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		<title>An Owl That&#8217;s Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Fallow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reincarnation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reincarnation as this owl &#8212; that&#8217;s what I want. Not merely to flaunt my aerial adroitness, fierce gaze, and stunning plumage. I like the idea of staying up all night and hooting from trees. I found the video here via a journalist whose work I admire. But James Fallow&#8216;s likening of owls to cats with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connected And Oblivious</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cellphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone 4S]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Siri]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blind trust or death wish? One or the other afflicts the many pedestrians using cell phones as they cross busy downtown streets. I see them often while driving in downtown Portland. They don&#8217;t see me. The increased risk of getting run over while using phones is well-documented. Now comes Siri, the virtual personal assistant on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashionable Guerilla Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atticus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[camo clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[malls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some shopping malls can be dangerous places thanks to random outbreaks of violence, including at the one near my house. That doesn&#8217;t explain all the clothes for sale featuring patterns once the exclusive purview of battlefields and hunting grounds. Takeoffs on camouflage have infiltrated clothing lines for kids, judging from my recent shopping trips for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cowboy&#8217;s Overdue Honor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 18:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendleton Round-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Fletcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackson Sundown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lorna Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-dead Oregon cowboy and rodeo star, whose life I've written about and continue to research, is finally receiving the recognition he deserves.]]></description>
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		<title>Tragic Truths Behind Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[betrayal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paternity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walgreen's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I strolled the aisles at Walgreens recently while waiting for a prescription. A locked glass case containing medical test equipment stopped me. I wasn&#8217;t surprised to see monitors for blood sugar and the like. What surprised me were test kits for intoxication, marijuana and cocaine use, and paternity. For a modest investment, someone could reveal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epicenter of Oddity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safeway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nearbyÂ  Safeway grocery reigns as my epicenter of oddity. Tonight, while waiting to buy bananas, I watched the guy in front of me pay for two big bags of potatoes. He didn&#8217;t answer the cashier&#8217;s pleasantries. When three pennies slid from the change machine, he flicked them onto the end of the counter, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coincidental Coincidences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Jung]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heather Mills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[synchronicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Gross]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why does the mind, acting independently of its owner, insist on attaching significance to coincidences for which chance is the only plausible explanation? Or if not attaching significance, then automatically sketching out possible narratives that have no basis in fact? These questions and many others linger after a day of coincidences. First up: Driving to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tragic Rerun</title>
		<link>http://michaelbales.com/tragic-rerun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TriMet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The flowers are gone. So are the candles, hand-scrawled notes, and other remembrances that for months crowded the sidewalk beneath a sign advertising passport photos. But the story they told is still with me, replayed every time I pass the intersection of NW Glisan and Broadway in Portland. It&#8217;s where a TriMet bus ran down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car crash pasts, seashore future</title>
		<link>http://michaelbales.com/car-crash-pasts-seashore-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympic Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puget Sound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roadside crosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic deaths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forests and cliffs along a finger of Puget Sound replace scenes from my city life. I&#8217;m driving north, Highway 101, enjoying glimpses of water reflecting gray sky. Then a small roadside cross blares a silent message: Fatal Crash Happened Here. Questions come in bursts, and the mind answers with gory images. Did the car flip? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Hugging Allowed</title>
		<link>http://michaelbales.com/no-hugging-allowed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hugging ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregonian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, I was waiting in the hallway of a small Portland high school. I was there to interview students and a teacher for a story. As kids milled about in the din between classes, many hugged each other. Some embraces looked like reunions between dear friends who hadn&#8217;t seen each other for years. [...]]]></description>
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