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		<title>Sketching With Words</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2010/03/25/sketching-with-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  photo credit: DeaPeaJay Writing sometimes feels like using words to grab at images. Since high school I&#8217;ve been able to type at over 60 words per minute &#8211; with probably at least 1 or 2 errors per minute as well. You can write a book or a film script as quickly as you can [...]


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		<title>Celebrity Laughs I Love</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2010/02/25/celebrity-laughs-i-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Roby Ferrari Celebrity Laughs I love: Artie Lange (Comedian on the Howard Stern Show):I remember once hearing himself nearly laughing himself to death and the sheer joy of listening to that, then feeling sad because of how fragile he is; know that his laugh might go away. I hope that hasn&#8217;t happened. Ricky [...]


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		<title>The Give And Take of &#8220;Goodbye&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2010/02/10/the-give-and-take-of-goodbye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: zoutedrop Go if you have to go. Stay if you have to stay. But decide where your umbrella goes:  in the stand or under the rain. There have been times when I knew goodbye was coming and I found myself smiling when the bullet hit; not out of bitter gallows-humor or nastiness. Sometimes [...]


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		<title>The Nights On Broadway</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2010/01/13/the-nights-on-broadway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Diego_3336 Music as a form is so fluid that it can seem to fit into any form or shape that we can imagine. Because the shapes that we imagine music to be in are the shapes of human expression and emotion there are as many difference types of music and musical expression as [...]


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		<title>The Neon of Osaka</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Mr.mt My time in Osaka, Japan was brief, but full of stories. Halloween and authentic Sushi. Octopus Dumplings, Pasta in squid&#8217;s ink sauce and far less exotic, but no less wonderful fair. And, as is usually the case when traveling, it was the people that stand out more than anything. Whether they were [...]


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		<title>Let Us Speak Of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2009/12/16/let_us-speak_of_love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: h.koppdelaney It has been said that love stories are the most popular in cinema because love is the one adventure that anyone can go on. No matter how rich or poor, lovely or homely, if one has a need to strike out into the world and find love&#8230; even if one only gets [...]


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		<title>I&#8217;m So Gay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: greenbroke There was a quote I cannot seem to find. It states basically that when one is confronted by Nazis, a moral man will declare himself Jewish. In the same vein, when J.R.R. Tolkien was asked by Nazi censors several questions about his background and his writings, he wrote back &#8220;But if I [...]


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		<title>MMO&#8217;s: Offering Players a Piece of the Action</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2009/06/30/mmos-offering-players-a-piece-of-the-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: fdecomite Lately I&#8217;ve been thinking about massive multiplayer online games. Players join them for the purpose of seeing new sights, explore new worlds and experiencing excitement in one form or another. For some it&#8217;s the excitement of a predetermined story; for others it is the excitement of being able to create their own [...]


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		<title>My Journey Through Pop Culture: Aside &#8211; My Family&#8217;s Influence</title>
		<link>http://www.popcultureofdestruction.com/2009/06/24/my-journey-through-pop-culture-aside-my-familys-influence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Just Taken Pics Looking at my life moving through pop culture, I can&#8217;t help but notice strong influences of my family. My family shaped me and influenced me in more ways than I could possibly express, but focusing on the idea of how they&#8217;ve influenced my view of pop culture, I can say [...]


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		<title>The Tree Of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baz Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: kaalam With everything there is to see&#8230;. with the media pouring forth information beyond the speed of light, ideas coalesce like raindrops glowing with radioactive importance. Each drop demands our attention as closer inspection reveals nano-packed information. Entire television series can be encoded onto a single disk &#8211; though they may not be [...]


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