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		<title>Sometimes you just can&#8217;t have it all&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally had to come to the conclusion that I can&#8217;t do everything. I was trying to update this blog weekly, write a book, participate on Brigit&#8217;s Flame by writing a short story every week, study for Microsoft Certification, and also do my real job, the one that pays the bills. This left very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Later than you Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a procrastinator by nature. I tend to do things at the last moment. Most of the time it works pretty well for me but sometimes&#8230;
Last weekend I was busy. We had a party for my son&#8217;s birthday and by the time I thought of the blog post, it was Friday night. I vowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What did I Say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at the following short exchange and see if you can tell me what&#8217;s wrong with it:
&#8220;Good morning.&#8221;
&#8220;Good morning to you,&#8221; I replied.
&#8220;What is new?&#8221; said my boss, George Newbinging.
&#8220;Nothing. How was your weekend?&#8221;
&#8220;Great,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;How are the kids?&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, same old, same old,&#8221; I said.
So, what do you think? Besides being boring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter of Character</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=338</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to a free course at the Gotham Writers Workshop on Wednesday night. It was worth the extra effort that I had to make to attend. It really was a bit of a hardship because the class ended at 8pm so I had to take the 9:58pm train home. That meant that I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man&#8217;s Informality to Man</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=336</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband took me and our son to Olive Garden tonight for dinner. The place was beginning to fill up with Saturday night customers so we had to add our name to the list for a table. I went up to the hostess and said to her,&#8221;I&#8217;d like a table for three.&#8221; I paused and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes you just get Lucky</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=333</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a short post tonight. I&#8217;ve been fighting with a &#8216;flu for the past two weeks, it&#8217;s late, and I&#8217;m tired.
I had my 50th birthday this week. I find it hard to believe (somehow I don&#8217;t remember when I became this old) but there it is. I imagine that a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imitation can be More than Flattery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When learning to paint, beginners often learn by copying the work of the great masters. Go to any art museum and you are bound to see at least one student sitting in front of a great canvas, sketching different portions of the work and, therefore, learning how to make a few lines and dots appear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creature of Habit? Shake it Up!</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=327</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it Saturday already? No?
Actually, today is Sunday and I messed up. Hence the title of this week&#8217;s post. If you are shaking your head in confusion at this point I don&#8217;t blame you. Let me explain&#8230;
Normally I work at home on Friday. My boss is away on vacation this week. She is out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the PATH</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=325</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our parents taught us and we teach our children that if you are nice to others and fair in your dealings, others will be nice and fair to you. If you want to find a place where this is clearly not true, all you need to do is ride mass transit. Take a look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blockbuster &#8212; Breaking Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
		<link>http://irenesmith.com/?p=320</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been writing for&#8211;oh hell, nearly forty years. I wrote my first book, a horrible mish-mash of The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Doctor Doolittle when I was 11 years old. It was really bad, but the way, in case you are curious. Not only did I steal every plot twist and [...]]]></description>
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