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	<title>Cracked Window &#187; Suzame</title>
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		<title>To Know Or Not To Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like one of my favorite bloggers, Jason Kottke, I was put off by the idea of parties for parents to learn the sex of their gestating child. Then a video he linked to choked me up. Guess I&#8217;m a sucker for such joy. Still, not knowing the sex adds to the mystery and suspense of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood Puddle Pillow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keetra Dean Dixon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When my wife and I were dating, I went to her apartment. She greeted me with an enigmatic smile. Smelling faintly of perfume, she led me upstairs to the bedroom. On the floor was a chalk outline, like those drawn around a dead body at a crime scene. It was me, she said. Today I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Holiday Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I drilled into our little boy today another of my dead mother&#8217;s irrational holiday rules: everything Christmas related must be taken down before the new year begins. Otherwise, the most dire bad luck will ensue. Atticus accepted the rule as if our very existence hinged upon it, and we did mom proud. As a bonus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Poster Wannabes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dubi Fairey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shepard Fairey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to be like Barack Obama. So does my wife, Suzame. Using a nifty new plugin, we photographed ourselves tonight on her Mac in a vain attempt to emulate the iconic &#8220;Hope&#8221; portrait poster. The now-ubiquitous image of our soon-to-be president is the work of Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey. The best evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backstage with Obama Omen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made my last donation to Barack Obama last night. Not that he needs the cash at this stage of his campaign, a fund-raising juggernaut that politicians and political scientists will study for years to come. My wife and I have made modest donations six or seven times. With victory appearing all but certain, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in flying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What&#8217;s in the cup?&#8221; asks the woman x-raying our carry-on bags at Orlando International Airport. Our cross-country trip home to Portland is not beginning well. &#8220;Our little boy&#8217;s water. It&#8217;s his sippy cup,&#8221; says my wife, Suzame. &#8220;You say it&#8217;s water. But I don&#8217;t know it&#8217;s water,&#8221; the woman says, her tone curt and accusatory, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No skirting this bike issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kilts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard not to spot a woman riding a bike and wearing a skirt. I mean that strictly from a safety standpoint. After all, it&#8217;s a benefit given how cyclists and motorists in Portland struggle at times to share the road. Don&#8217;t believe the safety bit? You shouldn&#8217;t. I confess: the style, the overall look, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fist bump to the Dark Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8216;m a terrorist. No doubt about it. I didn&#8217;t want to go over to the Dark Side, but some forces are too powerful to resist. The Obama Fist Bump nailed me, or OFB as we converts call it. It happened today on a Portland pedestrian bridge over Interstate 5. I was among throngs of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: What have we done?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atticus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outrages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike past wars, the Iraq war is an abstraction. We rarely glimpse the unspeakable suffering. Most of the media have lost interest. Some stalwarts remain, chronicling events beyond our comprehension. As much as I hate this war, I&#8217;ve never let what happens there penetrate my comfortable life here. Until now. Reality intruded last night when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts of the scatological oracle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atticus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father's Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Father&#8217;s Day. From my youngest son, two months shy of three, comes a gift. &#8220;I&#8217;ll draw a picture for Dad,&#8221; Atticus tells his mother, Suzame. He conjures up Everyman confronting the wonders and perplexities of the world. Our little oracle comments on life like I never did at his age. Take this recent gem: [...]]]></description>
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