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	<title>Christine Rowlands Writing and Editing</title>
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		<title>1 reason to replace paper books with an e-reader</title>
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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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=557&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Because #nightmarishvisionofaworldgonetohell would be too long of a hashtag</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2012/01/06/because-nightmarishvisionofaworldgonetohell-would-be-too-long-of-a-hashtag/</link>
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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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=533&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=493&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=489&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/29/madly-crushing-on-mcsweeneys-internet-tendency/#comments</comments>
		<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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=485&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/12/06/associated-press-gives-the-gift-of-correctness-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=385&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[moustache]]></category>
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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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=365&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping locally this Christmas is a gift to the Royal City</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/25/shopping-locally-this-christmas-is-a-gift-to-the-royal-city/</link>
		<comments>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/25/shopping-locally-this-christmas-is-a-gift-to-the-royal-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maikopunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my new article on Occupying Christmas by shopping and celebrating locally on New West blog Tenth to the Fraser! As the Christmas shopping season arrives with Black Friday in the US, I can&#8217;t think of anything more ridiculous &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/25/shopping-locally-this-christmas-is-a-gift-to-the-royal-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=363&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Usage cartoon No. 3: Do you peddle or pedal a bike?</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/21/usage-cartoon-no-3-do-you-peddle-or-pedal-a-bike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When even bike magazines can&#8217;t get the difference between peddle and pedal right, you know it&#8217;s time for another super-useful and majestically executed MS Paint usage cartoon. The two words are commonly mixed up. To peddle (verb) means to sell &#8230; <a href="http://christinerowlands.com/2011/11/21/usage-cartoon-no-3-do-you-peddle-or-pedal-a-bike/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=336&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=330&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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