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	<title>Ramblings of a Non-Native Texan</title>
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	<description>I'm not from here, but I'm making it my home!</description>
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		<title>Happy 5th Birthday Youtube!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has it really only been five years? It feels like Youtube has been around at least as long as Google has. Or the Internet. Or home videos of any kind. Feels like forever. Anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection can use the site to &#8220;broadcast themselves,&#8221; and just like that, we&#8217;ve become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2010/05/17/happy-5th-birthday-youtube/</link>
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		<title>Do you ShopWiki?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to shop. A lot. And I do a lot of shopping online. Usually, I go from site to site, checking for bargains and looking for particular items that I know I want (or THINK I want, anyway). Sometimes, I need to do some research to figure out what exactly I need (was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2010/04/02/do-you-shopwiki/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not even MY national anthem!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually get into the winter Olympics, but this year, I&#8217;m totally hooked. I have the &#8220;Today&#8221; show on the TV most mornings while I work, and since NBC is handling all the Olympic coverage, there&#8217;s a lot of morning show content about the games, the athletes and the backstories involved. I found myself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2010/02/16/its-not-even-my-national-anthem/</link>
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		<title>Letters to random people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few letters to people I&#8217;d like to say something to&#8230; Dear People of Massachusetts: You went for the guy with the truck? Really?? You realize he&#8217;s Republican, right? Although I can see how you might be confused since he rarely used the term &#8220;Republican&#8221; in his campaign. It&#8217;s kind of a dirty word in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2010/01/21/letters-to-random-people/</link>
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		<title>My annual post: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year that I&#8217;ve had a blog (and I have had one for many years, just not always THIS one), I&#8217;ve picked a day shortly before Christmas to post the text of &#8220;Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.&#8221; I do this for a couple of reasons: One, it&#8217;s a beautifully-written response to a little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/12/20/my-annual-post-yes-virginia-there-is-a-santa-claus/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Christmas Cookie Time! What&#8217;s your favorite recipe?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With one week to go before Christmas, it&#8217;s time for me to start baking cookies. I don&#8217;t like doing it earlier than this, since they tend to get stale and crumbly if they sit too long. I bake for my family and friends, and sometimes I give the cookies as gifts&#8230; They make a great, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/12/18/its-christmas-cookie-time-whats-your-favorite-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Taylor Swift Mania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard of Taylor Swift. Everyone&#8217;s heard of Taylor Swift. From all the awards she&#8217;s won for her country-and-top-40 music, to the records she&#8217;s set while winning those awards, to the hubbub over Kanye West interrupting her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor is all over the news. She&#8217;s young and beautiful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/12/04/taylor-swift-mania/</link>
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		<title>Happy Cyber Monday! Enjoy the online shopping, no camping out required</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is Cyber Monday, the web&#8217;s answer to Black Friday! Great deals, great offers and specials are available at online retailers, some for today only. In short, if you still have shopping to do and missed the &#8220;fun&#8221; of Black Friday last week, this is your chance to get it all and get it delivered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/11/30/happy-cyber-monday-enjoy-the-online-shopping-no-camping-out-required/</link>
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		<title>Marriage: The Good, The Bad, and the Tragic Case of Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting married this weekend! My fiance and I are going to Las Vegas, exchanging vows in front of the backdrop of the Shark Reef aquarium at the Mandalay Bay, and then heading to the Caribbean for our honeymoon. It&#8217;s going to be a fun trip, with many of our family members coming to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/11/04/marriage-the-good-the-bad-and-the-tragic-case-of-maine/</link>
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		<title>Save money, live better&#8230; well, unless you&#8217;re dead. In that case, Wal-Mart now has caskets!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that right. Wal-Mart, the gigantor retail outlet that drives smaller specialty shops out of business and offers low prices on its many cheap goods, is now in the afterlife business. Right now, on Wal-Mart&#8217;s website, you can buy caskets. Just in time for Halloween! No, it&#8217;s no morbid holiday hoax. With a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yovia.com/blogs/txerica/2009/10/29/save-money-live-better-well-unless-youre-dead-in-that-case-wal-mart-now-has-caskets/</link>
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