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	<title>Mina Xavier</title>
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	<description>Stirred, Not Shaken</description>
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		<title>And It&#8217;s Not Even Casual Friday Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anecdotes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following just took place via text, with one of my best friends in the city. It started with his complaint about his coworker&#8217;s&#8230; um, assets.
&#8220;Is it socially acceptable to tell a girl, flat-out, that I wish she would put her tits away? It&#8217;s horrendously distracting.&#8221;
I pondered this.
&#8220;Is she hanging off of a brass pole?&#8221;
[pause]
&#8220;No, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roaming The Concrete Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Existential]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the ecclesiastical Latin dēsertum (originally &#8220;an abandoned place&#8221;), a participle of dēserere, &#8220;to abandon.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s the first question: How much life is required to satisfy the quota for &#8220;teeming&#8221;, and at which point do we examine a culture and pronounce it dead?
I&#8217;m running on caffeine fumes and sheer tenacity.  I broke my tension tonight by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Mixtape: Nick Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Cave]]></category>
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Click to enjoy the rest&#8230;


















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		<title>Power Saw To The People</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/television/power-saw-to-the-people</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serial culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Showtime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With season 4 debuting on September 27, all eyes are on the internet for leaks and photos from the set of America&#8217;s favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan.
I was going to host a Dexter party for the opening night, but decided against it. For one, this is a household that cherishes its serenity enough to refuse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We All Scream For Ice Cream&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/anecdotes/we-all-scream-for-ice-cream</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anecdotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glad it wasn't me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most annoying thing that has ever befallen me whilst spooning in the cold fatty goodness of ice cream is the incongruity of textures. The ice cream melts faster and the frozen chocolate chips become a mouthful of cold bricks that stick to the teeth. 
Andie, on the other hand, had a story to tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Wrong&#8221; Gets It Right</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/music/wrong-gets-it-right</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depeche Mode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disturbing metaphor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youtube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Depeche Mode &#8211; Wrong &#8211; from this year&#8217;s Sounds Of The Universe&#8221; 
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		<title>How To Put On a Bra</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/humor/how-to-put-on-a-bra</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bra]]></category>
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		<title>Mars And Venus In Divorce Court</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/mars-and-venus-in-divorce-court</link>
		<comments>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/mars-and-venus-in-divorce-court#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Britt for sending me this article! David Hochman has made an astute observation in his online article this week for Women&#8217;s Health Magazine: men and women are different. For the uninformed, this is a major news break! For the rest of us it is simply the obvious presented on an unpolished spoon.
What&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1-718-924-2742</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/1-718-924-2742</link>
		<comments>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/1-718-924-2742#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This number has called me several times over the last few days. Because I am a nosy little rube, I called them back just to see who this was. A woman with a heavy eastern accent named &#8220;Abigail&#8221; (yeah right) identified herself as a representative for University Opportunity Services. When I grilled her for how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letters To The New President</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/politics/open-letters-to-the-new-president</link>
		<comments>http://www.minaxavier.com/politics/open-letters-to-the-new-president#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ani DiFranco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ms. Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t generally play the fan girl and I don&#8217;t ever advocate the adoration of any person in this way, but I did find some fascinating statements in these letters. I didn&#8217;t vote for him. But I am interested in watching him to see what occurs within his administration.
In their latest issue (hitting newsstands January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Beautiful Noise</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/music/a-beautiful-noise</link>
		<comments>http://www.minaxavier.com/music/a-beautiful-noise#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Can Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youtube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a fan of Dead Can Dance for quite some time, but only within the past few years have I been able to truly share their work with others through the creativity of fans on Youtube.



&#8220;Bird&#8221; &#8211; from A Passage in Time




&#8220;Yulunga&#8221; &#8211; from Toward The Within




&#8220;Nierika&#8221; &#8211; from Spiritchaser

If you&#8217;ve enjoyed what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viva la Bimbo</title>
		<link>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/viva-la-bimbo</link>
		<comments>http://www.minaxavier.com/social/viva-la-bimbo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mina Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catharsis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the apocolypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got stuck watching Rock Of Love at a friend&#8217;s house the other night.
I had a difficult time keeping my food down.
First of all, I don&#8217;t care who the hell you think you are: you&#8217;re just a man and not a job interview.
Secondly, if you are willing to throw yourself into a cattle shoot of [...]]]></description>
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