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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/its-been-a-while/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s been over a year since I last posted. Not that anyone reads this anymore, but here&#8217;s some updates just in case. Bonsai trees have come and gone. I&#8217;m still working at the same school teaching music, but I might become a cop pretty soon. I&#8217;ve been enjoying playing second fiddle (guitar, actually) for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=615&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bonsai Non-Failures!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Natives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonsai trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok friends, spring has sprung and it&#8217;s time for me to show you some trees I haven&#8217;t killed. I&#8217;m so stoked at these trees especially, because I tried some things without the immediate help of any mentors, and they&#8217;ve all worked out well so far. First is a couple pictures of a little elm tree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=605&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lent is Almost Upon Us</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/lent-is-almost-upon-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday is coming up in a couple of days, so I thought I&#8217;d share this little blurb I was asked to write for our church&#8217;s Lenten devotional that they put out every year. I was assigned a little reflection on Psalm 135. Wifey says I should be a pastor. I say sure, another few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=601&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>February 2009 UPDATE: Coast Live Oak</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/february-2009-update-coast-live-oak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/?p=597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I cleaned out some of the little branches I know I won&#8217;t need later on. I got rid of some of the real strong upper branches in hopes that the lower branches, which need to be thicker and longer, will start growing more vigorously in the coming spring. We have maybe a few more weeks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=597&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Original, Timeless Blog Content</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/creating-original-timeless-blog-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/?p=590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I started writing this blog, I read several posts about how to create a successful blog, etc. One thing that hit me then was the need to create original, relevant content. If you merely comment on stuff that happened in the news yesterday, your blog is bound to be forgotten and the only way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=590&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intro to Flamenco</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/intro-to-flamenco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gypsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gypsy kings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ottmar liebert]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people have heard of flamenco music at some point in their lives, but many truly do not understand what this wonderful music is all about. As many people know, flamenco music comes from Spain and includes guitar, singing and dance. However, one thing that is not well known is that all Spanish music is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=584&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I have faith, now what?</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/i-have-faith-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Wesley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wifey and I have been taking a Methodism 101 class at church, and I must confess that I really didn&#8217;t know how Methodist I truly was at my core until Wifey came along and started going to church with me. We had a good conversation on the way to the farmer&#8217;s market after our class [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=575&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Quote</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/great-quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An elementary school music teacher is kind of like an animal lover working in a slaughterhouse&#8230;&#8221; -Some dude on NPR<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=573&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Saga of a Love Affair</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/update-saga-of-a-love-affair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I decided to play guitar again, I thought it would probably last a day or two and then fizzle out. It&#8217;s happened before. I get all excited about playing again, just enough to dig a guitar out of the closet and make a giant mess. I play for a day or two, and then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=571&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Excuse Ever&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mindgrazing.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/the-worst-excuse-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep in mind that most of my students live in giant apartment blocks within a half mile of my school. There is no bussing in our district so everyone has to walk or get a ride. A girl walked in like 20 minutes late to 1st period. &#8220;Where were you? Why are you late?&#8221; &#8220;Well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mindgrazing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5399316&amp;post=569&amp;subd=mindgrazing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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