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	<title>Why Do I Bother? &#187; Friends</title>
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		<title>Vacationing is fun &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/06/18/vacationing-is-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[tag]Vacations[/tag] can be a lot of fun; a plane trip to a far away place, spending quality time with friends and loved ones, lounging on the beach or around a pool, seeing the sights, trying new foods at expensive restaurants.  Or &#8230; vacations can be something altogether different.
Mel and I had planned a trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have You Been?</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/04/13/where-have-you-been/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long week. and it just got started.  I usually get about 3 or 4 posts out during the week, but I seem to be slacking a bit this week.  Let me tell you what happened.
Monday morning, Bryan and I went to the [tag]casino[/tag] in [tag]Grande Ronde[/tag].  We had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring Update</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/26/mentoring-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a great day!  I traveled to Bend today for a training and a [tag]Mentor[/tag]/Mentee Match Ceremony.  You may remember me talking about the mentor program I was going to be a part of?  The young man (I won&#8217;t name him here) I was telling you about is about 6 1/2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know When to Fold &#8216;Em</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/12/22/know-when-to-fold-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night Bryan, Chris, and I went to Spirit Mountain Casino to blow some money.  Actually, we went to win some money, but it didn&#8217;t work out that way.   
I think that I am ahead overall, if you add up all the times we have gone.  It&#8217;s probably that belief that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring:  Follow-Up</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/12/14/mentoring-follow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick follow-up to my previous post on mentoring.  It&#8217;s official, the young man I was talking about was accepted into his alternative school and I was selected as his mentor.  Apparently he was required to have 2 mentors apply for the program, but I was chosen.  
So my new adventure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/12/07/mentoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call at work the other night from a friend I hadn&#8217;t talked to in a while.  Mostly we haven&#8217;t talked in a while because I haven&#8217;t been very good at maintaining our friendship, but as he says, the phone goes both ways.  He and I used to work together here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;He&#8217;s a Carrot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/12/06/hes-a-carrot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brendon over at SlackerManager.com just found my site.  He&#8217;s just posted a great article about Starbucks that I&#8217;m sure you can identify with.  Brendon and I grew up together in Newberg.  We were good friends through grade school, junior high and high school, but somehow lost contact over the years.  It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/11/24/19/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2005/11/24/19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope you are all going to enjoy this holiday as much as I am.  Actually, I think the whole idea of Thanksgiving as a holiday is ludicrous and ironic considering how we are thanking God for allowing us to drive out the Native Americans from their homes so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner Out</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2005/11/22/dinner-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from dinner with Bryan at Chez Jose&#8217;s in Portland.  Cassie (Bryan&#8217;s sister) and Dan (Bryan&#8217;s dad) showed up just before we left.  What a nice surprise that was.  Cassie is like my own sister and Dan is known to me as &#8220;dad&#8221;.   I was thrilled to be [...]]]></description>
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