<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291</id><updated>2010-02-08T20:58:14.311-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughtsam</title><subtitle type='html'>- make of it what you will -</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/index.php'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iangilman.com/thoughtsam/atom.xml'/><author><name>Ian Gilman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07923261215410652507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>647</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291.post-7193418268302408467</id><published>2010-02-08T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T20:58:14.318-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>If you don't talk to your kids about astral projection, somebody else will.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-7193418268302408467?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/7193418268302408467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30625291&amp;postID=7193418268302408467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/7193418268302408467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/7193418268302408467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2010/02/if-you-dont-talk-to-your-kids-about.php' title=''/><author><name>Ian Gilman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07923261215410652507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01008565402719929378'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291.post-5712747011648741723</id><published>2010-02-07T20:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T20:21:53.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The Buddha statue? 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Gilman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07923261215410652507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01008565402719929378'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291.post-4501370136137346908</id><published>2009-10-11T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T00:21:00.541-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Try as I might, I am yet unable to smell fear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-4501370136137346908?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/4501370136137346908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-4526302730697155343?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/4526302730697155343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30625291&amp;postID=4526302730697155343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/4526302730697155343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/4526302730697155343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2009/10/creativity-needs-ragged-edges-to-nest.php' title=''/><author><name>Ian Gilman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07923261215410652507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty 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do.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-5252003896056548830?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/5252003896056548830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30625291&amp;postID=5252003896056548830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/5252003896056548830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/5252003896056548830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2009/09/if-only-she-got-as-much-joy-out-of-her.php' title=''/><author><name>Ian 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I want my money back!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-326371902284365655?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/326371902284365655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30625291&amp;postID=326371902284365655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/326371902284365655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/326371902284365655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2009/09/i-had-dozen-tequila-shots-and-still-i.php' title=''/><author><name>Ian 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/7971988961245479984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/7971988961245479984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2009/09/he-spent-many-year-tugging-at-times.php' title=''/><author><name>Ian Gilman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07923261215410652507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01008565402719929378'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291.post-4795276999624202408</id><published>2009-09-05T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T12:36:00.822-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="status-body"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="entry-content"&gt;If she could hold even that tiny piece forever, then she would never lose this world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30625291-4795276999624202408?l=www.iangilman.com%2Fthoughtsam%2Findex.php' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/4795276999624202408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30625291&amp;postID=4795276999624202408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/4795276999624202408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30625291/posts/default/4795276999624202408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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