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		<title>Septmeber 15, 2009: The Day My World Changed Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I fell off the blogging wagon. I have been so touched by how many people have commented on my disappearance, and feel that I should explain myself. First though, I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to read my useless ramblings. Those who know me personally will know that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=205&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re Called Daytime Running Lights, People!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts on UAE drivers are well known. After driving here for almost a year, I thought I understood everything. I am no longer surprised when people park in the middle of the street, or at a stop sign, or on the sidewalk, or in front of a gate. I&#8217;m not even surprised when people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=201&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Taste of California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two things that people should know about me: I love Los Angeles and I love coffee (oh and I love good quality cheese and good quality chocolate).  One of the things I miss most about LA is Peet&#8217;s Coffee; sometimes the service at my Larchmont Blvd location was a little slow so I&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=188&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The View from My Balcony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After enough nudging from people, I&#8217;ve promised myself to write more on my blog (thanks Lindsay &#8230; and Gary for the reminder). I forgot to mention in my last post that one of the really cool things that happened in November is that our little knitting group finally came up with a name. Yes, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=157&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s true, I&#8217;m a terrible blogger.  Of course, I could also claim that the reason that I haven&#8217;t written is because I wanted to be sure that everyone was absolutely sure of who our new president is&#8230; ok, that&#8217;s not true; of course everyone knows who the new president is. So, it&#8217;s been over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=129&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 44th President of the United States of America!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies and Gentlemen, here he is: I woke to the shrill ringing of my cell phone this morning and the lyrics &#8220;at first I was afraid, I was petrified&#8221; rushed through my head (that&#8217;s &#8220;I Will Survive&#8221; by Gloria Gaynor by the way).  I knew it was an election call, but what was the news? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=115&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day Before&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://diplotrotter.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/the-day-before/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMG, it&#8217;s Election Day in the United States!  The time difference means that much of the voting will take place while we sleep. I hope that this doesn&#8217;t turn into the drawn out counting process that it was in the last two elections. I want to wake up in the morning and know for sure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=83&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m semi-recovering from Halloween.  The office held a small Halloween party for the staff&#8217;s children on Thursday.  Somehow I got volunteered to escort the kids around the office as they went trick-or-treating from department to department.  Fortunately, I ended up with a small handful of children under 5. My initial worry was that I&#8217;d have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=99&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Must Have My New Friends Over</title>
		<link>http://diplotrotter.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/i-must-have-my-new-friends-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been so busy. We had a really high level visit last week and we were working flat out. I was so busy that when Charmaine called to tell me we were having an impromptu knitting session on October 24, I couldn’t go. I’m so bummed. I’ve looked at her website and they look like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=78&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knitting Group Names</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jill &#38; Paul sent me some name suggestions for our group: U-knitted Nations (or You-knitted Nations) Purls of Wisdom Ripping Yarns Yarning for U-knitty Knit 2gether All Stitched Up Patterns U-knitted Inter-knitional Yarns My brother&#8217;s suggestions were: Gripping Yarns Spinning Yarns Needles Pulling Thread Stitches or "In Stitches" Threadz Choosing a name is proving to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diplotrotter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4176398&amp;post=84&amp;subd=diplotrotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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