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		<description><![CDATA[I have a terrible sweet tooth.  I always have.  My grandmother always said that I got it from her.  My sweet tooth has caused problems on and off throughout my life … when we were quite young my brother punched a hole in a wall when he learned that I’d taken the last Oreo … [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15248&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: The Teacher Who Touched A Student With His Banana.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent some time in a classroom.  When I went to college, I studied to be a teacher.  I’ll never forget the first time that I was left alone with a classroom filled with students.  It was fifth grade mathematics and the class had just begun to study units of measure.  Their teacher left me [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15212&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Some Bradys Return To King’s Island After Forty Years Pass.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/21/0521-tue-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when The Brady Bunch aired on prime time but I learned to memorize each and every episode in reruns after school.  I grew to be a bit of a Brady Trivia nerd and knew all the names of the actors, characters and plot lines from the various seasons.  The series, which debuted in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15210&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Tracy Morgan Screams As Host Of Billboard Awards.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/20/0520-mon-diatribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I’m generally an awards show addict there is always one part of the ceremony that can make me change the channel quicker than no other … a bad host.  This year’s Billboard Music Awards featured comedian Tracy Morgan as the host.  I’ve never been a fan of Morgan and found myself pushed further away [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15208&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Donations Instead Of Wedding Gifts.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/19/0519-sun-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I went to a wedding ceremony that started at 10:30 a.m.  I’d never been invited to a morning wedding before so I worried for weeks about what I would wear and had no idea what to expect once I arrived.  It was a beautiful ceremony in a lovely building along the river with a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15206&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: &#8220;Fine Art&#8221; Or &#8220;Peeping Tom&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/18/0518-sat-diatribe-fine-art-or-peeping-tom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, before the invention of the digital camera, I had a friend who worked in a camera store and helped me to get a beautiful Nikon setup at a discounted price.  I assembled quite a few accessories, read a few books and called myself a freelance photographer.  I was hired to photograph several [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15132&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: The Possibly-Pending Demise Of User Names &amp; Passwords.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/17/ovation-the-possibly-pending-demise-of-user-names-passwords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most people, young and old, the internet has become an increasingly larger part of my life.  I resisted an online presence for a long time.  For many years after my friends, family and colleagues were using online services to pay their bills, I was still mailing checks every month.  I continued to buy compact [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15130&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Paying To Ride A Handicapped Coattail.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/16/0516-thu-diatribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always loved amusement parks.  I particularly enjoyed roller coasters and, because the lines of people waiting for their turn on the big roller coasters are always the longest, every trip to a theme park required quite a bit of advanced preparation.  Before the internet, we had to rely on advertisements, word of mouth, and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15128&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: #FitchTheHomeless.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/15/ovation-fitchthehomeless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, retail giant Abercrombie &#38; Fitch made headlines nationwide when an article from Business Insider indicating that any girl who doesn’t fit into a size large isn’t welcome at the company’s clothing stores became trending news.  The brouhaha resulted in the resurfacing of a statement that the company’s CEO, Mike Jeffries made in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15126&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: “I Will Always Love You” Unless You Won’t Stop Singing On An Airplane.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/14/0514-tue-diatribe/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/14/0514-tue-diatribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t like Karaoke.  I never have and I never will.  It’s one of those things that seem to only happen to people who have been drinking.  It’s as if a few drinks magically turn each one of us into a country star, an opera diva or a teen idol.  Unfortunately, those same few drinks [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15124&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Barbara Walters&#8217; Consistent Career.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/13/0513-mon-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something to be said for consistency.  Those who are consistent build and maintain a reputation.  If poor choices are consistently made, the reputation that results will not be a good one.  When positive personality traits are consistently displayed the resulting reputation will usually be successful. Barbara Walters, for example, is an individual whose success [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15122&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Six (Sad) Reasons People Might Not Wear Seatbelts.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/12/0512-sun-diatribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t start my car until I fasten my seat belt   In fact, I generally won’t set the vehicle in motion until all of my passengers are “buckled in”, too.  Sure, I have airbags and tons of safety features that weren’t available in cars that my parents drove, but in my opinion the biggest lifesaver on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15120&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Cher’s Mother Makes The Billboard Charts.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/11/511-sat-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to write some music in college.  It was for an interesting course in which the students wrote and performed what was then called “Twentieth Century Music”.  There were many parameters within which we had to work for our final assignment the most difficult of which was the length of the composition.  I started [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15118&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Why Bother Parenting When You Can Buy Your Child Smart Pyjamas?</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/10/0510-fri-diatribe/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/10/0510-fri-diatribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My childhood was filled with books and music.  Books by Dr. Seuss and anything that involved Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy or the rest of the Peanuts gang were staples in our family library.  As a small child, I remember that my mother, my father or both would tuck me in at night, listen to me [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15116&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Five Silly Headlines From Yesterday&#8217;s News.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/09/0509-thu-ovation/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/09/0509-thu-ovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A headline can certainly capture one’s attention.  In the days of the printed newspaper, headlines would be printed extremely large on the front page to attract the attention of potential customers.  The idea of huge black words and, eventually, large colorful photos was usually successful.  But nowadays, when so many read the news online, a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15114&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Cheese And Onion Chocolate Bars.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/08/diatribe-cheese-and-onion-chocolate-bars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not a very picky eater.  I always say “I’ve never seen a menu from which I couldn’t order something” but, like most everyone, there are some things that I just won’t eat.  Watermelon, cucumbers and bacon top my list of foods that I avoid.  On the other hand, I firmly believe that everything is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15054&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Pfizer To Sell Viagra Online.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/07/0507-tue-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most who communicate electronically, I get a lot of SPAM or “junk email”.  It seems that no matter what programs I install or rules I create the “spammers” are always thinking of new and creative ways to get their message into my InBox.  Even at the office, where we have state-of-the-art privacy and virus [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15052&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: The American Gerbil Society?</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/06/diatribe-the-american-gerbil-society/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/06/diatribe-the-american-gerbil-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I’ve seen or participated in many animal-focused competitions including official American Kennel Club dog shows and Cat Fanciers Association competitions, and I’ve spent countless hours in the audience at various equine events and fairs, and I believe that I understand the motivation behind those who enter and display their animals. In fact, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15050&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Rosie Napravnik Finishes Fifth At Churchill Downs.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/05/ovation-rosie-napravnik-finishes-fifth-at-churchill-downs/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/05/ovation-rosie-napravnik-finishes-fifth-at-churchill-downs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to see women working in fields that, historically, have been dominated by men.  After working for many, many years in the financial services industry, one such field, I love to watch glass ceilings break.  Women are rising to the top of many businesses, industries, sports and sportscasting.  From Danica Patrick’s career in NASCAR [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15048&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: The Million-Dollar Chinese Rat-Meat Ring.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/04/0504-sat-diatribe/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/04/0504-sat-diatribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I’ve developed a distaste for food that has bones in it.  I’ve never been a fan of fresh fish for that very reason but I’ve grown to eating beef, pork and chicken that contains a bone as well.  I think the change began with a particularly nasty drumstick that really turned my [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15046&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: The Restoration Of Fats Domino’s Steinway.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/03/ovation-the-restoration-of-fats-dominos-steinway/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/03/ovation-the-restoration-of-fats-dominos-steinway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many, many years ago I was given the opportunity to acquire an old upright piano that my grandfather had played in the 1960s.  It was a big, ugly, and extremely heavy, old piece with many of the old, yellowed keys having been lost over the years.  I hauled that piano halfway across the country, up [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15044&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Guns Are Not Toys.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/02/diatribe-guns-are-not-toys/</link>
		<comments>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/02/diatribe-guns-are-not-toys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a household where we were taught that “guns are not toys”.  My father enjoyed hunting for pheasants, etc. and he kept at least one shotgun in the house.  When he would clean it before a hunting trip he would let us watch and he taught us to respect the gun.  “Guns [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15042&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Plan B Receives FDA Approval For OTC Sales To Women As Young As 15.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/05/01/0501-wed-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On any given day there are hundreds of thousands of children living in foster care.  Most are believed to be the result of an unplanned pregnancy.  Studies show that about half of all pregnancies are unintended.  Modern science has evolved to the point that there really doesn’t have to be any unplanned children. Yesterday, the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=15040&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diatribe: Some Things Don&#8217;t Need To Be Revisited. I&#8217;ll Put &#8220;Boy Bands&#8221; On That List.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/04/30/0430-tue-diatribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been somewhere or done something so fantastic that you couldn’t wait to do it again only to realize that it wasn’t so wonderful after all?  Perhaps you visited Walt Disney World as a child, had the most fantastic adventures of your life, went a second time and thought it was silly?  Made [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=14956&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ovation: Natasha Frost &#8211; A Beautiful Bride And A Wonderful Sister.</title>
		<link>http://diatribesandovations.com/2013/04/29/0429-mon-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ovations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bouquet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catching the bouquet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal standing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natasha Frost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitara frost]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tabatha trahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony friesen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in Minnesota, Natasha Frost and Tony Friesen took the opportunity at their wedding reception to make a statement in support of marriage equality.  When the time came for the traditional “tossing of the bouquet”, Natasha handed the flowers to her sister Nitara Frost and her spouse Tabatha Trahan, asking her guests to take [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diatribesandovations.com&#038;blog=21503885&#038;post=14954&#038;subd=diatribesandovations&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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