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		<title>FULL COLUMN: Not all movements are created equal</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2011/10/25/preview-class-warfare-not-all-movements-are-created-equal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;from last week&#8217;s Creative Loafing. Those of us dismayed by elected officials and their way of doing business are energized by Occupiers taking to the streets, in New York City, Tampa, and around the country. There is something exciting about groups of people who’ve had enough and decide to make a better world for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FULL COLUMN: Ode to Jay Marvin &#8211; down but not out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;from last week&#8217;s Creative Loafing. “Nothing beats Gandy Boulevard,” Jay Marvin said. “WFLA was the best job I ever had.” For those in Tampa who lean to the left, our local radio station with right-wing talk shows and conservative credentials seems the least likely place for a radical leftist to feel at home. Yet Jay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North v. South Tampa</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2011/07/19/north/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Crazy Jews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve lived in North Tampa for most of my life. I graduated from Chamberlain High and USF. My husband and I bought our first house in Wesley Chapel and stayed for over six years. I’ve also lived in Lutz and Carrollwood. During this time, I searched high and low for culture, creativity, and kosher pickles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FULL COLUMN: Review of Motherhood, The Musical</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2011/06/21/motherhood-the-musical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When friends found out I was seeing Motherhood: The Musical, their response was, “I’m sorry.” Perhaps I know too many cynical broads, or maybe they just know me. Usually, I like my women fired up a la Vagina Monologues, where the irritation is focused on misogyny and injustice rather than diapers and swollen ankles. Despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When a kid kills a cop</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2011/03/01/when-a-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the parents of 16-year-old Nicholas Lindsey turned him in for the murder of Officer David Crawford, the first question many asked was, &#8220;Where did this kid get a gun?&#8221; A better question might have been, &#8220;Where were his parents when he got one, and why was their son out on the streets at 10:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to go to the fair?</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2011/02/15/time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida State Fair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are certain things I never thought I’d do, like forget to shave my legs on a regular basis or curse at my DVR when it stopped working properly. I also never thought I’d attend a fair, theme park, or carnival and actually enjoy it. But here I am, getting older, unable to understand modern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear and self-loathing at a funeral</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2010/07/07/self-loathing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embarrassing Moments in Mommyhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a bad habit of not thinking things through. I usually blame it on my childhood, even though I can’t point to anything specific. After all, the 1970s was when all those synapses and neurons and bad habits started forming. Come on. How else do you explain The Brady Bunch? Example of this habit: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 ways Muslims can improve their image</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/11/17/3-ways-muslims-can-improve-their-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local show, True Talk on WMNF 88.5, is hosted by Ahmed Bedier (one of my Facebook friends. Represent!) and Samar Jarrah. I’ve been a huge fan of WMNF since its Radical Noise show back in the early 1980s when I was little punk-wanna-be in 8th grade. Its programs, True Talk included, have a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout from a post about baseball</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/10/26/fallout-from-a-post-about-baseball/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/10/26/fallout-from-a-post-about-baseball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s all because of me and my old man. God, I fucking hate him. He&#8217;s like, he&#8217;s like this mindless machine I can&#8217;t even relate to anymore. &#8216;Andrew, you&#8217;ve got to be number one. I won&#8217;t tolerate any losers in this family. Your intensity is for shit. Win! Win! Win!&#8217; You son of a bitch. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a fucking game</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/10/24/its-a-fucking-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/10/24/its-a-fucking-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[little league and crazy parents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of practice and a few rain delays, game day is finally here. The sun is playing peek-a-boo behind just a few clouds in an otherwise clear and bright blue sky. An autumn breeze doesn’t lower the temperature too much, still in the high 80s, but I sit in the shade and feel [...]]]></description>
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