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		<title>aidan, the mud boy</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/03/11/aidan-the-mud-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a nice preview of spring today with a near 70-degrees and partial sun, so we took a walk in the forest preserve. Aidan didn&#8217;t miss the opportunity to reacquaint himself with the earth&#8211;quite literally. Here he is transforming himself into &#8220;mud boy.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>artistic imagery android style</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/03/03/artistic-imagery-android-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing with a couple new photo apps, I created these images. The first one Aidan posed with his blanky in natural light. I ran it through Pixlr-o-matic. This is a post-processing app with many filters and features to affect overall image, background, and framing. It&#8217;s really versatile and free to boot. Aidan and his Trusty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>souffle sensation</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/02/24/souffle-sensation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re always looking for healthful, sensible meals that offer a little variety to our culinary adventures, so tonight Chris and I tried individual broccoli and goat cheese souffles. We had never made a souffle before, so we weren&#8217;t quite sure what to expect. They turned out great. We accompanied this main course with homemade buttermilk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>portage park third annual comic book show</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/02/20/portage-park-third-annual-comic-book-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With no big plans this Sunday afternoon, we decided to drive up north to Portage Park to check out the 3rd annual Portage Park comic book and collectable show. Aidan&#8217;s been getting more and more interested in superhero comics lately&#8211;Wolverine in particular, so when Chris stumbled upon news of the show, we figured why not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a trip to the chicago auto show 2012</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/02/18/a-trip-to-the-chicago-auto-show-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris scored a coupon to the Chicago Auto Show, and since none of us had really been before, we thought we&#8217;d check it out. None of us are really &#8220;car people,&#8221; so our appreciation for the show was probably more about aesthetics and cultural observation than about automotive design and technology (although it was neat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>walmart: socially just or just plain evil?</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/02/10/walmart-socially-just-or-just-plain-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking recently with my friend Michelle, the topic of corporate/consumer responsibility and social justice came up, and before long we turned to Walmart as a case in point. (I know, right?) Michelle&#8217;s question/statement to me went something like this: Many do not necessarily have a need to shop at a place with such low prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>glass houses and safe danger</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/15/glass-houses-and-safe-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for something to do Sunday morning, we decided to drive west of the city to the sleepy little town of Plano, IL to visit one of the most famous works of modern residential architecture from the 20th century. Tucked amidst sparse trees beside the cold black rush of the Fox River in autumn is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dalai lama comes to chicago</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/11/dalai-lama-comes-to-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We learned recently that H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama is scheduled to give a public talk on non-violence at Loyola University in Chicago on April 26, 2012. Tickets are very limited, but we have sent in our request and are hopefully awaiting a response as the date nears. More information is on this event is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>october roundup</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/07/october-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October has been a crazy fun month&#8211;so busy in fact, I&#8217;ve had no time to write. So, to keep the blog alive, I threw together a quick montage of snapshots in the video below. We&#8217;ve been hiking, going to fall fests and carnivals, visiting nearby cities, hosting parties, pumpkin hunting, and trick-or-treating to name a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stone soup, homemade bread, and apple cider</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/10/15/stone-soup-homemade-bread-and-apple-cider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent yesterday afternoon sitting around a backyard campfire with a group of friends from Aidan&#8217;s Junior Great Books club. They had been reading folktales and recently read the classic folktale &#8220;Stone Soup.&#8221; You know the one&#8211;about the pilgrim who comes to town and tells the hungry town folk that he can make soup-enough-for-all from [...]]]></description>
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