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		<title>The Advance Continues to Fail Its Readers and Staten Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I hate myself, and my ears, and my brain, I&#8217;ve been listening to the audio book version of &#8216;Going Rogue,&#8217; as read by Sarah Palin.  Even ignoring my distaste for her politically and her many questionable claims about events on the campaign trail this is an awful, awful book.  And more than awful, it&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=68&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo, Take Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two years I have taken part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), simply as an excuse to flex my writing muscle in an avenue that doesn&#8217;t involve USB ports or touch screens.  It&#8217;s also an opportunity to step outside my comfort zone, since I don&#8217;t normally write fiction.  The last two years however, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=52&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Frustrating Limits of Human Knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonsense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: Despite what this post might lead you to believe I have not been smoking a lot of pot recently.  But, I have been reading Brian Greene&#8217;s &#8216;The Elegant Universe&#8216; and watching a ton of specials on cosmology. Perhaps it&#8217;s a reflection of what a huge dork I am, but one of the most frustrating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=47&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Nightmare Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[csi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frustration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So after thinking that everything was squared away (though I wasn&#8217;t assuming anything with CSI), I get a call today telling me that I need yet another letter from the chair of the English department explaining that the graduate level (read above 300) writing course I&#8217;m about to take qualifies as an above 300 level [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=44&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Nightmare at CSI</title>
		<link>http://blog.terrence-obrien.com/2009/05/21/my-nightmare-at-csi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have been following me on Twitter you&#8217;re well aware that I am currently battling the College of Staten Island (CSI) for my diploma.  Unfortunately 140 characters severely limits the amount of information I can share&#8230; I&#8217;m pretty much limited to venting vague frustrations.  Some of you may be wondering what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=33&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Leap</title>
		<link>http://blog.terrence-obrien.com/2009/05/16/a-leap-of-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last two years I&#8217;ve been writing for AOL and Switched as a freelancer, and while I do enjoy the work, anyone in the industry can tell you &#8212; blogger isn&#8217;t exactly the highest paid profession on Earth.  So for two years I&#8217;ve handled a part time job at the store I&#8217;ve worked at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=23&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Beginning</title>
		<link>http://blog.terrence-obrien.com/2009/05/16/a-new-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 08:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so clearly I was kidding myself trying to survive with Google Sites as a way to manage brand &#8220;me&#8221; on the Internet. So the old dog was put down and from its ashes has risen this blog. You&#8217;ll still find links to my pro-blogging up top, as well as some of my non-tech writing. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.terrence-obrien.com&amp;blog=59360&amp;post=19&amp;subd=obriente&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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