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		<title>The Man Rules</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Man Rules At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down Finally , the guys&#8217; side of the story. ( I must admit, it&#8217;s pretty good.) We always hear &#8220; the rules&#8220; From the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><div style="text-align: center;" dir="ltr"><strong><span><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 54pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">The Man Rules </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 54pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">At</span></span><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">last a guy        has taken the time to write this all down</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; font-variant: small-caps;">Finally</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">,</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;">the        guys&#8217; side of the story.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(</span></span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">I</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">must        admit, it&#8217;s pretty good.)</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>We always        hear</span></span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">&#8220;</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 36pt; color: red;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red; font-variant: small-caps;">the        rules</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">&#8220;</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 36pt; color: black;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">From        the female side.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;">Now        here are the rules from the male        side.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-variant: small-caps;">These        are our rules!</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: blue; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-variant: small-caps;">Please        note.. these are all numbered &#8220;1 &#8220;</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: blue; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: blue; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-variant: small-caps;">ON        PURPOSE!</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1.          Men are NOT mind readers.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Learn to        work the toilet seat.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>You&#8217;re a big        girl. If it&#8217;s up, put it        down.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>We need it        up, you need it        down.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">You        don&#8217;t hear us complaining about you leaving it        down.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Sunday        sports.  It&#8217;s like the full moon</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>or the        changing of the tides.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Let it        be.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Crying is        blackmail.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Ask for        what you want.</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">Let        us be clear on this one:</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Subtle hints        do not work!</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Strong hints        do not work!</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Obvious        hints do not work!</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Just say        it!</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Yes and        No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every        question.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1. Come to        us with a problem</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #3366ff; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #3366ff; font-variant: small-caps;">only</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">if        you want help solving it. That&#8217;s what we        do.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Sympathy is        what your girlfriends are        for.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Anything        we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an        argument.</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span><br />
In fact, all        comments become Null and void after 7 Days.<span> </span></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. If you        think you&#8217;re fat, you probably        are.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Don&#8217;t ask        us.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. If        something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes        you sad or angry, we meant        the</span></span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #003300; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: #003300;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #003300; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #003300; font-variant: small-caps;">other        one</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. You can        either ask us to do        something</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Or tell us        how you want it done.</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Not        both.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>If you        already know best how to do it, just do it        yourself.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. Whenever        possible, Please say whatever you have to say during        commercials..</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1.        Christopher Columbus did</span></span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: teal; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: teal;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: teal; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: teal; font-variant: small-caps;">NOT</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">need        directions and neither do we.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. ALL men        see in only 16 colors, like Windows default        settings.</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Peach, for        example, is a fruit, not</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">A</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">color.        Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #993366; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #993366; font-variant: small-caps;">no</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">idea        what mauve is.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. If it        itches, it</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; font-variant: small-caps;">will</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">be        scratched.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>We do        that.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. If we ask        what is wrong and you say &#8220;nothing,&#8221; We will act like nothing&#8217;s        wrong.</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">We        know you are lying, but it is just not worth the        hassle.</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1.        If you ask a question you don&#8217;t want an answer to, Expect an answer you        don&#8217;t want to hear.</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1.        When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is        fine&#8230;</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #333399; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #333399; font-variant: small-caps;">Really</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #333399; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: #333399;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: #333399; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #333399; font-variant: small-caps;">.</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1. Don&#8217;t        ask us what we&#8217;re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such        topics as baseball or</span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">motor        sports</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. You have        enough clothes.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. You have        too many shoes.</span></span></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>1. I am in        shape.</span></span></strong></strong></span></span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Round</span></span></strong></strong><span><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></span></strong></span><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">IS a        shape!</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">1. Thank        you for reading this.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">Yes, I        know, I have to sleep on the couch        tonight;</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">But        did you know men really don&#8217;t mind that? It&#8217;s like        camping.</span></span></strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Pass this to        as many men as you can -</span></span></strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>to give them        a laugh.</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span></p>
<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span>Pass this to        as many women as you can</span></span></strong></strong><span> </span></span></span></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: navy; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: navy; font-variant: small-caps;">–</span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;"> to        give them a bigger lauGH!</span></span></strong></strong></p>
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		<title>Trailer: paradethemovie.com</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[stage6 width="400" height="225"]http://www.stage6.com/user/pimplywimp/video/2122907/Parade-Trailer[/stage6] I got an email tonight from one of my best friends, Brandon Cahoon. He let me know that the trailer (preview) of Parade is complete and available for your viewing pleasure. Please check it out at www.paradethemovie.com. It is great. This is the movie that I&#8217;ve been telling you about for months [...]]]></description>
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<p>I got an email tonight from one of my best friends, Brandon Cahoon. He let me know that the trailer (preview) of Parade is complete and available for your viewing pleasure. Please check it out at <a href="http://www.paradethemovie.com">www.paradethemovie.com</a>.  It is great. This is the movie that I&#8217;ve been telling you about for months now. It is about complete. Cahoon submitted it to a few festivals and we are waiting to hear back about it. It looks awesome. Thanks for all the hard work, Brandon. I know you spent many hours and nights tediously going over the movie.</p>
<p>When I typed in &#8220;Parade the movie&#8221; in my google browser, this was the fifth link. Pretty great for Brandon&#8217;s debut film. I also like the version that is playing on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbRjGN-S5Y">Youtube</a>. Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbRjGN-S5Y">here</a> to see it.</p>
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		<title>Walt Whitman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Scoville</dc:creator>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: normal" class="Apple-style-span">by Walt Whitman</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal"></span></p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal">p.s. I picked this up off of the forbes.com website. </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal"></span></p>
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		<title>Hafiz&#8217; &#8220;At This Party&#8221; translated by Daniel Ladinsky</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Scoville</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: center">I don&#8217;t want to be the only one here</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Telling all the secrets -</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Filling up all the bowls at this party,</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Taking all the laughs.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">I would like you</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">That can also feed the soul</p>
<p style="text-align: center">The way I do.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">That way</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">A hell of a lot more</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Friends.</p>
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		<title>Thanks, Robert Frost by David Ray</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Scoville</dc:creator>
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someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end.<br />
Yes, and even for the past, he replied,<br />
that it will turn out to have been all right<br />
for what it was, something we can accept,<br />
mistakes made by the selves we had to be,<br />
not able to be, perhaps, what we wished,<br />
or what looking back half the time it seems<br />
we could so easily have been, or ought&#8230;<br />
The future, yes, and even for the past,<br />
that it will become something we can bear.<br />
And I too, and my children, so I hope,<br />
will recall as not too heavy the tug<br />
of those albatrosses I sadly placed<br />
upon their tender necks. Hope for the past,<br />
yes, old Frost, your words provide that courage,<br />
and it brings strange peace that itself passes<br />
into past, easier to bear because<br />
you said it, rather casually, as snow<br />
went on falling in Vermont years ago.</p>
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