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		<title>Why America Needs Bush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I married into a pre-Revolutionary war family in the rural Piedmont of North Carolina. I&#8217;ve since left the family, but it&#8217;s very safe to say that the majority of my in-laws (and there were an awful lot of them) voted for W. in both his first and second term of office.
Well duh, Over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=100</link>
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		<title>Say After Me&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a new theme song! Don&#8217;t you love that moment, when you fall completely in love with a new song? Here&#8217;s how it happened for me: I&#8217;ve been into kind of a Indie Chick thing these days (evidenced by recent reviews, particularly). I have made a big ole&#8217; playlist of all my current favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=83</link>
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		<title>Feather-Headed, Barefoot Wierdo&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to be so friendly. I was brazen, I was bold, I feared no rejection. Even as a child, I never met a stranger. I could talk my way into or out of almost any situation. My favorite uncle suffered a series of debilitating strokes before he joined our family, and since I can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=71</link>
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		<title>Mr. Different And Other Mythical Beasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every man says he&#8217;s different than the rest. And you know, he&#8217;s right. Each of us is a unique snowflake, a once-in-a-googlekabillion chance of existing on this crazy planet. And we&#8217;re all trying to connect with one another, right? So saying you&#8217;re different is a statement of truth. The trouble is that you&#8217;re all saying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=34</link>
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		<title>Brilliance</title>
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I have a sign above my front door that reads ‘I will be brilliant’. It occurred to me the other day that my friends and comrades might wonder about my ego whilst leaving my home. Of course, I put it up to inspire myself. I&#8217;m dilligently working on positive self-talk these days. And I like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Sometimes it&#8217;s a Hairball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life distills a huge, magnificent, life-altering realization into a totally mundane life moment.
Today, my cat puked up a hairball. At first, I was contemplating regular cat puke vs. the hairball &#8211; how they differed, and the conditions under which each might&#8230;.. ahem&#8230;. arise. (Turns out she was glad to illustrate the difference, as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enlightenment, Really</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I love tea. It&#8217;s probably not exaggerating a whole lot to say that I&#8217;m a bit obsessive. First, let me explain the appeal. Tea, made properly, naturally invites a little ritualism. As any connoisseur will attest, I can tell the difference between cups of tea made with hot or cold tap water. And all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theviewaskance.com/?p=3</link>
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