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	<title>Why Do I Bother?</title>
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	<description>... just another blog</description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2010/02/24/puerto-rico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another vacation on the horizon.  Facebook has killed my blog, but I am so excited about another chance to travel that I wanted to post it here too!  I can&#8217;t wait.  And you can believe that there will be plenty of photos when we return.
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		<title>The Adventures of Mel and Jeff</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2009/08/06/the-adventures-of-mel-and-jeff/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2009/08/06/the-adventures-of-mel-and-jeff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediteranian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pop over and take a peek at the pictures from our Mediteranian vacation!
&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;&#1083;&#1086;&#1074;&#1077;The Adventures of Mel and Jeff.
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		<title>The Song in my Head</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2009/08/05/the-song-in-my-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Song In My Head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duffy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We heard this CD in a cafe in Paris.  I love her voice!

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		<title>One year later &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2009/06/07/one-year-later/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2009/06/07/one-year-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dad]]></category>

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		<title>We&#8217;ll Miss You</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2008/06/03/well-miss-you/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2008/06/03/well-miss-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obituary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Pastor Richard F. Benham
Monday, June 02, 2008
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 2008, in North Valley Friends Church in Newberg for Pastor Richard Fred Benham, who died May 31 of heart disease at age 62.
Richard Fred Benham was born Dec. 1, 1945, in Portland. He received a master&#8217;s degree from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Hobby</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2008/04/02/my-new-hobby/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2008/04/02/my-new-hobby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What am I knitting?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve taken up knitting as a distraction, and I have become completely obsessed! I&#8217;m no longer obsessed with writing however, so I&#8217;ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Here is my third project ever, a scarf for my mother in law.

And here is my 4th project, A hat for ???

And finally a shawl for Mel.
????????
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		<title>And Now for Something Completely Different</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2008/03/25/and-now-for-something-completely-different/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2008/03/25/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For your enjoyment while you wait for regular content to continue &#8230;

[tags]musical, napkin, mall[/tags]
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		<title>Hackers, Get Your Own Damn Site!</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2008/01/29/hackers-get-your-own-damn-site/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2008/01/29/hackers-get-your-own-damn-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dirty Dogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whydoibother.com was hacked!  
Seriously, why anyone would bother hacking my site I have no clue.  I&#8217;m a low traffic site with only a few dedicated (bored?) readers.  As far as I can tell the extent of the damage was some links to external sites added to two posts.  One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow, Being Deaf is More Difficult than I Thought!</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2008/01/20/wow-being-deaf-is-more-difficult-than-i-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2008/01/20/wow-being-deaf-is-more-difficult-than-i-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mel sent me this today.  It is really very funny and you will pick up the dual message right away.  Enjoy &#8230;

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		<title>Why Do I Bother?</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/12/31/why-do-i-bother/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/12/31/why-do-i-bother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Help]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post titled after the blog, and I&#8217;m actually asking the question &#8220;Why do I bother?&#8221;  Why do I blog?  Why should I?
Think of it as kind of a poll.  Let me know why I should keep doing this.  Let me know why you blog.  What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Song in my Head #3</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/21/the-song-in-my-head-3/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/21/the-song-in-my-head-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Song In My Head]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This song has been running around in my head for a few weeks now and it took me a while to remember who it was.  [tag]Alan Parsons[/tag] is probably one of the strangest artists/producers/engineers in the music business.  This video from the 70&#8217;s confirms it.  Inexplicably, It seems to be loosely based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Big is Your Wiener?</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/16/how-big-is-your-wiener/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/16/how-big-is-your-wiener/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How big is your [tag]wiener[/tag]?&#8221;  I actually said this to the girl at the food booth at Costco today.  Let me explain &#8230;
My boss let me in on this game that he plays with his son a while back.  The object is to get the other person to say or do something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deck Update</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/16/deck-update/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/10/16/deck-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some more recent pictures of the deck.  It&#8217;s finally finished except for the stairs!  I got it all done in time for one big party before summer was over.  Now it will sit dormant until party season returns again.
The two boys in the pictures are my nephews Joe and RJ.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From The Onion</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/08/02/from-the-onion/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/08/02/from-the-onion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Activision Reports Sluggish Sales For Sousaphone Hero
SANTA MONICA, CA&#8212; &#34;I played in career mode for hours and kept feeling like I was playing the same annoying circus tune over and over,&#34; complained a disappointed gamer.

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		<title>Down Came the Rain &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/06/29/down-came-the-rain/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/06/29/down-came-the-rain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would post a few pictures of how the [tag]deck[/tag] is coming along.  With the help of several friends I have gotten almost to the end.  But now the rain has started and I&#8217;ve got to put it on hold again.  Someday soon we&#8217;ll actually be able to use the [...]]]></description>
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