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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>Taste of Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/07/06/taste-of-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the link to all the photos I have from Taste of Chicago. It was really cool this year. Took the whole family. Lots of walking, but it was still cool! Here was the basic itinerary: July 3 Drove from our home to Princeton, IL, and got on the Illinois Zephyr to Chicago. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George&#8217;s Demise</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/06/28/georges-demise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happened this afternoon. Our neighbor called KC at work and she called me. George is down and out. &#160;&#160;&#160; Now for the hardest part: the cleanup. Do I hear the call of any volunteers?]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Storm</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/06/23/end-of-the-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had tornado warnings today. They were issued while I was at work and we all had to file into our &#8220;bunker&#8221; during the warnings. And I guess a tornado was sighted here in town. But that&#8217;s not my big news. My big news is that George fell down; well at least part did. George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Walk on the Path</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/06/12/a-walk-on-the-path/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Anniversary, Al and Sue! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Now playing: Dada &#8211; Posters via FoxyTunes]]></description>
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		<title>You Got Me On My Knees</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/05/05/you-got-me-on-my-knees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.benched42.net/2010/05/05/you-got-me-on-my-knees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So KC finally did it. She went to the Humane Society here in town and got a dog. I was against it. Not because I don&#8217;t like dogs &#8211; I LOVE dogs! But now, when we want to go to the Quad Cities we&#8217;ll have to make sure the dog is taken care of. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hail YES!</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/04/04/hail-yes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It finished about an hour ago. It hailed here. It did hail earlier, but they were tiny little things only about a quarter inch in diameter (about the size of ice cream sprinkles). But about an hour ago, they were the biggest hail stones we&#8217;ve had in quite a few years. Some of these were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End Of The Season</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/28/end-of-the-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, at least let&#8217;s hope it&#8217;s the end of the season! The snow season, that is. And what goes on sale at the end of the snow season? That&#8217;s right, Martha! Snow throwers. Here&#8217;s what I got: &#160;&#160; It&#8217;s a Troy-Bilt. It&#8217;s a quality brand. Got a friend Rick who&#8217;s had one for a while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Did You Just Say?</title>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/19/what-did-you-just-say/</link>
		<comments>http://www.benched42.net/2010/02/19/what-did-you-just-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BillH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m at WalMart buying lunch and some snacks for tonight (we&#8217;re going to a trivia night for JDRF) and I&#8217;m walking to the back of WalMart where I can get some popcorn chicken. On the way I see this young one who is probably no older than 3 crawling on the floor, as pretty [...]]]></description>
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