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		<title>Symphony Rip Off</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/12/10/symphony-rip-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from seeing the symphony and they have added spoons as a musical instrument.  I feel ripped off.  Instead of violins people were playing the spoons and one old guy was blowing into a jug.  What has this world come to?
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		<title>Holiday Parking Situation Resolved</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/12/05/holiday-parking-situation-resolved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at the local mall I almost got into it with an old lady over a parking space.  The lot was packed and I was not about to wait.  I saw the old lady sitting in her giant old car with the stupid blinker on (as if she had dibs on the parking spot).  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1896&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Smart People be Taught?</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/12/04/can-smart-people-be-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am beginning to think that it is impossible to teach smart people anything.  I work with a bunch of so called smart people and most of them are not willing to listen long enough to learn what they don&#8217;t know.  They think they know everything because they are professors.  They are not nearly as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1894&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alone in the Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/30/alone-in-the-wilderness-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnnyredcloth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mentor came into my life when I was six years old. He taught me the ways of the wilderness, the arts of tracking and stalking. He taught me survival, how to craft bows and arrows, and how to live in harmony with the earth, but above all he taught me of the peace and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1892&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Truck</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/30/coffee-truck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning while commuting to school I saw something odd. A pilot gas truck passed me and it was carrying coffee. The back of it read &#8220;best coffee on the interstate&#8221; Pilot. I have never had a cup of pilot coffee but would have a hard time believing that coffee shipped in such bulk (already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1889&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving Homeless Bums</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving-homeless-bums/</link>
		<comments>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving-homeless-bums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I woke up early and went to the university to print about five hundred flyers announcing a free hot thanksgiving lunch for the homeless. &#8220;Tired of the shelter food&#8221; it read. Join us for lunch today then I gave the Dean&#8217;s home address.
Happy Thanksging Dean you home owning bum. Happy Thanksgiving homeless bums.
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		<title>Meet Johnny Redcloth</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/meet-johnny-redcloth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to take a couple of minutes and explain something about our newest author Johnny Redcloth.  Johnny is a great man, and a tremendous author.  He is one of the nicest men I know.  He seems to be slightly misunderstood and has already started butting heads with a couple of you (authors and readers).  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1885&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sick of These Homeless Bums</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/sick-of-these-homeless-bums/</link>
		<comments>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/sick-of-these-homeless-bums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am damn sick of these homeless bums panhandling in my street.  Look at this recent blog about these scammers.  http://blogs.nybooks.com/post/254326291/homeless-on-the-home-front
I have seen my share of the streets as a college professor&#8230;trust me.  I&#8217;ve been homeless. And I am continuously amazed how often being homeless is tied to asking for money.  I was homeless for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1880&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Succeed on Black Friday</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/succeed-on-black-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.wordpress.com/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Friday (busiest retail shopping day of the year) is the Friday after Thanksgiving, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.  On this special day, it is not uncommon to see shoppers lined up hours before stores with big sales open.  Shoppers often rush, grab, push and lunge as many stores [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=312&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transparency</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/transparency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I attended a lecture by the Dean about transparency. He is a lousy speaker and after the lecture I told him that. I also told him that I hate the way he smiles. Now I am in trouble. So much for transparency. Next time he should lecture on lying.
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		<title>Stupid Culture</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/stupid-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You ever get the feeling that no matter how much sense something makes an organization&#8217;s culture trumps common sense? I do. I am sick of trying to force change. There has to be a place with better systems in place that takes full advantage of technology. Do you work in a progressive place like I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1875&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/24/dark-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnnyredcloth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Violent images, scenes or articles can trigger worrisome thoughts. I&#8217;m just confused to what extent those thoughts are normal. Reflecting upon myself&#8230;..which I often do. Occasionally I read or think about bad or violent situations and wonder what leads people to doing these things, because I don&#8217;t know, I often worry that someday I may go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=620&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paycheck</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/21/paycheck/</link>
		<comments>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/21/paycheck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/21/paycheck/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I called the lousy Dean today to collect my paycheck. He left it at the office which really irritates me. The dencent thing would have been for him to take it with him and hook up with me over the weekend. I can&#8217;t believe they let this fool run the school.
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		<title>Get Out Of Meetings</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/20/get-out-of-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/20/get-out-of-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I did not want to meet with one of my students so I sat in my office singing at the top of my lungs. It worked. She eventually left without being seen. The Dean has asked for a meeting with me. I am going to try the same strategy with him to see if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1872&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My paycheck</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/19/my-paycheck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>catchthespindan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://catchthespin.com/?p=1870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The University I work for has changed policy on faculty paychecks.  Now instead of going to see Sylvia we have to go to the docks across town at night to pick up our checks from a guy named Pedro.  Last night I went and there was gun fire.  I don&#8217;t need the money today because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1870&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sick of Status Quo</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/18/sick-of-status-quo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you have developed coping skills to deal with the status quo?  I am sick of it.  I am sick of people not showing up prepared.
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		<title>When Someone Chokes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What You Need to do When Someone Chokes at Your House This Year at Thanksgiving
1.      Stay Sharp! Move swiftly from side to side and remember that victims ALWAYS panic and intentionally strike out.  They will try to hit you so be prepared to hit back.  Think of this as a friendly boxing competition and be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=1863&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General Rules for Holiday Safety</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/18/general-rules-for-holiday-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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·         Keep matches, torches, jars of gasoline soaked rags, molitov cocktails, lighters, and candles out of the reach of small children (under the age of 3).
·         Avoid smoking heavily near flammable decorations.  You can smoke around them but be careful.
·         Make an emergency plan to use when a fire breaks out anywhere in the home. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=494&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Prevent a Christmas Tree Fire</title>
		<link>http://catchthespin.com/2009/11/18/how-to-prevent-a-christmas-tree-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Christmas trees while pretty are extremely flammable even with the proper precautions are taken. 
 
  
Here are a few tips to help reduce your risk of harm this year:
 

Select a fresh tree.  To get the freshest tree, cut it yourself.  Go to a tree lot and take your saw.  Cut the tree down and take it back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catchthespin.com&blog=5317269&post=322&subd=catchthespin&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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