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		<title>[what i&#039;ve been playing] X-COM: UFO Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year is 1998, and Earth is threatened by a wide-scale alien invasion. Funded by a coalition of nations and controlled by you, the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (X-COM) is the only hope for humankind. ·    ·   · I&#8217;ve recently &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/x-com-ufo-defense/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1649&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>walking around, looking around</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You wanna know what men are really thinking? &#8216;Cause I could tell you. Would you like to know? All right, I&#8217;ll tell you. Nothing. We&#8217;re not thinking anything. We&#8217;re just walking around, looking around. This is the only natural inclination &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/walking-around-looking-around/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1630&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Veronica Mars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They gave me a choice. I could stand by my dad, or stand by Duncan and my dead best friend&#8217;s family. I chose Dad. It&#8217;s a decision I live with every day. And you want to know the kicker? I &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/veronica-mars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1647&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramayana: Divine Loophole</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sita greeted the stranger and brought water and food for the old man to eat, as was the custom. Her graciousness was not returned in kind, for the moment she stepped out of the protective circle, the man transformed into &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/ramayana-divine-loophole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1569&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>musicals and missionaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the opportunity recently to talk with a couple of writer friends about my experiences as an LDS missionary in Kenya. You can read their resultant articles online: &#8220;Comparing Broadway&#8217;s &#8216;Mormon&#8217; Hit to LDS Missionary Reality&#8221; on jweekly.com and &#8220;African &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/musicals-and-missionaries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1574&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>to my valentines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the absence of any specific romantic interests at the moment, I hereby dedicate this fourteenth of February to the sassy southern California private eyes and vampire slayers, the cheerleading super-spies, the spearweilders of Kanbal, the reckless and fashionable shapeshifting warrior/martyrs, the &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/to-my-valentines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1527&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Way of Kings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a treasure. Men traded kingdoms for Shardblades. The handful of darkeyed men who had won them lived forever in song and story. But the thought of touching that Blade sickened him. Born to be a soldier and trained &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/the-way-of-kings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1402&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>finding resolve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January&#8217;s almost over and I&#8217;m still hearing people talk about New Year&#8217;s resolutions. This comes up every year, of course, but I&#8217;ve been finding the discussion particularly wearisome lately, mainly because of the attitude that usually comes along with it. &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/finding-resolve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1494&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>winking headlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Problem Why don&#8217;t the controls for car headlights allow you to turn one headlight off or on at a time? Whenever I see a perdiddle (padiddle), my instinct is to &#8220;wink&#8221; at them with my own headlights . . &#8230; <a href="http://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/winking-headlights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maskedmallard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11073396&amp;post=1457&amp;subd=maskedmallard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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