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		<title>Why I posted the post I posted</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/17/why-i-posted-the-post-i-posted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny is always very subjective. For the purposes of this post, let us assume my post from yesterday (Dignity is an illusion) is funny. Why would I post it? It&#8217;s worth asking since it&#8217;s an old post from elsewhere. The original is from about six years ago. It&#8217;s also worth asking because it is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dignity is an illusion</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/16/dignity-is-an-illusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than write yet again about stories, I thought I would tell a little story. This was actually written and posted about six years ago on another, now defunct blog. It is about the human condition &#8230; One day there was something wrong with my butt. It was remarkably itchy. But what can you do? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dutch Wife and multiple stories &#8211; a review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote and posted the review below about six years ago when I first read this book. I liked it so much, I&#8217;m reading it again. And so, I&#8217;m posting this again &#8230; I just finished reading one of the most enjoyable books I&#8217;ve read in a while. It&#8217;s called The Dutch Wife and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An explanation with a more serious tone</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/09/13/an-explanation-with-a-more-serious-tone/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/09/13/an-explanation-with-a-more-serious-tone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disrupted Lives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that my post from yesterday lacked a certain seriousness. It was, however, serious in the sense that I actually have put an ebook together and it is called, Disrupted Lives and Other Commotions. I&#8217;m hoping to get it online this week. I will once I figure out a few technical aspects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s wrong with being silly?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/03/09/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-being-silly/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/03/09/what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-being-silly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. - Okakura Kazuko - Why is a certain kind of writing always assumed to be for children? I’m thinking about writing that would include writers like Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein. It’s writing characterized by silliness and humour. I write quite a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten things that give me the willies</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/12/03/ten-things-that-give-me-the-willies/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2009/12/03/ten-things-that-give-me-the-willies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=1908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been lost in work all day and I&#8217;ve just come up for air. In my part of the world the day is as gray and grim as days get so, having lifted my head up from the work I&#8217;ve been doing, I am gripped by an indefinable feeling of apprehension. So I made a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lesson of Malvolio</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/08/28/the-lesson-of-malvolio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The best and quickest way to become the butt of someone else&#8217;s joke is to have no sense of humour about yourself. That is the lesson of Malvolio, a character in Shakespeare&#8217;s Twelfth Night, the victim of a wicked joke. He&#8217;s so serious about himself, so self-important, he invites the jest. I bring this up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is nothing subtle about this</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/08/23/there-is-nothing-subtle-about-this/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2009/08/23/there-is-nothing-subtle-about-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burbles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[directness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=1643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can take a hint. Here it was an otherwise lovely, lazy Sunday. The rain was falling softly, the dog was snoozing lightly and I was sipping my coffee slowly as I went to my computer to see what the world had to say about the state of itself. And what did I find? &#8220;Go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salads: things you should know</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/07/01/salads-things-you-should-know/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2009/07/01/salads-things-you-should-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world I grew up in the major meal of the day was dinner (or supper, if you prefer). It was in the evening. This is how I continue: it&#8217;s in the evening. The time, however, is irrelevant. What is relevant is that at sometime in the day there is usually a meal that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget newspapers &#8211; everything is dead!</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2009/04/03/everything-is-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2009/04/03/everything-is-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of unnamed sources are reporting today the death of everything. Pudding, shoes, computers &#8211; it&#8217;s all gone or will be shortly, all digitized and off into &#8220;the cloud.&#8221; &#8220;Many of us have been distracted by reports of the death of newspapers, traditional publishing, the music industry &#8211; all that stuff,&#8221; says one source. [...]]]></description>
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