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		<title>Decluttering</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2012/05/01/decluttering/</link>
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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>Madly crushing on McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency</title>
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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>A finder of lost things</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/14/a-finder-of-lost-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I couldn&#8217;t find the bus pass. I had it last night when I got on the bus home, but this morning it was in none of the usual places: in the pocket of the coat I was wearing, in &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/14/a-finder-of-lost-things/">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=330&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social media: hype or hassle</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/04/25/social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve become disillusioned with the whole social media thing. Though I&#8217;ve never understood Twitter, I&#8217;ve always liked Facebook as an easy way to &#8220;keep up&#8221; with what&#8217;s going on with the people around me. Until, that is, I noticed &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/04/25/social-media/">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=262&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday afternoon crush: Kirby</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/11/friday-afternoon-crush-kirby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kirby Ferguson, also known as Goodie Bag, is a mad genius. His videoblog/monologues may not all be work-safe viewing, but they&#8217;re brilliant nonetheless. Some of my favourites that I&#8217;ll share with you: Trajan is the Movie Font: A rant on &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/11/friday-afternoon-crush-kirby/">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=203&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OK, what&#8217;s in the other hand?</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/03/ok-whats-in-the-other-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an outcry by arts groups, mainly by Vancouver&#8217;s wonderful Alliance for Arts and Culture, it seems that the government types have reinstated the approximately $20 million in funding that only days ago they threatened to pull. Not surprisingly, spokespersons &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/03/ok-whats-in-the-other-hand/">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=190&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re not gonna take it</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/01/were-not-gonna-take-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a bad habit of watching/reading the news in the morning. Today is Budget Day in the province formerly known as Beautiful British Columbia, and the preview announcements of cuts, cuts and more cuts are enough to send a &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2009/09/01/were-not-gonna-take-it/">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=185&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Twit stops here</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/05/03/the-twit-stops-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last couple weeks, it seems like you can&#8217;t open an ear without hearing &#8220;Twitter&#8221; or &#8220;Tweet&#8221; or some variation on &#8220;follow.&#8221; Celebrities (or at least their social-media assistants) are competing to get the most followers. Newscasters tell me &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2009/05/03/the-twit-stops-here/">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=164&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Word of the day: awesome</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/04/21/word-of-the-day-awesome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Rob sent me a link to the blog My First Dictionary. It&#8217;s gloriously dark and ironic. Rob is awesome. Tagged: blogs, fun<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&#038;blog=3082206&#038;post=137&#038;subd=wordymatters&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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