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		<title>Exercise DVD Review: Bob Harper&#8217;s Beginner&#8217;s Weight Loss Transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never actually intended on getting the Beginner&#8217;s Weight Loss DVD. My wife and I did the whole Inside Out Method Workout Plan, lost 100 pounds between the two of us, and have done well at keeping the weight off. I heard that Bob was making this DVD and I thought, good idea, get a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1074&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Annual Aravan Awards, 2011 Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I gave out awards in random categories for the following reason: &#8230;Coming up with a top ten list has to be the easiest writing job in the world.  Jot down ten things, come up with superficial reasons for their inclusion, and then explain how blatantly wrong you are as just “a way to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1056&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hobbit Trailer Review, Fueled by NerdRage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the trailer for The Hobbit yesterday. It was all over my Facebook feed, since many of my friends are hardcore nerds like me. The people who posted about it were excited and seemed to really like it. I was apprehensive. I&#8217;d seen some stills of the dwarves before, and I wasn&#8217;t particularly wowed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1052&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Disclaimer: like all my blog posts, this was written off the top of my head. I have no idea if it makes sense. In all actuality, I should put this disclaimer before everything I write.) One of the first pieces of advice every aspiring writer gets, shortly after the obligatory &#8220;Show, don&#8217;t tell&#8221;, is this: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1048&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Reflection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first encounter with Christopher Hitchens was when I read a piece of his on Slate, a left-leaning website I browsed because it tended to concur with my own opinions. It was shortly after the attacks on September 11th, and during the run-up to the possibility of war in Iraq. I was against the idea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skyrim: A Rambling Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[elder scrolls series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really wanted to love Skyrim, the latest in the Elder Scrolls series. From the moment I started hearing about it on X-Play, The Most Watched Video Game On Television (as well as The Only Video Game Show on Television), I wanted to own it, snuggle up with, make it my own. I&#8217;d played plenty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1035&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Day As A Crackhead, In Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a while ago about playing Crackhead For a Day as part of a law-enforcement training program run by the fine folks of Center Mass Combat Tactics. Now that my failed foray into NaNoWriMo is over, and I don&#8217;t particularly feel like doing various reconciliations of various dollar amounts in various categories, I am pleased [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1026&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Well, At Least They Found Sophia: Walking Dead S2 Ep 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. I have to admit, I was a bit surprised by the turn of events from the mid-season finale (and when the hell did this trend start? I don&#8217;t remember shows doing this before. Is it just me, or did this crap just start happening a couple years ago? Or am I just dumb?). I fully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1024&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Drama, Guns, and Tattletales: Walking Dead S2 Ep 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re almost there! Nearly caught up! I almost watched Episode 7 directly after Episode 6 last night, because for the first time in a while I was eager to see what was going to happen next. That&#8217;s a good sign. I decided to stick with the original plan I had, though, since if I watched [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blah Blah Talky Talky &#8211; Walking Dead S2 Ep5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I was on vacation, I didn&#8217;t get a chance to watch this episode til last night, so it&#8217;s not timely or anything, but whatever. Suck it up. I&#8217;ll be catching up with Episode 6 tomorrow, then Episode 7 Thursday, then we&#8217;ll be all caught up and everything and YAY. My general impressions of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aravan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7834100&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=aravan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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