<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881</id><updated>2011-07-08T06:57:24.124-04:00</updated><category term='Keynesian Economics'/><category term='Scarlett Johansson'/><category term='Chihuahua'/><category term='Bob Marley'/><category term='Manicotti'/><category term='Sarah Palin'/><category term='Love'/><category term='Blagoyevich'/><title type='text'>The Sputtering Raconteur</title><subtitle type='html'>Comments On The Passing Parade</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-271108278902743660</id><published>2008-12-12T08:36:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T14:37:08.086-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blagoyevich'/><title type='text'>Blagoyevich</title><content type='html'>Blagoyevich! Blagoyevich!! Blagoyevich!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gesundheit! Gesundheit!! Gesundheit!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-271108278902743660?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/271108278902743660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/271108278902743660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/blagoyevich.html' title='Blagoyevich'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-8622522362034732428</id><published>2008-12-11T10:38:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T17:07:48.929-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bob Marley'/><title type='text'>A Rastafarian Christmas Carol (A Work In Progress)</title><content type='html'>Stave 1 - Marley's Ghost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Marley was dead, to begin with.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-8622522362034732428?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/8622522362034732428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/8622522362034732428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/rastafarian-christmas-carol-in-progress.html' title='A Rastafarian Christmas Carol (A Work In Progress)'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-1825060219083712898</id><published>2008-12-11T08:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T08:54:13.082-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Keynesian Economics'/><title type='text'>Keynesian Economics</title><content type='html'>We need to replace Keynesian Economics with Canesian Economics, wherein we beat the dopes who got us into this financial mess unmercifully with a cane.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-1825060219083712898?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/1825060219083712898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/1825060219083712898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/keynesian-economics.html' title='Keynesian Economics'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-1384710533033286005</id><published>2008-12-11T08:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T08:30:38.846-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chihuahua'/><title type='text'>1984 Redux</title><content type='html'>Big Brother is everywhere, and the world is fundamentally unfair as a result. For example, you drop-kick ONE chihuahua.....and right away they want to send you to Anger Management classes. Boy that burns my onion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-1384710533033286005?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/1384710533033286005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/1384710533033286005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/1984-redux.html' title='1984 Redux'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-8523237225283359374</id><published>2008-12-10T09:34:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T09:41:34.453-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scarlett Johansson'/><title type='text'>Scarlett Johansson</title><content type='html'>Scarlett and I have a long distance relationship. Specifically, the court order says we have to be at least 500 feet apart.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-8523237225283359374?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/8523237225283359374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/8523237225283359374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/scarlett-johannson.html' title='Scarlett Johansson'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-3547576621402654629</id><published>2008-12-03T08:38:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T09:38:05.905-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manicotti'/><title type='text'>Scenes From A Luncheonette</title><content type='html'>Waiter: What'll you gentlemen have?&lt;br /&gt;My Friend: I'll have the Tuna Salad Plate.&lt;br /&gt;Me: I'll have the Manicotti with Sausage.&lt;br /&gt;Waiter: (To Me) Your friend is eating healthier than you are.&lt;br /&gt;Me: He has more to live for.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-3547576621402654629?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/3547576621402654629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/3547576621402654629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/scenes-from-luncheonette.html' title='Scenes From A Luncheonette'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-4088177657337886473</id><published>2008-12-01T06:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T09:38:21.508-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah Palin'/><title type='text'>What Am I Becoming?!</title><content type='html'>Last night I dreamed that Sarah &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Palin&lt;/span&gt; was whispering in my ear "Drill, Baby. Drill.". She was not referring to oil exploration.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-4088177657337886473?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/4088177657337886473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/4088177657337886473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-am-i-becoming.html' title='What Am I Becoming?!'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688587289312558881.post-3059244555078040129</id><published>2008-11-30T18:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T09:38:54.064-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Thought For Today</title><content type='html'>The Good Lord said to love everybody. He obviously never lived in my neighborhood.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6688587289312558881-3059244555078040129?l=thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/3059244555078040129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6688587289312558881/posts/default/3059244555078040129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesputteringraconteur.blogspot.com/2008/11/thought-for-today.html' title='Thought For Today'/><author><name>The Sputtering Raconteur</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05926162288755826130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLVesw1rzrg/STMhb32P9mI/AAAAAAAAAAM/phGLSmTg-zY/S220/jim.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
