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	<title>An Attempt At Relevance</title>
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	<description>And one day I'll get everything right...</description>
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		<title>Texas Fight!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[OU Sucks!]]></category>

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TX/OU Weekend.  Texas Fight bitches.
Posted in Sports&#160;&#160;&#160;Tagged: OU Sucks!, Texas Longhorns&#160;&#160;&#160;     ]]></description>
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		<title>3 Kidneys: Looking back and moving forward&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kidney Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seven years.  This September 11th marks the seventh year since I had my kidney transplant.  I don&#8217;t talk about it all that much which surprises some people.   It was obviously an important event in my life and still shapes a lot of the decisions I make but I like to think that I&#8217;m not any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well that was clever&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/well-that-was-clever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[random musicians]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[some songs I like]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been about 6 months now that I have been writing my own songs and I&#8217;ve found myself noticing the lyrics in other&#8217;s songs more and more. In the past, I&#8217;ve always listened to the music first and then I catch up on the specific lyrics and meaning of the song later. Now, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the bloggers gone?</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/where-have-all-the-bloggers-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fun post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[paula cole reference in post title]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[taking cheap shots at friends while I'm out of town]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have noticed a drastic decline in posting from some of the folks (like myself) that were blogging so consistently earlier this year. I am probably guiltier than the rest considering that I committed to daily blogging during lent and have since dropped off the edge of the blogging world. If you click through, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Song - Tell Me A Lie</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/new-song-tell-me-a-lie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad rhythm]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Tell Me A Lie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my 3rd original song.  It&#8217;s called Tell Me A Lie.  This recording is not the greatest version of this song because my rhythm is terrible and you actually have to look at me while I attempt to sing.  But I wanted to make sure I got it out there for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming soon&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/coming-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been kind of caught up with a new project at work but I&#8217;ve got some posts that I want to work on and get out there soon including the long awaited post on Rome, a post on Mission Trip and a new song that I recently completed called Tell Me A Lie.
That&#8217;s all for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Great Experiment Begin!</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/let-the-great-experiment-begin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[experimenting...but not in the weird way]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on a little experiment this summer.  Like any good scientist (though i deny being a scientist as I&#8217;ve been quoted many times saying &#8220;I&#8217;m no scientist&#8230;&#8221; and I certainly have never claimed to be a good one), I have a hypothesis and I&#8217;ve got a test plan to try and prove it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rome Trip Recap - Teaser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vacation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Castel Gandalfo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lake Albano]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you click through you will see a photo I took in Italy.  It is in a town called Castel Gandalfo just outside of Rome.  The Pope&#8217;s summer home is in this town.  In the picture you will also see Lake Albano which is a volcanic crater lake.  Very cool stuff. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back from Vacation</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/back-from-vacation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from Italy.  It was awesome.  Pictures and blog posts to come soon but for now I&#8217;m going to relax and watch some Lost.
       ]]></description>
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		<title>Time is contagious; everybody&#8217;s getting old</title>
		<link>http://mattroper.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/time-is-contagious-everybodys-getting-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 03:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[birthday post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[damien rice lyrics in title]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[properly used semicolon?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I turned 24.  I&#8217;m another year older and I&#8217;m inching closer to full baldness.  This was probably one of the most low key birthdays I have ever had and that was just fine with me.  I went to work, watched the Stars, How I Met Your Mother and the Rangers.  I do want to [...]]]></description>
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