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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at a Safeway in Aberdeen, Washington and I&#8217;m happier than I&#8217;ve been in a long time. It&#8217;s getting late and I&#8217;m starting to get tired and I&#8217;m searching the aisles for dinner and I can&#8217;t stop smiling. My legs hurt and my sight is blurry and I&#8217;m practically euphoric. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m seriously [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=514&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Back in the Groove</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I am trying to get back into writing on a consistent basis. It had been a couple weeks since I did any substantial writing. I wrote on a Monday,was on vacation from Tuesday to Tuesday, took Wednesday off, wrote Thursday, then continued to be burned out Friday. So this week I&#8217;m trying my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=511&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what you are doing, there will always be easy days and there will always be hard days. The easy days are wonderful. We all welcome them. But they are meaningless. That might be a strong statement, but in the grand scheme of things they just aren&#8217;t that important. Anyone can do something they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=507&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Novelistic Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a few weeks into writing my first novel. I&#8217;ve written around 24,000 words at this point, which is a lot of writing for sure, but also leaves me with a ways to go. A novel is, on a very rough average, about 100,000-150,000 words, or so I surmise from some quick Googling. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=503&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Write A Lot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaybird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started this blog almost two years ago, it was because I hardly had anytime to write. I was in graduate school, working a job, and pretending to be a grown-up. All in all I was a really busy guy and needed an excuse to write. This blog was my excuse. Now I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=499&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that makes you feel like an idiot while moving, it&#8217;s moving weights. &#8220;Jesus, dude, what&#8217;s in this box?&#8221; &#8220;Oh that box? Just heavy matter.&#8221; I mean, the things are designed for one sole purpose: to be heavy. I can&#8217;t think of another item whose sole purpose is to be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=495&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction: Far Away Man</title>
		<link>http://jaybirdpn.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/fiction-far-away-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a man that lives far away. Alone, in his cottage, he doesn&#8217;t view the world like us. There aren&#8217;t the same problems out there. He doesn&#8217;t worry about politicians or debates. He doesn&#8217;t particularly care. As long as the sun rises each morning and sets each evening, well, he&#8217;s just fine. Out in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=492&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction: Heart</title>
		<link>http://jaybirdpn.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/fiction-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is actually the start of something potentially gigantic. I have this idea for  a novel that I&#8217;ve been kicking around. The beginning of the story is pretty clear in my mind, so I thought I would at least give it a first go here. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d actually put up the whole story [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=487&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My urge to write fiction is growing. It has been much too long since I&#8217;ve been able to dedicate myself to writing much of anything. But I can feel &#8220;it&#8221; coming. I hate writing about not writing, but sometimes I guess I just have to do it. It is like a clog in the drain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=477&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quickbeam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend and I were in Glacier National Park. We were hiking on this beautiful trail. One of those trails where every time you take a corner it is even more beautiful than the last. It was a long hike, but fairly flat. We were brainstorming what we were going to name our cat. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaybirdpn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10640722&amp;post=467&amp;subd=jaybirdpn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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