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<p>મેદસ્વીપણું એ આધુનિક યુગની તંદુરસ્તીને લગતી સૌથી મોટી સમસ્યા છે અને તે ઘણાં ગંભીર અને જીવલેણ રોગોનું મુખ્ય કારણ છે. મેદસ્વીતાને કારણે બ્લડ પ્રેશર, હૃદયની બિમારીઓ, ડાયાબિટીસ જેવી બિમારીઓ ઘર કરે છે. બાળપણમાં પૂરતું ધ્યાન ના અપાયું હોય, તો શરીરનું વજન ક્રમશઃ વધવા માંડે છે. સમય જતાં વજન ઘણું જ વધી જાય છે. પ્રમાણસર આહાર, વ્યવસ્થિત જીવનશૈલી અને નિયમિતપણે યોગાસન કરવાથી મેદસ્વીપણાથી કાયમી છૂટકારો મેળવી શકાય છે. એટલું જ નહીં, ઉપર જણાવેલા દરદો પણ મટી શકે છે. યોગાસનથી તમામ પ્રકારની બિમારીઓમાં ઘણી રાહત મળે છે. મેદ ઉતારવાના કેટલાંક આસન અહીં આપવામાં આવ્યા છેઃ</p>
<p><font color="#ff6666"><big><b>દ્વિચક્રિકાસન</b></big></font></p>
<p>પદ્ધતિ</p>
<p>૧. જમીન પર ચત્તા સૂઈ જાઓ. એક પગ ઊંચો કરીને સાઇકલ ચલાવતા હોવ તેવી રીતે તેને ફેરવો. આવું ૧૦થી ૩૦ વખત કરો. ત્યાર પછી બીજો પગ ઉઠાવીને તેવી રીતે ફેરવો. પગ ફેરવતી વખતે તે પણ જમીનને ના અડકે તેનું ધ્યાન રાખવું.</p>
<p>૨. થાક લાગે, તો પગ જમીન ઉપર રાખીને થોડો આરામ કરવો અને આ એક્સરસાઇઝ ઊંધી દિશામાં કરવી. જો થાક લાગે, તો ફરીથી થોડો આરામ કરી લેવો.</p>
<p>૩. પહેલાં વારાફરતી પગ ફેરવ્યા પછી બંને પગ સાથે સાઇકલ ચલાવતા હોવ તેવી રીતે ફેરવવા. થોડી વાર પછી અવળી દિશામાં ફેરવવા. આવું તમારી શક્તિ અનુસાર પાંચથી ૧૦ વખત કરવું.</p>
<p>લાભઃ ૧. વજન ઉતારવા માટેની આ શ્રેષ્ઠ કસરત છે. આ આસન નિયમિતપણે પાંચથી દસ મિનિટ સુધી કરવાથી બિનજરુરી ચરબી દૂર થાય છે અને વજન ઝડપથી ઘટે છે.</p>
<p>૨. આ આસન કરવાથી પેટની ચરબી દૂર થાય છે અને પેટ સુડોળ બને છે. મરડો, કબજિયાત અને એસિડિટી જેવા દરદો દૂર થાય છે.</p>
<p>૩. પીઠના દુખાવાની સમસ્યા હોય તેમણે આ એક્સરસાઇઝ બંને પગ એકસાથે રાખીને કરવી નહીં. વારાફરતી એક-એક પગથી કસરત કરવી. આમ કરવાથી પીઠના દુખાવામાં પણ રાહત મળશે.</p>
<p><font color="#ff6666"><b>પાદવૃત્તાસન</b></font></p>
<p>પદ્ધતિ</p>
<p>૧. જમીન પર ચત્તા સૂઈ જાવ. જમણો પગ ઊંચો કરો અને પગને ઘડિયાળની માફક ગોળાકાર ફેરવો. પગને જમીન પર અડકાડયા વિના પાંચથી ૨૦ વખત આ કસરત કરો.</p>
<p>૨. એક દિશામાં ફેરવ્યા પછી દિશા બદલો. વચ્ચે થાક લાગે ત્યારે પગ જમીન ઉપર રાખીને આરામ કરી લેવો. ત્યાર પછી બીજો પગ ઉઠાવીને આ કસરત કરવી.</p>
<p>૩. એક-એક પગે આ કસરત કરી લીધા પછી બંને પગ સાથે રાખીને આ કસરત કરવી. બંને પગ સાથે બને તેટલું મોટું ગોળ બનાવવું. એક દિશામાં ફેરવી લીધા બાદ બંને પગને સાથે રાખીને બીજી દિશામાં ફેરવવા.</p>
<p>લાભઃ ૧. આ આસન પણ વજન ઘટાડવામાં મદદરુપ બને છે.</p>
<p>૨. આ આસન કરવાથી ખાસ કરીને નિતંબ, સાથળ અને કમર ઉપર જમા થયેલી વધારાની ચરબી દૂર થાય છે અને પેટ સુડોળ બને છે.</p>
<p><font color="#ff6666"><big><b>અર્ધ હલાસન</b></big></font></p>
<p>પદ્ધતિ</p>
<p>આ આસન ઉત્તાનપાદાસન જેવું જ છે, ફરક માત્ર એટલો છે કે ઉત્તાનપાદાસનમાં પગ ૩૦ ડિગ્રીએ ઊંચા કરવામાં આવે છે, જ્યારે અર્ધ હલાસનમાં બંને પગ ૯૦ ડિગ્રીએ ઊંચા કરવામાં આવે છે.</p>
<p>૧. જમીન ઉપર ચત્તા સૂઈ જાવ. બંને હાથને શરીર સાથે સીધા જમીન પર અડાડી રાખો અને હથેળી જમીન પર રાખવી. બંને પગને સીધા અને એકબીજાની નજીક રાખો.</p>
<p>૨. શ્વાસ લઈને હળવેકથી બંને પગને જમીન પરથી ઉઠાવીને ૯૦ ડિગ્રી સુધી લઈ જાવ અને આ પોઝિશન થોડા સમય સુધી જાળવી રાખો. પગ ઊંચા કરતી વખતે તે ઢીંચણથી વળી ના જાય તેનું ધ્યાન રાખવું.</p>
<p>૩. પછી હળવેકથી પગ નીચા લાવવા. આમ કરતી વખતે આંચકો ના લાગે તેનું ધ્યાન રાખવું. પગ જમીન પર લાવ્યા પછી થોડો આરામ કરવો. આવું છ વખત કરવું.</p>
<p>૪. પીઠનો દુખાવો હોય તેવી વ્યક્તિઓએ એક જ પગ ઉઠાવીને આ કસરત કરવી. એક પગની કસરત કરી લીધા બાદ તેને જમીન પર મૂકી દીધા બાદ બીજા પગે આ કસરત કરવી.</p>
<p><big></big><big><b><font color="#ff6666">લાભઃ </font></b></big><br />૧. વજન ઘટાડવામાં આ આસન મદદરુપ છે.</p>
<p>૨. કબજિયાત, ગેસની ફરિયાદ દૂર થાય છે.</p>
<p>૩. નાભિ ખસતી હોય તેવી સમસ્યા માટે આ આસન લાભદાયી છે. ઉપરાંત, હૃદયની બિમારીઓ, પેટનો દુખાવો તેમજ શ્વાસોચ્છવાસની બિમારીમાં પણ રાહત મળે છે.</p>
<p>૪. પીઠના દુખાવામાં એક જ પગે કસરત કરવી લાભદાયી છે.</p>
<p><font color="#999999">Source : sandesh.com</font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fat Man At A Picnic]]></title>
<link>http://sarahaddad.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-fat-man-at-a-picnic/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sshaddad</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarahaddad.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-fat-man-at-a-picnic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Fat Man At the Picnic Carbon, oh Carbon How you react. You love to change your conformation at t]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Chemistry " src="http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mbc/lowres/mbcn174l.jpg" alt="" width="366" height="400" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Fat Man At the Picnic</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Carbon, oh Carbon</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">How you react.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">You love to change your conformation at the tip of a hat</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">You make rings and chains and helixes and sheets</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">You like stability and seek it so earnestly.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I hope that one day I can really love you.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">But at the moment I&#8217;m having to make decisions,</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">about how you are going to react and making you what I want.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Certain reagents eat you up like a fat man at a picnic,</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">and thanks to Dr. Brown I will never look at it any different.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">But due to this analogy I actually understand how you react.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I know your basics, that you like 4 bonds,</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">you are happy when you are surrounded by others and protected from harm.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">You comprise so many molecules its really insane,</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">from epoxides to benzenes to amino acids,</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I&#8217;ve learned more about my biochemistry this semester than sometimes I ever wanted to know.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I have gone from calling Organic chemistry &#8220;art on crack&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">to &#8220;the class with all the pretty shapes&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">maybe one day I will be proud of you&#8211;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">but for now I say good bye for a month</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">dear Organic, I will return to you in Biochemistry.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Please don&#8217;t make me hate my life. =)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The flint breaks away]]></title>
<link>http://wordswithnonames.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-flint-breaks-away/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>htwilson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wordswithnonames.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-flint-breaks-away/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[a poem for the cavemen   Sticks and branches were not enough,      the big cats and other beasts  ha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>a poem for the cavemen</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>Sticks and branches were not enough,</p>
<p>     the big cats and other beasts </p>
<p>had learned the bluff;</p>
<p>other groups had big sticks, too.</p>
<p>And in their natural state,</p>
<p>     rocks just would not do.</p>
<p>Then like magic,</p>
<p>           the flint breaks away</p>
<p>     and with it some of the darkness</p>
<p>          and the fear.</p>
<p>There was an edge now to our being,</p>
<p>     like new found claws or tiger jaws,</p>
<p>     weapons we learned to hold dear.</p>
<p>From then on rock pounded rock, </p>
<p>     with a purpose and a plan.</p>
<p>Art was born and moved us along;</p>
<p>     thoughts turned inward now</p>
<p>the birth of man.</p>
<p>The search for god, meaning and a plan.</p>
<p>From the flint was born,</p>
<p>     the bulls at Lascaux, a father for fire,</p>
<p>dreams of angels, fat  man and little boy.</p>
<p><em>Copyright © henry toromoreno, 2009. All rights reserved</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[#30 Cuisinart &amp; Friend]]></title>
<link>http://30characters.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/30-cuisinart/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lilmikeegee</dc:creator>
<guid>http://30characters.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/30-cuisinart/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[he is the master of the blade! here one other. (I drew too many this week and don&#8217;t want to wa]]></description>
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<p>he is the master of the blade!</p>
<p>here one other. (I drew too many this week and don&#8217;t want to waste them)<br />
<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v11/lilmikeegee/30chara/?action=view&#38;current=33kurmudgencolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/lilmikeegee/30chara/33kurmudgencolor.jpg" border="0" alt="kurmudgeon"></a><br />
The Kurmudgeon of DOOM!!!<br />
He is a little under the weather&#8230;.</p>
<p>and that is it! I&#8217;ve had a blast doing this!<br />
I commend all of you as everyone did a fantastic job!<br />
I&#8217;ve made some good friends and hope to do this again!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Right-Wing Energy Crisis]]></title>
<link>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a-right-wing-energy-crisis/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworstat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a-right-wing-energy-crisis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I&#8217;m starting to wonder how long it will be before the rage-fuel runs out.  Why?  Bec]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A biblical appraisal of the Mosaic Congress held at the Mosaic Church in Fairlands, Johannesburg (4-5 Sept. 2009) (Part 3)]]></title>
<link>http://1joh4.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/3-a-biblical-appraisal-of-the-mosaic-congress-held-at-the-mosaic-church-in-fairlands-johannesburg-4-5-sept-2009-part-3/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://1joh4.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/3-a-biblical-appraisal-of-the-mosaic-congress-held-at-the-mosaic-church-in-fairlands-johannesburg-4-5-sept-2009-part-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Session 2: Transfiguration: Up and down the mountain – Trevor Hudson On the second page of their ver]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fabulous fat men in Fukuoka]]></title>
<link>http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/fabulous-fat-men-in-fukuoka/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yearlongbreakup</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/fabulous-fat-men-in-fukuoka/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[November 16th When we got to Japan we were devastated to hear that sumo season was over. Between tha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#888888;">November 16th</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">When we got to Japan we were devastated to hear that sumo season was over. Between that and only spotting one geisha, our to do list was looking pretty meager. Luckily Giles and Anne , in their infinite wisdom, informed us that the sumo tournament was only just beginning in Fukuoka so, ignoring Lonely Planet’s advice that people start queueing at dawn for the special (and cheap) ‘on the day’ tickets, we picked up our Japanese Rail passes and massive backpacks and headed straight for Japan’s second city.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We managed to blag the cheap seats for that day for 2,100 yen (around 16 euro) but it being only 11am, the stadium was pretty empty so we had someone else’s ringside (sweat splatter) seats until around 2.30pm. The tournament runs from 8.30am until 6pm every day for the duration of the festival, starting with the lower level sumos and moving onto the world’s best in the afternoon. Surprisingly, there are only around 800 sumo wrestlers currently competing, as Japanese boys move towards the country’s latest craze – baseball.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I had always imagined sumo to be an epic battle between two massive forces of nature so when the first few competitors came into the ring, weighing little over 14 stone, I was a bit disappointed. Fortunately as the day progressed, they got bigger, until they weight around 1 kilo less than a fully grown sperm whale. I was also surprised by the amount of ceremony involved (apparently sumo was originally part of a religious ritual).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-191.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-447" title="Preparing for battle" src="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-191.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="546" /></a></p>
<p>The first person to enter the stage is a man in traditional dress (looking a little like a medieval squire) who sings/chants the competitor’s name. The sumo then hauls himself into the ring, a circle with a diameter of around 15ft on a sand platform. They stretch, lifting one swollen foot over their head before stomping it down on the ground and repeating with the other foot. Then they square up, squatting down, before standing up and walking out of the ring. The referee (also in traditional dress) dances about a bit and the sumos return, squat and sometimes, leave again.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/QZ81eXcN4AI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/QZ81eXcN4AI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>After around 10 minutes of this the fat (or sometimes not so fat) men finally get to it. The referee starts yelping like an injured seal (apparently shouting encouragement) and they rush at each other, colliding and sending all their rolls of fat (and in one sumos case four boobs) quivering towards their rear in fear.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-250.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-450" title="Deadlock" src="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-250.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="242" /></a></p>
<p>Oftentimes this is all it takes. One puts his shoulder down lower and the other, defying the law of gravity, soars over his back, suspended gracefully mid-air in a backflip for one terrifying moment, before he hits the floor/judge/closest audience member. And that’s it. After all the ceremony, chanting and prancing, they hobble back to the stage, bow and exit the room demurely. Sumo wrestlers, unlike Irish football fans, are not permitted to show emotion after winning or losing a bout.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">The best fights are the ones where the wrestlers weigh about the same and have similar strength. When their shoulders meet, neither gives way and they wrap their free arm around each other. This leads to a standoff which, after a few minutes, starts to look a bit more like the world’s fleshiest cuddle.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-227.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-449" title="Nearly there" src="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fukuoka-227.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="242" /></a></p>
<p>You would think that seven and a half hours of watching a foreign sport in an unintelligible language with a seemingly endless routine of unrecognizable religious rituals, would be too much of a good thing. But its not. As the day went on it got more and more exciting and, as the more successful sumos arrived, the crowd got more and more excited. A queue of people waiting to greet the world champions formed outside the stadium and with all the screaming teenagers and swooning women, you would have been excused for thinking that you were at a Take That concert.</p>
<p>We left feeling like kids who had spent the day at Disney, practicing our squats and splits and stamping on the bus, just daring people twice our size to take us on. And why not? Sumo has it all – morbidly obese men, thongs, long flowing locks, bear hugs, elaborate costumes, injured sea creatures, gravity defying belly flops and the ever present fear that the next time they fall, it could be on you. What more could you want from a sport?</p>
<p>More photos of sumo in Fukuoka are available in the <a href="http://yearlongbreakup.wordpress.com/photo-gallery/japan-2/fukuoka/" target="_self">gallery</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Unbalanced]]></title>
<link>http://drawforjoy.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/unbalanced/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>drawforjoy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://drawforjoy.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/unbalanced/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Unbalanced&#8221; for Illustration Friday]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://drawforjoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/unbalanced.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1421" title="unbalanced" src="http://drawforjoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/unbalanced.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="464" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Requisite post about Palin's book]]></title>
<link>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/requisite-post-about-palins-book/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworstat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/requisite-post-about-palins-book/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[*snerk* And I&#8217;d leave it at that, except that I must add two things, one being that  between s]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[El hombre gato]]></title>
<link>http://tektec.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/el-hombre-gato/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vyperx</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tektec.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/el-hombre-gato/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se nota que este hombre esta obsesionado con los gatos, se opero su cara, se puso silicon en los cac]]></description>
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<p>Se nota que este hombre esta obsesionado con los gatos, se opero su cara, se puso silicon en los cachetes, se lijo los dientes, entre muchas cosas mas.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Williams Goes Gatlin]]></title>
<link>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/williams-goes-gatlin/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworstat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/williams-goes-gatlin/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I grew up on Andy Williams.  He was my mother&#8217;s favorite singer in the early 1960&#8217;s.  In]]></description>
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<link>http://frigginloon.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/obese-man-requires-a-chinook-helicopter-for-transport/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frigginloon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frigginloon.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/obese-man-requires-a-chinook-helicopter-for-transport/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You know you&#8217;re fat when you need a Chinook helicopter to airlift you to hospital. Paul Mason ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-13156" href="http://frigginloon.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/obese-man-requires-a-chinook-helicopter-for-transport/helicopter/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-13156" title="Obese man requires a chinook helicopter to get to hospital" src="http://frigginloon.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/helicopter.gif" alt="Obese man requires a chinook helicopter to get to hospital" width="182" height="198" /></a>You know you&#8217;re fat when you need a Chinook helicopter to airlift you to hospital. Paul Mason weighs 70 stone, yes that&#8217;s right 70 stone, and he desperately needs to get to hospital for weight reducing surgery. The last time he needed to visit hospital they had to remove a neighbor&#8217;s wall for the  forklift truck to get close enough to get him out of his house. However, this time he may require the service of the RAF. Good luck with that!</p>
<p><strong>Psst</strong> The NHS Suffolk will be footing the bill for his treatment.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Neither Dark Cloud nor Silver Lining]]></title>
<link>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/no-silver-lining/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworstat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/no-silver-lining/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just an observation about the out-of-the-blue Nobel Peace Prize award to Obama: I was not surprised ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A bitter pill in the healthcare crisis]]></title>
<link>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-bitter-pill-in-the-healthcare-crisis/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theworstat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworstat.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-bitter-pill-in-the-healthcare-crisis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the huge argument about healthcare in the U.S., a large part of the problem is going virtually un]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Devil Wears Huggies!]]></title>
<link>http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-devil-wears-huggies/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-devil-wears-huggies/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Parenthood would be much harder without my partner&#8230;my mother! With Mouse gone I have thrown my]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Parenthood would be much harder without my partner&#8230;my mother! With Mouse gone I have thrown myself on her mercy and begged for help&#8230;and she has come through! I knew this for sure when we met, in the hallway, at 4am on Sunday night when Freddie was screaming his head off. She had already done an hour of walking and handed off to me for the next hour. That&#8217;s teamwork, people!</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-52" title="Nappies" src="http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/nappies.png" alt="ARGH!" width="136" height="125" /></p>
<p>Why was he awake and screaming at 3am, you ask? Because Huggies suck. And I mean really suck. Anytime I put Freddie in them (usually due to having to buy whatever brand I can because we&#8217;ve run out and I&#8217;ve only just noticed! Why do drug stores stock more of them than Pampers?? Ugh) he wakes up miserable, stroppy, and soaking wet. Those things are about as absorbent as foil.  For any of you out there who want their kids to sleep through the night&#8230;I would place my money on Pamper&#8217;s Baby Dry. God bless those lovely people.</p>
<p>That being said&#8230;</p>
<p>When did my life start to revolve around nappies? Help me.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BeerBellyNation.com]]></title>
<link>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/beerbellynation-com/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegonation</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/beerbellynation-com/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With a brew, a belch and a hearty hi-ho silver &#8211; this is Beer Belly Nation. You&#8217;ve worke]]></description>
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<p>Nobody appreciates that bloated bundle of beerfat like we do and we want you to share it with the world. Husband got a mega Belly? Boyfriend looking like he&#8217;s carrying a ripe watermelon under his T?</p>
<p>You live with it but we want experience it with you &#8211; yep, we&#8217;re sick, it&#8217;s true. Our free community takes pride in our collective bellies and you can sign up free and view all the guts you want in our photo and video galleries. Would rather be model? Great, join today and upload your favorite beer belly pics and videos, c&#8217;mon, it can&#8217;t be that big can it?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Beer Belly Nation]]></title>
<link>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/beer-belly-nation/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegonation</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/beer-belly-nation/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome this week my guest Harry Gilleland]]></title>
<link>http://diannesagan.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/welcome-this-week-my-guest-harry-gilleland/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diannesagan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://diannesagan.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/welcome-this-week-my-guest-harry-gilleland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have such a good time with my guests each month and this month I want you to meet Harry Gilleland.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I have such a good time with my guests each month and this month I want you to meet Harry Gilleland.</p>
<p>Harry  is a southerner by birth and by inclination. Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, he now resides in Shreveport, Louisiana with his wonderful wife, Linda. Harry, who retired after a career as a Professor of Microbiology at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, now devotes himself full-time to his writing. He is a writer of both poetry and prose. He has published a fantasy novella, Bob the Dragon Slayer, and a contemporary romance novel, White Lightning Road. He has now authored three books of poetry.</p>
<p>Poetic Musings of an Old, Fat Man is the third published collection of poetry written by poet Harry E. Gilleland, Jr. This new collection of 81 storoems and poems will engage its readers by making them think about life and leaving them pondering their emotions and beliefs. It will also bring smiles and maybe a tear or two. Contained within this collection are forty-seven rhyming poems and &#8220;storoems&#8221;, a format coined by Gilleland. A storoem is a hybrid between a story and a poem, i.e. a story told with poetic techniques. The collection also contains twenty-eight free-verse poems, four acrostic poems, and two limericks. These writings are poetry for the thinking person, be he/she someone who is a poetry lover or someone who normally does not read poetry. This poetry is easily readable and accessible to all &#8212; poetry for the poet and the common man alike. A wide variety of subjects are addressed, including everyday life events, observations of nature, tales of fantasy, expressions of love, and much more. This wonderful collection will surprise and delight all readers.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-221" title="Gilleland book cove" src="http://diannesagan.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/gilleland-book-cove.jpg?w=300" alt="Gilleland book cove" width="300" height="300" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">I hope you all will come back and visit on October 3rd. harry is a versatile writer able to write both prose and poetry and has developed this great cross between the two.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">What a fun guest you are to have with me. Thanks for coming Harry.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">You can contact Harry and learn more about him at <a href="mailto:hgilleland@gmail.com">hgilleland@gmail.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[El mundo a través de la cámara (IV)]]></title>
<link>http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/el-mundo-a-traves-de-la-camara-iv/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>belenma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/el-mundo-a-traves-de-la-camara-iv/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[p o r   b e l é n Para finalizar nuestro pequeño repaso por las fotografías más vistas a lo largo y ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Para finalizar nuestro pequeño repaso por las fotografías más vistas a lo largo y ancho de mundo, hoy terminamos después de estas dos semanas dedicadas a la fotografía con algunas otras de gran relevancia:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-357 aligncenter" title="obama" src="http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/obama.jpg" alt="obama" width="500" height="547" />Chicago, 4 de Noviembre de 2008</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El candidato demócrata, <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama">Barack Obama</a>,  se convierte por mayoría abrumadora en el primer presidente negro de las historia de EEUU tras vencer al candidato republicano, <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain"> John McCain</a> . En su<a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Obama/culmina/sueno/cambio/elpepuint/20081105elpepuint_1/Tes#"> discurso de victoria</a>, proclamó que el &#8220;cambio ha llegado a los Estados Unidos&#8221; frente a cientos de sus partidarios en el parque <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#cc2200;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Grant Park (Chicago) (aún no redactado)" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grant_Park_(Chicago)&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1">Grant Park</a> de Chicago.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-361 aligncenter" title="rafael-nadal-wimbledon-trophy_1009071" src="http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/rafael-nadal-wimbledon-trophy_10090711.jpg" alt="rafael-nadal-wimbledon-trophy_1009071" width="500" height="375" />All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, de Wimbledon, Londes; 6 de julio de 2008</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Nadal_Parera">Rafa Nadal</a> muerde la copa de la victoria tras ganar a  <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Roger Federer" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer">Roger Federer</a> en la final de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbledon_2008">Wimbledon 2008</a>. Fue la final más larga de la historia de Wimbledon (4 horas y 48 minutos) y considerada por la famosa publicación deportiva, <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a>, como el mejor partido de la historia del tenis.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-363 aligncenter" title="homehiroshima_02" src="http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/homehiroshima_02.jpg" alt="homehiroshima_02" width="316" height="486" />Nagasaki, 9 de agosto de 1945</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Los bombardeos atómicos sobre Hiroshima y Nagasaki fueron <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Guerra nuclear" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_nuclear">ataques nucleares</a> ordenados por <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Harry Truman" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Truman">Harry Truman</a>, Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, contra el Imperio del Japón. Los ataques se efectuaron el 6 y el 9 de agosto de 1945, y pusieron el punto final a la <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Segunda Guerra Mundial" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segunda_Guerra_Mundial">Segunda Guerra Mundial</a>. Después de seis meses de intenso bombardeo de otras 67 ciudades, el arma nuclear <em><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Little Boy" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy">Little Boy</a></em> fue soltada sobre <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#5a3696;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Hiroshima" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> el lunes 6 de agosto de 1945,<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:10px;"> </span></span>seguida por la detonación de la bomba <em><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Fat Man" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man">Fat Man</a></em> el jueves 9 de agosto sobre <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Nagasaki" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>. Hasta la fecha estos bombardeos constituyen los únicos ataques nucleares de la historia.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-373 aligncenter" title="200px-Elvis_Presley_1970" src="http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/200px-elvis_presley_1970.jpg" alt="200px-Elvis_Presley_1970" width="200" height="308" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Washington, 21 de diciembre de 1970</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cantante de rock estadounidense e icono de la música popular del siglo XX, es considerado el <em>Rey del <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Rock and roll" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll">Rock and roll</a></em>. En 1970 <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley">Elvis Presley</a> visitó al Presidente <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Richard Nixon" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> en la <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Casa Blanca" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Blanca">Casa Blanca</a> donde después de un intercambio de regalos charlaron sobre la influencia de las drogas en la juventud.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-371 aligncenter" title="goty" src="http://sinapsisintercambiodeideas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/goty.jpg" alt="goty" width="400" height="289" />Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York, 23 de septiembre de 2009</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y terminamos este repaso, como no podía ser de otra forma, con la fotografía de la semana. El presidente del Gobierno, <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Luis_Rodríguez_Zapatero">José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero</a>, su esposa y sus dos hijas, Laura y Alba, posan en el <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Metropolitano_de_Arte">Metropolitan</a> de Nueva York con los Obama.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[What is a Beer Belly]]></title>
<link>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/what-is-a-beer-belly/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegonation</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/what-is-a-beer-belly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A beer belly or beer gut is a physical human trait characterized by a horizontal overhang of fat abo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A beer belly or beer gut is a physical human trait characterized by a horizontal overhang of fat above the waist, with little apparent fat on the rest of the body. Although it is not solely caused by the consumption of beer, it is a contributing factor. The beer belly is usually associated with men (women tend to store excess fat in other areas such as the hips and buttocks). A lack of muscle tone in the abdominal muscles contributes to the appearance of the beer belly, with the overhang often increasing with age.</p>
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<link>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/beer-bellys-galore/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegonation</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beerbellys.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/beer-bellys-galore/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[You can't handle the tooth!]]></title>
<link>http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/you-cant-handle-the-tooth/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/you-cant-handle-the-tooth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We had a lovely picnic! Hello once again! Well, life has continued in Ottawa/Gatineau and the weathe]]></description>
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<p>Hello once again! Well, life has continued in Ottawa/Gatineau and the weather is treating us very well! For those of you in the land of grey, it&#8217;s becoming a little bit chilly but the leaves are starting to turn and it&#8217;s beginning to feel like a beautiful fall (autumn for the English among you!) We are due frost on Sunday, so you know snow is only a couple of months away!</p>
<p>So, what have we been up to&#8230;so much! Well, I should first share that Freddie finally got his first tooth! It was a painful process and involved one night with a fever of almost 101 degrees (this happened during a family reunion, so he wasn&#8217;t very up for meeting new family!) and many days of general grouchiness but he got there in the end! And now he has found out that you can really hold onto a spoon when you have a strong little tooth! I also have more fear when he grabs my finger and tries to put it in his mouth now! We&#8217;re really hoping that another might come through soon and there have been some signs&#8230;but nothing yet!</p>
<p>Other news on the Freddie front is that he is, amazingly, getting bigger! He is now almost 25lbs and starting to be really difficult to carry around! I&#8217;m hoping he&#8217;ll learn to walk soon because my arms need a break! He is getting very talented at standing and can hold onto chairs/tables/people and stand there for a while. He is a matter of days away from crawling. Freddie is currently pushing himself onto his hands and knees and rocking back and forth in an effort to move. However, my parents have wooden floors, so he has become very accomplished and pushing himself backwards. He can even turn corners to get where he&#8217;s going! I will keep you all updated on the crawling/walking front!</p>
<p>Freddie and I had a lovely date last week with my close friend, Iva from Oh So Good. She and I worked together before we both moved to Europe (her to Berlin) in the same month. She has a massive crush on Freddie and took some incredibly pictures of our time in the park together. With Iva capturing the moment, Freddie went on the swings for the first time! It was a smashing success and I am now constantly on the lookout for parks with baby-swings! He doesn&#8217;t particularly like to sit back in the swing, but prefers to lean forward and feel like he&#8217;s flying. That&#8217;s my boy! He</p>
<div id="attachment_30" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-30" title="Freddie's first time on a swing!" src="http://saaraandfreddie.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_2184.jpg?w=200" alt="I think he likes it..." width="200" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I think he likes it...</p></div>
<p>might make a circus performer yet!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been having a bit of fun too! I&#8217;ve been catching up with old friends (more reunions to come!) and working at Oh So Good three nights a week. The tips have been pretty crummy (stupid recession) but I&#8217;m hopeful that as the winter goes on, we will get busier and people will be a bit more generous. Here&#8217;s hoping! I&#8217;m also DETERMINED to get my body back so have taken up a hobby that I never thought I would enjoy&#8230;running! I&#8217;m a non-runner and have been my whole life. I think runners/joggers are evil and should take their little tight outfits and perky ponytails and run off a cliff. However&#8230;last week I joined a &#8220;Strollercise&#8221; class! We joined the group near the canal (for my English friends&#8230;this is the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, an absolutely beautiful man-made canal that runs through the city with the best walkways alongside it for running/cycling/rollerblading) and found almost 30 women and one man with all their babies/kids in special running pushchairs. Our leader is incredibly and encouraged me (the non-runner) to not join the walking group but instead to join the intervals group. So, I tried it. We run for one minute, then walk for a minute and so on! I knew that I would be huffing and puffing after 5 minutes and have to walk the rest of the 40 minutes&#8230;but I did it! And I&#8217;ve done it twice since then! I&#8217;m loving it and Freddie loves moving so quickly! I&#8217;m even enjoying it so much that I had to miss the class today, so we&#8217;re just going to go running on our own at the cottage on Sunday! Aren&#8217;t I a good girl! Maybe I&#8217;ll have to get one of those cute outfits and find a cliff&#8230;</p>
<p>So, between the running 3 times a week and the occasionally bout of pilates and yoga, I&#8217;m hoping to be in better shape when I return to England and I&#8217;ll be able to start circus again! If anyone wants to run with me back in England, you&#8217;re welcome to join!</p>
<p>To keep my hands busy, and to stop myself from wanting to smoke, my Mom has been teaching me how to knit so I&#8217;m trying to make things that are simple and useful. But that&#8217;s only the beginning! I&#8217;m hoping to get a little better and start making some really colourful stuff for family and friends. If you have any fun patterns, send them my way!</p>
<p>Freddie is really changing every day, so I will try to keep pictures and videos coming. His vocabulary (of babbles and sounds) is expanding daily and he has picked up some great new facial expressions. He&#8217;s also becoming much more responsive and plays copycat with me often. His bath times are still favourites and I&#8217;m thrilled that the lovely place we&#8217;re staying has a very deep bathtub or I&#8217;d be spending a lot more time cleaning the floors! That boy loves to splash!</p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s about all for now, but we have some more adventures coming up and I&#8217;ll make sure I keep you all updated on how we&#8217;re doing. And I&#8217;ll definitely be on crawl-watch for everyone! Love to all our friends and family in the UK! We&#8217;re thinking of you!</p>
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<link>http://thegreenlatern.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/short-stories/</link>
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<dc:creator>thegreenlatern</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thegreenlatern.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/short-stories/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fat Albert One day a fat guy came to were we usually hang out. He was very weird and  we thought he ]]></description>
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<p>One day a fat guy came to were we usually hang out. He was very weird and  we thought he was not normal. One reason we thought he was gay was that he was always saying “I’m a big whistle, so blow me. He was getting annoying so we decided to leave because he was creeping us out.</p>
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