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		<title>Pegasus in DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pegasus, where I least expected to find him &#8212; in my own backyard. This is total projection, but of all mythological flying creatures, Pegasus always struck me as the wisest, kindest, and most quiet. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d make much use of a flying creature that was always squawking and performing scary maneuvers to impress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills of the gods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mills of the gods grind swiftly at times. With Athens burning once again, and Greece reeling from the announcement of new austerity measures, I wonder if another frivolous post is really appropriate. The news is all bad. CNN shows hundreds of people lining up for free soup and bread. Men in black ski masks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to my killer heels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;You shouldn&#8217;t wear high heels anymore.&#8221;  The podiatrist delivered this devastating blow with a self-satisified sniff, barely glancing at my stricken face. I replied with something akin to, &#8220;ARE YOU FREAKIN&#8217; KIDDING ME?&#8221; Now that I had the Dr.&#8217;s full attention, her demeanor became more consoling, her tone&#8230;almost maternal. Suddenly I was more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chair of Forgetfulness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[or What happens when alpha males get together The story goes something like this: The great Athenian hero Theseus and his best friend Pirithous, King of the Lapithae, were sitting around bored and looking for a challenge. On a whim, the newly widowed Pirithous announced that he would have the most closely guarded lady in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goat finds freedom in an unfree world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While scanning the week&#8217;s news events, I came across this: A longhaired goat that ran away from a Minnesota nativity scene on Christmas Eve is finally back home after being on the lam for 25 days. The errant animal, named Curley, turned herself in when she wandered onto the farm owned by Tony Loomer and family, near Fergus [...]]]></description>
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