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		<title>43 Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I&#8217;m an Extroverted Tree Hugging Builder The best part is what else they told me: 0.76% of the 147942 people who have taken this quiz are like you.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Youth Soccer Coach Resigns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to NPR [ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102591978&#38;ft=1&#38;f=3 ]: A soccer coach says he was joking. But when parents didn&#8217;t get it, Michael Kinahan resigned from a Massachusetts youth soccer league. He sent an e-mail saying &#8220;losing is for losers.&#8221; He said the team would be known as &#8220;Green Death,&#8221; and that parents should cheer instead of sitting there &#8220;sipping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/2009/mass-soccer-coach/</link>
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		<title>Algebra v. Basic Math</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was listening to NPR this morning, a story came up about algebra. Now, when I was in school, I remember many of my fellow students having difficulty with algebra, but I always found it incredibly easy. I always got tripped up on the simple math: adding together two two-digit numbers to this day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m no longer in school, nor officially associated with any school, government, or other institutional schedule, today was a snow day. What little weather precipitated yesterday in the Northern Shenandoah Valley managed to suddenly render a vacation day for nearly everyone in the region. I worked on Tuesday when the weather was ongoing, and while the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackbird</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I went to see Blackbird at the Studio Theatre in DC. So the basic story: We witness the encounter of Ray (now Peter), a man nearing 60 who has served some time but now has a mediocre management position at a very unkempt office, by Una, now around 30, a young woman we discover Ray abused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Andrew&#8217;s, part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The party was a surprising success. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food, the house, and the company. It was nice to mix a few circles, even if it was very slight. Some were not able to make it; hors d&#8217;oeuvres were not thought through; and chairs were a bit under-planned. But everything else seemed to go very well, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grey Gardens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I went to see Grey Gardens at the Studio Theatre in DC. So the basic story: American royalty, the family of Jackie O, has fallen from wealth, propriety, and personally hygiene. Interesting musical&#8211; a little peculiar and funny. I would describe this production as the most beautiful failure I&#8217;ve seen in a while. The visual qualities of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Andrew&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So my parents decided that I will be hosting Christmas this year. Okay. I can deal with that. So I have to decorate a bit and make sure the house is clean and all that good kind of stuff. This is the point where I should have stopped and said to myself &#8220;This is about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.andrewlnapier.com/2008/dinner-at-andrews/</link>
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		<title>Hugh Laurie on Conan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of the television show &#8220;House&#8221;, and while I knew Hugh Laurie&#8217;s British, it never quite registered with me that the American accent he speaks on the show is in fact fake. Tonight, Laurie was the guest on Conan. I particularly liked the knife story. Here&#8217;re the clips: Part 1 Part 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Day of Autumn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I lingered out of bed this morning, I heard the familiar meter of the voices of National Public Radio beating from the alarm clock in the corner. The woman begins listing the stations currently broadcasting her voice, and I am reminded how odd it is that, while I&#8217;m a good 45 minutes by car [...]]]></description>
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