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		<title>Review: Have Glyphs Will Travel (The Merkabah Rider v.3) by Edward Erdelac</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merkabah Rider: Have Glyphs Will Travel by Edward M. Erdelac (2011) : ISBN 9781615725526 (Damnation Books) Last year I reviewed the previous two entries in this weird-west series, Tales of a High Planes Drifter and The Mensch With No Name. In fact, &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2012/01/19/review-have-glyphs-will-travel-the-merkabah-rider-v-3-by-edward-erdelac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2298&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great&#8211;Now I&#8217;m Hungry for SOPA-PIPAs&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shedrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I totally stole that joke from the internetz. It&#8217;s still funny. But if the legislation that is being proposed right now actually becomes law, I could be declared a dirty internet pirate whore for posting this. Not my &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2012/01/18/great-now-im-hungry-for-sopa-pipas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2302&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Distractions of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, with 2011 skulking out the side entrance and 2012 boldly stepping forward, we here at the Serial Distractions Monkey Lubrication Depot and Tobacconist Shoppe™ look back at the various books we reviewed last year that still stand out as &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2012/01/06/top-distractions-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2283&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, with a new year budding it comes that time where we look back at the previous annum to assess. WordPress provided me a pretty swanky report what this blog did in the past year. Feel free to take a &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2012/01/02/2011-in-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2280&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>War on Christmas? Bah Humbug!</title>
		<link>http://serialdistractions.com/2011/12/07/war-on-christmas-bah-humbug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the holiday season. Christmas bows and lights adorn the street lamps of my town. Folks decorate their yards with icons of Frosty and Santa and nativity scenes. Menorah lights shine from the windows of some my neighbors. Yule logs &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/12/07/war-on-christmas-bah-humbug/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2235&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Losing NaNoWriMo : Or I Learned to Stop Worrying &amp; Love to Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So..this was the third year I attempted the NaNoWriMo challenge (50,000 word novel in 30 days). And I failed. I managed to get a little over 28,000 words and just stopped. There were a couple of factors (illness, a friend&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/12/02/losing-nanowrimo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2230&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Season&#8217;s Greetings, y&#8217;all! I don&#8217;t know if any of you, my loyal readers (all 2.7 of you), remember this or not but last year I posted a bit of flash fiction on the site in celebration of the season. The &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/11/29/spec-the-halls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2192&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review Extravaganza</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have actually managed to read a metric butt-ton* of books over the past few weeks. So, as a result, I have a ton of stuff to write reviews for. I&#8217;m way, way, behind. In an effort to make my &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/11/28/book-review-extravaganza/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2193&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being Thankful: My Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Thanksgiving and it also happens to be my mom&#8217;s birthday. Coincidentally, it is also my mother-in-law&#8217;s birthday as well. Isn&#8217;t that vierd? I am extremely thankful for my mom. Not just for having me but for putting up &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/11/24/being-thankful-my-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2164&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo: Throwing in the Towel</title>
		<link>http://serialdistractions.com/2011/11/23/nanowrimo-throwing-in-the-towel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten about 28,000 words into my NaNoWriMo project&#8230;but I think I&#8217;m done. Put a fork in me. [Insert various quitter's cliches here]. I could attribute my failure to a number of factors. I got ill for a couple of &#8230; <a href="http://serialdistractions.com/2011/11/23/nanowrimo-throwing-in-the-towel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=serialdistractions.com&amp;blog=7110737&amp;post=2173&amp;subd=serialdistractions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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