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    <updated>2008-07-15T12:04:16Z</updated> 
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    <subtitle>&#39;Cause they don&#39;t really listen to me at home.</subtitle>  
    
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        <title>Shel -  Monday, July 14, 2008 8:15:18 AM</title>   
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         I&#39;m having a rough morning.  I can&#39;t get the program I need for work to work and I am feeling totally overwhelmed right now.  I have to collect myself so I can get work done today but it&#39;s going to be tough.  I am crying already and I just want to...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>QotD: Notes to the Future</title>   
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        <published>2008-07-11T03:51:26Z</published>
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           If you could leave notes for the future, what message would you have left in the past for today? Submitted by Nameless.  I&#39;m not sure I understand this question.  Why would I write a note to future me?  Isn&#39;t that what a memory is for?  Does the...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Kinda crappy day, not sure why.</title>   
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        <published>2008-07-11T03:15:14Z</published>
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         I felt kinda shitty today.  It started off with my body feeling all stiff and not seeming to want to wake up.  My mind was ready for action but my body said &quot;I don&#39;t think so&quot;.  After I got going at work I could feel it creeping in.  This overwhel...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Strange thoughts</title>   
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        <published>2008-07-10T20:00:11Z</published>
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          I have some weird thoughts sometimes.  Well, maybe they aren&#39;t so weird, but they seem a little uncommon to me.  Maybe you can tell me if this is unusual. The other day I was driving to work.  I am going over this section of highway hat is 5 or s...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Dear Diary,</title>   
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        <published>2008-07-06T04:42:45Z</published>
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         I like blogging on Vox.  Most of the people in my neighborhood are complete strangers and the few who are not, are the people I feel closest to.  I am comfortable here which gives me the forum to utilize this anonymity to fully express myself and ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>I suck.</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-27T00:52:34Z</published>
        <updated>2008-07-07T23:52:32Z</updated>
    
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         This is not me looking for sympathy.  This is what I truly believe and I hope that writing it may help me to speak it without crying which will in turn help me to fix these things.  I do not like to be the center of attention (although some may ar...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>George Carlin - 1937-2008</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-23T14:50:46Z</published>
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        <title>Sara&#39;s folks</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-15T20:30:38Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-15T21:56:33Z</updated>
    
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    I know, I know.  I still owe you a wedding post.  I&#39;m getting there, I swear.  I just took sooooo many pictures, it&#39;s been tough to weed through them all.  I&#39;ll get on it right away.  But for now, here are your folks.      <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Multimedia message</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-15T04:49:23Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-15T06:37:24Z</updated>
    
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        <title>Vox Hunt: Happy Flag Day</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-14T19:13:07Z</published>
        <updated>2008-06-14T19:32:02Z</updated>
    
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    Show us a flag.    Because I am in an extra homesick-y kind of mood, I will show you the flag of the Great State of California!   And just for fun I&#39;ll add in the state seal    Speaking of fun    And now for a little education.  Do you know your ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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