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	<description>If a draft could precede the first draft? This would be that.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Two Goats</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/05/08/the-two-goats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once, there were two goats who thrived on competition. The smaller of the two would challenge his brother – saying, “Let’s invent a contest, to see who’s truly the best!” To which his brother would reply, “Then I’ll beat you fair and square – because I don’t know how to lose.”
First, the little goat proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fox and the Lamp Oil</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/05/01/the-fox-and-the-lamp-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There was once a little girl whose family had no lamp oil. Every evening, when the sun went down, darkness fell: without a lamp as his guide, the little girl’s father stepped on the dog when he staggered outside to pee; and the little girl’s brother crept into bed with their unwed sister; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to a desk chair</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/24/ode-to-a-desk-chair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We both knew this day was coming, desk chair. Or, perhaps, you didn&#8217;t: given all the indignities you&#8217;ve suffered &#8212; yet endured, in your pathetic fashion &#8212; perhaps you&#8217;ve come to think of yourself as immortal. Well, you&#8217;re not: you&#8217;re a crappy desk chair, and I&#8217;m replacing you.
You were pristine, once. During the time I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnolia Trees</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/17/magnolia-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to thank whoever peppered my neighborhood with Magnolia trees: always the first to bloom &#8212; often, two or three weeks before the weather&#8217;s consistently warm, which helps the wait &#8212; and such a pleasant surprise to find on your block.
Sure, the leaves fall off and stink. And, sure, Magnolia was so bad that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A hair shy of Christ-like</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/09/dont-pull-a-muscle-patting-yourself-on-the-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/09/dont-pull-a-muscle-patting-yourself-on-the-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[April 8 was the Boston Red Sox&#8217;s 108th home-opener, and the ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by none other than Bill Buckner. Now, while all of Red Sox Nation &#8212; because I wouldn&#8217;t want to limit my appraisal to the residents of Boston, proper &#8212; congratulates itself for making such a munificent gesture, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sound of one hand clapping (Mark Penn on the back)</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/07/the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping-mark-penn-on-the-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/04/07/the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping-mark-penn-on-the-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the departure of Mark Penn &#8212; Hillary Clinton&#8217;s chief pollster, and ambulatory heart attack risk &#8212; the Clinton campaign has once again shuffled the deck, trading political continuity for political expediency.
Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong: Penn wasn&#8217;t doing anyone any favors. Hillary&#8217;s chances &#8212; both nationally, and in the bitterly contested Pennsylvania primary &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stick to what you know</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/03/19/stick-to-what-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past week or so, I&#8217;ve been drafting an open letter to Floridian Democrats &#8212; but I can&#8217;t focus on those yahoos without losing my temper. (Suffice it to say, careful throwing around the term &#8220;disenfranchised.&#8221; You look stupid enough as it is, without paying lip service to the political equivalent of &#8220;reverse racism.&#8221;) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our &#8220;lucky&#8221; contenders</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/03/12/lucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/03/12/lucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Geraldine Ferraro has drawn the ire of the Obama campaign (and the appreciation of the 24-hours new media, I would imagine) for stating in an interview with The Daily Breeze that Barack Obama &#8220;happens to be very lucky to be who he is.&#8221; Namely, a black man.
I suspect the Obama campaign responded angrily because &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sebold Paradigm</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/03/05/the-sebold-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another writer has been caught passing fiction as memoir; and with the inevitable mention of James Frey and A Million Little Pieces, I have to ask again &#8212; are we absolutely certain he&#8217;s still alive? Has anyone seen James Frey recently? Somebody should bring that guy some groceries.
Anyway, you have to wonder if this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A false syllogism</title>
		<link>http://www.jamieyourdon.com/2008/03/05/a-false-syllogism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Hillary won Texas after all (along with Ohio and Rhode Island). Onward we trek, toward Pennsylvania, and Mississippi, and &#8212; eventually &#8212; Denver. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing &#8212; and whether Florida and Michigan are allowed do-overs, as now seems possible &#8212; I&#8217;ve noticed an irksome argument taking shape.
It [...]]]></description>
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