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	<title>Memory, Making, Meaning</title>
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	<description>Ramblings and Reckonings from Tom Ender</description>
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		<title>A friend in need</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last person Sunni interviewed for Sunni&#8217;s Salon at Endervidualism was Mike Gogulski. Although Mike and I have never met in the flesh, I regard him as a good friend. I greatly admire his courage and principles.
I have believed avoiding cops to be a good policy for many years. Mike&#8217;s story brings home that such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Ranks Of Nouveau Poor Facing Discrimination From Old Poor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Americans rush to join the Nouveau Poor, panelists debate the claim that the newly poor are incapable of integrating with long established poor... ]]></description>
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		<title>The Government Can</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who can take your money,
with a twinkle in their eye;
take it all away
and give it to some other guy?
The government. The government can.

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		<title>Harve Presnell 1933 - 2009    R.I.P.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harve Presnell had a great voice and fine presence on stage and screen. He also appeared in several of my favorite musicals. ]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Independence Day</title>
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Steppenwolf&#8217;s &#8220;Monster&#8221; &#8212; Lyrics.
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		<title>Literal Videos &#8212; going viral ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video?&#8221;
Many excellent songs with great music and lyrics often have music videos which don&#8217;t seem to fit the songs at all, and also get strange.
Bonnie Tyler had a huge hit with &#8220;Total Eclipse of the Heart&#8221; which was written by Jim Steinman (one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It was 20 years ago today . . .</title>
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No, not &#8220;Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play&#8221; . . . not quite . . .
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		<title>Catchy tune</title>
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&#8220;Musical op-ed piece written and performed by John Forster and Tom Chapin&#8221;
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		<title>Dom DeLuise, R.I.P.</title>
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Dom had many, many great comic roles. I favor examples from Blazing Saddles for anyone who had a role in it. Even though his part was small, he did his usual great job.
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		<title>Remembering May 4th, 1970</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember the Kent State killings very well. I was just the right age for the military draft but had gotten lucky with a 1Y classification (at least until they eliminated that, and then I lucked out with a high lottery number). Of the people my age which I knew well enough to talk with [...]]]></description>
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