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		<title>2011: Best of the Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, I won Best Female Contributor in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay awards. Last year, I won Best Blogger, Best Contributor, and was an honorable mention for Best Troublemaker. This town is so good to me. Best Contributor is a huge honor because Creative Loafing is filled with contributors who rock my socks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple winner in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay Readers Poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn’t attend The Loafies Wednesday night, because I’m stuck in New Jersey, drowning in a sea of “apples to apples,” “soup to nuts,” and “not for nothin’.” No disrespect. My editor back in Tampa wondered if anyone was willing to go to Creative Loafing’s annual awards show in my place. I asked around and people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Since you asked&#8230; how someone like me could like Eat, Pray, Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Categorized as “chick lit,” Eat, Pray, Love cultivated quite a following several years back. I ignored it, because *those* types of women watch Lifetime and join Jenny Craig. No, thanks. Oprah got involved and I knew for sure I wasn’t going to like the book. She liked Twilight, for crying out loud. Then Julia Roberts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takin&#8217; care of business in the form of a love letter</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2010/02/16/takin-care-of-business-in-the-form-of-a-love-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Lovely Reader, In the past year, I entered middle age, experienced a few medical scares, fell apart emotionally, and accidentally ate a worm. Somehow I&#8217;ve managed to recover, assess my life, and come to the conclusion that I must change a few things about myself in order to grow older with dignity and fewer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s Resolutions are for quitters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal, most people promise to quit something in the New Year. Smoking, drinking, and overeating are the biggies. Over 80% of the population vows to quit one of these evils, yet only 1 out of 5 will actually keep the resolution past a few weeks. When you quit on quitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check out my review of Michael Moore&#8217;s &#8220;Capitalism: A Love Story&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/09/30/check-out-my-review-of-michael-moores-capitalism-a-love-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My review is the cover story for this week&#8217;s Creative Loafing. Or check it here - &#8220;Do we want a society based on profit for some, or freedom for all? That’s the choice and question at the heart of this important documentary.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t believe I beat the girl who writes about anonymous sex</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/09/17/i-cant-believe-i-beat-the-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/09/17/i-cant-believe-i-beat-the-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won Best Female Contributor for Creative Loafing. Thanks to my readers for their support and haters for their motivation. A special shout-out to my lovely balcony and orchestra &#8211; let&#8217;s face it, without tits and ass, I&#8217;d have no conservative audience. Every little bit helps. My kids were reading the list in Creative Loafing&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Loafies. Who&#8217;s in?</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/09/13/the-loafies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/09/13/the-loafies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Creative Loafing: You&#8217;ve voted in the Readers&#8217; Poll and you can&#8217;t wait to see who the editors picked this year for categories like &#8220;Best display of ignorance by a public official,&#8221; &#8220;Best beach to run naked on at night&#8221; and &#8220;Best experimental bartenders.&#8221; So, what now? Well, you could wait until the issue hits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More whoring for votes&#8230;but enough about Peter Schorsch</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/08/26/more-whoring-for-votes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/08/26/more-whoring-for-votes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you voted for me yet? Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay competition is winding down, you only have until Monday before the polls close for good. People have been voting for me in several categories: - Best Local Blogger - Best CL Contributor - Best Local Troublemaker Recently, I made a joke about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/08/18/creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/08/18/creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of their contributors, I was asked to submit a few entries of my own. So, I did. Best place *not* to find a python&#8230; Best display of ignorance by a public official&#8230; Meanwhile my own category is heating up. Recently, someone asked if I&#8217;d get paid for winning either Best Local Blog, Best [...]]]></description>
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