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	<title>View from the Bench &#187; My Life (such as it is)</title>
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	<description>Who lied and told you life would EVER be fair?</description>
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		<title>College Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/08/13/college-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes&#8217; annual list of America&#8217;s best undergraduate institutions. Click here to see the full list. From the website: &#8220;Our annual ranking of the 650 best undergraduate institutions focuses on the things that matter the most to students: quality of teaching, great career prospects, graduation rates and low levels of debt. Unlike other lists, we pointedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightstands &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/07/10/nightstands-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final chapter! So I&#8217;m done with the nightstands. And the headboard. And they are all in place in our freshly-painted bedroom. And it looks pretty good if I do say so myself. The color of the bedroom is called Almond, and really sets off the headboard and nightstands. Here&#8217;s the final pics I&#8217;m going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightstands &#8211; Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; Now I have the second coat of polyurethane on the nightstands and headboard. I also have a third coat on the &#8220;high traffic&#8221; areas: the shelf, the front faces, top areas, etc. And it&#8217;s not the basic stuff, it&#8217;s Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane; this stuff is almost like putting down a coat of metal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightstands &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/07/01/nightstands-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so it&#8217;s been a while. I&#8217;ve been pretty busy on other things and haven&#8217;t had a lot of time to spend on the nightstands&#8230; until the last couple of days. So I&#8217;ve got the drawers assembled, well at least the boxes for them. Then after a bunch of sanding and staining, here&#8217;s the result: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightstands &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/06/20/nightstands-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, with the last three weeks of my life being dominated by Neocon, I can now get back to working on the nightstands. I did some things, but I&#8217;m limited because I&#8217;ve only got a few clamps and there&#8217;s a lot of gluing going on at this stage. I machined each leg first by cutting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightstands &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/05/22/nightstands-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 23:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m done with the headboard except for the two to three coats of polyurethane I&#8217;m going to brush on and I thought I&#8217;d get the nightstands done next. That way I can brush on the urethane on all and not worry about stirring up the dust that would stick to the finished products. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Headboard &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/05/12/new-headboard-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 23:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now the headboard is assembled and stained. It looks pretty good, even if I do say so myself. It&#8217;s in a modified (my own version) Shaker style. I like it and most importantly, Casey likes it. I have yet to put multiple coats of polyurethane on it, but I&#8217;ll probably hold off on that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Headboard</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2011/04/27/new-headboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the wife and I had been looking for quite a while for a new headboard. I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s about time. The headboard we are currently using I &#8220;modified&#8221; years ago when we went from a waterbed to a box springs and mattress bed. Basically I cut one of the side rails of the waterbed [...]]]></description>
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