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        <title>Vox Hunt: Oh Canada!</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-07-01T22:07:01Z</published>
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        <published>2008-06-20T12:42:51Z</published>
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            Something I&#39;ve wondered about... Game show name tags.   How are they made?  Are they done by an in-house person or are they sent out?  How long does it take to make one?  Wouldn&#39;t the staff have to know well in advance who will be on the show to m...
        
    
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        <published>2008-06-06T19:40:08Z</published>
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            My husband and I have just finished re-doing our laundry room.  I&#39;ll admit that Smike did most of the work, but I did all of the research.  I&#39;ve been cheerfully annoying during the whole process, muttering things to him like &quot;Stewart Copeland neve...
        
    
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            I am so tired, discouraged, and disappointed.  There are few things that can be as soul-killing as the demise of your expectations, so it&#39;s a good thing I didn&#39;t have any.  In the midst of all that is happening, I feel like I&#39;m standing alone, and...
        
    
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            I cannot tell you what it is like to watch, helpless, as a neighbour family&#39;s entire lives go -- literally -- up in flames.   I tried to help as much as I could, but there was nothing I could do except stand back and offer what assistance I was ab...
        
    
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        <title>First Installment of Second-Hand Joy</title>
    
    
    
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            You already know that I&#39;ll have a lot to say about the whole experience, but for now (because I&#39;m desperate for some sleep) I thought I&#39;d share this photo from fourth row at last night&#39;s Police concert:   Yes, Stewart, that green blur you saw was ...
        
    
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            Duchess: Mum, can you find me that book that&#39;s written in Haiku and is about spring? Me: Uhhh... we don&#39;t even have one of those. Duchess: Oh.  I am almost sure she expected me to write that book for her, tonight.   
        
    
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