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		<title>Literacy campaign could use an editor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘These Are Your Kids on Books’ Poster Goes Viral &#8211; GalleyCat. Though it&#8217;s great to promote reading to kids, is it too much to expect that the poster spells the titles of books correctly? If you really love books and &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/05/02/literacy-campaign-could-use-an-editor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=573&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decluttering</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consequence of living is accumulating stuff. Papers and brochures and business cards from travels or taking a class or going to a conference. Books and magazines. Little gewgaws and Kinder Surprise toys. Memoribilia, framed photos, ticket stubs, newspapers with &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/05/01/decluttering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=565&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say Wha?! in New Westminster</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2012/04/24/say-wha-in-new-westminster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from SaraBynoe.com: I&#8217;m super excited to be doing a show in New West&#8217;s wonderful River Market. I&#8217;ve brought along three of Say Wha?!&#8217;s all-star readers who will be sharing two books each for this very fun and packed show. &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/04/24/say-wha-in-new-westminster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=564&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1 reason to replace paper books with an e-reader</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/14/1-reason-to-replace-paper-books-with-an-e-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-books are perfect for bibliophile germophobes. You may miss the old-book smell, random marginalia, and chance of finding somebody&#8217;s old photos and grocery list embedded in the pages of a library or used book, but you&#8217;ll never have to wonder &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/14/1-reason-to-replace-paper-books-with-an-e-reader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=557&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Because #nightmarishvisionofaworldgonetohell would be too long of a hashtag</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga&#8217;s Born This Way Foundation is asking its Twitter followers to tweet their New Year&#8217;s resolutions, pledging what they will do this year to &#8220;create a #bravenewworldin2012.&#8221; I wonder if they happened to notice that Brave New World is &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/06/because-nightmarishvisionofaworldgonetohell-would-be-too-long-of-a-hashtag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=533&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writers who wrote about being poor</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/03/writers-who-wrote-about-being-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and not about nobly starving for their art, either. We&#8217;ve all seen or read Charles Dickens&#8217; A Christmas Carol. In this classic tale, the wealthy miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the worlds of the poor by three spirits, and &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/03/writers-who-wrote-about-being-poor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=493&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing! It&#8217;s the 2012 Banished Words List</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/30/amazing-its-the-2012-banished-words-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, is that a ginormous baby bump occupying the amazing man cave? It&#8217;s not the new normal, it&#8217;s a multiple pileup of aurally offensive terms on Lake Superior State University&#8217;s annual banished words list. For the 2012 list of annoying &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/30/amazing-its-the-2012-banished-words-list/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=489&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Madly crushing on McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/29/madly-crushing-on-mcsweeneys-internet-tendency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First they took us all to task for our font snobbery. Now they&#8217;re telling  punctuation bar jokes. Whenever I visit McSweeney&#8217;s, I remember why I both hate (why didn&#8217;t I think of this? Because I suck!) and love (you&#8217;re so &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/29/madly-crushing-on-mcsweeneys-internet-tendency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=485&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press gives the gift of correctness for the holidays</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/06/associated-press-gives-the-gift-of-correctness-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the non-denominational gift giving season, the Associated Press has published a style guide for common holiday terms. For example, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, and Kriss Kringle (yes, two s&#8217;s) are all ways to refer to the &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/06/associated-press-gives-the-gift-of-correctness-for-the-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=385&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movember grumble</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/29/movember-grumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you shave off the first syllable of moustache, it becomes stache, not stash, okay? If you ask me to look at your &#8220;stash&#8221; I&#8217;m going to expect to see coke and gold doubloons, not your hairy lip. PS Here&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/29/movember-grumble/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=365&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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