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		<title>Public Bathroom Etiquette: An Epic Rant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bathroom etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epic rant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man who doesn't wash his hands will shake YOUR hand.
He handles your food at Subway.
His hands have sullied the documents you handle at work. 

This person is not your friend. Or ally.

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		<title>How it feels: to have a gun pointed at you (a repost/rewrite/reflection)*</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/how-it-feels-to-have-a-gun-pointed-at-you-a-repostrewritereflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My crazy life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What it feels like...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightclub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pistol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robbery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everything happened so fast.
Had I had time to think rationally, I'd have simply given him what he wanted.
However, emotion trumped logic at that particular moment.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vondarrien.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2816214&amp;post=951&amp;subd=vondarrien&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Green Line: The night a fool tried to jack me for my iPad</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/tales-from-the-green-line-the-night-a-fool-tried-to-jack-me-for-my-ipad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My crazy life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ipod]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The key takeaway: if you’re using a smartphone, mp3 player, or tablet on the train—be the hell  aware of your surroundings! I know this, yet I was still caught off guard by the teen standing over me looking suspicious. Also, sitting next to the doors made me even more of a likely candidate. All the pieces were in place for me to be the next Apple-picking victim. 

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		<title>Stacy</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/stacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My crazy life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gym crush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gym romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spandex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports bra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the gym]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I turned to her, she was still smiling. Looking right into my eyes. Whatever defenses she had up at the gym were long gone. Now she was friendly and approachable.I had to seize the moment.
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		<title>I might win some—but I just lost one</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/i-might-win-some%e2%80%94but-i-just-lost-one/</link>
		<comments>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/i-might-win-some%e2%80%94but-i-just-lost-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeing other people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[win]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt.   I called. She didn’t answer. I left a voicemail. She didn’t return my call. Well, she didn’t return my call that night. However, although I’m an eternal pessimist—I was somewhat confident that she’d call the next evening. Why wouldn’t she? It’s possible, maybe likely, that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vondarrien.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2816214&amp;post=853&amp;subd=vondarrien&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>14 Things You Don&#8217;t Know About Men</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/14-things-you-dont-know-about-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[esquire magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[things you don't know about men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[things you don't know about women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[va-jay-jay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[10) You can’t possibly expect to be taken seriously if you have a self-ascribed nickname for your boobs (ie, “the twins,” “the girls,” “Ren &#38; Stimpy”).
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		<title>Chivalry and the Door Test</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/chivalry-and-the-door-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bronx tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calogero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chivalrous behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chivalry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[door test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gentleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sonny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the years that passed, however, I realized that the Door Test had been rendered irrelevant by the advent of modern technology. Power locks had all but done away with the need for a woman to manually open a man's door. However, the used car I bought last year on the cheap doesn't have power locks. I have to let folks into my vehicle the old school way.

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		<title>The Time My Mom Almost Got Her Grandson</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-time-my-mom-almost-got-her-grandson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My crazy life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Painful childhood memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandchildren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grankids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unprotected sex]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I was fully aware of the magnitude of her forbidden request. It’s something I’d never dreamed of doing. My mom did an excellent job of programming me (that birds/bees talk in the park—yeah, another awkward childhood moment) to always strap up. ALWAYS! The repercussions of not doing so would be catastrophic!"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vondarrien.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2816214&amp;post=798&amp;subd=vondarrien&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dealbreaker</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/the-dealbreaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[break up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealbreaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sensed some hostility, but didn’t think it was a big deal. Plenty of folks had already left—including the bride’s own brothers. Would missing the final 10 minutes really make that much of a difference?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vondarrien.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2816214&amp;post=771&amp;subd=vondarrien&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parking lot beef</title>
		<link>http://vondarrien.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/parking-lot-beef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Von</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My crazy life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the mall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, what appeared to be a certainty (me getting the spot) moments earlier—had now become a tense situation. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vondarrien.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2816214&amp;post=742&amp;subd=vondarrien&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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