<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post4808666505392345545..comments</id><updated>2009-12-15T12:38:46.222-05:00</updated><category term='Beatles'/><category term='stray cats'/><category term='Zac Efron'/><category term='Good Friday'/><category term='hormones'/><category term='women&apos;s gym'/><category term='juvenile literature'/><category term='death'/><category term='National TV Turnoff Week'/><category term='elliptical trainer'/><category term='adolescent angst'/><category term='Broadway'/><category term='baseball cards'/><category term='steel-cut oats'/><category term='smile'/><category term='fantasy'/><category term='rhogam'/><category term='baking'/><category term='family'/><category term='sports'/><category term='simple things'/><category term='seasonal affective disorder'/><category term='ambition'/><category term='blogs'/><category term='Bill Moyers'/><category term='exercise'/><category term='baseball'/><category term='sugar addiction'/><category term='movie ratings'/><category term='boredom'/><category term='paradox'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='SAD'/><category term='Anakin Skywalker'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='faith'/><category term='depression'/><category term='pizza'/><category term='weight-lifting'/><category term='American Idol'/><category term='creamer'/><category term='elizabeth gilbert'/><category term='swimming'/><category term='sunshine'/><category term='Hermione Granger'/><category term='game face'/><category term='foot odor'/><category term='Midnight Mass'/><category term='architecture'/><category term='bathroom'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='pregnancy'/><category term='perceptions'/><category term='missing cat'/><category term='childhood memories'/><category term='Susan Boyle'/><category term='gender roles'/><category term='finicky'/><category term='weight loss'/><category term='preschooler'/><category term='Let&apos;s Go Band'/><category term='ebay'/><category term='special soap'/><category term='Harry Potter'/><category term='journaling'/><category term='anne lamott'/><category term='stage fright'/><category term='new running shoes'/><category term='Twizzlers'/><category term='Christian'/><category term='Greyhound'/><category term='calling'/><category term='hope'/><category term='mimbulus mimbletonia'/><category term='preschool'/><category term='insecurities'/><category term='marshmallow test'/><category term='fourth grade'/><category term='McDonald&apos;s'/><category term='clutter'/><category term='dancing'/><category term='cowboy boots'/><category term='mashed potatoes'/><category term='cheerfulness'/><category term='yahtzee'/><category term='beauty'/><category term='New Year&apos;s resolutions'/><category term='bus trip'/><category term='National Un-Friend Day'/><category term='Facebook'/><category term='hot flashes'/><category term='friends'/><category term='cuddle time'/><category term='google analytics'/><category term='children'/><category term='classical music'/><category term='courthouse'/><category term='Barry Lopez'/><category term='Voices of Soul'/><category term='diplomacy'/><category term='High School Musical'/><category term='justice'/><category term='Britain&apos;s Got Talent'/><category term='honey'/><category term='counting calories'/><category term='games'/><category term='Sid-isms'/><category term='groceries'/><category term='opinions'/><category term='Amtrak'/><category term='parental guidance'/><category term='literature'/><category term='EQ'/><category term='grown-ups'/><category term='Junie B. Jones'/><category term='Les Miserables'/><category term='17 Again'/><category term='grumpiness'/><category term='Small Town America'/><category term='Amish friendship bread'/><category term='Star Wars'/><category term='potty training'/><category term='coffee'/><category term='morning breath'/><category term='State of Play'/><category term='writing'/><category term='PG-13'/><category term='little boys'/><category term='Mother&apos;s Day'/><category term='Mondays'/><title type='text'>Comments on Life in A-Town: Some Slices of Life</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/feeds/4808666505392345545/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html'/><author><name>MGBR</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15307897102167463086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tQFn5DP7CKI/TYDhL4IzZCI/AAAAAAAAA0c/RPOq4xbk44c/s220/MGBR_FeaturedEffects_3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-8857109996990217432</id><published>2009-12-15T12:38:46.222-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T12:38:46.222-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I must defend our beloved Backyardigans!  We have ...</title><summary type='text'>I must defend our beloved Backyardigans!  We have loved and enjoyed this show along side our two little boys.  The basis of imagination of play in your own backyard seems harmless enough. And Will is so right that they are better than Barney!  Way better!  We keep all their CD&amp;#39;s in both our cars and Scott and I subsequently know most of the words...  I&amp;#39;ve even found myself childless in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/8857109996990217432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/8857109996990217432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html?showComment=1260898726222#c8857109996990217432' title=''/><author><name>blensign</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06296118301368938278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-4808666505392345545' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/posts/default/4808666505392345545' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-275937763'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-5191391835614221608</id><published>2009-12-14T18:40:48.950-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T18:40:48.950-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We were TV-less &amp;#39;til Vi was 2 or 3. I miss tho...</title><summary type='text'>We were TV-less &amp;#39;til Vi was 2 or 3. I miss those days. I could certainly live without, but I would have to mount a major uphill marketing campaign to reclaim that blissful state of peace and quiet.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/5191391835614221608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/5191391835614221608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html?showComment=1260834048950#c5191391835614221608' title=''/><author><name>MGBR</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15307897102167463086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18199294200548524611'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='27' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QVI8cqx3V-4/SvZF6y4DawI/AAAAAAAAAck/Ie19qMjFk1k/S220/back+in+the+day.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-4808666505392345545' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/posts/default/4808666505392345545' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2043124982'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-2849250966933977341</id><published>2009-12-14T18:24:32.842-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T18:24:32.842-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I followed the Backyardigans link out of curiosity...</title><summary type='text'>I followed the Backyardigans link out of curiosity.  The idea of finding the whole world in your backyard is vaguely disturbing.  I guess it&amp;#39;s one thing for a Zen master to find the world in so small a space...It kind of implies that if you learn all you can about your immediate surroundings, there&amp;#39;s no need to look any further.  Or that the world beyond the garden gate is just like what </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/2849250966933977341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/2849250966933977341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html?showComment=1260833072842#c2849250966933977341' title=''/><author><name>knitgrl</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-4808666505392345545' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/posts/default/4808666505392345545' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1125079382'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-8625611919726954444</id><published>2009-12-11T20:47:59.206-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T20:47:59.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Way to go Vi!  Tell her congratulations.  Any chan...</title><summary type='text'>Way to go Vi!  Tell her congratulations.  Any chance someone taped this so that you could share with us at our next gathering? See you next week!&lt;br /&gt;Mary</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/8625611919726954444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/8625611919726954444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html?showComment=1260582479206#c8625611919726954444' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-4808666505392345545' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/posts/default/4808666505392345545' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1389133570'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-5946745616673037693</id><published>2009-12-11T20:13:35.578-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T20:13:35.578-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can feel your anxiety for Vi...what a sweet memo...</title><summary type='text'>I can feel your anxiety for Vi...what a sweet memory! Well written!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/5946745616673037693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/4808666505392345545/comments/default/5946745616673037693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html?showComment=1260580415578#c5946745616673037693' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeina-town.com/2009/12/some-slices-of-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7879255001734988435.post-4808666505392345545' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7879255001734988435/posts/default/4808666505392345545' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1409394940'/></entry></feed>
