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		<title>keep ur Palin out of r libraries</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/keep-ur-palins-out-of-r-libraries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to TTW for posting this. And to whomever he got it from. This is political awesomeness. That is all.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=246&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa! Book ATM!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several questions instantly popped up for me (and I&#8217;m sure more will as I continue thinking about it) &#8211; how do you determine what books are going to be selected for this machine? Hot topics? Best seller lists? New releases? Also, does it require multiple copies of a book, or can you expand your selection [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=240&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School Days!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of Graduate school. Officially. Oh my! Luckily, I&#8217;m already &#8216;in the mode&#8217; thanks to the onsite orientation about two weeks ago. Since then, I&#8217;ve cleaned and organized my artroom, cleared a space where I can easily read and write, and where tools and supplies are readily accessible. Maybe I&#8217;m one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=242&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graphic Novels for Kids Display</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/graphic-novels-for-kids-display/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merlibra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graphic Novels for Kids Display 2 Originally uploaded by merlibra Close up of my comic alter-ego. She really has a way of coming in handy&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=217&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be afraid to use the Newbie card!!!</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/dont-be-afraid-to-use-the-newbie-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merlibra</dc:creator>
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		<title>We Are the Machine</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/we-are-the-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merlibra</dc:creator>
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		<title>MerLibra Mashup</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/merlibra-mashup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merlibra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MerLibra Trading Card Originally uploaded by merlibra I&#8217;ve created several variations of the MerLibra trading card&#8230; but this is the only one you&#8217;ll ever see online. My favorite one was me sitting and reading in a bathtub (clothed, mind you! with tank top and shorts!) with books lining the baseline of the tub, but seeing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=191&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging with Photos: Post with Care</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/blogging-with-photos-post-with-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about Privacy Issues today, it seems we are so consumed by the politically fueled current events of terrorism and the Patriot Act that we forget other dangerously close to home (at your doorstep) reasons to protect each others right to privacy. (I&#8217;ll warn you &#8211; this isn&#8217;t a cheerful post.) For the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=184&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flickr: Catch the Reading Bug!</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/flickr-catch-the-reading-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch the Reading Bug Originally uploaded by merlibra &#8220;Ants carry letters and words up an ant hill and their traffic spells out &#8220;Catch the Reading Bug,&#8221; our theme for this years summer reading program. Colorful paper butterflies float overhead in a &#8216;leafy&#8217; glen. A net is perched to swoop up a blue butterfly. This display [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=179&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasts</title>
		<link>http://merlibra.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/podcasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merlibra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Educate Thyself!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pagan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness I write about SLJ&#8217;s #3 Thing: Podcasts in this post without my laptop, and as a result, do not have access to my podcast subscriptions, nor am I able to discover if I have the ability to create a podcast if I so chose to create one. *sigh* Anyway. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merlibra.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1304072&amp;post=174&amp;subd=merlibra&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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