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	<description>promises come cheap, dear reader</description>
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		<title>Droid X! Or, why I don&#8217;t have an iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Droid X Day!! I was so excited that I drove down to my local Verizon Wireless store this morning to join the crowds and get my early upgrade. When I arrived, a customer service agent let me know that since my free upgrade wasn&#8217;t until Jan 2011, I wasn&#8217;t going to be eligible for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2010/07/15/droid-x-or-why-i-dont-have-an-iphone/</link>
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		<title>good to be a cop these days&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It must be good to be a police officer these days, compared to when cops &#8212; oh, i dunno &#8212; actually had to do police work? These days, cops can complete an entire day of work by parking in one spot and waiting for people to break the law around them! So much easier than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2009/08/06/good-to-be-a-cop-these-days/</link>
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		<title>futurama needs you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you&#8217;ve been under a rock, Futurama has been back in action for over a year &#8212; in the form of 4 direct-to-DVD movies!! The only way Comedy Central will give them the chance to make regular seasons for TV again is if the DVD sales for the movies do well. So, it&#8217;s time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2009/02/13/futurama-needs-you/</link>
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		<title>hitch a ride on the burning man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just love you to death So you promised for life Just hope my intentions hold sway From this place that I stand Im afraid of such plans Things never turn out my way Its this duality Thought to reality Some bug will get in the way Some days it feels That I will never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/08/15/hitch-a-ride-on-the-burning-man/</link>
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		<title>chicken-ass ticket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got to my truck in the MTA parking lot this morning only to find a bright green envelope on my windshield. Much to my surprise, I had received a ticket! See my appeal letter below. Assholes. Date Issued: 06/25/2008 Violation Reason: MTA LOT FOR MTA RIDERS ONLY Amount of Penalty: $47.00 Reason For Appeal: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/06/25/chicken-ass-ticket/</link>
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		<title>George Carlin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[George Carlin is the first comedian I remember watching and hearing as a kid. And he was the only comedian who was able to make me fall from my chair, roll on the ground and hold my sides from laughing so hard. A true wordsmith and a man who always said exactly what he meant. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/06/23/george-carlin/</link>
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		<title>do you smell smoke?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you weren&#8217;t aware, the mountains above Sierra Madre are on fire. The picture above is taken from right outside my apartment. TV news coverage is weak, but a guy who lives down the street from me runs the sierramadrenews.net blog which has the best updates I can find. So far the fire hasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/04/28/do-you-smell-smoke/</link>
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		<title>to the grave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From now on, I am on the Graveyard schedule at DreamHost! This means that I will rarely ever be online during the day. So, if you follow me on twitter, you may want to turn off my SMS notifications. Had a fantastic lunch with the crew here at the West office and plan to rock [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/03/28/to-the-grave/</link>
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		<title>you know you love Journey!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Journey Friday, bitches!]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/03/07/you-know-you-love-journey/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s Journey Friday!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[journeyfriday.com]]></description>
		<link>http://theplayland.com/2008/02/29/its-journey-friday/</link>
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