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		<title>Are you kidding me?</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/are-you-kidding-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt H.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok&#8230; I know it has been a long time since I last posted but I am making a conscious effort to start blogging again.  What has got me so fired up?  Idiotic driving!  A few days ago I was making my usual morning trek across the Twin Cities.  As I approached the 494 &#38; 35W [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1119&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mike B.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmund Fitzgerald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A fitting tribute on the 35th anniversay of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior: Lyrics: The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called &#8220;Gitche Gumee&#8221; The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy With a load [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1105&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler Unhappy With News of Randy Moss Being Cut</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/hitler-unhappy-with-news-of-randy-moss-being-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Tasty Burgers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Thomas Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyndale Tap House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of our fair readers pointed out to us that the photo below was taken by Andrew Thomas Evans for the Lyndale Tap House, a fine local eatery. Here&#8217;s his close up of the burger: http://www.andrewthomasevans.com/ Lyndale Tap House 2937 Lyndale Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-825-6150 &#160; &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1099&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now, This Makes Me Hungry for a Burger:</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/now-this-makes-me-hungry-for-a-burger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Twitter photo of @GimmeGadget, a Minneapolis based Hairstylist//Model//Adventurer. Wow, that looks like a tasty burger.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1095&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blow&#8230;Your Mind</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/blow-your-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mike B.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burger King]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagining my hamburger as a phallus does not make me want to go to Burger King.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1092&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Really Think a Mosque Near Ground Zero Is Offensive?</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/mosque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt H.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt H.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ground Zero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hijackers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oklahoma city]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am amazed that this story still keeps going around and around but earlier this week the NY Times published another story quoting former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.  Giuliani said that building a &#8220;mosque near ground zero is offensive to families of 9/11 victims and should be built elsewhere.&#8221;  He went on further to say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government OF the corporation, FOR the corporation, BY THE CORPORATION</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/government-of-the-corporation-for-the-corporation-by-the-corporation/</link>
		<comments>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/government-of-the-corporation-for-the-corporation-by-the-corporation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some thick, black lines being drawn here for November. I&#8217;m actually glad to see all the Senate Rs show their true colors. Sadly, I can&#8217;t say this won&#8217;t affect my shopping habits. This will probably be the subject matter next time I choose the book, so here&#8217;s a little primer. Note the part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1029&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>G-Mac</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/g-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bobbyjones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mike B.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graeme McDowell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Open]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best thing about father&#8217;s day is to watch hours of guilt-free US Open golf. The only drawback is to have to listen to Johnny Miller drone on. The pompous windbag kept predicting that Dustin Johnson would win and dismissed Graeme McDowell because he wouldn&#8217;t have the mental fortitude to play well on Sunday. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1025&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The dangers of &#8220;Fight Club&#8221;&#8230; someone might actually break a spine?</title>
		<link>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/the-dangers-of-fight-club-someone-might-actually-break-a-spine/</link>
		<comments>http://brokenspines.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/the-dangers-of-fight-club-someone-might-actually-break-a-spine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt H.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt H.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herniated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so it has been some time since I last posted on Broken Spines but it is with good reason.  Just over ten weeks ago I actually broke my spine&#8230; I woke up to sure agony.  I thought I had pulled a muscle in my neck/back and waited it out over night.  The next morning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenspines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1078006&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=brokenspines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Matt H.</media:title>
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