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    <updated>2008-08-11T22:55:03-04:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Rants, Raves and Idiocies from an A.D.D Perspective. 


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        <title>Isaac Hayes; a 70's Cultural Icon</title>
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        <summary>Even though I wasn't born when Shaft was first released, the film became legendary among all generations due to the...</summary>
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        <title>Uncle Larry</title>
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        <summary>I had just finished working a fifteen-hour shift as a chef in a caterer’s kitchen the night I first stepped...</summary>
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        <title>Call me and let's talk trash</title>
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        <published>2008-07-28T17:20:28-04:00</published>
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        <summary>As I edit my book, I will be posting some rewrites... The only time I have ever been in jail...</summary>
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        <title>Greetings from the Jersey Shore</title>
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        <published>2008-07-17T11:51:38-04:00</published>
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        <summary>We called it the army camp, the rocky beach secluded by giant sand dunes and military barracks, a getaway where...</summary>
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        <title>An All-Clad American Family</title>
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        <summary>We drove around in well-worn, rust-colored Chevrolet New Yorker in the late seventies; the perfect car I always envisioned us...</summary>
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        <title>I won a writing contest! I think?</title>
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        <published>2008-06-22T00:16:01-04:00</published>
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        <summary>I have just been informed by Humor Press that I am a winner of their April/May writing contest! I think?...</summary>
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        <title>Tatum O'Neil On Crack &amp; In Need of Rescue?</title>
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        <published>2008-06-03T15:10:06-04:00</published>
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        <summary>I don't know who is worse off, me for being deprived of summer camp as a child or Tatum O'Neil...</summary>
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        <title>Made In China It Ain't</title>
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        <published>2008-05-30T11:04:57-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-02T14:35:33-04:00</updated>
        <summary>As my blog, Out of Focus, comes to a near close (you will be able to buy the anecdotal book...</summary>
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        <title>How To Incorporate Your Love Of Tap Dancing Into Your Already Overbooked Chaotic Life </title>
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        <published>2008-05-12T20:41:33-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-12T20:50:24-04:00</updated>
        <summary>ADD Symptom: Lacking Time Management Skills. Huh? The last two weeks I have been neglecting this blog in an attempt...</summary>
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        <title>And Iran So Far Away</title>
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        <published>2008-05-08T10:53:55-04:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-08T11:00:53-04:00</updated>
        <summary>After auditioning for SNL and getting bumped, I rarely watch the show anymore. This is sheer brilliance. I can't stop...</summary>
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            <name>Kali  Karagias</name>
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