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	<description>A sports fan&#039;s attempt to continue without America&#039;s most concussion-friendly pastime (besides politics)</description>
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		<title>Day 264: The End For Me, The Beginning For You</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/day-264-the-end-for-me-the-beginning-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the final day of my Year Without Football.  I set out to last the entire 2010-2011 NFL cycle with no pro, college, or high school American football, and in doing so transformed my basic understanding of the costs of following sports at this stage in modern history.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=488&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 184: The Crescendo</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/day-184-the-crescendo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Impending Fatherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. Bison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Packers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Julia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steelers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl 45]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl Score]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/?p=478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to properly tune out the general population's enthusiasm over the greatest manufactured spectacle in the Americas, I had to approach it with the mindset that it was no different than any other day off.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=478&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 182: The Super Bowl Eve Experiment</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/day-182-the-super-bowl-eve-experiment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Impending Fatherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Monday Experiments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The hype machine has reached its crescendo throughout all forms of media.  My attempts to limit information intake to human interaction have not stopped football feedback, simply limited its impact. With a day to go, I wanted to document exactly how many interactions and observations occur in unlikely situations: a birthing class and an NBA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=470&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 178: The Universe Consipres Against Me</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/day-178-the-universe-consipres-against-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slip-ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday cake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Bay Packers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jersey day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Steelers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steelers truck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl 45]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truck decals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My attempt to avoid knowing the participants in the Super Bowl ended five days short of the game.  In a way, I'm relieved.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=465&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 176: A Halfway Point Distraction &#8211; The Royal Rumble</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/day-176-a-halfway-point-distraction-the-royal-rumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Sport Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macho Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional wrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Rumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shawn Michaels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stone Cold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ultimate Warrior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WrestleMania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I've survived the first week of Super Bowl hype without being aware of the participants, but that doesn't mean I haven't come close...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=457&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 169: The Worst Case Scenario</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/day-169-the-worst-case-scenario/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fireman ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jets fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lalala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Packers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spontaneous human combustion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staten Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A two-week period where hometown Jets euphoria collides with family Packers elation...and I'd be caught in the middle trying to maintain a friendly face while shouting "LALALAICANTHEARYOU!" with my fingers in my ears and my eyes tightened shut.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=453&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 167: Provisions for the Home Stretch</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/day-167-provisions-for-the-home-stretch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Impending Fatherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disneyland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Hunters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jets fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl Hype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My goal for the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl is to remain oblivious to the participants.  My goal for the days following is to avoid discovering a winner, score, or MVP.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=449&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 162: Missing Out</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/day-162-missing-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giants fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jets fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Namath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriots fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[playoffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzy Kolber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have to miss Pats/Jets today, and it's the first time during the Year Without Football that it feels like I'm turning my back on the people that helped and continued to foster my passion for the games.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=444&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 121: Blissful Ignorance</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/day-121-blissful-ignorance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without watching, I'm sure the BCS selections were "controversial" (PR code for inexplicable), someone will claim they got screwed (an undefeated team from a non-BCS conference), the ratings will go south and no one will be satisfied.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=441&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 116: The Rundown</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/day-116-the-rundown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Jam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair plugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Brady]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There isn&#8217;t one big event to report, just a bunch of smaller ones. - The only football story I encounter really had nothing at all to do with the actual game: a couple of Facebook updates about Tom Brady&#8217;s rumored hairplugs. Again, if this was the biggest story of the week, it reinforces one of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=431&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 111: Time or Money?</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/day-111-time-or-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[timeshifting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viewing habits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue my self-evaluation of sports investment, I decided to calculate exactly how much I pay for the games I watch.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=424&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Experiment &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/thanksgiving-experiment-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finished dinner at country buffet: in &#38; out in just over an hour.  It&#8217;s a Thanksgiving Express.  Nearly 250 folks at the tables and surprisingly only three sightings of football perihernalia (a Packers camo ballcap, a 49ers pullover, and a Tony Romo Cowboys XXXL jersey). Melissa&#8217;s working tonight, which means it&#8217;s me and Braddock at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=434&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Experiment &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[11:01amPST: NBC airs their first Sunday Night Football promo of the parade. Peyton Manning&#8230;Future Hall-of-Famer&#8230;somethingorother&#8230; Turns out the choice to watch the parade helps to cancel out the Pats/Lions game here on the West Coast. Definitely helped to minimize the damage, even if it means feeling inadequately old; I have no clue who half these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=427&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 110: The Thanksgiving Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might be the most obvious way to successfully last the day without any interference: dinner out.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=420&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 105: Jam Session</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/day-105-jam-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Jam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of attention paid locally to the Jam's new affiliation with the Los Angeles Lakers, so much so that they've had to expand capacity in their arena.  To 500.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=421&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 103: The Numbers Game</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/day-103-the-numbers-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Teachable moment": Take ownership of your choices before someone else does.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=417&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 99: Pacquiao vs. Punch Drunk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the end of the sixth round, Antonio Marguerito's right cheek resembled a well-done steak.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=411&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 96: Where Did My Awareness Go?</title>
		<link>http://ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/day-96-where-did-my-awareness-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've found that lately I hardly notice football's absence from my daily routine.  If anything, I've found that I've been watching sports even less.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=406&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 92: The Dead Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I was too hard on the ol' girl...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=404&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 90: The Wedding Experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devin Rossiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been back in the New York area this weekend for the wedding of my sister, Robin.  Melissa and I are both in the wedding party and it would be the last chance for her to visit my family on the East Coast before the birth of Hollie. Since this is a situation in which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayearwithoutfootball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14840877&amp;post=403&amp;subd=ayearwithoutfootball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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