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	<title>TalkingApes.com &#187; Amusings and musings</title>
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		<title>OK, who farted?</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/video-fainting-goats/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/video-fainting-goats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a mean-spirited person; in fact, I&#8217;m more compassionate than most people, (I think).
However&#8230;
This video is funny.
:50 into it is the best part.

So why do people raise fainting goats? Do they just want to see them fall down when excited? The plus side of having fainting goats is that you could catch them pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather is scary</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/weather-is-scary/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/weather-is-scary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[roach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially when you are afraid of bugs, like this weatherman.
This is one of the funniest clips I&#8217;ve seen in a while This weatherman is afraid of a cockroach, but it seems as if he&#8217;s looking at the storm hitting Florida.

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		<title>Um &#8230; Serving What?!</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/um-serving-what/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2009/02/um-serving-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peanuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to post what this anchor woman says, because frankly, it would probably get blocked on your work firewalls (you filthy buggers you!).
Once is understandable. Two &#8230; maybe, but three times &#8230; C&#8217;MON!
If you are flying Northwest Airlines or are from Georgia &#8230; watch out.

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		<title>NFL Nickname playoffs: AFC East</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/11/nfl-nickname-playoffs-afc-east/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/11/nfl-nickname-playoffs-afc-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[afc east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffalo bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miami dolphins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new england patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york jets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingapes.com/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what is in a nickname? It is something teams focus everything around, from team colors to marketing campaigns; it is the team&#8217;s identity. Believe it or not, team nicknames and logos can energize a community or take the life out of a fan base. Remember Bruce the Buccaneer? Now think back to when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The web is a scary place, dude.</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/06/the-web-is-a-scary-place-dude/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/06/the-web-is-a-scary-place-dude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Internet And Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingapes.com/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with my dad on Sunday. He&#8217;s worked in corporate security for a number of years and recently retired, electing to go solo and open his own company doing what he did for &#8216;the man&#8217; for so many years.
He recently attended an internet security conference and came back with some scary information.

One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golf, NASCAR are not sports.</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/golf-nascar-are-not-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/golf-nascar-are-not-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you hear on TV, Golf and NASCAR are not sports.
Sure, they take skill, they compete against one another, but they aren&#8217;t sports.
So what is a sport?
My definition of a sport is an athletic contest in which one team (even consisting of 1 player) tries to score, and at the same time another team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free, browser-based Guitar Hero III. KA-chow!</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/free-browser-based-guitar-hero-iii-ka-chow/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/free-browser-based-guitar-hero-iii-ka-chow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[video games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behold. Rock and thank me later.
Get the Guitar Hero 3 Game Widget widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
]]></description>
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		<title>TalkingApes: What this is, what it&#8217;s been, and what it will be.</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/talkingapes-update/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/talkingapes-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amusings and musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housekeeping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://talkingapes.com/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TalkingApes.com has been an amusing history of &#8220;almosts&#8221; over its 8 year history. The only constant with it is that nothing has remained constant.
Today, it relaunches as more or less a personal blog. This is its simplest and most basic incarnation, and I don&#8217;t see that changing any time soon. You&#8217;ll find my writings on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/hello-world-2/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/05/hello-world-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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		<title>CNN &#8212; the world-wide leader in T-shirts.</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/cnn-the-world-wide-leader-in-t-shirts/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/cnn-the-world-wide-leader-in-t-shirts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[t-shirt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradthomas.wordpress.com/?p=815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out CNN.com &#8212; They have this weird new icon next to some of the headlines in the latest news. The little T-shirt icon links you to a page where you can buy a T-shirt with that headline on it in black, gray or white.
I wonder how many folks have ever seen a headline and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PantherInsider Draft Blog</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/pantherinsider-draft-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/pantherinsider-draft-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing a draft blog on PantherInsider.com for about the next week and a half, culminating next Saturday with our live podcast and chat session during the 2008 NFL draft. For more information, check out PantherInsider.com for more details.
]]></description>
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		<title>My new favorite baseball logo</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/my-new-favorite-baseball-logo/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2008/04/my-new-favorite-baseball-logo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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		<title>CDC: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll &#8211; CNN.com</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/10/cdc-drug-resistant-staph-deaths-may-surpass-aids-toll-cnncom/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/10/cdc-drug-resistant-staph-deaths-may-surpass-aids-toll-cnncom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDC: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll &#8211; CNN.com
Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.
How scary is this?
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		<title>Mychal Bell of Jena 6 fame had FOUR previous offenses, ordered to juvenile hall for probation violation</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/10/mychal-bell-of-jena-6-fame-had-four-previous-offenses-ordered-to-juvenile-hall-for-probation-violation/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/10/mychal-bell-of-jena-6-fame-had-four-previous-offenses-ordered-to-juvenile-hall-for-probation-violation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradthomas.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/mychal-bell-of-jena-6-fame-had-four-previous-offenses-ordered-to-juvenile-hall-for-probation-violation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Per CNN.com –Mychal Bell of ‘Jena 6′ ordered to juvenile facility

” But Judge J.P. Mauffrey agreed with prosecutors that Bell had violated the probation he was given for four previous juvenile offenses, including two simple battery charges, the sources said. Bell had been placed on probation until he turned 18.
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britney Spears at the VMA&#8217;s. Wow.</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/09/britney-spears-at-the-vmas-wow/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/09/britney-spears-at-the-vmas-wow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how many people have beautiful lives giftwrapped for them and squander it. If you haven&#8217;t been following the Briney Spears spiral over the last few years, welcome a) to earth, b) back from your coma.
Last night&#8217;s VMA appearance, we won&#8217;t call it a performance, was her latest moment of embarrassment.
Poorly lip-synched, poorly choreographed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking sites traffic ranking, trends</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/social-networking-sites-traffic-ranking-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/social-networking-sites-traffic-ranking-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myspace.com]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tagworld.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virb.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wallop.com]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradthomas.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/social-networking-sites-traffic-ranking-trends/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m interested in social networking sites not named MySpace.com or Bebo.com &#8212; two of the largest on the web right now.
My focus is on some of the lesser-known ones: Virb.com, TagWorld.com, yfly.com and wallop.com.
You can see in the traffic graphs posted below that nearly each one had a huge spike that trailed off into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The next social networking target: families</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/the-next-social-networking-target-families/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/the-next-social-networking-target-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cool stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are starting to figure out social networking is a good way to communicate with one another on the web and that it&#8217;s not just for teenagers any more.
There have been quite a few social networking sites to crop up lately that are focused on another segment of society: families.
Families share pictures and news, opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: 30 Rock &#8212; Kenneth and Tracey Jordan harmonize</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/video-30-rock-kenneth-and-tracey-jordan-harmonize/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/video-30-rock-kenneth-and-tracey-jordan-harmonize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<title>Video: Wheelchair gets lodged in truck grille</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/777/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/777/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wheelchair gets lodged in truck grille
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncF0N5gEyfo]
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		<title>Does anyone really give a ____ about Paris Hilton?</title>
		<link>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/does-anyone-really-give-a-____-about-paris-hilton/</link>
		<comments>http://talkingapes.com/2007/06/does-anyone-really-give-a-____-about-paris-hilton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bthomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly? Do you care? Why should I care? Why is this treated as news? I got email blasts. It&#8217;s on the top of news sites where things like &#8220;Tornado kills 10 people&#8221; or some other kind of important breaking news should go. Enough already! We&#8217;ve got people nearly being run over by police cars trying [...]]]></description>
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