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	<title>Nathan's Rants</title>
	<link>http://nloding.com/blog</link>
	<description>Musings and thoughts in prose and code</description>
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		<title>Interesting stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year, and I&#8217;m looking at beginning this blog anew.&#160; To start things off, I&#8217;m going to share a few articles that have peaked my interest.
O.T.I.S.: Flying Monkeys    &#34;Odd Things I&#8217;ve Seen&#34; (O.T.I.S.) is one of my favorite blogs to spend a few minutes on every few weeks.&#160; It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2009/01/04/interesting-stories/</link>
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		<title>Mini-reviews: The Happening, The Descent, Brick, and The Ruins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Happening (2008)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel; Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Rating: * (one star out of five)
Summary: The story begins with an outbreak in Central Park.  Tourists, residents, people are making their way through the park when the wind picks up.  Everyone freezes, and begins slowly backing up a handful of paces. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/07/12/mini-reviews-the-happening-the-descent-brick-and-the-ruins/</link>
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		<title>Mini-reviews: Prince Caspian, 88 Minutes, and more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Starring: Ben Barnes, William Moseley; Directed by: Andrew Adamson
Rating: ** 1/2 (two and a half stars out of five)
Summary: The Pevensie children are sent back to Narnia a mere year after returning back to war-time London.  But more than one year has passed in Narnia &#8212; 1,299 more to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/07/07/mini-reviews-prince-caspian-88-minutes-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Strangers (2008)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Strangers (2008)
Starring: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler
Directed by: Bryan Bertino
Written by: Bryan Bertino
Rated: R
Rating: 1/2 (half star out of five)
A young couple who are having temporary relationship issues return home after a friends wedding.  They are then terrorized by three people in masks, who haunt their every turn until the ending we pretty much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/06/01/review-the-strangers-2008/</link>
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		<title>Mini-reviews: AVPR, Astronaut Farmer, Fracture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Starring: Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz; Directed by:  Colin and Greg Strause
Rating: 1/2 (half star out of five)
Summary: When an Alien managed to destroy a group of Predators, including impregnating one with a little gut-busting baddy, the &#8216;head&#8217; Predator on the hunt seeks revenge.  They meet in a small town in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/05/24/mini-reviews-avpr-astronaut-farmer-fracture/</link>
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		<title>Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: David Koepp
Rated: PG-13
Rating: **** (four stars out of five)
Indy&#8217;s back.  And in full flavor.  I completely enjoyed myself, but I cannot say the same for everyone else [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/05/22/review-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-2008/</link>
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		<title>Review: Diary of the Dead (2007)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diary Of The Dead (2007)
Starring: Joshua Close, Scott Wentworth, Michelle Morgan
Directed by: George Romero
Written by: George Romero
Rated: R
Rating: **** (four stars out of five)
Romero revolutionized horror films with his classic (I&#8217;d say timeless) Dead trilogy: Night Of The Living Dead (1968), Dawn Of The Dead (1978), and Day Of The Dead (1985).  The trilogy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/05/05/review-diary-of-the-dead-2007/</link>
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		<title>Turning pollution into energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember a time when I was a kid that I just could not understand why a car needed to burn as gasoline as it did.  Why not have a small amount of gas burn to start a generator; that generator in turn powers the car and as the wheels turn, they provide more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/04/26/turning-pollution-into-energy/</link>
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		<title>Why men need table skirts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Victorian times, &#8220;limbs&#8221; was used as a euphemism for &#8220;legs,&#8221; which were thought to be so exciting to men as to cause a sexual frenzy. Thus, table skirts were invented to prevent unnatural unions between a man and furniture.  [Personal note: I wish I were making that up.]  So I had to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/04/20/why-men-need-table-skirts/</link>
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		<title>Oscar Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts: It appears I&#8217;m not showing myself to be worth my salt at picking the Oscar winners.  I am truly surprised by both Actress categories, and especially by the Editing award.  And I couldn&#8217;t rise above the 60%.  Ironically I scored the &#8216;reverse&#8217; of what I wanted &#8212; 58% instead of 85%.
Note: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nloding.com/blog/2008/02/24/oscar-results/</link>
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