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		<title>Yeah, yeah, I know</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been way too long since I updated last.  I&#8217;ve been juggling work, real life, work, real life, work, real life blah blah blah. Work is busy, which is good. Real life has been filled with a lot of catch-up.  I decided I needed some balance so I started forcing myself NOT to work on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=475&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pop Culture Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been somewhat following the news on this octuplet situation and Michael Phelps happily smoking weed. My initial reaction to the criticism of the mother was that hey, it&#8217;s a free country, leave her alone.  But then I start seeing the reports that she&#8217;s single, she already has six kids, she&#8217;s been living off of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=471&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do These Make Me Look Fat?</title>
		<link>http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/do-these-make-me-look-fat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wakonda&#8217;s slippage on the laminate floors is a constant issue.  So we tried the booties above and hilarity ensued.  The booties are too much trouble.  Imagine wrestling a 100 pound malamute into booties every single day.  Not happening. Now I&#8217;m trying paw wax.  Malamute (100 pounds of which) is not allowing me to apply the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=468&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend.  Please. Now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;m tired.   Really, really tired.  Undereye concealer is mandatory. The new office digs are awesome.  I can walk to court.  Court is across the street.  This is good. I can&#8217;t construct a paragraph longer than nine words.  Again&#8230;tired! Whining aside, this is a good tired.  This is a &#8220;I&#8217;m really busy&#8221; sort of tired.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=463&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cranky Grump</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My office move on Friday took awhile, but I&#8217;m moved. I&#8217;m having frustrating computer-connection-to-the-internet issues that nearly caused me to grind my teeth off a the root. The issues remain, but I solved the problem by &#8230; leaving the office. I had a hair appointment for the works and two hours in the chair helped [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=462&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making It Harder Than It Needs To Be</title>
		<link>http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/making-it-harder-than-it-needs-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/?p=459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I kept wanting to add a post, but I wanted to upload some photos, then I wanted to upload a new photo for a header.  Then it became a hassle with all the pre-requirements I was putting on myself.  I really am a head case.  Upload the photos later, change the header later for Chrissakes! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=459&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Snowbound</title>
		<link>http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/snowbound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend there was much ado made over a storm that was supposed to dump 11 inches of snow, be very cold, and very windy.  We got a dusting of snow, but we did get cold and wind. This week we had a storm which was casually mentioned as &#8220;snow showers&#8221; which actually ended up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=452&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pants Catastrophe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the odd things about losing weight is the decreasing wardrobe.   The decreasing wardrobe phenomenon happens suddenly &#8211; one day things are a smidge to big and the next day your wearing your blue jeans around your ankles unexpectedly. The other morning I was running late (per usual) and grabbed one of my many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=450&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Current Header Star</title>
		<link>http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/the-current-header-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Papillon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post will make no sense in a few months.  So if you look up at the top and what I&#8217;m saying is there isn&#8217;t really there, you aren&#8217;t crazy.  It means that by the time this is read, I&#8217;ve changed what&#8217;s up there. So what is up there? It&#8217;s a Pouting Papillion named Patch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=446&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ridiculous Busy</title>
		<link>http://beingajackal.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/ridiculous-busy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been crazy.  I have more work than I can handle.  I looked over my client list and realized I&#8217;ve more than doubled the list in a year.  I started out with a couple of pro bono clients and some lower-income/low-fee clients last year.  Now I have one low-fee client, 1 pro bono client, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beingajackal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2287088&#038;post=444&#038;subd=beingajackal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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