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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt many of you have noticed my posting tapering off the last week or two.&#160; That&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve been preoccupied with closing out my job here.
The last 5 days have been spent visiting the various departments out processing, finalizing pay, closing out my housing and turning in my equipment.
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one goes back, waaaay back.  Early &#8217;70s I believe.  Memories of records cut out of the back of the Super Sugar Crisp box being played on my &#8220;close-n-play&#8221; (The song was Sugar, Sugar by the Archie&#8217;s)&#8230;


This thing goes for over $100.00 bucks now!
But the two that were my absolute faves and haven&#8217;t seen for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=769&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Posting Series &#8211; What was your favorite toy when you were a kid?</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/christmas-posting-series-what-was-your-favorite-toy-when-you-were-a-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting here on a drizzly, pre-December day, after drowsing from my Sunday morning eggs, bacon, hash browns and gravy n biscuit breakfast, when I had a brain flash. 
Enough of the political blogs, I&#8217;ll do a series on all my favorite Christmas toys I got while growing up.  So, here&#8217;s number 1 in the series&#8230;
The Big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=758&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back and it&#8217;s 2008?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that as we get older time compresses?&#160; Okay, maybe I have an amazing grasp of the obvious, but time just seems to be getting faster and faster.&#160; Yesterday seems just minutes ago, last week like yesterday and 10 years ago seems like last year.&#160; I pretty much feel this way all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=436&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ye Olde Christmas Game&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
If you love trivia and Christmas, here&#8217;s a great post by Writer Chick Talks that combines the best of both worlds&#8230;
Shoeing the Wild Mare is a traditional Christmas game that goes back to at least the early 17th century.
Follow the link for a lot more fun information on Christmas Trivia, history and &#8220;ye olde  games&#8221;.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=426&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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