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		<title>Comcast Nightmare, or How NOT to begin a customer relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought Comcast would make it easy to sign up service with them. Boy, was I wrong.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=329&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Unless you&#8217;ve been hiding under a rock for the last few weeks, you probably know that Apple Inc. announced the iPad on Wednesday, a new tablet computer that they&#8217;ve positioned to compete in the burgeoning netbook market. In the lead up to the announcement, I tried to convince myself that I would neither want nor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=323&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Currently Listening: Muse: The Resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I haven&#8217;t talked to you about music in the last 4-6 months, then you may not know that Muse has slowly but surely been emerging as one of my favorite contemporary rock bands. Their music is epic, bass-driven, ostentatious, and emotional, sometimes to the point of appearing almost like a parody. The first Muse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=306&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adventureland: What an ironic title</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Call For the End of Partisan Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate partisanship. It turns good people against each other, not because of the issues, but because of a partisan label. Partisanship is why it's rare for liberals and conservatives to be able to engage in meaningful conversation about different ideologies: one or the other eventually turns to the "other side is inherently bad" argument, which only insults and for which there is not rebuttal, regardless of accuracy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=282&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A haiku about Slumdog Millionaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw Slumdog Millionaire last weekend, and it was powerfully moving. The depictions of the Indian ghetto and horrific crimes against children and humanity were incredible. Yet the love story was powerful and touching. I cried. (This coming from a guy who usually doesn&#39;t care for love stories.) You have to wonder how the main [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=278&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can I go back to &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jasonact</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shall we assume that children&#8217;s behavior should always be nice and appropriate? Not so fast!
  
Recently I saw a trailer for the upcoming movie adaption of Maurice Sendak&#8217;s Where the Wild Things Are. I immediately saw the artwork of the original book in my mind&#8217;s eye. The muted, neutral tones and the perfect pencil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=273&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aidan and the Astros 3-2-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jasonact</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aidan&#8217;s first Little League game of the 2009 season was the past Monday. I still claim that Little League has no business starting on March 2, but what do I know? (Apparently it was done to give the All-Star teams more time to practice at the end of the season before the International Little League [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=269&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regan Dancing in the Living Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jasonact</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter, Regan, is not yet 4-years-old, yet it is very clear that she loves to perform. She often sings songs (in the car, in the bath, in bed, whatever), puts on shows directed by her 6-year-old brother, and is mesmerized by performing arts. Most of all, she loves to dance. She has been taking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=263&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping and Starting Junot Diaz&#8217;s &#8220;Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jasonmartinmft.com/2009/01/31/brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jasonact</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good book, but my timing is just bad.
Whenever I start reading a book, I usually have to finish the book, even if I don&#8217;t particularly like it. The problem with Oscar Wao, though, was not enjoyment &#8211; in fact I was really enjoying the book &#8211; but simply timing.
It is the story of &#8220;an overweight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jasonmartinmft.com&blog=6019364&post=259&subd=jasonact&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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