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		<title>students acting out: re/approaching service-learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it&#8217;s been a pretty long time since I&#8217;ve sit down to write to this blog. Life keeps happening, and that&#8217;s a good thing, but sometimes it happens so quickly and with such intensity that it&#8217;s hard to find the time to pause for reflection&#8211;even though it is so very important. Historically, this time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kickin&#8217; it at the inhome conference 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, we made the trek again out to beautiful St. Charles, IL to take in the 2012 inHome Conference. As usual, it did not disappoint. We arrived early Thursday afternoon to register and get ready for all the conference had to offer&#8211;and I mean ALL it had to offer. Aidan refused to miss a [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://writing101.net/2012/02/18/a-trip-to-the-chicago-auto-show-2012/#comments</comments>
		<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>earth scouts visit paws</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/01/11/earth-scouts-visit-paws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today our Earth Scouts group paid a visit to PAWS of Tinley Park. PAWS is a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to the protection of domestic animals. Our current Earth Scouts&#8217; focus is to make a difference through participatory democracy&#8211;and through those means, together, we chose to focus our attention on animal welfare. Specifically, we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>aidan the guitar player</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/12/14/aidan-the-guitar-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a month of performance for Aidan. From theater to musicianship&#8211;he loves performing arts and doesn&#8217;t mind being in the spotlight too much either, as long as he&#8217;s on a stage that is. For the past six months or so, Aidan has been taking guitar lessons and has been having fun with it. [...]]]></description>
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