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		<title>Forever young, I wanna be forever young.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my research for all things (actually just fabric) fire retardant (but only with a certificate of compliance with local and state laws, please) I have run across some very odd companies.  Take, for instance, Forever Preserved, which I am pretty sure preserves palm trees and other shrubs so that they look real, but have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1821</link>
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		<title>Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I liked my last post so very much, I&#8217;ve decided to make a big photo post of all the images of  the two of them I liked best.  Newman and Woodward were married for fifty years, and when asked why he never cheated, Newman famously said &#8220;Why go out for hamburger when you&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1658</link>
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		<title>Paul and Joanne</title>
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“I’ve repeatedly said that for people who have as little in common as  Joanne and myself, we have an uncommonly good marriage. We are actors.  We make pictures and that’s about all we have in common. Maybe that’s  enough. Wives shouldn’t feel obligated to accompany their husbands to a  ball game, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1655</link>
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		<title>school starts.</title>
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1608</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[volley. folly. windpipe crusher.
A children&#8217;s poem somewhere in that.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1600</link>
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		<title>zap.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend recently fanned the flames of my obsession with figuring out what would happen if an actor in a movie could rent a movie and see themselves in it. Or is it that I wonder if each movie is simply set in an earth-like place, but obviously one where certain films don&#8217;t exist?
Bill Murray [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1577</link>
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		<title>so saith.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;I hope no great sorrow ever will come to you, Anne.&#8217; said Gilbert, who could not connect the idea of sorrow with the vivid, joyous creature beside him, unwitting that those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and that the natures which enjoy most keenly are those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1575</link>
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		<title>very necessary.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[there are a few things I day dream about, one of them is running a lifestyle etsy/ebay shop. Filled with clothes, little trinkets, small furniture items, books, records&#8230; you know.
To do that, I would need:
a. a capable computer
(a2. also a wacom tablet and photoshop) 
b. more income with which to purchase the clothes and sundries to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1572</link>
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		<title>night cheese.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting on the couch, with a blanket. It is Saturday night and I am watching all the television I did not see last week. In my hand is a knife, and on that knife is some brie.
After about ten minutes I look at the knife and giggle, and sing-song-say something like &#8216;night chee&#8230;&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1570</link>
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		<title>union song, union battle.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My hair seems to be growing, finally.  Next year, it will be as long as it should be, but probably won&#8217;t be as long as I want it for another two years.  I don&#8217;t want shoulder-length hair, I want crazy Burberry model long hair.  My hair will be the perfect length as soon as I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1568</link>
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		<title>we all shall be received in graceland.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mad Men this season killed it.  Season 3 was the best season of television I&#8217;ve seen since season 1 of The L Word, (which held such amazing promise and then squandered any good will it garnered with five following seasons of unbearably shameful dreck.)  I won&#8217;t spoil it for you if you haven&#8217;t seen it, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1560</link>
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		<title>fear mongering.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished reading Eula Biss&#8217;s fine article which appeared in the 2008 copy of Believer magazine.  About six times during the article I started to open an email to send to Andrew telling him to read it, or this very blog post to tell whoever is reading this to read it, but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1558</link>
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		<title>taken.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was late last night the dog was speaking of you;
the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh.
It is you are the lonely bird through the woods;
and that you may be without a mate until you find me.
You promised me, and you said a lie to me,
that you would be before me where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1556</link>
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		<title>understanding.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I watch a movie the plot is excessively unclear to me. For instance, when we watched Where The Wild Things Are,  I didn&#8217;t really understand it until Abigail said &#8220;Oh, that wild thing was his sister, oh that&#8217;s his mom.&#8221; And then I just felt dumb.  This happens with alarming alacrity and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1553</link>
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		<title>garurasana.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Garurasana is known as the eagle pose, and works to loosen all the major joints of the body.
Eagle pose is begun by standing straight, feet planted firm. Swing arms overhead and bring them down quickly, crossing right under left to bring them to prayer in front of the face. Then shifting weight to the left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1551</link>
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		<title>utkatasana.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Utkatasana is known in english as the awkward pose, and is the third in the standing series.
Awkward pose is so haaaard. You hold your arms out level to the floor in front of you, and sit down slowly as if sitting into a chair. Then you go up on your tip toes and do it, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1547</link>
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		<title>ardha chandrasana.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ardha Chandrasana is the first of the standing series poses, the half-moon pose.  
This is the most difficult pose for me to manage, which is difficult as it comes second. My arms are usually tired from lifting above my head and tightly grasping them together, moving back and forth before dipping first to the right, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1544</link>
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		<title>In Which I Am Made Self Aware, And Buy Some Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I write for the 484th most popular website in Sudan.  It is also the 711th most popular website in Qatar! This website which you are reading right now, by comparison, is the 4,017,342th most important website in the world.  Up 400 percent in the past three months!
I got a bag of quinoa from the bulk foods [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1536</link>
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		<title>simply.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because I can&#8217;t remember always, I sometimes read old chats or emails from people I no longer know, and it always feels a bit like looking at the ceiling from a very hard floor that you&#8217;ve just hit. Keep having to re-orient my brain, and I marvel at how many things I&#8217;ve reclaimed from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1531</link>
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		<title>annoying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part The First, In Which I Posit A Problem

There&#8217;s this one interior design blog I read, and I found this person through the design interwebs, and yes, there&#8217;s scads of lovely pictures up innit, but the one thing I canna stand is the writing.  Now I have an unusually high tolerance for smarm, ridiculous non-sense, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1526</link>
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		<title>reprieve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The funny thing about being smart is you can get through most of life without having to do any work.&#8221; &#8211; Joel McHale on Community
Yes, someone finally understands.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1523</link>
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		<title>up for grabs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laremy did this thing where he&#8217;s making a bracket of the best female performances in the &#8217;00&#8217;s, and he put Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding up against Ellen Burstyn in Requiem For A Dream.
To quote Peter Sarsgaard (who, given our recent interaction, only seems to know one word for &#8220;similar&#8221;) it does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1521</link>
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		<title>she says&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.”   &#8211; Emily Post
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1520</link>
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		<title>Each, In the mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“In Africa, it’s difficult to make movies, not because I’m a woman &#8211; it’s never been difficult to be a woman &#8211; but because not many movies get made in Africa.” &#8211; Mira Nair
I like that.  It&#8217;s never been difficult to be a woman.  She either means that it&#8217;s never been difficult for her to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1518</link>
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		<title>Good Times Never Seemed So Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have very good images, but when I was watching Lars and the Real Girl yesterday with my sister, I noticed that Bianca

looks an awful lot like Drew Barrymore in one scene of Fever Pitch. 

She looks really lively here, so it&#8217;s hard to explain, but in the scene, Drew is sitting on a bench [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1509</link>
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		<title>Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Criterion posted my top 20 in a recent article on The Current. I feel famous-adjacent. (That article is longer and took me longer to write than almost anything else I&#8217;ve done for film.com, and I am really proud of it.)
1a. Someone referenced me in this wikipedia article.
2. It makes me crazy that I can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1505</link>
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		<title>Tea on the Lawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
(via oncewed.com)
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1503</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked the doorman for directions as I entered the huge casino, I still don&#8217;t know where exactly I was going, but I was pregnant. I put my hand on my stomach as I walked up the slight spiral staircase to the elevator landing.  On the walls were beautiful works of art and around the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1497</link>
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		<title>Bruxism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He and I were visiting a huge art museum, much like the Nelson-Atkins, and we saw many works of art. He still couldn&#8217;t drive, so I did.
It was nice to see him after these past few years, and I kept holding his hand, something we never did in real life.  He let me.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1495</link>
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		<title>Things You Should Know About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Yorker Fiction podcast.
Half an hour long, the current fiction editor at the New Yorker discusses a short story from the archives with a current writer who has also been published in the New Yorker.  Against all logic, it&#8217;s only pretentious about one in five times. The rest of the time, it&#8217;s informative, interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1492</link>
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		<title>Divulge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This ad campaign:

 
plus this title card:

equals this:

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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1490</link>
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		<title>Twinsies Round 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brother Bear:

 
Josh Radnor:

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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1486</link>
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		<title>Bon Mot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lent some jewellery to wear to a party. There was a bracelet that looked really good on the cat. I went to get everyone to show them how bling the old barnyard mouser was looking and he wandered off. My wife has been looking for him for three hours now. I thought they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1484</link>
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		<title>Twinsies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hulk Hogan? King Triton? Mustache, check. Terrifying upper body, check.  Strange family situation played out for the world to see, check. Rebellious, and slightly slutty daughter, check. Twins.

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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1480</link>
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		<title>Alex Jamesalike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This, this is Alex James.  (I think I should probably just change the name of this blog to FLANNERY O&#8217;CONNOR LOVES ALEX JAMES since that&#8217;s pretty much a dream scenario in my book, and, as you the dear reader can second, is all I talk about.) He is sort-of but mostly used-to-be the bassist for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1465</link>
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		<title>Recently Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Books I&#8217;ve read in the past two months:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2666 by Roberto Bolano
Straight on Till Morning by Mary Lovell
My Story As Told By Water by David James Duncan
Restarting: At Swim Two Birds by Flann O&#8217;Brien (which has always had a place on my bookshelf since I discovered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1463</link>
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		<title>Tangled up in PHP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m about to launch a new site design, welded together by Andrew, (I can&#8217;t even say the name of his blog) who complains that my php is all enmeshed and I just throw my hands up because, what? if I knew how to fix these little problems, I might have done so before now.
The latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1460</link>
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		<title>Ancient History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing greater than getting into a television show that nobody really cares about anymore, or something so old that all the seasons have been available for years and your friends watched it when it was on air and now barely remember the plots, let alone the subplots, quotes and subtle nuances of character development.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1452</link>
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		<title>Gotta Keep the Devil Way Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching the second season of The Wire makes me miss Bodie.  So, this is an ode to Bodie.

Not much is known about Preston Broadus, also called Bodie. Bodie is one of the quicker dealers, starts out modestly and catches on immediately when told something.  Mostly.  So, yeah, he makes his money on the street, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1443</link>
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		<title>Matthew Gray Gubler and a Puppy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some days, this is all that needs to be said:



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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1418</link>
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		<title>Almanac: B. Callahan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The latest episode of Almanac, wherein I listen to the new Bill Callahan album for the very first time, all the way through, and provide some thoughts after each song.   Since they&#8217;re pulling tracks from the internet, I won&#8217;t be posting the track listing, but it is available if you do a little Googling.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1408</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Tyron Leitso!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[C]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1390</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Missing in Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an episode of Almanac, (my hour long radio show) that I thought I had lost.  As best I can figure out from the small references I make, I think I recorded this around the beginning of February.  I give an explanation of the show in the first few minutes.
I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1356</link>
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		<title>Grizzly Bear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I worked as a production assistant on the Patrick Daughters&#8217; directed music video for Two Weeks, which is on their new album, out in May sometime.  The video should be neat. Pyrotechniques, y&#8217;all!  I spray painted a mannequin, filled out paperwork, and swept up leaves.  Also hung about set helping distribute food and coffee, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1383</link>
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		<title>Almanac Presents: Colt Carter, Private Eye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a radio hour dedicated to the new and wondrous, I was shocked to find that we&#8217;d never presented an old-fashioned radio murder mystery.  This is one of our more ambitious outings to date, involving the co-ordinated efforts of a host of live readers.  We hope to do more of these in the future.
Colt Carter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1376</link>
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		<title>Finest Sentence in the English Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jake Gyllenhaal&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah celebration took place at a homeless shelter because his parents wanted to instill in him a sense of gratitude for his privileged lifestyle.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1377</link>
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		<title>Almanac: 80&#8217;s Prom Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aren&#8217;t you too cute in your puffed sleeves and tattered skirt?  Let&#8217;s get out on the dance floor, and do the Molly Ringwald!
Almanac hosts an 80&#8217;s prom, and even if you&#8217;re rolling your eyes, and you never went to prom and yadda yadda, it doesn&#8217;t matter, cause we are doin&#8217; this thing with style.
Dancing With [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1366</link>
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		<title>Almanac: The Babes of Poetry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Returning to formats of old, I encorporate the ever-popular &#8220;guest host&#8221; format with the old Almanac &#8220;interview-in-the-middle&#8221; format.
Phd candidate Ryan Schaffner guest hosts, and I interview Zach Weichbrodt, poet in residence at the Almanac chateau.¹
Anna Freud    3:07    The National
Flightless Bird, American Mouth    4:03    Iron &#38; Wine
Most Of The Time    5:04    Bob Dylan
Helplessly Hoping    2:42    Crosby, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1351</link>
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		<title>Almanac: The Covers Tape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Almanac is here to whisper in your ear and tell you secrets about where it&#8217;s been.  I only say one bad word, and it&#8217;s at the very end of the broadcast.  There&#8217;s way too many good covers, but here&#8217;s the best of recently. If I sound a little more nervous than usual, well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1336</link>
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		<title>Almanac Asides: Olden Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an entirely unscripted Almanac, done spur of the moment, and not the official start to Season Four. Sometimes you do things for other people, and sometimes you do things just for yourself.
Jim Cain    4:29    Bill Callahan
I&#8217;m Getting Back Into Getting Into You    2:35    Silver Jews
Tear in Your Hand &#8211; Tori Amos
My Friend    5:03    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1318</link>
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		<title>A Special Treat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because perhaps you need a special treat to get you through tonight.  Through secret back channels and the sharp eyes of an internet friend, I came across two new mp3&#8217;s from the Bill Callahan album, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle,  which doesn&#8217;t release until April 2009.  I think this album will end up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1315</link>
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		<title>Oh, Tannenbaum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Andrew said that I looked like Zelda Fitzgerald, and I think it is sort of apt, at least in tone.  Cate got me a lace parasol for Christmas and I shall twirl it merrily come springtime, wearing a poofy white lace dress.  The other day, I literally thought to myself,  &#8220;Well, I am going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1301</link>
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		<title>Almanac Asides: Christmas Cheer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almanac Asides: the step sister to Almanac, but every bit as pretty!
Cate and I discuss Things we Do and Do Not like about Christmas, as well as our Ideal Christmas Wish Lists.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1205</link>
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		<title>Almanac: The Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An all woman show comprised of female musicians, and an explanation of what the show itself IS, and I discuss recent events in my life.
Now with super campy intro! A crackling fire, a faux surprise greeting.
White As Diamonds  -   Alela Diane
Good Woman [live @ KCRW]  &#8211; Cat Power
You Are What You Love  -   Jenny Lewis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1201</link>
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		<title>Almanac: African Skies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the latest Almanac, focusing on African sounds, and here&#8217;s a bit of something to get you in the mood:
There&#8217;s something hanging low in the sky tonight, you might see it, there.  The sky stretches out, since you are on a bit of a rise, with nothing at your back, the farthest reaches of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1200</link>
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		<title>Smallmanac #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second mini-Almanac, and it&#8217;s pretty good.  Just imagine that I wrote it for you, listening wherever you are, on zuma beach, or perhaps on a train to Spain.  Maybe you live in Iceland, and you don&#8217;t know me yet, but we will be friends in February, when I reach your island small.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1191</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Die Radio Die</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This episode is all about Die Radio Die, a local highschool band that could have made it big, and features many songs of theirs as well as exposition by yours truly.
New England Sunrise (Old)  7:05  Die Radio Die
Licoln Logs and Lumberjacks 6:31  Die Radio Die
The Chase 4:53 Die Radio Die
As Soon As Beauty Dies (Old)  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac Alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be running the Die Radio Die show tonight at 6 p.m. on biolaradio.com, archived here immediately afterwards.
Look for the falling in love show next week.
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		<title>Almanac: Taking Sides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[lmanac attack! Featuring some conversations about taking sides and making decisions, when I go home for Thanksgiving, I will interview my sisters again, so look forward to some new Lizzie content.
Interviews: Laurel Wilson, and Abigail Schilling.
Little Boxes  -   Malvina Reynolds
I Feel Like the Mother of the World  -   Smog
There&#8217;s No Other Way  -   Blur
Against All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Almanac Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YES, there will be A NEW ALMANAC tomorrow.Â  Remember that little show? That little thing? Well, gear up.Â 
Trent had this to say:
&#8220;Almanac is that disappointed feeling when you visit someone&#8217;s blog and they don&#8217;t have the new episode uploaded&#8230;. Almanac is like the day your parents drove to the mall but you had to drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Nouk Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(from a post I wrote for clusterflock)Â 
You may remember Nouk from a recent post. I became very intrigued with his style, and I had a few questions for him which turned into an interview, with topics ranging from personal responsibility to what exactly style is.

&#8220;You can always judge a person coming out of the supermarket, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1151</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Regrets, Summer Mellow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A summery episode filled with musing on regret and mellow tunes to sip your mint julep to.
Easier &#8211; Grizzly Bear
I&#8217;m Getting Back Into Getting Into You &#8211; Silver Jews
I Was Never Young &#8211; Of Montreal
Spit on a Stranger &#8211; Pavement
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song &#8211; Fleet Foxes
Taken &#8211; Bill Callahan
Great Horned Owl &#8211; Headdress
Mexican Summer &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1145</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Expectations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An episode entirely devoted to the exploration and extrapolation of expectations!
Wild Horse &#8211; Deb Talan
The Opposite of Hallelujah &#8211; Jens Lekman
You&#8217;re All I Need To Get By &#8211; Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Some Unholy War &#8211; Amy Winehouse
an Aimee Bender story &#8220;The Meeting&#8221;
Heart of Glass &#8211; Blondie
Lull &#8211; Andrew Bird
Every Now and Then &#8211; Art [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1146</link>
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		<title>Almanac Presents: Your Story Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a kind of precursor: This is one of the shows I&#8217;m happiest about in a long time.
Almanac is an hour long weekly radio show that is now in it&#8217;s third season. This week I wrote a short fictional story to accompany each song.
Almanac Presents: Your Short Story Hour
Elephant Gun  -  Beirut
Headsoak  -   Andrew Bird
You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: Season Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Season Three is hee-eeere. Forgive the usual small mistakes.  My tongue was tied and my hands were lead.  It gets better every day, don&#8217;t you worry.  This episode features no special guests, just my rambling.
Hong Kong Garden &#8211; Siouxsie and the Banshees
All Luck Ran Out &#8211; Sondre Lerche
Wouldn&#8217;t Mama Be Proud &#8211; Elliott Smith
Nikita  -   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1132</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Motown Hits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[he Almanac is not the name of the show, it is simply Almanac.
Almanac is a weekly variety radio show, featuring stories, songs and interviews. The show on Die Radio Die got deleted, so I think I may repeat it this Thursday, with our last show being next week.
But until then, here&#8217;s the Almanac for May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1037</link>
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		<title>Your Greatest Fears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the Almanac for 4/23/08

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		<title>My Talented Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Flannery and Self Portrait, 1958(?)

Self Portrait, 1951

Sylvia
I never realized they were contemporaries.  They&#8217;re in such separate categories of my mind.
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		<title>Aimee Bender&#8217;s Thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Desire is a house. Desire needs a closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it canâ€™t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows . . . Itâ€™s not supposed to be big at all. It should be the closest it can to being your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: Favourites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almanac is my hour-long amateur radio show.  We&#8217;re nearing the end of our second season, so take a listen and let me know what you think.
Favourite just isn&#8217;t Favourite without u.

YE OLDE ALMANAC PLAYLISTE:

Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra &#8211; Some Velvet Morning
Six Organs &#8211; Thicker Than a Smokey
Bright Eyes &#8211; True Blue
Grizzly Bear &#8211; While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Serious Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back to our old format for this week&#8217;s Almanac which deals with marriage.  I speak with Lo Shewm&#8212; wait, Fisher, now! and the mystical Kenny Ryan experience.
Why is everyone so scared of marriage?  I know I am.  We explore.
The Bunker &#8211; Beirut
Under the Milky Way &#8211; The Church
Live as if Someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1010</link>
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		<title>Snapshots From Lately</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I put on the Human League and start talking about Talking Heads and Cate says something like &#8220;Oh I can&#8217;t tell the difference&#8221;, I scoff and talk about how David Byrne&#8217;s voice is unique or something like that and then Afton says &#8220;Yeah I thought they were the same.&#8221;  I am of course annoyed, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=1006</link>
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		<title>Almanac Asides: Importance of Place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this hour of Almanac, Cate, Abigail and I discuss variations on the theme of &#8220;Importance of Place&#8221;.
What is your place, what is &#8220;place&#8221;? Is a place somewhere that you build, or can you attain it, is it given?
I lead off the hour, followed by Abigail, and finally by Cate. As I recall it, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Woman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
My newest film is done.Â  We finished editing it last night, and I hold it here, in it&#8217;s case, the product of a few sleepless nights and quiet hours, but nothing of the soul-wrenching and life-threatening experience of the first.Â  The first was about community, and aboutÂ people and lovesÂ that I don&#8217;t have anymore.Â  The second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: Bite Sized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A short, sweet updatey informal Almanac to replace the one that didn&#8217;t happen on Thursday.  There will be one this week, so mark your calenders, but until then, here&#8217;s a one-take no pauses endeavour.
There&#8217;s no music, but I do sing briefly.  Can I offer you some sunshine?
Twelve minutes of glory.
Also, something seems to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=992</link>
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		<title>Almanac Asides: How to Be Interesting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning: This peaks now and then so don&#8217;t listen too high.
Abigail Schilling, Cate MacDonald and I discuss various interesting topics including:
How to be Interesting
Interesting Movies
How to be Self Aware
&#8230;and we tell various stories that we alternately find interesting and uninteresting.
It&#8217;s a little bit of everything, just the way Almanac is supposed to be.
Ingrid Michaelson &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: Ethical Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited and much heralded Almanac featuring a lengthy discussion with Caitlin MacDonald on the topic of Ethical Living.  Don&#8217;t let the title scare you off.  We also get the giggle fits and I can&#8217;t seem to work the equipment, so a fairly standard episode.
Cat Power &#8211; (Can&#8217;t Get No) Satisfaction
Daniel Rossen &#8211; Too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac &#8211; AN UPDATE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, Here&#8217;s the divy.
I left my ID card at home when I went to school tonight. I was planning on heading into the station to upload the audio.  The problem is I have to go physically export the audio FROM THE STATION and upload it TO MY BLOG.  This process takes 30-40 minutes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=979</link>
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		<title>New Almanac Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new episode ofÂ Almanac will be posted tonight by 9 p.m.Â  Ne-vvvverr!Â  Mwahahahaha!
Â 
No, I mean&#8230; tonight.Â  Jeez.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=977</link>
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		<title>No Almanac Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Â 
Meanwhile, check out our archive, by clicking here or up on the menu bar under &#8220;Almanac&#8221;
Â 
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=968</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Politics &amp; Playlists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the latest Almanac, where I play songs that remind me of all of you and there&#8217;s a 20 minute interview with Caleb Winn, a very smart politico, about political issues.  I found it interesting and I don&#8217;t know almost anything about politics.
The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon and Garfunkel
No One&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=965</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Reason Why</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First episode of Season two, I discuss &#8220;The Reason Things Don&#8217;t Work Out&#8221;, and a myriad of other things.  Enjoy!
You You You You You  3:11  The 6ths &#38; Katharine Whalen
So Nice So Smart 2:46 Kimya Dawson
As You Turn to Go  1:59 The 6ths &#38; Momus
My Hands Are Shaking  3:01 Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche interview
To Be Surprised  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=960</link>
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		<title>So It Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next ALMANAC will be played at Thursday, 8 p.m.
It&#8217;s going to be called &#8220;The Reason Things Don&#8217;t Work Out&#8221;.
Featuring music by Sondre Lerche, the 6ths, Blur and other.
Also an interview with one of the above artists.
Tune in at 8 p.m. pacific time on BiolaRadio.com, OR listen to the archived broadcast available right here on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=956</link>
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		<title>Almanac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk about aggregation! Your favorite radio show, all in one place.
Almanac is produced LIVE once a week, Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, on biolaradio.com
If you can&#8217;t join us live, check back once a week for new episodes which will be added as they occur, clicking on the link will take you to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: Season Finale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our last show of the season is called &#8220;Favourite Things&#8221; and you&#8217;ll forgive me if the pacing is a bit off.  It&#8217;s been a long week.
I emailed people and asked them to send in songs, their favourites, and here&#8217;s what emerged.
I meant to say something about how well it mirrored my own life right now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=892</link>
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		<title>IMDB.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As in&#8230; my article is on the front page of it?  Near the bottom.
I&#8217;m watching Fanny and Alexander and it&#8217;s tearing my heart up a little bit. Lord almighty.  And this is only the second episode!  I think there&#8217;s like four or five&#8230;  The weird thing is, and I feel weird [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=884</link>
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		<title>Almanac: Fighting, Fights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almanac is a weekly radio show I host, it contains music, stories, funny songs and thoughtful moments. This week&#8217;s episode focused mainly on Fights, and why we are always Fighting.
Next Week&#8217;s Episode: My Favorite Things!
Fight Test &#8211; The Flaming Lips
Rise Up with Fists -  Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
Porcelain Figurine -  Andrew Bird
It&#8217;s All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=880</link>
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		<title>Day 14: Almanac &#8220;Love&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my weekly radio show, Almanac.  This week&#8217;s topic? The Curse of Being in Love.
Special guest interview with Ellie MacDonald
Story: The Meeting by Aimee Bender
Head Over Heels   &#8211;    Tears for Fears
You Are What You Love    &#8211;    Jenny Lewis
I Love You, You Imbecile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=861</link>
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		<title>Almanac: &#8220;Conversations&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almanac is a weekly radio show that I run for Biola Radio, and archive here. This episode tends towards mostly music, and commentary, with an interview!;
00:00
Iron &#38; Wine &#8211; Boy With A Coin
Arcade Fire &#8211; Intervention
Black Kids &#8211; I&#8217;m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
Peter, Bjorn and John &#8211; Young Folks
22:00ish
Interview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almanac: &#8220;Halloween&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to the Almanac show for October 24th, 2007.
I didn&#8217;t record the opening monologue, which is fine since I didn&#8217;t have any notes.  They got accidentally permanently deleted 2 minutes before airtime.
GUESTS AND SEGMENTS:
Cate MacDonald reads a David Sedaris story (20:00)
Erin Meyer talks about Halloween tells a scary story (27:00 ish)
Abigail Schilling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=838</link>
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		<title>Almanac: &#8220;Lies&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to the Almanac show for October 17th, 2007.
Here it is, my show starts a few moments in.
Almanac, October 17th, &#8220;Secrets and Lies&#8221;
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=834</link>
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		<title>The New Almanac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to the Almanac show for October 10th, 2007.
Here it is, my show starts a few moments in.
Almanac, October 10th, &#8220;Memories&#8221;
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=826</link>
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		<title>Zed, Two Noughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Watching a Zed and Two Noughts, which is probably my favorite movie of all time at this point. Greenaway&#8217;s utter devotion to symmetry, to the beginning and endings of life, the connectivity of all things, repetition and duality, it&#8217;s astounding and beautiful and perfect. Very nearly hits every single one of my aesthetic desires for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=817</link>
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		<title>Gone Too Far</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She says, &#8220;Any two points can make a line
but I know I can never make you mine.&#8221;
_______________
Â 
Did you know that
http://www.whatsthescuttlebutt.com
has every single office sound byte ever?Â  It&#8217;s a little amazing.
If you have any interesting stories about misunderstanding, I&#8217;d love to hear them.Â  You could even be on the radio.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=811</link>
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		<title>The New Pornographers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Seein&#8217; the New Porno&#8217;s tonight.
What&#8217;re you doin&#8217;?
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=808</link>
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		<title>Ye Olde Almanac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almanac is light, is air, is sight and sound combined.Â  Almanac is my new radio show, airing Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.Â  I&#8217;ve been hesitant to announce it because of technical difficulties that we&#8217;re having with the actual program, butÂ none-the-less, I hope they&#8217;ll be resolved soon and very soon.Â  I&#8217;m going to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=805</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on &#8216;Vertigo&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[veryone thank random commenter Kerry for being amazing and correctly identifying the equation I posted so very long ago. Way to search for the same things I do.
Also, I added Ryan Schaffner to the ol&#8217; blog roll.Â  Enjoy that, America.Â  Sorry I am a lazy person and didn&#8217;t add you before, Ryan.
Some thoughts about Vertigo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=781</link>
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		<title>Contact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can e-mail Amanda at:
amanda.meyncke@gmail.com
Carrier pigeons will find a safe and welcoming environment, as will letters, books, and packages sent my way.
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=418</link>
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		<title>Hem &#8211; Funnel Cloud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Iâ€™ve listened to quite a bit of Hem, and with a new cdÂ just out, Iâ€™ve had the chance to analyze their sound over a few albums.
Rabbit Songs was remarkable in the peaceful grace it offered, with No Word From Tom offering only a slightly edgier feel.Â Think of a â€˜Prarie Home Companionâ€™ version ofÂ edgy.Â  Rabbit Songs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=300</link>
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		<title>Promises Like Pie-Crust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christina Rossetti
Promise me no promises,
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know? 
You, so warm, may once have been
Warmer towards another one:
I, so cold, may once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=193</link>
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		<title>Made Me Laugh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
via xkcd.com
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		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=98</link>
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		<title>Act of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary. The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them. It may be the story of their first love or their most recent; of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://agoodmanishardtofind.org/?p=53</link>
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		<title>High Fidelity on Evil Dead II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rob: What would it mean to you, that sentence: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen Evil Dead II yet&#8221; ?
Barry: Well, to me it would mean that you&#8217;re a liar. You&#8217;ve seen it twice. Once with Laura &#8212; oops &#8212; and once with me and Dick remember? We had that conversation about that guy making Beretta shotgun ammo [...]]]></description>
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