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    <title>Happy Gathering</title>
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    <copyright>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</copyright>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2009-12-30T11:02:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Once in A Blue Moon it happens on New Year’s Eve.</title>
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 A blue moon is the second full moon that occurs within the same month.  Most months only have one full moon per month but every once in a while a month will have two . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lee P.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T10:50:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Daily Sentence Challenge: 12/30/09</title>
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      <description>Thanks  Dan H. 
    
 
 
   This challenge is a quick free-writing sentence prompt. 
   
 
 
   I want you to use these 3 words in a sentence  or  two. Use any form of these words. 
   
 
 
 
   Smile . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lady of Lake Merritt =P</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T10:14:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>What's Your Favorite Board Game? (Xmas: His Side of the Fam)</title>
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      <description>Seriously after a great party w/ my side, we went over to Yeti's sister's and my boys opened more presents then we played PICTIONARY!!! YAY!!! 
 Tons of fun and I just love my MIL!!! She rocks!!! 
 Evan . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lady of Lake Merritt =P</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T10:10:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Here They Are! You Can't Escape Them!</title>
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      <description>Well, I am sure that you knew they were coming. It was inevitable. I must have 75 or more. But for the sake of everyone's sanity, I narrowed them down quite a bit.Yes, you know what they are. Probably . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Nurse Nancy S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T10:00:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Thank You Elaine For Making My Daughters Birthday Special~</title>
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      <description>My daughter Madison Lynn turned 6 years old on December 26th. We had a nice birthday celebration for her while my parents stayed at our home during Christmas. She received a Barbie scooter from her . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:39:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Monica H.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T07:39:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>SUNLIGHT DANCE</title>
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   SUNLIGHT DANCE   
 
 
       
 
 
   Sun rises softly, The Eastern Sky beckons her With dew dipped fingers....  Morning breeze Meanders through grasses That wave lazily as she . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:57:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Michelle W.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T04:57:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Michelle Obama's dress and Grace Bumbry's dress.</title>
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   2009 Kennedy Center Honorees:      
 
   Mel Brooks Dave Brubeck Grace Bumbry Robert De Niro Bruce Springsteen    
 
 
 
 
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  I watched the 2009 . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:19:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lee P.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T04:19:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Good night Gather</title>
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      <description>Good night my gather friends. 
   
 Watched my Penn State game, they lost but it was a very close game at Minnesota.  They lost 75-70.  So now it is time for bed. 
   
 Everyone have . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:14:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T04:14:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>You'll Shoot You're eye out</title>
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      <description>So who else is sick of It's a Wonderful Life? 
 I can't watch it anymore. When they started the tradition of playing it all day long on Christmas eve, it just ruined it. Plus the scene with the kid getting . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Debbie W.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T03:59:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Pings to Heaven</title>
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      <description>This morning I was reviewing many of my old Gather posts.  For various reasons, at various times, I had hidden some of my previous posts.  As an evolving process over the last couple of months, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kokomo *.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T03:23:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>'tis true!</title>
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      <description>God is great!   Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   
 
 
     
 
 
  God's grace; easy to find;  oh so kind.   
 
 
  Troubles instantly unwind  
 
 
  within one's heart, soul and mind.  
  . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dawn (a kitty-kin on the wall)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T02:55:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>GAME: How many words can you list that start with SL?</title>
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      <description>Have fun dear friends. You did great on the last game. 
 So, who will list the most   S  L words  , and win this game? 
 Thanks for playing. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:43:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>M &amp; M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T01:43:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A postman for mother</title>
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  Letters, not for her  
 
 
 (To Sunil's mother) 
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
 
 Postman brings three letters, none for her. 
 Ten minutes of quiet waiting till she 
 opens the door; her dog barks . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kushal Poddar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T01:23:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I Just Got Back From Happy Joes</title>
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      <description> I did not stay long, but at least I was there. Alot of people had left. Little Bradon won LOTS of tickets! I played 2 games with him, and took some photos. He will be back here with me tonight. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DIANE D.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-30T00:32:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How Often Do You Sweep?</title>
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      <description>I asked the question how often do you sweep on mylot and I was surprised by the answers I got.  Most people said they swept once or twice a week.  This surprised me so much because I sweep once . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Rae M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:06:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I'm having an affair...</title>
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      <description>And my grocery store is hurting. 
 Although my local grocery store(Ukrop's for those of you in Va) has been sold, I have a new love affair with Whole Foods and Fresh Market so at the moment, I'm not worried. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:21:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967867&amp;grpId=3659174697253979&amp;nav=Groupspace</guid>
      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:21:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A blog and Redgage update!</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967859&amp;grpId=3659174697253979&amp;nav=Groupspace</link>
      <description>Given I have sort and on again off again relationship with my blog, I'm truly shocked that anyone other than my mother reads the thing and even appears interested enough in what's going on in my life. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:13:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967859&amp;grpId=3659174697253979&amp;nav=Groupspace</guid>
      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:13:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dust on my Bible and Hank Williams, Sr.</title>
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      <description>- - - - 
 It’s snowing here in my part of Texas today.  I live south of Fort Worth, way out in the country and my yard and surrounding woods are beautiful.  However, I am a southern lady . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lee P.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:04:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Good evening All</title>
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      <description>Made a little whole wheat pasta and meatballs for supper tonight.  YUM YUM YUM!!!  For some reason I have VH1 on, something called tough love and am liking it.  What's wrong with me?  . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:02:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Silent Treatment (emailed joke)</title>
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      <description>Mike and Joan were having some problems at home and were giving each other the "silent treatment." But then Mike realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 am for an early morning drive . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dave L.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T23:00:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Do you buy the Entertainment Book?</title>
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      <description>If you don't know what the Entertainment book is, it's basically a coupon book for your city/surrounding area. Most major cities have them and I always buy a few each year. Since I travel a great deal . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:10:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T22:10:05Z</dc:date>
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      <description>Volcano's 
   
 We sometimes forget that nature changes the climate of the world, this has happened many times in the past. Look at 1650bc when a volcano erupted in Greece. This volcano took . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>graham Lear</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T21:54:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Healthy Living Hearty Team Challenge Dec 28</title>
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      <description>Monday has always been a challenging day to exercise.  I'll admit it has been easier joing the Gather Exercise Challenge.  Thanks to all of you that have pushed me to work harder at getting . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Mary G.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T21:22:52Z</dc:date>
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      <description>May your heart seek a very special treasure 
 There is, I hear, a place of peace 
 Where never is heard a sound of conflict 
 It holds a quiet contentment for those who wish rest 
 They claim that an . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:49:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Sharon P.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T20:49:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>My Towels Are Taking Forever to Dry</title>
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      <description>My washer and dryer are in the mud room that leads to the garage.  The mudroom is usually pretty cold in the winter time since it is so close the garage. 
 I put a load of towels in the dryer last . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Rae M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T16:27:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Game: Theme Parties</title>
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      <description>How many names for theme parties can you come up with? 
 Ex: Babes in Toyland, Elf Party</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T20:41:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I have officially moved...yet again</title>
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      <description>These past 6 months have been a whirlwind for many reasons, but moving twice in that time is not something I had planned on. I was renting a townhouse from a couple that kept the place as their second . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:22:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T20:22:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>GAME: Party time Gather friends. How many things can you list for a New Years Eve party?</title>
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      <description>Have fun, let's party. 
 Thanks for playing. 
 Who will win and list the most things for a great New Years Eve party. 
 Wishing y'all a wonderful, safe, and happy New Year 2010!</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>M &amp; M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T20:05:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>are you hungry?!</title>
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      <description>Eternity's Feast      Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby   
 
 
     
 
 
  Eternity-shaped bowl; endless supply of sweet,  
 
 
   succulent  cherries, swim vivaciously within; skinny-dippin' . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dawn (a kitty-kin on the wall)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-12-29T20:02:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Random question of the day</title>
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      <description>What are you scared of?</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:59:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Adelaide M.</dc:creator>
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