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<issued>2006-12-08T14:36:00-06:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://blog.redsneaker.net" xml:space="preserve">&lt;IMG SRC="http://blog.redsneaker.net/icons/ack.jpg" ALIGN="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are your kids spoiled and bratty? Do they demand the latest greatest thing and expect that they should do nothing in return?  If so, you could learn a little lesson from this guy. &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=120062572372&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&amp;ih=002"&gt;(Check out the auction here)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is selling the box the new Nintendo Wii came in so you can fill it with heavy items, wrap it and let them open it for Christmas.  Then when they ask why the system isn’t there, you can remind them how horrible they have been this past year.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t think of this as giving your kids ean empty box for Christmas.  Think of it as a way to ensure they will need therapy later in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must state I do not condone this sale or the disappointment of kids, but I think it’s pretty darn funny.</content>
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<issued>2006-11-20T08:48:00-06:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://blog.redsneaker.net" xml:space="preserve">&lt;IMG SRC="http://blog.redsneaker.net/icons/crap.jpg" ALIGN="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Listening To:The Distorted View&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After watching the television show, “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel. I pondered, do the manure handlers wash their hands after going to the bathroom or do they feel like it’s a waste of time?</content>
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<issued>2006-10-10T21:53:00-05:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://blog.redsneaker.net" xml:space="preserve">&lt;IMG SRC="http://blog.redsneaker.net/icons/beard.jpg" ALIGN="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was late at night and I was sitting at a 24 hour restaurant talking with a buddy.  He asks me, ”What would you do if you could hear with your hands?”  I replied,”What would YOU do if you could taste with your feet?”  To which he replied,”Dude, I’d stop peeing in the shower for sure!”</content>
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<issued>2006-09-28T16:31:00-05:00</issued>
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<created>2006-09-28T21:32:37Z</created>
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<issued>2006-09-26T12:42:00-05:00</issued>
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<issued>2006-09-26T12:41:00-05:00</issued>
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<issued>2006-09-17T16:54:00-05:00</issued>
<modified>2006-09-25T21:33:29Z</modified>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://blog.redsneaker.net" xml:space="preserve">&lt;IMG SRC="http://blog.redsneaker.net/icons/new.jpg" ALIGN="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you like my new column in the trib?  Leave me a comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/09/17/news/columnists/matthews/120621.txt"&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to ensure they know I'm not offending everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do it now!!!!&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE?!</content>
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<issued>2006-09-16T22:18:00-05:00</issued>
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<issued>2006-09-13T15:15:00-05:00</issued>
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<issued>2006-09-07T15:32:00-05:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://blog.redsneaker.net" xml:space="preserve">&lt;IMG SRC="http://blog.redsneaker.net/icons/frustrated.jpg" ALIGN="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Listening To:&lt;/b&gt;OK Go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today marks the last day I can make changes to my very first column that will run Monday Sept 11, 2006 in the Bismarck Tribune. &lt;br /&gt;A readership of approximately 80,000 readers should really liquefy my innards....but it doesn't.  I blame TV.&lt;br /&gt;Not only am I jaded against gratuitous nudity and violence, the thought of completely embarrassing myself in front of 80,000 readers isn't phasing me.  How?&lt;br /&gt;I have an evil little voice in my head that keeps chiming in.&lt;br /&gt;"They will have to read it first." the voice says.  &lt;br /&gt;True.&lt;br /&gt;I have watched people read newspapers before.  Read the front page, skip to the sports and then to the comics before rolling it up to thwack the dog on his nose for rubbing his butt on the floor. (Don't hurt the dog.  It's not his fault his anal glands need to be expressed!)&lt;br /&gt;But my little voice is right.  Of the 80,000 people, at best only 40,000 will actually read it.  Because of the high levels of caffeine intake and lower attention span, only 15,000 will actually finish the column.  I do tend to be a little less accessible for some readers, so set’s just say 7,500 actually get what I say.  Of those folks, it’s a medical fact that at least 500 of them are medically frigid when it comes to humor…..so that leaves 7000 people to be embarrassed in front of.  That’s not too bad.  I can deal with that.</content>
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