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		<title>And so it begins&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! I&#8217;ve been quiet the last few months, the reason being&#8230; I&#8217;m attempting to write a book. No, I&#8217;m not trying to be the next Pulitzer prize winning novelist. I hope to just make people laugh a little. Anyway, below I&#8217;ve included the first attempted chapter of the book I&#8217;m writing entitled &#8220;Perils of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=495&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The dinosaur days of summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 14 days since the school year officially ended, vast modifications have already taken place in the Beam household to combat the restlessness of summer break. Some of which have been good, some bad, and some downright ugly. But, like the Uruguay rugby team stranded after their plane crashed in the Andes, we do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=493&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A requiem for a waiting room</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/05/03/a-requiem-for-a-waiting-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room sometimes hurts more than the injury that brought you to the dreaded hell hole in the first place. Currently, I’m in such painful doldrums. My left knee decided to go out while I was in the middle of running a half marathon last Saturday. Despite my constant prodding and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=484&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coked-out cookies and the Rise of the Girl Scouts</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/03/15/coked-out-cookies-and-the-rise-of-the-girl-scouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks back, Indiana State Representative Bob Morris faced ridicule from around the nation for inflammatory statements he made regarding the Girl Scouts of America. According to news sources, such as MSNBC, Morris stated in a letter that he believes the organization aids in “the destruction of traditional American family values.” Finally, someone has had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=478&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All we need is love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below you&#8217;ll find my column this week from newsandtribune.com. With the devastating tornados that ripped through Southern Indiana last Friday, I wanted to share so of their stories. Please, if you could, give to our local Clark County Chapter of the American Red Cross. &#160; Sometimes, life isn’t fair. In fact, at times, it’s downright [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=472&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In defense of the nightmare sports parent, aka me.</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/02/23/in-defense-of-the-nightmare-sports-parent-aka-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having kids in sports is rough. So harsh apparently, a guy named Steve Henson wrote an article for thepostgame.com that educates moms and dads on how to become a great sports parent. Although I disagree with some of his assumptions, most of the article addresses some pretty basic, common sense rules for dealing with athletic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=465&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The case of the love struck school board</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/02/14/the-case-of-the-love-struck-school-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cupid’s arrows struck early yesterday at the New Albany Floyd County School Board Meeting. That little naked cherub is good. The sharp projectiles incapacitated five of the seven board members and made them fall undyingly in love with our superintendent, Dr. Bruce Hibbard. In their adoration, the members voted to give Hibbard a $28,500 raise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=461&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The rise of the modern day snob</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/02/07/the-rise-of-the-modern-day-snob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it. The world is full of snobs. Rich snobs. Intellectual snobs. Religious snobs. Moral snobs. Unconventional snobs. Beautiful snobs. Even I’m-weirder-than-you snobs. For one reason or the other, most humans in their lifetimes have felt superior to a fellow earth dweller. It’s a condition of humanity itself. I think; therefore, I know I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=458&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lego-ing of gender stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/01/24/lego-ing-of-gender-stereotypes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sexism comes in many forms. I hadn’t realized tiny pieces of plastic that hurt like unanesthetized bone grafts when you step on them might be one. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, critics have been blasting the Lego’s Friends line for girls as being sexist and reinforcing gender stereotypes.  One opponent even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=455&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drowning in the pool of pre-presidents</title>
		<link>http://hoosiermandy.com/2012/01/18/drowning-in-the-pool-of-pre-presidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoosier Mandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is anyone else completely baffled with the field of presidential candidates that Americans must choose from this year? I truly do not know which politician I’ll vote for in the Republican primary, let alone in the general. At present, I don’t have a donkey or an elephant in the fight. Why must I vote for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hoosiermandy.com&#038;blog=24325511&#038;post=450&#038;subd=hoosiermandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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