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	<title>View from the Bench</title>
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	<description>Who lied and told you life would EVER be fair?</description>
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		<title>Get It Over With, Already!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron sent me this one and it&#8217;s so good I thought I&#8217;d post it. Hilarious!!

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		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/05/13/get-it-over-with-already/</link>
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		<title>Looking Good!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Julie!
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		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/05/12/looking-good/</link>
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		<title>Didn&#8217;t Think It Was Possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it! It&#8217;s been found! Check it out here!
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		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/05/08/didnt-think-it-was-possible/</link>
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		<title>Flooding&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are having some &#8220;minor&#8221; flooding issues here in Muscatine. We had our highest flood in recorded history in 1993 and our most damaging flood in history in 1965 - I remember both. This is just a bit of high water in comparison. A friend of mine took some pictures, so I thought I share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/04/30/flooding/</link>
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		<title>Why Guys Don&#8217;t Write Advice Columns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Abie,
The other day, I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. I hadn&#8217;t gone more than a kilometer or two when my engine conked out, and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home only to find my husband making love to our neighbor. My husband was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/04/25/why-guys-dont-write-advice-columns/</link>
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		<title>Working&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Star Trek computer used to say to Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk, &#8220;Working&#8230;.&#8221; (rattles and clicks and such in the background). I&#8217;ve been working on a self-imposed project called &#8220;My Family Calendar&#8221;. If you&#8217;ve read my blog for a long time, you know that I&#8217;m not happy with Datenator, the calendar program I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/04/22/working/</link>
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		<title>My Goodness!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Vickie!
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		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/04/21/my-goodness/</link>
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		<title>Change - For Change&#8217;s Sake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m certain everyone has heard Barack Obama&#8217;s message of hope and change. Well, here&#8217;s something to think about that I got from Ron. It&#8217;s supposed to be funny, but to me it&#8217;s a bit frightening.
A little over 2 years ago:

Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high
Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon
The unemployment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benched42.net/2008/04/15/change-for-changes-sake/</link>
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