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		<title>Don&#8217;t tell Carol!  My son&#8217;s disgusting taste.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my God. My hands tremble as I type this, because while Carol was working late tonight, I decided to let Nathaniel try the food that he asked for. If it was only eating habits, I would swear Nate wasn&#8217;t really my son, because he is just about the most picky eater I&#8217;ve ever known. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand up to Hallmark!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An acquaintance writes: I just saw an ad on TV for Hallmark Cards. It showed a daughter visiting her mother for mother&#8217;s day and then leaving. The mother then goes to her desk and picks up a card for another child. The voice then says something like &#8220;Give her something she can keep for Mother&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, they still make Jiffy Pop.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, they haven&#8217;t improved it.  It still burns. Everyone, at some time, has a Jiffy Pop moment. Who can forget the time when they saw the silver foil grow from a flat disk into a giant dome!  What innocence. The only thing was that, as far as I could ever tell, it was virtually impossible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Kill-A-Watt Fry My Microwave?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Why I Am Not Rich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I bought one of these Kill A Watt gadgets which tells you how much energy a given appliance uses.  This is especially useful when you want to know how much an appliance uses when it&#8217;s not turned on. My results have been very modest, btw.  When it&#8217;s not on, my Dell computer, for example, along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Berlin Mart ain&#8217;t what it used to be&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it was NEVER the way it used to be! People have told me that it used to be called The Berlin Auction, and they had actual auctions there, but that was before my day.  For me, I have many memories at The Berlin Mart in Berlin, New Jersey.  I&#8217;ve gone there, on and off, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIG VICTORY FOR MADONNA AS AFRICAN ADOPTION FAILS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madonna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seemingly unable to talk about people who actually have talent (versus raw ambition, overly energetic constitutions and well funded publicity agents) or people who&#8217;ve shown the public something they want to see and/or hear for 15 years, the media is BUZZING of the latest story on Madonna&#8217;s failure to adopt a baby from the African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Economy!  Buy me this thing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8216;s New York Times tells us of a new kind of sound machine from Ecotones.  Sound machine?  OK, they&#8217;re not for everyone but there have been sound machines like this (though not as fancy) for years and years.  We bought one for our boys when they were babies an used the &#8220;heartbeat / swoosh&#8221; sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats, Music Companies!  Scientific Proof You&#8217;ve Ruined Music!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/the-sizzling-sound-of-music.html Jonathan Berger, professor of music at Stanford this week revealed the results of a multi-year survey he&#8217;s been running: Students were asked to judge the quality of a variety of compression methods randomly mixed with uncompressed 44.1 KHz audio. The music examples included both orchestral, jazz and rock music. When I first did this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My TiVo crashed and I found a great thing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty comfortable with computers and replacing hard drives. I&#8217;m also comfortable with burning CDs. If this neither describes you nor anyone you know, then you may just want to skip this. About 3 years ago I bought a TiVo with a lifetime subscription (possibly one of the best moves in my life!) You may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is NOT a Wii Website! But&#8230; Gamestop has PLENTY of Wii&#8217;s&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ccotton.com/2007033/this-is-not-a-wii-website-but-gamestop-has-plenty-of-wiis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Cotton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m going on and on about the Wii. But here&#8217;s my first article after having had the thing for a week, some experiences with its Nintendo emulation and about my trip to my local GameStop. I must say up front that I&#8217;m still quite satisified with my Wii. While I&#8217;ve seen much better [...]]]></description>
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