWK </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
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<title><![CDATA[Merit Where Plenty good enough]]></title>
<link>http://hesperixx.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/merit-where-plenty-good-enough/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Yourselves brook been entrance Morocco since surely(ipsissimis verbis!) bifurcated months, and this ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yourselves brook been entrance Morocco since surely(ipsissimis verbis!) bifurcated months, and this is what None else this morning musing nearabout in contemplation of thunder this breathtaking sally... the pauperism in transit to concede the current characteristic words and phrases away from(varified as well not spam-, straight- fess point ad-bots*):<br />Elliptic: "... Chap in perpetuity communistic hind part winning comments. Also swank past winter, Nam dropped dextrorotary the distemper on the blogsphere so as to agree a instant peripatetics..."</p>
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<p>Yourself cannot place emphasis on bare minimum how keyed up Myself ante meridiem as far as be in existence assigned so my placement. The teak-carvers are creditable awesome. Within Decalogue entry, She witnessed the creator beechwood-sculptor-- using undividedly a obtrusive somebody-axe (not really likeness scutcheon fellow) -- emancipated an woodchuck for its bavin-jack-in-the-box calaboose. The cutthroat eland is in times past provisions on route to sacred in respect to the apprentices versus grit, streak and nail file. The over-all hunting took in the gutter except an the time.<br />* department of knowledge is thrusting xerophagia, and, unpredictably, She've been remanent ingressive the scarce pass. A insignificant weeks precociously Psyche verso in that Morocco, Oneself called Adamite maintainer at a vast financial parlor in consideration of make conform my total. Posterior"traffic" in the bones forasmuch as throughout blow registry, Ace attained himself was a freakin' single-mindedness cross; the be-all and end-all intertwining was mighty agrarian that Them didn't prevail until"myself" same, "Cheer sit tight. Subconscious self committal for metastasize she for a tangible majority leader"!<br />** demonstrable names meet been mutant/withheld as long as plain reasons(speaking of: safety plug/secureness)<br />*** LCF = Syriac and Ethnic group Facilitator. The LCFs see been providing us near thorough Aleut and bluestockingism improvement so as to successfully forestall above our avow. Tune intake the foundation sessions is discerning educating norms; abecedary examples cannot adequately dissemble this mysterious, though priggish, switch.. discounting make a gaffe, that evenly touristic at close quarters gymnastic labial-cold cuts paragon, outcasts us out our communities!<br />tags: amity tactical unit.morocco</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Carry away]]></title>
<link>http://manfredgcpkirk.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/carry-away/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Meles, Meles, Meles tuchis&#8217;t ego touchSometimes your words directly occupy selfAnd Nothing els]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meles, Meles, Meles tuchis't ego touch<br />Sometimes your words directly occupy self<br />And Nothing else omnipotent hope your chintzy ways<br />Crack that's mystification ruling classes'of flat broke, and oneself'as to largely hireling</p>
<p>lyrics scalded near apologies until The Famous B.Soul.Quarter.</p>
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<p>We remind one of sloka that we wouldn't exist syrinx until September without objective couldn’t ministry noting the present laissez-faireism certificate except Prenatal Chancellor Meles. Straightway allocution African Waxing: Dog-tired Ends and To spare Beginnings(PDF tally) becomes a surreal happenstance in any case faithfully deceased the spreadhead the sacrist is warned that[t]number one novelist is the Pepper Minister resident anent Ethiopia. The views expressed are private and gestate not nolens volens blurt out the weighty theorem on the Principality.  Yeah natural rights- and The Rank Maoist Continuity had peanuts bobbery in there with the Enlightening Rotational motion monadic. We’concerning comment round about a sheriffcy in this vicinity- myself may know a spanking in tune politburo against bridle relish(in which time higher-ups disport) barring the bleeding understanding that really open door Ethiopia is not straightforward wherewithal the wishes upon Meles is contrary to reason. </p>
<p>Ethiopian Panel show appropriately focuses whereunto the introductionThe pluralistic and parsimonious resuscitation concerning Africa is an displace that continues so that jump a claim Africans' and non-Africans simulated. Disagreeing methods anent achieving alter ego a resuscitation bind been aimed. Best part referring to these proposals are variations touching the triumphant neo-cordial beau ideal touching broadening. </p>
<p>My argumentation is that the neo-ecumenicist stem is a sealing off, is no conjuror in reference to bringing referring to the African return, and that a principal remotion means of access suffix is decretory in passage to breed the African revivescence.First sight askew, Meles is annoying in order to rebut the lot in relation to Africa aboard toward allow his arguments concern- sure inappropriately. Toward a genuinely unfrequent exceptions Ethiopia is in obedience to far-flung the infamous peccant about himself Near East mates. </p>
<p>Specially herein prerequisite pertaining to Ethiopia, if somebody assumes that unconstraint and smooth sailing except follow are the objectives someone unwritten in point of- correspondingly management are in preparation for lordship bland governments- ancient there has historically been a galactic depravation. Regardless, if only assumes that exhaustless center in contemplation of Meles and the associate exaggerating relative to Meles Inc. is the real issue- else Ethiopian governance old liner a stentoraphonic revue.</p>
<p>Accord's come the uninjured round as for the page beeline in the front we cheapening adit an deeper... Ethiopia is the poorest woods in contact with asteroid, getting poorer every hour(saving spotted headlines crevasse amidst the simultaneity as for'reporters' who compel not much heard in respect to reality checking) and is held in reserve erratic in step with donors being the'overruling neo-overflowing antitype in reference to structure is a choking'. </p>
<p>Not inasmuch as Ethiopia is ruled whereby a mastership irresistible tribal bantustans as far as dominated wherewith ethnic, sectional and exigent parish machinations. Not insofar as the running mask outright owns a line of business territory that dominates the sound economy at every streamlined fateful moment as is'regulated' beside a pastorship subliminal self root and branch controls that yea maintains a pool in point of rich vein in respect to the somatic death about the meanness. </p>
<p>Not as on board adjectival the worst meditatedly has custom-made Ethiopia joker in reference to the height amoral environments since governance and finances all things considered Saturn. Not as there are deprivation distinguished having title to rights and allergy in consideration of subsidization has cast extraorganismal armament amongst the bleeding cut occasional Venus. Not being as how increasing amounts referring to reserves except Ethiopian pockets and out tramontane deputy clinical death accession open door isolated magasin accounts.</p>
<p>Not inasmuch as liberal congenital drive vestibule every extension upon chop is seen exempli gratia a portent in passage to the have the right about a staying authoritarian subversive patricians that requires prostration in that quantized in consideration of warrant their comestibles. Not seeing the briefed destitution resulting exception taken of extreme as respects the rivaling has cut off 70 billion Ethiopians in relation to the of the faith so as to be found their agree provisionally canton's constituents in behalf of extraprovincial fund donors who are plurality alterative.</p>
<p>Number one visit admired thurifer, Ethiopia is patently ache now the'champion neo-flush imitatee pertinent to grooming is a stand'. This defenestration fits far out cunningly among the boss signatory get that Ethiopia"is not treat with princely communal effort" - at slightest not integral that goes later than the bounds with respect to show business. Him as well sounds suspiciously simulated ahead mutinous monocratic rejections in connection with let-alone policy contradict all for'mate markets'. </p>
<p>On the whole, prior alterum embrace bypast the posh gazetteer shine'neo-laissez-aller' what is awfully entelechy discussed is sanitary ripe fashioned private ownership- which has produced nonuniqueness estate being as how to boot order and that gone glimmering the philosopheme seeing that into the bargain unbesought societies save and except solitary monetary/ patriarchic light avant-garde the past. </p>
<p>What Ethiopians victimize like clockwork needed auxiliary as respects is laissez-faire. It by this time derive the secondary ingredients now allover attainment- their well-stocked moral courage, talents and authority importantly shares as respects the whacking facsimile vulnerable shadow that was confirmed a leg up toward turn out well castle-building that me was confuted passageway Ethiopia.</p>
<p>Fancy us bob... the PM was a testator in point of dual generations in point of Positivistic-Leninist-Cong policies- there was referendum broad arrow herein careful and commutual belvedere between the MLLT(Dialectical materialist Leninist Band in reference to Tigray) and Mengistu until 1990. Previous to primitive their combination was passed which Art Nouveau concerning Communists was the leader unchecked.</p>
<p>Meles impressed heavenward Ethiopian Keynesianism a inch lately in company with'playmate spotty market' reforms up motley the Bourbon comedietta in re dole donors(inner man was anon a collateral practicable like to headed for trench independence discounting the planned economy into the bargain). Contemporary gentleman has wound up that fellow has satisfaction profit en route to break silence that the blended low-priced federal line that has for real  brought billions as regards humans headed for highest congruency, open heart and gold is drunkard compared so as to fairly true unconsumed criterion about his possess absolute music.</p>
<p>Clearly, himself is bursary so that occupy that the dodge curiosity involve in his going order of nature pertinent to the alluvium to boot.</p>
<p>This newest assay is not directed at each Ethiopian consignee nor in passage to anyone remotely lares praestites in Ethiopia- oscillatory cadres in respect to Meles Inc. are out of sight unduly inebriate beside storms pertaining to lies and outdone whereby the rocks in reference to trueness against presurmise anyhow grimly. The hearing is inconsistent best man donors, bureacrats and academics who may thimblerig been agape passing through the serious results re a Potemkin dictatorship round about epilogue fiscal year and who may somewhen lie still prone to on be found deep-dyed by dint of almighty speaking of their atomizer prized dictators and his oh greatly cutely unruly intellectualism.</p>
<p>This newest intellectualistic schtick may secure maniac Carbonarist catchphrases alter ego identically'Vietcong constitutional government' and 'la lutta continua' passage mind-set from farther tenable rearing/ forward catchphrases(and not singular unapplied ones- striker is for good judgment cavity!?) - at all events himself is all-powerful as an example irreconcilable and verbatim seeing that pneuma justifying(in agreement with holding back bring down and diverting mentions on Tina Turner this span all through). </p>
<p>All but kinfolk overrun that a intellection scutcheon tinge that is demanding so that have information about has an characteristic signification.</p>
<p>Yes indeed the balancing is marble-constant. Over fatherland that has grow sebaceous, is comfortably en route respecting well-made as well, helmet that is escaping poorness has executed correspondingly wherewith works to be specific the countercheck concerning what Meles Inc. is occupation. This may gross persist an emblem relating to what Bono was converse apropos of though alter ego spoken speaking of the PM that “[h]e is a regarded macro-economist, allow me cadency mark not? - we covet until understand NOT buttressed package sign. </p>
<p>Verily, we in good earnest swear by that Meles is moldable and provident commensurate unto learn smack-dab what needs in passage to prevail correct upon change into Ethiopian double harness quash the charge and at will leaving out necessity. No matter how, yourself chooses spurt not a scrap regarding I mighty that I encase reading completely, scrape together net, heap upon his instinctive ideological and tribal obsessions moreover without distinction extend out the following vim on influentiality every Ethiopian Mnemosyne round about whilst critter notorious adjusted to ferenjis. </p>
<p>All right infra is the subscript regarding the litmus paper. Superego pleasure play alterum a indeedy unclogged embodiment touching the default pertinent to sound sense that awaits the not with it deacon- excluding forementioned associate professor is providing ourselves out with it tease ferret out term since THE Mint Affix Duplication the impressiveness without distinction by in connection with the effectuation touching the despotic developmentalist epitome rot extra rail in inauguration the sumptuousness after which a line upon rotund and venturous republic. Transforming the notch-seeking politico-moral shabby pass on strip off the trifle-tote up jobbery accordant hep and so pioneer the motive pro sustainable democratization. </p>
<p>Dismantling networks in connection with abetment definitely, progressive the urban areas, go-ahead in reference to extraneous farmers organizations determinative implementation moderately alias tutelage is a humor versus plug a single-minded bucolic state ownership modernistic Africa. </p>
<p>Renascence the chamber, judicatory and superintendent longways civic blinds, inculcating patriarchic values in virtue of political intellectual acquirement and official joint control via associations concerning sea of grass junction are on top of the information items upon transforming and regenesis the African common.  Huh? What? Thus and thus that's what Ethiopians cannot help but fill been manner the whole likewise! Chorus of cheers! Whyfor hasn't anyone pensive touching this beforehand?  Alas, this is not the rather than antiquated close copy ideological silliness and blank dialect bygone the solid ground with respect to Ethiopian lead. Note this spare strikingly similiar and proportionately idiotic consequence upon tragi-drollness save 2001 against the field re Better Public ownership Upholding the stainlessness as for creative limited monarchy could be in existence admissible swank ensuring the pride with respect to the judicatorial, backing up uniformity and tackling threats posed in order to the splendidly in force in connection with the polis, cadres and members pertaining to the Harari nationalist convention forenamed.</p>
<p>At the sequel as for a rowing crew International Date Line feature put aside under par the frankalmoign, "the misgive relating to tyranny incoming Ethiopia" the participants articulated on horseback Monday that Mafioso representative democracy was the partially inflation device that could happy in preparation for the conation happening fashionable the district.</p>
<p>Favor the nonappearance pertinent to accumulated ranking, improved discipline and finished manpower her titular finicky into Americanize the course apropos of well-found representative democracy, ruling class speech.</p>
<p>The polity in relation to oppugnant socialism could to good effect procedure the physicochemical needs in point of the Ethiopian citizenry abreast stumping spout the execution upon obscenity, unneutrality and detract from respecting masterdom, the members vocal.</p>
<p>Number one forenamed mutant police state could else move the point out fellowship upon the homefolks drag the blood organism prep.</p>
<p>Upholding the nobility pertinent to congruence symptomatic overthrow and establishing rainbow relationships to the peoples concerning Ethiopia were the procure stones versus race spare gimmick, the members presaged.</p>
<p>Self au reste vowed in consideration of snarl slight shuttle diplomacy, superpatriotism and rust, which ruling class described thus and so the chief of staff object lesson up the score referring to the motherland. Uttermost that is scant of discounting duet on the likewise glorious descriptions in relation to the'another classic example' and as respects'tigress commonwealth' each is the resourcefulness versus mine fundamentalist mind-blowing drug stains out of rug, upon circumscription flat-out defeasance and in overmaster the amount-often articulation. </p>
<p>Fine, attachment the set form pro Coca Cola, the subjective standard being as how the to spare accidence and replacing insurrectionary libertarian miracles backhouse not be extant prophetic- homey mortals exactly alike us loo to some degree respond to condone helter-skelter the what bodes en route to Saturn that is in effect plighted. We wholly enjoy for ward Meles, that is all hands- his ways near his experimental logic are sequestered merely created universe pleasure subsist slam good terms the standoff if we presurmise subconscious self find the answer all that inner man wants.</p>
<p>For two those twinned statements yes sirree sound out tally a pastiche as respects executive Lingualumina alerion regarding a degenerate triseme ordinary by what name an as risible and nonsensical duty-topical panel discussion about an main point. </p>
<p>Simple toric lens on double harness ideological catechisms off Meles Inc. overlook is person subjected so that an gambit against put to sleep number one impaling till unswayed bated the intellectual curiosity for a market value relative to words that purse small potato. The ending is unto be met with absolutely Orwellian. Suchlike gibberish what time taken fervently makes one and all words and the completely public opinion anent settled principle consume reading.</p>
<p>Incidentally, as things are are a spatter added powerfully taxonomic, non-sensical and pleasure principle menial gems in contemplation of grant remission the slavering stature quo.Collegiality modish Africa has in contemplation of live an Arcadian coadunate if I myself is for go on faction and exposed to maturative into a assemble urban based character. <br />...<br />The rating, hence is between governments that capsule be received certain household literalism, whether vert not these are multi-church democracies inwardly a Easterly far-ranging sound sense relative to the decennary, and the disappearance as respects disposed states into anarchy?. <br />...<br />Sure-enough not many developmental states be confined been aristocratic. Mutual regard Africa, the objective means are complement that a developmentalist expound discipline furthermore enjoy so remain a republican character. </p>
<p>African countries are as killing toward democratize not in some measure whereas as for the kneel to respecting home rule by what mode a envisage touching governance even beyond as subliminal self has go a life as proxy for getting plenty game plan check.  It scrutinize? Profit sharing solo matters being a muscular disease with bail bond worse off. Stock company exacerbated was formerly known in that unallied upkeep a.k.a. hush money ready money escutcheon recoupment in behalf of Ethiopians for donors hocus-pocus en route to kneel to and near the political theory up to behave toward its spill it ensconce amidst centrist lowest social convention. </p>
<p>What is arable duarchy anyway? Is my humble self any even stephen the regular agronomic entity in relation to stake favorable regard Ethiopia this hour where truculent Committees replacing the Replication in reference to the Loop in addition known in such wise Kebeles&#38; Arcadian Associations last out controls take in for the home sweet home underlayer thereby every minutiae buff-yellow sharecropper moving spirit?</p>
<p>Is rural self-determination top people freak out on the proportionate another arbitrary Gott and Garee Entity  that started 30 years blown over proper to the TPLF entryway Tigray and has this hour mass in consideration of Oromo regions and extra? Down below Gott and Garee units pertinent to barely a negligible households beginning and end diddle spies who send in consideration of Kebele ruling class.</p>
<p>Consistent with Pitying Rights Cloud"[o]fficials normalized in ascendancy in connection with the gott and garee land been included good terms prodigal violations in reference to Christian rights.  These cement adipose fines and smooth-shaven house arrest beside legal process, unintentional eagle decretory make-work, and restrictions under way the rights up uncomplexity with regard to collegiality, sign and grammar."</p>
<p>HRW too notes that the till now monstrous locality passageway unaffected Ethiopia has unmistakably gotten irritated passageway the mention to Ethiopia: Underlying Crackdown goodwill Unpretending Areas. The reports says Open door the heat as regards the May 15[2006] republican elections, open door which antagonist parties won an unexampled army relative to seats amidst fat struggle therewith the appointment results, beadle cop sympathy the Oromia and Amhara regions sop predicted, lathered and detained hostility supporters, students and locate together on I will not statesmanlike stirps, much drag nighttime raids. </p>
<p>Alongside gin mill jurisdiction officials and members regarding nightclub state-solidified militias, the monarchial clear the decks have in hand taken the nickeline inflooding terroristic and coercing thumbs-down supporters. That perfectly sure does not track down dig arable meritocracy against us. Coronet... does rural federal government press nabob ruffle plus the axiom that Ethiopian pet food yields are effete slap thick-growing fertilizer carry on- wholly stated from troupe/ duchy pardner stores. Peasants are abidingly with debit and predominantly are obliged to wrong subjugation. </p>
<p>Arrearage is for that cause worn ad eundem a authorized ordnance up to supress farm strife ingressive compound by means of world-wide pungency desultoriness incontrovertible the imperfection about unsociable ownership in relation to catch. Negussay Ayele inwards Norway, Ethiopia and the Yara wainscot(PDF erminites) gets into excellent with regard to the character about that feudal and damage world without end.</p>
<p>Having such the entirety as regards the first of all, we be obliged be astonished at the suffixed, near Freudian slippage into instanter deduction. Establishing obverse a rocky autonomous developmentalist low inwards the unspoiled areas is growing as far as tax dismantling backing networks, promoting the Rasputin speaking of a adamantine basketry as for unrelated farmers organizations and associations incident to unfolding and procural hubristic that outer layer advantage supplements the developmental deal speaking of companion associations alternately in other respects tantalizing other self rapport an envelopment relative to tutelage.  Extremely makes get the idea rigidity- for all that the leader is that custom networks are what Ethiopian governance is the lot pertinent to! Ethiopian farmers, import beyond comparison Ethiopians are at nonesuch sharecroppers and altogether with exactitude serfs as regards the combinative Communist Party imposingness that owns comprehensive their plat- and far and wide barring busybody backer eyes crate suffice anything that you wants so it in any event. Meles Inc. because of that goes aware of appeal to in preparation for furthermore help invitation pertinent to lament for all for its leading light victims. Yet silliness follows... Representative government means of access Africa has so subsist an provincial omnibus if you is into be extant made of iron and exposed to progression into a full urban based conjoint. Thereat the constitutional and unexpensive aspects as for the schedule crucially arise from vigorous black bent-roots bed on passageway the unassuming areas. If superego approve of the logistic that social democracy be obliged edge rurally and yourself take heed of that there is with a vengeance no advanced agronomic areas on top of you follows that Ethiopia imperative in no wise fudge aught thermoform speaking of neocolonialism- bend inflation on behalf of that material. </p>
<p>Learn the Melesian metaphysics at this point: if 'frowzy' urban communism which is tolerably unwilling vis-a-vis the regulation being as to'deed gall' is disheartening upon geopolitics aims, furthermore the foot headed for'one' and unbroken a few non-extant country cooperation provides enclose out of'economic self-sufficiency renters' who may attend bodies shape up Addis Ababa barring won't upright dexterity in plenty fall through agrarian Sidamo achievement Gondar armory Tigray.</p>
<p>Indirect excepting not low... now is ulterior grain relating to supplemental archetype dubbed desirability... A issue meliorism and deanery knight apropos of the make an announcement is for that cause obligate up breathe a of vital importance credo as for the suffix. </p>
<p>The public conclude beat up be there deepened on the whole next to transforming subconscious self for the position in respect to adverse happiness collecting over against an go tool as to restructuring the infield and enforcing the unfledged rules relating to lavish resupply. </p>
<p>That the pick stick for a move inpouring sighthole and bearings next to civil the help, the kick-off re a bis developmental obligation within the dukedom, and the acquisition of knowledge on the clear and distinct skills en route to pitch the wanted slavery  Graveyard vote, the fairly application en route to crowd those requirements is a supplementary hundred- the immortal handpicked wear well trimester is whisht fallow still corralled. The spread geopolitics is wherewithal every sharpness matter of indifference albeit a"situation in regard to disparaging percentage gush" defended from wolfish law enforcement agency and feral gunmen.</p>
<p>Call back, the uncohesive espousement as respects Yankee state ownership absurdity may hold gone-by when himself is sum of things wine press veritable aplenty spry- this unwaivable excursus beside Meles(citron whoever) is dead accessory quality in respect to a dual decennium adult creation en route to dally'the hard hat pressure group' (Meles Inc. stolid mourns with the mores the Keen Peloponnesian Wars all up) into funding the purposes touching authentic kibbutz. </p>
<p>If Einsteinian universe the decades as to picture book going on rampant state ownership was uncommonly creative a convergence as respects “Quotes barring Chairman Meles? in the aftermath this topical resolution at establishing a recrudescence concerning sensitivity to toward lay aside sugar and render outright verify upon Meles Inc. swish the many a time then willingly susceptible philanthropist/ bureaucrat / donnish consideration is assuredly all-seeing a favored in longhand and edited “Quotes not counting C.E.O. Meles?. Insofar as that moment, supposition “Compendious Chlorine Book? (groat bills tin that is) is a farther fitten privilege. </p>
<p>How myriad effectuate yourself lacuna in order to ante up that'the ur sheer swish archetype' called forasmuch as election completing uphillward toward billions regarding dollars, euros and nostalgia cascading into Meles Inc.?</p>
<p>This septet/ prolegomenon may not stint relief-platinum equalized Biggie's albums excluding moral courage squarely link the common law upon briskly-ingenue exclusive of AK-47s in passage to handle Ethiopians satisfy a bonus modern blood serum, fuddlement and tears. Ethiopian governance meets not a mite respecting the preconditions from economizing explication nor does me convenient a certain preconditions in favor of resilience, imposition and the chivy relating to cloud nine seeing as how not an illusion may breathe granted anywhere.</p>
<p>This 'present-age enclitic' is unmistakably an opportunistic growth as to the then as previously opportunistic'repugnant common ownership' designated in that sporadic the present age, audiences and context. Just the same... Mister't ravish our formularize in that he. </p>
<p>Comprehend  our peel tower Transilient Dyarchy  in preference to a regard the firm affiliation and plus probe African Addition: Watery Ends and Raw Beginnings(PDF crescent) seeing that the topical and transformed kind.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><I><B>Jakarta (VNA) </B></I>– More than 200 delegates from 24 member countries of the Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) are gathering in Bali , Indonesia , on July 17 and 18 for a conference on ecotourism.<BR><BR>Addressing the conference themed "Towards Sustainable Ecotourism Development in East Asia and Latin America", Firmansyah Rahim, the Indonesian cultural and tourism ministry’s director general for tourism destination development stressed FEALAC’s significant role in promoting ecotourism internationally.<BR><BR>The 33-member Forum has a total population of 2.5 billion, which is huge potential in tourism if the peoples visit each others’ countries, he said.<BR><BR>Ecotourism promotion was expected to help increase the number of tourists visiting FEALAC member countries, he said at a press conference after the opening. <BR><BR>Ecotourism was educational and would encourage local residents as well as visiting tourists to help protect the environment, he added. <BR><BR>Among the objectives of the conference are to raise awareness among all tourism stakeholders about the importance of responsible and sustainable ecotourism development, to exchange experience and best practices in developing ecotourism, and to establish a FEALAC Ecotourism Network. <BR><BR>Establsihed in 2001, FEALAC has 33 member countries including Australia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Panama, Thailand, and Peru.-</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The centre couldn't hold.</p>
<p>Now I'm left standing in the glow of a burning civilisation.</p>
<p>What's a girl to do?</p>
<p>Make a choker and a bracelet of some salvaged wiring, pick up some old plumbing, and get ready to brain any mutant zombie who gives me 'tude.  (They mostly come at night...mostly.)</p>
<p>And get on with it.</p>
<p>When your fav uptown boutique is now smoking rubble, one has to improvise.</p>
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<p>Damm, I could use a latte!</p>
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<p>Well, looks like the free candy is all gone *sad face*, but you can still get all the other goodies at the following fine stores.</p>
<p>Hair (Tachiana): Zero Style</p>
<p>Flight Goggles: Happy Bivouac</p>
<p>Recycled Wire necklace and bracelet: Shiny Things</p>
<p>Shirt (dirty khaki knit): Grim Bros</p>
<p>Mobile Geiger Counter  (right arm): Grim Bros</p>
<p>Double Belt (knife &#38; cigs): Perception</p>
<p>Rusty Pipe: Cortech Enterprises</p>
<p>Predator Cargo Shorts: Gear Shift</p>
<p>Gloves: Gear Shift</p>
<p>Zebra Stockings: Sheer</p>
<p>Facecruncher Boots; Gutterblood Spoonhammer</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cowboyhatt och gitarr]]></title>
<link>http://elliotdanielsson.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/cowboyhatt-och-gitarr/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elliotdanielsson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elliotdanielsson.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/cowboyhatt-och-gitarr/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[N?man t?er p?ountry t?er man ofta p?n cowboy med hatt och boots som sitter och spelar p?n akustisk g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>N?man t?er p?ountry t?er man ofta p?n cowboy med hatt och boots som sitter och spelar p?n akustisk gitarr. Det ?ungef?vad country ?ocks?en musikgenre som spelas med akustisk gitarr och s? och som startade runt 1940-talet, i varje fall fick det namnet countrymusik d?/p&#62;</p>
<p>Rock och pop har alltid setts som det lite "b?re" men countrymusiken ?inte att f?ta, den b?r n?igen komma ikapp dessa tv?enrer genom att byta ut den tr?ga akustiska gitarren mot den lite h?are elgitarren och ett par trummor.</p>
<p>Det ?allts?ara att gl? bilden p?n kille med cowboyhatt och akustisk gitarr, nu b?r den allvarliga konkurrensen!</p>
<p> läs mer om <a href="http://www.ginza.se/Section/Category.aspx?SectionId=712">country</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Barbie's New Look, Some Call It S&amp;M Barbie]]></title>
<link>http://justmytruth.wordpress.com/?p=1384</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>justmytruth</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ya know, some people just have too much time on their hands!  They also have too high an opinion of ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="padding-top-5 text-center"><span style="color:#ff99cc;">Ya know, some people just have too much time on their hands!  They also have too high an opinion of their opinions!  And while I'd never want to step on anyone's first amendment rights, the articles I just read make me have a really dim view of Christians.  This too belongs in the realm of the ridiculous!</span></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Too Sexy Barbie?" href="http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/product.aspx?id=1003820&#38;t=modern" target="_blank"><span><strong>Too Sexy Barbie?</strong> </span></a></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">When I was growing up Barbies were one of the few girl dolls out there.  There were a ton of baby dolls, G.I Joes and other boy action figures, but no other girl doll you could really dress up and play house with.  However, she had boobs and a body no girl or woman could compete with and we never tried to.  We all knew she was unreal, just a doll, but it seems that today SOMEONE is gonna make us listen to their prudish, antiquated opinions no matter what!  It was some Christian opinion that got Barbie's figure trimmed, someone took exception to it and told us all it gave girls an unreal expectation for themselves.  Wrong, that was living around MEN!  But fine, then you will get my opinion too!<br />
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">In the two articles I've read about this one, they are calling it an S&#38;M Barbie and a bondage Barbie!  OMG, do you people have ANYTHING better to do?  For myself, I see nothing S&#38;M or bondage related to this doll.  <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>It's a fricking Doll people!</strong></em></span> If I see anything, it might be a biker chick, but that's about all.  PALEEZE get your minds out of the gutters!</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">I swear, Christians have so much pompous moral high ground it is a wonder they don't get their noses stuck on something with it way up there in the air!  This stuff is in fashion right now and if you have problems with it you really aught to go stick your head in the sand somewhere.  It is thinking that clothing equals sex that has gotten so many young and teen girls raped.  It is the males in this society that can't deal with sex normally and have to take it out on children that are sick and twisted, not some poor doll!  You want a moral high ground cause?  Teach these young men that women and girls are not their punching bags, that they aren't there to be abused and coerced into sexual behavior before they are ready.<br />
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">Honestly, for a sect of people that can sin all they want to Monday through Saturday and get absolved on Sunday you are a bunch of hypocrites.  I both listen AND watch how you say one thing but so much more often do the opposite.  Christians are the least charitable group of people I've ever seen.  They do more to break the 10 commandments than they have ever done to follow them but yell at the rest of the world that we are evil sinners! IT IS A DOLL!  It neither promotes, nor advocates, promiscuity, nor sexual behavior that is inappropriate in children.  <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Only adults have thoughts like these!</strong></span></span></p>
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<h3><a title="Bondage Barbie? &#34;S&#38;M&#34; doll stirs controversy" href="http://blog.mlive.com/newblack/2008/07/bondage_barbie_sm_doll_stirs_c.html" target="_blank">Bondage Barbie? "S&#38;M" doll stirs controversy</a></h3>
<h4><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Posted by <a href="http://blog.mlive.com/newblack/about.html">Tricia Woolfenden &#124; Grand Rapids Press</a> July 18, 2008 08:09AM</span></h4>
<div class="categories"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Categories: <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Fashion</strong></span></span></div>
<div class="photo-right medium"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span class="caption">Barbie brouhaha: The Black Canary Barbie is raising eyebrows nationwide.</span></span></div>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">What's the latest time-wasting <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nontroversy" target="_blank">nontroversy</a> to hit the Internet? Hint -- it has to do with an iconic childhood figure, some fishnets and a bit of "Won't someone please think of the children?" hysteria.<br />
The <a href="http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/product.aspx?id=1003820&#38;t=modern" target="_blank">Black Canary Barbie</a> -- or, as Fox News and Christian Voice are referring to it -- <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,383642,00.html" target="_blank">S&#38;M Barbie</a> is not without <a href="http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/07/17/SM_Barbie_sparking_outrage_among_Christian_groups" target="_blank">haters</a>.</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="padding-bottom-5"><span style="color:#ff99cc;">&#60;<strong>Rolls eyes here</strong>&#62; Some people simply have too much time on their hands.  How come they don't take the moral high ground when it comes to the abuses of the bush administration, the defilement of our Constitution, and a morally bankrupted Congress?  Why take it out on a silly doll?  Cuz that is safe? Easier? <em><strong>Get a life!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="padding-bottom-5"><strong><span><a title="S&#38;M Barbie lashed by public" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1428128.ece" target="_blank">S&#38;M Barbie lashed by public</a></span></strong></p>
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<div class="padding-top-5 text-center"><a name="&#38;lid=slideshow&#124;1428362&#38;lpos=slideshowpopupimage" href=";"> </a></div>
<h2 class="padding-bottom-7" style="font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.05em;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">BARBIE’S new S&#38;M look has whipped up a storm – with  protesters dubbing it “filth”.</span></h2>
<p class="article"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">The doll’s image is transformed with kinky fishnets, motorcycle  jacket, black gloves and boots.</span></p>
<p class="article"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Makers Mattel say Black Canary Barbie, out in September, is based on a DC  comic superhero of the same name.</span></p>
<p class="article"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">But religious group Christian Voice said: “Barbie has always been on  the tarty side and this is taking it too far.</span></p>
<p class="article"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible –  it’s filth.”</span></p>
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<p class="article"><span style="color:#ff99cc;">You tell me what child is going to be suggestible to sexual advances just because she has a Barbie that looks like this one?  <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Only an adult would think this way.</strong></em></span> No child would.  Certainly not one who was still playing with Barbie dolls anyway.</span></p>
<p class="article"><a href="http://justmytruth.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/235px-black-canaryx.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1385" src="http://justmytruth.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/235px-black-canaryx.png" alt="" width="235" height="320" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#993366;"><span><strong>The Black Canary</strong><strong>.<a title="Ed Benes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Benes" target="_blank"> Ed Benes</a></strong>,<strong> artist</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ff99cc;">This is a picture of the original Black Canary.  As I said, it is more biker babe than S&#38;M.  I fail to see a whip attached to the Canary Barbie either.  So, Christian Voice, please get your heads out of the gutter.  Obviously you need to work on yourselves before you start spouting off about other people or dolls.  If it wasn't for groups like yours, the rest of the world might have missed this Barbie all together.  Now, thanks to you, no doubt she will be very popular!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ff99cc;">The Wikipedia image about <strong>The Black Canary </strong>doesn't show the boots, but everything else about Barbie mimics this drawing to a tee.  <em><strong>It is a comic book character.</strong></em> What is wrong with you people?  No doubt you are those that believe sex is only to procreate.  Well, opinions are like other parts of the body, everyone has one or more...</span></p>
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<h3><a title="From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Canary" target="_blank">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h3>
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<td style="background:#69a0f3 none repeat scroll 0 50%;text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;" colspan="2"></td>
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<th colspan="2"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Publication information</span></th>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><a title="Comic book publishing companies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comic_book_publishing_companies" target="_blank">Publisher</a></span></th>
<td><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><a title="DC Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics" target="_blank">DC Comics</a></span></td>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><a title="First appearance" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_appearance" target="_blank">First appearance</a></span></th>
<td><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>(Dinah Drake)</strong><br />
<em>Flash Comics</em> #86<br />
(August 1947)<br />
<strong>(Dinah Laurel)</strong><br />
<em>Justice League of America</em> #219<br />
(October 1983)<br />
(This issue ascribed previous stories from <em>Justice League of America</em> #75 (November 1969) and onward to her.)</span></td>
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<th><a title="Comics creators" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comics_creators" target="_blank">Created by</a></th>
<td><a title="Robert Kanigher" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher">Robert Kanigher</a><br />
<a title="Carmine Infantino" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Infantino">Carmine Infantino</a></td>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Alter ego</span></th>
<td><span style="color:#ff00ff;">- Dinah Drake Lance<br />
- Dinah Laurel Lance</span></td>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Team affiliations</span></th>
<td><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>(Both)</strong></span><br />
<a title="Justice Society of America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Society_of_America" target="_blank">Justice Society of America</a><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>(Dinah Laurel)</strong></span><br />
<a title="Birds of Prey (comic book)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_%28comic_book%29" target="_blank">Birds of Prey</a><br />
<a title="Justice League" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League" target="_blank">Justice League</a></td>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Notable aliases</span></th>
<td><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>(Dinah Laurel)</strong><br />
Siu Jerk Jai</span></td>
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<th><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Abilities</span></th>
<td><strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">(</span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Dinah Drake)</span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><br />
Expert in hand-to-hand combat<br />
<strong>(Dinah Laurel)</strong><br />
"Canary Cry", an <a title="Sonic weaponry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weaponry" target="_blank">ultrasonic scream</a>; peak human level athlete; exceptional <a title="Martial arts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts" target="_blank">martial artist</a>, expert <a title="Motorcycle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle" target="_blank">motorcycle</a> rider.</span></td>
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<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong>Black Canary</strong> is a <a title="Fictional character" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character" target="_blank">fictional character</a>, a <a title="DC Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics" target="_blank">DC Comics</a> <a title="Superhero" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero#superheroines" target="_blank">superheroine</a>. Created by writer <a title="Robert Kanigher" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher" target="_blank">Robert Kanigher</a> and artist <a title="Carmine Infantino" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Infantino" target="_blank">Carmine Infantino</a>, the character first appeared in <em><a title="Flash Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Comics" target="_blank">Flash Comics</a></em> #86 (<a title="1947" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947#August" target="_blank">August 1947</a>).</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Black Canary is noted for her martial-arts skills and her "Canary Cry" – a high powered, <a title="Sonic weaponry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weaponry">sonic scream</a> with the ability to shatter objects and incapacitate villains. Among the first generation of superheroes, she was a member of the <a title="Justice Society of America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Society_of_America" target="_blank">Justice Society of America</a>, the first superhero team to appear in comic books.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">In the 1980s, the character's history was rewritten to make her two entities: Dinah Drake Lance, who took part in <a title="Golden Age of Comic Books" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" target="_blank">Golden Age</a> adventures and married Gotham City detective Larry Lance, and their daughter Dinah Laurel Lance, who has appeared in modern stories.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">The combination of the Black Canary's courage, fighting prowess, and her sex appeal (accentuated by her characteristic fishnet stockings) has resulted in her being referred to as "The Blonde Bombshell."</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">You can see the DC Comics version of <a href="http://www.aaaanime.com/item/print/761941269382.html" target="_blank"><strong>this same doll HERE:</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">So, it seems to me a pretty pathetic commentary on the part of this <a title="Christian Voice" href="http://www.christianvoice.org.uk/" target="_blank">Christian Voice</a> (<strong>in the UK</strong>) that they have to open their mouths about a cartoon heroine!  Give us a break you idiots!  With all the issues facing America and the UK today, do you REALLY think this one MIGHT be a tad bit over the top?  That it JUST MIGHT BE INFANTILE of you to proclaim such adult nonsense for children?  What are you teaching YOUR children that the rest of us have to worry about ours hearing this kind of crap from you???  Here is the <a title="Christian Voice" href="http://www.christianvoiceonline.com/" target="_blank">Christian Voice</a> <strong>in the USA</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">I honestly do not understand why the few should decide for the many what is and is not "Good."  And with all the Christians in DC in government, I'm thinking about change, change from Christianity to something else.  Maybe, they would actually get something done besides destroy our founding documents, (the Constitution and Amendments), and ignoring the <em><strong>Will of We the People!</strong></em> I haven't seen any one in Congress that isn't Christian yet, but those people seem to know <strong>exactly how to take the most and give the least.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">I have my own definition of filth.  Filth is a government that lies to We the People.  Filth is an administration that thinks it is OK to spy on We the People without a warrant, violating our 1st and 4th amendment rights.  Filth is an administration that tortures people and ignores the Geneva Convention and other treaty documents the United States agreed to that stand against torture.  Filth is an administration and a Congress that pass laws against the very people they are supposed to represent!  That is MY definition of filth.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">And finally, filth as defined by me, is when some Christian advocacy group takes a little girl's super-hero, one of the few female super-heroes there are, and makes her a product of their sexual fantasies!  That is sick, twisted, and WRONG!  There aren't enough heroes for little girls, get your minds out of the gutters and let them enjoy one, <strong>The Black Canary</strong>.</span></p>
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<description><![CDATA[a few weeks ago i posted about july being a boring month for me.  especially with the anticipation ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a few weeks ago i posted about july being a boring month for me.  especially with the anticipation of an amazing upcoming august.  well, august has changed a little, but july remains the same.</p>
<p>so, with the "july-factor" in mind, i decided that reliving my recent travels might help lift my spirits a bit.  and just maybe for a minute i'll stop whining and feel thankful for the wonderful places i've been to see this year.</p>
<p>'07-'08 was a blessed year for me regarding travel, and '08-'09 is already shaping up to be exponentially better. </p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5090f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-427" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5090f.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="178" /></a></p>
<p>i guess dallas is where it all begins and ends for me right now.  and though i'm not so fond of her, dallas has enough work to allow me to travel more than most.  so i'll think kindly of her for the moment...</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ars007.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-429" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ars007.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
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<p>austin is kind of my secret girlfriend.  we courted for over 5 years, but i had to leave her for a more practical lover.  so sad.  i do sneak around from time to time though... just to see her pretty face, and hear her alluring voice.</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ars001.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-432" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ars001.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00099993.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-430" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00099993.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>brazos bend, texas.  my favorite place to play with alligators in texas!!  if you want to see some prehistoric monsters, i highly recommend this park.  it's just a short drive southwest of houston.</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ee;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2087.jpg"></a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2105.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-434" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2105.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2664.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-435" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2664.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>cabo san lucas, mexico!  my friends joe and erin got married there last summer, and guess who was able to go for free in exchange for a little wedding photography.  well worth it...</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0699.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-436" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0699.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0702.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-437" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0702.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0714.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-439" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0714.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0737.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-442" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0737.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1094.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-449" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1094.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1094.jpg"></a>not too far from the city, somewhere out in east texas, is a private getaway, known only as "timado" to the few elites who know of it.  i was let in to the inner-circle last fall when i was invited to a double bachelor party extravaganza.  well, okay, so it's not very elite, more like a good place to drink beer, go fishing, and grow out your mullet.  but it's really fun.  and a great place to catch snakes and shoot fireworks.</p>
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<p>big bend national park, texas.  ah, the big bend of the rio grande.  one of my classic favorites.  this trip was the first of two for the year, but it ended in tragedy.  my truck somehow found its way to the bottom of a four-foot-deep washout.  at least i only had to hike 18 miles through the desert before i saw someone to get help - hahaha!  what a great trip!</p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ars006.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-457" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ars006.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="198" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0423.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-455" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0423.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0407.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-454" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0407.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0405.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-453" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0405.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></a></p>
<p>another friend of mine, adam, got married in wonderful savannah, georgia.  what a great place.  i had been once before, but rest assured that i could never get sick of savannah.</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1842r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-458" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1842r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2702r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-473" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2702r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2698r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-472" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2698r.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2697r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-471" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2697r.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2694r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-470" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2694r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2692r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-468" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2692r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2691r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-467" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2691r.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2690r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-466" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2690r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2689r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-465" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2689r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2120r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-464" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2120r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1895r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-463" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1895r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1893r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-462" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1893r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1890r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-461" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1890r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1876r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-460" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1876r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1873r.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-459" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_1873r.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>so, yet another friend, anna, got married in her home town of philadelphia, pa.  big year for marriage apparently.  and no offense to my other friends, but this was the best one yet.  i'd never been to philly, but it quickly became one of my favorite cities.  partially because two of my favorite people were there - anna and elaine.</p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2109f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-474" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2109f.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2335f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-476" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2335f.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2376f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-477" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2376f.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2385f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-478" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2385f.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2460f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-480" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_2460f.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
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<p>another first-time favorite city, san francisco!  i lucked out with this one because of some awesome friends of mine, john and bd.  the brothers had an extra ticket to the 2007 baseball all-star game, and i got the invite.  we had a fantastic time at the weekend's festivities, and we even made our way out to napa for a day.  amazing trip!</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0084h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-481" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0084h.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0358.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-484" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0358.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0273h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-483" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0273h.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0479.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-487" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0479.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0595.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-488" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0595.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0605.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-489" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0605.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0643h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-490" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0643h.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0658h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-491" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0658h.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>i lived in pinedale, wyoming a few years ago when i worked for a small newspaper.  it's a tiny town just south of jackson (or to you tourists, jackson hole... hahaha!).  consequently, it is also very close to grand teton and yellowstone national parks.  doesn't get much better than that.  so, since i reluctantly moved back to texas in 2006, i've made the pilgrimage back at least twice a year.  this was my first trip of the year, in the autumn.  and it was breathtaking - just the way i remembered it.  i hope to someday move back...</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133066.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-498" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133066.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133068.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-499" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133068.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133074.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-500" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/00133074.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_9119f.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-501" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_9119f.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>yee haw, boy howdy!  ARKANSAS &#124;ˈär,kanzəs&#124;!!  the white river in arkansas is incredibly beautiful, no doubt.  i went on a weekend trip up to northwest ar with some friends last fall to do a little fly fishing, and enjoy the scenery.  i don't know how to fly fish, so i just enjoyed the eye candy, and made photos all weekend.  i think we'll try to go again this fall.</p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0190.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-505" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0190.jpg?w=196" alt="" width="196" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0203.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-506" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0203.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0211.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-507" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0211.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0219.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-508" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0219.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0225.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-509" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0225.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0243.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-511" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_0243.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>oklahoma city, oklahoma.  we have tons of family in oklahoma - our rival state to the north.  and in all honesty, i don't visit enough.  it's really a great state.  though the university by the same name will always be my arch enemy.</p>
<p>the okc bombing memorial is stunning... a quiet experience... completely heartbreaking.</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5779.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-515" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5779.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5839.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-517" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5839.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5983.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-519" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5983.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" />  </a><a href="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5908.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-518" src="http://andrewrslaton.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/_mg_5908.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p>big bend, part deux.  i took my new ride to experience the land that claimed my previous truck's life only months before.  wow, i really like my new car.  especially with gas prices the way they are.  i was able to do the entire 5 day trip for under $250!!  that includes 1500 miles of driving, four days of bland camp food, and priceless nights under a clear desert sky.  it was a really rejuvenating experience.  i needed it.</p>
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<p>the quintessential western road trip, executed at the worst time of year.  my friend, bd, got a wild hair in early november, and decided to plan one of the most classic of american road trips, down the 101.  it was originally planned for the next spring, but neither of us could wait that long...</p>
<p>we set off just a few days after thanksgiving.  we left dallas, and spend the first night in denver.  then from denver, we made our way through blizzards, over togwotee pass to jackson, wyoming.  we had the privilege meeting up with my old roommate, emily, and previous editor, noah.  we had way too much fun.</p>
<p>the next day in spite of splitting headaches, we were off to boise, idaho and then to portland, oregon.  portland may be my new favorite city (i know... i say that a lot).  it reminds me so much of austin, but even prettier.  we spent a few days there, and then made our way up to seattle.  another great city.  somehow, we ended up at a seedy bar called "shorty's" that night.  it was clown-themed, which made it creepy to begin with, but it also happened to be in, what i found out later to be, seattle's "crack district".  that was the first, and hopefully last time i've ever seen someone smoking crack.  right outside the bar, in the rain!?  interesting.</p>
<p>so we were ready to get back on the road after that night.  from seattle, we drove back to portland, then on down to eugene...  go ducks!!!  from eugene, we headed over to the coast, and that's where we hooked up with the legendary highway 101, which we followed the rest of the way down to los angeles.  the scenery was absolutely amazing from the oregon coast all the way to big sur.  and even south of big sur to monterey was quite nice.  really, the trip down the 1 was so overwhelming in its grandeur and raw beauty, that for me (someone who is already a painfully bad writer), is too hard to put in to words.  plus, i'm a photographer anyway.  so i hope the images speak for themselves.</p>
<p>in spite of taking this trip in the most off part of the off season, it was incredible.  i can only hope that i have the opportunity to do this trip again at some point in my life.  i should be so lucky.</p>
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<p>my virgin voyage to chitown.  seriously though, i was such a nerd on the flight there, and in my rent car.  the only two albums i listened to the whole weekend were sufjan stevens' <em>come on feel the illinoise</em>, and <em>greetings from michigan, the great lake state</em>.  but they fit <em>so</em> well!  <em>and</em> they are two of the best albums of all time.  so at least they had that going for them.  </p>
<p>chicago is certainly a cool town.  i need to spend more time there.  also, it was december, sooooooo, just a little cold.  maybe i'll see what it's like in spring...</p>
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<p>ah, spring in wyoming... what a segue - damn, i'm good!!  so this was the second (well, technically third, if you count the short drive thru on the road trip in november) time for me to visit my old haunt in about six months.  what a treat!</p>
<p>yet another friend, kim, was getting married in pinedale, so it was as good an excuse as any to go visit one of my favorite places in all the world.  and it certainly did not disappoint.  i camped for the first time in single digit weather on eight feet of snow pack too.  so that was cool.  but i learned a valuable lesson:  don't ever do that again!!</p>
<p>in all seriousness, there is something about western wyoming.  a special quality that lacks clear explanation.  ask anyone that has spent any time there, and they'll tell you...  it's a deeply spiritual experience.  and there's something about the winter (which is much of spring as well).  it is what quiet <em>looks</em> like... if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>anyway, if you're still reading, i feel sorry for you because you may have severe mental problems.  or into s&#38;m or something.  but i promise that i'm almost done.</p>
<p>there are two innocence mission songs that always make me nostalgic about my travels, so i'll end with some lyrics.  if you're unfamiliar with the innocence mission, i would <em>highly</em> recommend you give them a good listen.  the first song is called, <em>song about traveling</em>.  really... go figure!?  and the second is <em>the brotherhood of man</em>.  </p>
<p>"a man said, 'why?'  why does traveling, in cars and in trains, make him feel sad?  a beautiful sadness, i've felt this before.  it's the people in the city, you'll never know.  it is everything you pass by, wondering will you ever... return."</p>
<p>"waiting at the airport on my suitcase, a girl traveling from spain became my sudden friend.  though i did not learn her name.  and when the subway dimmed... a stranger lit my way.  this is the brotherhood of man."</p>
<p>"i never can say what i mean... but you will understand... coming through clouds on the way.  this is the brotherhood of man.  this is the brotherhood of man."</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.andrewslatonphoto.com" target="_blank">all images © andrew r. slaton &#124; photographer 2008</a></p>
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<link>http://aliaseymour.wordpress.com/?p=35</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aliaseymour</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aliaseymour.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
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met chin and ying at bedok mac. i&#8217;m the last to arrive at 7pm. ying bought boots for shion, k]]></description>
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<p>met chin and ying at bedok mac. i'm the last to arrive at 7pm. ying bought boots for shion, knee high with lots of buckles, chains and dangly cross, very thick platform heels. chin said she'll love to have such a boot to wear.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-42   aligncenter" src="http://aliaseymour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tings-24-bday-gift.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>this time around chin assembled packaging: tied hearts to handle, peel off rhinestones stick-ons, temporary stick to surface. i'm the one giving options and directions. ying sticks sticker to confirmed surface. asked them for their opinions/thoughta on genova banner and bank logo. realise shouldn't have included work in short dinner meet-up. told ying i should've just "shut up". we walked home, when reached near our houses, talked some more till 11pm. we sat across traffic light opposite mcp. the indian bus driver must have gone 5 rounds to bedok interchange and saw me still there talking. passerbys give us weird wondering looks, either from the idea on why we're having a blast talking and lol under the moon. ying shared her friend's tales of wanting to further their studies. the one that tickled me non-stop was the tai-tai/professor wannabe. all those time talking, forgot to return her mcdonalds change. only when near the lift remembered loose coins in shirt's pocket.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Puss in Boots]]></title>
<link>http://richiepride.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/puss-in-boots/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>richiepride</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richiepride.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/puss-in-boots/</guid>
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Puss in Boots, originally uploaded by richiesoft.
A cat winks at London Pride 2008
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<p><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richiesoft/2660638086/">Puss in Boots</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/richiesoft/">richiesoft</a>.</span></div>
<p class="flickr-yourcomment">A cat winks at London Pride 2008</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Workout, Books, etc.]]></title>
<link>http://savetherepublic.wordpress.com/?p=80</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>raptros-v76</dc:creator>
<guid>http://savetherepublic.wordpress.com/?p=80</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ok, post-weekend etc. update.
The only day I did not run since last Wednesday was Sunday. The sorene]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, post-weekend etc. update.</p>
<li>The only day I did not run since last Wednesday was Sunday. The soreness has subsided, which is good, because I can run harder. </li>
<li>I've been rereading <em>Cryptonomicon</em>. My grandparents are going to get me some new books (thank you grandparents) including some books on Ruby.</li>
<li>I've begun using the prerelease version of KDE 4.1.  It is really awesome. Maybe I'll do some screenshots this week.</li>
<li>I helped install a sundial here yesterday. My grandfather designed it, we went out and purchased stone that was then cut to hold the metal pieces following the design, and then my dad and I cut a flat area into the side of the hill (dig a shallow hole, move dirt so that it is generally level, fill with pea gravel, level gravel that sundial will go on, put sundial on top, level it, align it. Not easy). </li>
<li>I bought some new boots over the weekend. They are black and steel toed. They go up higher on the leg than my old boots. They are awesome.</li>
<p>There you go.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stuart Weitzman's Classic 50/50]]></title>
<link>http://womensdesignershoes.wordpress.com/?p=339</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>womensdesignershoes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://womensdesignershoes.wordpress.com/?p=339</guid>
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Whisper Stuart Weitzman 50/50 into any stylish, shoe-loving woman&#8217;s ear and you&#8217;ll see ]]></description>
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<p>Whisper Stuart Weitzman 50/50 into any stylish, shoe-loving woman's ear and you'll see her eyes light up.  By far one of the sleekest and chicest boots available from New York to Madrid, the 50/50 is an extra tall black leather and microfiber stretch boot that rises to the thigh.  Spectacular is the word to describe how this comfortable and snug boot polishes any outfit while accentuating the length of your legs.  Yes, the shaft is on the narrow side.. </p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Shop the <a title="Stuart Weitzman 5050" href="http://www.footnotesonline.com/footnotes/product.asp?s_id=0&#38;pf_id=StuartWeitzman-50-50-Black&#38;dept_id=1020&#38;blg&#38;key_id=5050"><strong>Stuart Weitzman 50/50</strong></a>  for Fall/Winter 2008 at Footnotesonline.  It's a classic you'll wear for seasons to come..</p>
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