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		<title>Pretty Girls</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/pretty-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She’s the kind of woman that has the characteristics I covet:  Bouncy personality, great people skills, and most importantly – normally proportioned legs that actually fit into a pair of knee-high boots.   I imagine she never has fat days, and I’d bet my 401(k) pittance that she’s never had a fat month or (most definitely) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=722&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the color of waiting</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-color-of-waiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The color of waiting is white.  It shows no pity to those who succumb and it wraps itself around you saying:  “Now you are mine for awhile.”  It fills your head with its dense cotton batting and settles in your abdomen where its presence makes itself known with an ever-growing sense of anxiety. 
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		<title>to disregard thee</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/to-disregard-thee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You have 1 friend request” my Facebook account informed me today. Whenever I see someone’s requesting me as a friend, my first reaction is always one of bewilderment.   I mean, my circle of friends is purposely small, so the people I consider my real friends have long been in on my Facebook page.   These days, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=707&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Aunt Pittypat</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/ask-aunt-pittypat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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After fleeing her hometown of Atlanta during General Sherman&#8217;s siege, Aunt Pittypat lived out her remaining years in a small town in Georgia.  Now, through the miracle of cloning, Aunt Pitty has been brought back to life, where she is able to fulfill her greatest dream &#8211; to advise Southern women in proper behavior.  Unfortunately though, 150 years have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=450&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>stripping away the layers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the past several days and nights stripping the wallpaper in one room of my house.  It&#8217;s a chore I&#8217;ve done in many other rooms of my home and each time I&#8217;m confronted with a different set of challenges to meet and overcome, because once the first layer&#8217;s removed, you never know what (if anything) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=681&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>acquiescence</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/acquiescence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The older I get the more I realize that the end of my time as a person on this planet is creeping up on me.   The phrase &#8220;life&#8217;s too short&#8221; isn&#8217;t  just a cliche anymore and it&#8217;s clear that happiness isn&#8217;t something I can just continue to hope for. 
People get stuck.  They get stuck in relationships that are unfulfilling.  Stuck [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=625&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Single on Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/single-on-valentines-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Single on Valentine’s Day.  A position I literally have never been in before.  “So” I wondered to myself, “what DOES one do on this, the day that’s not only specifically for those who have mates, but practically screams in laughter and points its finger at those of us who don’t?”   After carefully weighing my options [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=665&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>hill jumping</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/hill-jumping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An up day begins.  I call these days the good ones; the other days are called the bad ones.  There&#8217;s seldom a day I can simply call an average one. 
Up and down, I ride a rollercoaster every single day.
A good day begins with laughter.  Always laughter.  The optimism I feel is rooted in small things &#8211; a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=654&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six word memior</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/six-word-memior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak has just been published in paperback and has inspired me to write my own succinct love &#38; heartbreak memior:
Unlucky in love.  I still believe&#8230;
What does your six-word memior say?  It&#8217;s easier than you think.
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		<title>52 YO SWF ISO SM for LTR &#8211; Must love music</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/52-yo-swf-iso-sm-of-similar-age-for-ltr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent a lifetime marrying, divorcing, dating, fucking and just plain horsing around, Along the way there have been compromises, accommodations, deals with the Devil, trade-offs, give-ins, cop-outs and arbitration.
In other words:  Concessions have been made
And so now, after much consideration, pondering and contemplation, and with hope still coursing through my swiftly sclerosing arteries, I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&blog=730220&post=632&subd=observantbystander&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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