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	<title>Insurmountable Opportunities</title>
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	<description>Just because I can</description>
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		<title>Do Schools Kill Creativity (TED Talk)</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/07/07/do-schools-kill-creativity-ted-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a brilliant talk by Ken Robinson about the nature of intelligence, creativity, and what our educational system is doing to kill it.  Do schools kill creativity?  Only if you go to class.

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		<title>And In Every Home&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/06/13/and-in-every-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been keeping a sketchbook handy lately and though I&#8217;d post some drawings.  This one is a bit of a repeating theme that came out better than usual.  The first version is felt-tip marker.  The second is all shined up in Photoshop.  Special thanks to my close personal friend Elvis Costello for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget to Vote!!</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/06/12/dont-forget-to-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/06/12/dont-forget-to-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Our New ADHD Blog</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/06/04/our-new-adhd-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[J and I have decided to start a new blog about our family and our experiences getting through life (or just the day) as four card-carrying members of the ADHD club.  We&#8217;re not all medicated and all have different challenges that arise, at least in part, from the ADHD.  Also, given that Julie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to be Nicer/My Favorite Game</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-need-some-fine-wine-and-you-you-need-to-be-nicermy-favorite-game/</link>
		<comments>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-need-some-fine-wine-and-you-you-need-to-be-nicermy-favorite-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve liked the Cardigans ever since &#8220;Lovefool&#8221; (which I really didn&#8217;t like much) was popular.  Since then, they have gotten older and darker and I&#8217;ve loved each album they&#8217;ve done in the past ten years or so.  This first one is off of their latest album &#8220;Super Extra Heavy Gravity (2005),&#8221; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Autopsies</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/05/28/book-autopsies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 20:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having cut out the centers of two thick hardbacks to make secret compartment books for the kids this past xmas, I can really appreciate the sheer effort it must take Brian Dettmer to create these works of art.  The aesthetic value is obvious.  I think I&#8217;m going to give this a try.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Sea Power - Waving Flags &#038; No Lucifer</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/05/23/british-sea-power-waving-flags-no-lucifer/</link>
		<comments>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/05/23/british-sea-power-waving-flags-no-lucifer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 16:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t decide which I liked better, so here&#8217;s both videos from &#8220;Later with Jools Holland&#8221; (One with each singer).
No Lucifer

Waving Flags

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		<title>It Makes Me Laugh and Laugh and Laugh</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/04/24/it-makes-me-laugh-and-laugh-and-laugh/</link>
		<comments>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/04/24/it-makes-me-laugh-and-laugh-and-laugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was sent this link years ago and remember sharing it with my co-worker Steve.  We laughed so hard it started to hurt and my face got all crampy.  I tracked them down again and still find them very funny.  You&#8217;ve really got to start at the first card and just keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of the Merman</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/04/24/tales-of-the-merman/</link>
		<comments>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/04/24/tales-of-the-merman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I miss Don and Janet.  We used to see them all the time and went to their house every whatever-day-of-the-week it was to watch Friends when Julie and Don were in Graduate school together.  Janet is one of the most talented interpreters of imagination and how it splashes out all over everything that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screaming Trees 1987</title>
		<link>http://fiercefamily.com/blog/2008/04/04/sceaming-trees-1987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[1987: The year after I graduated from high school.  My bands used to play with Screaming Trees now and again when they came to Eugene.  They&#8217;ve always been one of my very favorite bands.  I still don&#8217;t understand how they weren&#8217;t huge.

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