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		<title>Facts You Should Know About Marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am one of those rare individuals who made it through the stress and peer pressure of high school, college, and two George W. Bush elections without out ever smoking a joint. My abstinence is not a sign of moral &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=408">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Un-Savage U</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For about a year now I’ve enjoyed Dan Savage’s podcast, Savage Love, and I occasionally read his blog.  He is a refreshingly unabashed voice in an otherwise sex negative culture.  I especially enjoy the YouTube videos of his sexual Q&#38;A &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=394">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Woman vs. Hater Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I rode up a subway escalator with a 20lb bag of fish tank gravel in my shoulder bag. The escalator runs the length of 3 flights of stairs so I am always grateful it is working. More so, on &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=372">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unfair Treatment on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to place an ad on Facebook for my new story Trash and the ad was rejected for being too suggestive.  The same photo was also banned from my profile page. Facebook has the right to ban images it &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=358">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Trash, $250 Gift Card Giveway</title>
		<link>http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=318</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Congratulations to Abby Kizer who won the $250 Gift card!  Thank you to everyone who participated.  To celebrate the release of my new short story Trash, on Kindle and Nook (List Price $0.99), I gave away a $250 gift &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=318">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Child&#8217;s Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was thinking about how most of the fun things we encounter as children are pleasing to the eyes.  Colorful blocks.  Toy trucks with shiny parts.  Dolls with glittery outfits.  Cakes with flames shooting out of them (what those &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=287">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Borders and the Book</title>
		<link>http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=277</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Mitch Albom of the Detriot Free Press blogged about the Borders bankruptcy and posed the question “What happened to the great American bookstore?”  Simple really.  The reader traded it for convenience. It was the reader’s desire for convenience that &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=277">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Push Comes to Shove</title>
		<link>http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=268</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 12th Netflix announced their new streaming and DVD plans much to the annoyance of thousands of Netflix users, myself included.  A brushfire of consumer outrage spread through the Twitterverse and the Blogosphere.  Cooler heads, like Mike Issac at &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=268">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Indie Scene</title>
		<link>http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=255</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent publishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independent musicians enjoy a cache in the entertainment industry that independent writers have yet to establish. Indie music is synonymous with an edgy, off beat, unrefined sound harboring potential for mass appeal.  The indie music scene is rife with fans &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=255">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization: Obstacle or Incentive?</title>
		<link>http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=247</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomsimonson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the practice of tailoring web content to ensure search engines, such as Google, catalog your content appropriately.  Since Google has the reading skills of the average 4 year old, SEO begs the age old question: &#8230; <a href="http://thomsimonson.com/main/?p=247">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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