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		<title>Cat ladies right after all: Men really do suck</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a CNN article on Why men are in trouble:
In 1950, 5% of men at the prime working age were unemployed. As of last year, 20% were not working, the highest ever recorded. Men still maintain a majority of the highest paid and most powerful occupations, but women are catching them and will soon be passing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special report: How much longer will society depend on steel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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More than a century ago, steel replaced iron as the world’s most popular metal (or “alloy” for you technophiles). The reason: Steel is incredibly strong, useful—and thanks to innovators such as Henry Bessemer and Andrew Carnegie—it’s cheaply made.
Better living through metallurgy. But generations after steel’s commoditization, might there be a superior replacement material? 
Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How men and women differ</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women have strengths that amaze men. They carry children, they carry hardships, they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy, and laugh when they are nervous. Women wait by the phone for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25 status updates you should never make on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a Facebook user, you know how fun status updates can be. The good ones give you specific insight into what your friends are doing, how they are feeling, and what they really think. The bad ones are vague, cryptic, menial (you just checked into some hotel &#8212; no one cares), and wouldn&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t ever want to manscape</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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Confession: I hope I never require manscaping. And by manscaping I mean below the neck body hair in general, not below the belt (get your head out of the gutter!).
But yeah, as I near 30 years of age, I&#8217;ve spotted some undesirably scragglies on my back. And I can&#8217;t even grow a beard. It&#8217;s coming, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncle Rico&#8217;s van for sale on Ebay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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Friggin&#8217; sweat! Located in Columbus, Ohio.
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		<title>Even naked album covers grow up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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Remember how embarrassed Elaine from Seinfeld was when she discovered her home made Christmas card &#8212; photographed by Kramer &#8212; partially exposed her right nipple? That was only sent to a few dozen people. Now imagine if gajillions of people saw your wedding tackle, in full view mind you, on the cover of Nirvana&#8217;s seminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting stereotypes with comedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 12:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lindsey and I watched a PBS special on Arab-American comedians earlier this month and got cramps from laughing so hard. It was funny stuff filled with perspective and comes highly recommended. I can&#8217;t think of a better way to combat muslim stereotypes (or any stereotype for that matter) than with a hearty laugh, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ability to distinguish formal and informal writing is a good thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Not all :) as informal writing creeps into teen assignments,&#8221; reads a clever AP headline. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
It&#8217;s nothing to LOL about: Despite best efforts to keep school writing assignments formal, two-thirds of teens admit in a survey that emoticons and other informal styles have crept in&#8230; &#8220;It&#8217;s a teachable moment,&#8221; said Amanda Lenhart, senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separated at birth: Timothy Ferriss and Steve-O</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-Hour Work Week]]></category>
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I&#8217;ve always thought these two looked eerily similar, and now I have proof. Ferriss is clearly a strawberry blonde Steve-O. And with that, I have finally become a niche celebrity blogger. It only took me three years.
See also: Book review: The 4-Hour Work Week 
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