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		<title>You Knew This Was Coming (Sorry)</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/03/17/you-knew-this-was-coming-sorry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Flynt is currently writing a book about the sex lives of our presidents.
Which leads us to one very important question:  Larry Flynt is still alive?
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		<title>The Zen Of Terriers</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/03/15/the-zen-of-terriers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[looseleaf paper]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People have written asking me why I always refer to my dog Jade as the Extremely Spunky Border Terrier™.  It&#8217;s fairly obvious to me, but I would like to answer the question by telling you a little bit about why terriers will probably achieve world domination in our lifetime and how Jade came to develop [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=684&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zombies, Whoredom, and the American Way</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/03/03/zombies-whoredom-and-the-american-way/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/03/03/zombies-whoredom-and-the-american-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dawn of the dreadfuls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride and Prejudice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quirk classics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zombie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Quirk Classics Books – a really fun bunch of people, let me tell you – published the first of their classic lit/pop culture mash-ups called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a romp through Regency England on Jane Austen’s back by Seth Grahame-Smith.  The intention, according to an interview with Quirk Editorial Director Jason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=752&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stay Tuned To Win Valuable Prizes (No, Really)</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/28/stay-tuned-to-win-valuable-prizes-no-really/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/28/stay-tuned-to-win-valuable-prizes-no-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, everyone has heard of the Jane Austen/rotting flesh mash-up called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Quirk Classics).  What you might not know is that a prequel called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:  Dawn of the Dreadfuls is about to be released, and I will be writing a Very Special Post on March 3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=741&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personally, We Always Preferred Clearasil</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/28/personally-we-always-preferred-clearasil/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/28/personally-we-always-preferred-clearasil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exploding bananas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;performance art&#8221; can be such a misnomer.
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		<title>Probably Not A Good Time To Ask For A Raise</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/27/probably-not-a-good-time-to-ask-for-a-raise/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/27/probably-not-a-good-time-to-ask-for-a-raise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stroke]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning to photo editors:  Tuning out in editorial meetings is not a good strategy in this economy.
And here is your #1 reason to PAY ATTENTION.
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		<title>We Predict The Grant Money Will Just Start Pouring In</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/16/we-predict-the-grant-money-will-just-start-pouring-in/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/02/16/we-predict-the-grant-money-will-just-start-pouring-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bionicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scientists]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the trials and tribulations of adult life start getting to me, one of the things that I find reassuring is the old adage that while growing older is mandatory, growing up is entirely optional.  Not to denigrate scripture, but setting aside childish things is just not something we do well in my house.  For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=705&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Have The Right To Remain&#8230; Hey, Is That Pizza?</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/01/31/you-have-the-right-to-remain-hey-is-that-pizza/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/01/31/you-have-the-right-to-remain-hey-is-that-pizza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debamlen.com/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have encouraging news for those of you who think that our law enforcement professionals have completely given up on the War on Drugs.  Police in Tucumcari, New Mexico recently showed the country who&#8217;s in charge by arresting a man who had lost control of his car and crashed into a snow drift.
Lest you come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=686&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Course We Take You Seriously, Maryland</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2010/01/15/of-course-we-take-you-seriously-maryland/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2010/01/15/of-course-we-take-you-seriously-maryland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In sports news, Maryland Governor gets cracking on live lobster display as warning to Indianapolis Colts not to be shellfish, butter warning goes unheeded. Then it gets weird.
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		<title>The Olive Loaf To Your Wonder Bread</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/29/the-olive-loaf-to-your-wonder-bread/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/29/the-olive-loaf-to-your-wonder-bread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was reading this magazine article the other day and what impressed me most was that it was proof that the indomitable hopefulness of the press lives on.  As a general rule, the press seems to believe that if you give something a name (think &#8220;Brangelina&#8221;), it&#8217;s yours forever.  This particular article was about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=591&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just In Time For Christmas</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/20/and-just-in-time-for-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/20/and-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case anyone was worried about what else could possibly happen after I reported the End of The World As We Know It back in September,  I bring you now Michael Menkin, inventor of the Thought Screen Helmet.  In his selfless quest to save humanity from  the Alien Mind Control Invasion From Hell, Mr. Menkin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=596&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Professional Writer, Pt. III: Integrity Is Everything</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/05/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-pt-iii-integrity-is-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/05/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-pt-iii-integrity-is-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so now we have a book that someone, thank goodness, believes is worthy of being published.  My editor, Joelle, is still talking to me, albeit solely by e-mail, and I am still happy with the content at this point, although I will admit to being a bit jealous of it.  The art design was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=542&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Professional Writer, Pt. II: Pick An Editor With A Sense Of Humor</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/03/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-pt-ii-pick-an-editor-with-a-sense-of-humor/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/03/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-pt-ii-pick-an-editor-with-a-sense-of-humor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I wrote about what it was like to sit down and write a book that was not only supposed to make people laugh but also was supposed to deftly and professionally hide the fact that I had absolutely no book-writing experience whatsoever.  I apologize if I scared any of you away [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=541&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And We Have A Street Date!</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/02/and-we-have-a-street-date/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/12/02/and-we-have-a-street-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official:  &#8221;It&#8217;s Not PMS, It&#8217;s You&#8221; will be available at bookstores and online June 1, 2010.   
Here it is on Amazon, and it&#8217;s not in the Barnes &#38; Noble online catalog yet, but here it is in the Sterling Publishing Catalog.
Thank you to Amy Reynaldo for the head&#8217;s up.  Amy, by the way, writes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=561&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Professional Writer, Part I</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-be-a-professional-writer-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have written to me over the past few months to very kindly congratulate me on having my first humor book, &#8220;It&#8217;s Not PMS, It&#8217;s You&#8221; on the verge of being published.  Usually those who have some sort of history with me also write to politely inquire exactly how I managed to pull off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=523&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Take A Village To Rescue A Rover</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/11/16/it-take-a-village-to-rescue-a-rover/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/11/16/it-take-a-village-to-rescue-a-rover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to think the scientists at NASA could use a vacation.
Last time, I told you about the team responsible for the Ares I-X test flight and their embarrassing case of rocket inadequacy.  These scientists, when threatened with their program&#8217;s extinction, became entirely too preoccupied with the size of their rocket and its ability to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=488&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Purely In The Name Of Science</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/28/purely-in-the-name-of-science-of-course/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/28/purely-in-the-name-of-science-of-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up.  We wanted to walk on the moon and take great leaps for mankind and do flips inside a space ship in zero gravity.  Space exploration was still a dream, but it was so close we could taste it, and we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=446&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And We Thought The Balloon Dad Was Weird</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/24/and-we-thought-the-balloon-dad-was-weird/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/24/and-we-thought-the-balloon-dad-was-weird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;Sometimes Love Can Really Mess You Up&#8221; news:
Meet Arthur David Horn.  Arthur, up until he met his lovely bride Lynette, was a Ph.D from Yale, a tenured professor at Colorado State University, and a staunch Darwinist.  He taught a mainstream course in human evolution.  He was a man of science.
Then he met and fell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=434&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When We Said &#8220;Keep Moving&#8221;, We Really Meant It.  Love, The Baltimore Police Dept.</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/10/when-we-said-keep-on-moving-we-really-meant-it-love-the-baltimore-police-dept/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/10/when-we-said-keep-on-moving-we-really-meant-it-love-the-baltimore-police-dept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize that this is a tough time for everyone, what with unemployment on the increase, the whole scary Middle East thing, and the cancellation of fine television programming such as &#8220;According To Jim&#8221;, so as an act of public service I am going to help raise everyone&#8217;s spirits by telling you about a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=415&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oddly Enough, It Was The Salad That Got Him In The End</title>
		<link>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/06/oddly-enough-it-was-the-salad-that-got-him-in-the-end/</link>
		<comments>http://debamlen.com/2009/10/06/oddly-enough-it-was-the-salad-that-got-him-in-the-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is getting scary.  And I owe you all a big apology.
A while back, I wrote about the introduction of a new sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken called the Double Down, which most people agreed was disgusting and unhealthy and clearly an attempt to kill off KFC&#8217;s customers and steal their estates (&#8220;&#8230; if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debamlen.com&blog=7616871&post=389&subd=xworddeb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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