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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; animals</title>
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		<title>Cheese Tourism in Mexico: a visit to Finca Vai</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/15/cheese-tourism-in-mexico-a-visit-to-finca-vai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheese and dairy products in general are one of my favorite things to eat. So when I learned via Querétaro&#8217;s robust tourism board of a nearby farm that combined cheese-making with a barnyard animal petting zoo, it seemed like a no-brainer.  The fact that it was basically a simulated visit to the Midwest was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the Alebrije Hotspot of Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-alebrije-hotspot-of-oaxaca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-alebrije-hotspot-of-oaxaca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alebrijes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jacobo and Maria Angeles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parts of my trip my recent Oaxaca trip via Mexico Today turned out to be the visit we made to the small town of San Martín Tilcajete. When John &#38; I visited Oaxaca back in 2009, we&#8217;d heard from friends about all the little villages specializing in various handicrafts that are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Upcoming Random Events in Mexico City &amp; beyond!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gourmet Show]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holbox Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isla Holbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha Libre La Experiencia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[things to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiburon ballenas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whale sharks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my continuing &#8220;Live Vicariously Through My Friends in Mexico&#8221; program, I wanted to alert y&#8217;all to some upcoming events in DF, Quintana Roo, and Hidalgo state that I thought may be worth checking out. Rest assured I continue to keep my finger on the pulse of kitschy activities despite my absence from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Burros are Back!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things are so important to alert my readers to that I have to emerge from my 2-month blog hibernation to do so.  Any guesses what could possibly make that exclusive priority list? The Feria Nacional del Burro, of course!!
For any readers who had the misfortune of missing my live coverage from the National Donkey Fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subtle Messages&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/13/subtle-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/13/subtle-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-Mexico blogging plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs from Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time to go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whiny about leaving Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We fly out of Mexico City bright and early tomorrow. As sad as we are to leave, I do feel we&#8217;ve been getting small, subtle signals from Mexico that our time here is meant to come to an end.
1) We got rear-ended last Thursday, 3 days after having $6000 pesos of car work done to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pork Consumption: China&#8217;s beating you, Mexico&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/12/pork-consumption-chinas-beating-you-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/12/pork-consumption-chinas-beating-you-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pigs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To further the undeserved reputation I have of being a crazy bacon/pork advocate, I thought it was time for another pig-related post. Two years of living in Mexico has opened my eyes to a whole new level of involvement between pigs &#38; your daily food intake. The sheer number of chicharrones (fried piggie skins) on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is the Best Festival EVER in Mexico? Ask the burros!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[best fair ever]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brahma bulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burricornio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro fashion show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feria Nacional del Burro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: Feria Nacional del Burro 2010 *exceeded* our expectations. Get ready for some heavy photo coverage, folks.   As I mentioned on Thursday, I&#8217;d gotten wind of this Burro Festival on Twitter, and after seeing how witty their website was, I had no choice but to go. Besides, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria de Burros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sarcasm in Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to keep up with the young hipsters of today, I created a Twitter account several months back &#38; vaguely monitor my fellow &#8220;Twitteros&#8221; (as they are called here in Mexico). While parsing through Twitter&#8217;s mountain of 140-character data bursts is truly a &#8220;diamond in the rough&#8221; kind of situation, every now and then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The true dangers of Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/23/the-true-dangers-of-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/23/the-true-dangers-of-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chameleon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard the rumors&#8211; &#8220;it&#8217;s too scary to go to Mexico City; there are dangers lurking around every corner; blah, blah, blah.&#8221; Well, I suppose it&#8217;s time we confess the truth. We had a narrow escape this past weekend here in Mexico City.
John totally almost got eaten by an oversized chameleon.
Luckily John managed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mexican Weather Barometer</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/03/mexican-weather-barometer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/03/mexican-weather-barometer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican weather barometer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As seen in the courtyard of the Museo del Queso y Vino (Museum of Cheese and Wine) in Tequisquiapan:
I have got to find myself one of these. In case it&#8217;s not very clear from the pic, the &#8220;measurement&#8221; part of this barometer is the cow&#8217;s tail, which is a piece of rope. The translation:

If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sluggy McSluggerson recounts some Mexico Highlights!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I&#8217;ve been a slug. Every now and then, I like to do a blog post outlining all the riveting topics I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about, promise you that I will actually write about them, and then never execute on this.  Which sucks, because we have been some really amazing places in Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Jirafas y la Mula in Santa Maria la Ribera</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/27/las-jirafas-y-la-mula-in-santa-maria-la-ribera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/27/las-jirafas-y-la-mula-in-santa-maria-la-ribera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in December, John, friend Susan &#38; I went on a long overdue visit to one of Mexico City&#8217;s up-and-coming neighborhoods, Santa Maria la Ribera. (Read as: no Starbucks yet) For additional colonia commentary, check out SMlR resident Jesus Chairez&#8217;s blog, or Lesley&#8217;s post re. her visit.  There are several cute little spots, like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cat Whistle satisfies all gift-giving needs</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/26/cat-whistle-satisfies-all-gift-giving-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a dude I&#8217;ve encountered at a couple markets in Mexico City who walks around holding a big, black plastic garbage bag. You can hear him coming from a couple aisles away, because it sounds like he is accompanied by a very angry cat. The first time you come upon him, you are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising that I&#8217;ve not spotted these decorative cow heads around Nebraska&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/08/surprising-that-ive-not-spotted-these-decorative-cow-heads-around-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/08/surprising-that-ive-not-spotted-these-decorative-cow-heads-around-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stuffed animals seem to be über-popular in Mexico, or at least you&#8217;d guess that based on their prevalence at markets/stores nationwide. To be clear, by &#8221;stuffed&#8221;, I do not mean fuzzy-wuzzy little teddy bears. Rather, I mean no-shit, taxidermied, formerly-alive-but-now-marble-eyed ANIMALS. I have seen a fair number of fake replicas as well, but even those (i.e. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The celebratory Perro de Gelatina of the GRE&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/01/the-celebratory-perro-de-gelatina-of-the-gre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/01/the-celebratory-perro-de-gelatina-of-the-gre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last week has a been a festival of algebra &#38; geometry action for my dear husband John, who&#8217;s been studying up a storm in preparation for the GRE exam. For anyone unfamiliar, the GRE is a ~2.5 hour exam whose successful completion is a requirement for most graduate schools in the US. (This with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Wedding Mascots: Furry Coos</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/our-wedding-mascots-furry-coos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/our-wedding-mascots-furry-coos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Packing for exciting trip to Huatulco tomorrow has taken precendence over a lengthy, super-riveting post about the day before our wedding last year in Glasgow. So as an interim step, please see below some pics of my favorite animal in Scotland, the furry coo. (perhaps more officially known as &#8220;Highland Cattle&#8220;) FYI, it is only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Flu Mexico City Day 6: in which we decide to eat lots of Bacon</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we close out Day 6 of Mexican Swine Flu Mania, it appears this virus has no intent of leaving the country quietly. A smattering of recent developments for anyone living under a rock:

The World Health Organization has raised the pandemic alert level to phase 5 on a scale of 6, meaning there is &#8220;sustained transmission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City: Day 4</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we wrap up Day 4 of Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City and beyond, all is still well here on the Southern front. I have essentially not left our apartment building since Friday night, not so much out of fear as a lack of anywhere to go. As per all of the news, much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The many, the not-so-proud: the Kickdogs of Polanco</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband long ago added the term &#8220;kickdog&#8221; to our daily vocabulary to refer to any dog who might be more efficiently moved across a room by kicking it rather than waiting for its 400 mincing steps to get it there on its own. (For the record, I have never seen John kick a dog. [...]]]></description>
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