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	<description>Funnier than a cup of sand.</description>
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		<title>2008 In Review: The Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Upon the conclusion of every year, I find it integral to reflect upon the events that have transpired over the past 366 days (leap year!). I have chosen to remember 2008 based upon the cultural facets that it defined for itself. I announced the categories nominees for my 2008 in review awards yesterday, and today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/31/2008-in-review-the-winners/</link>
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		<title>2008 In Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well folks, it&#8217;s that time of year again.  I&#8217;m proud to present the nominees for my fifth annual (2007 2006 2005 [2004 is lost forever]) year-in-review post.  This post is a retrospect of the aspects of pop culture that I feel most heavily defined 2008 and it covers everything from technology to entertainment.
See the nominees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/30/2008-in-review/</link>
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		<title>POTD: Top Chef Breakfast</title>
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For breakfast this morning, I made Elia&#8217;s Organic Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Waffle from Season 2.  It was rather amazing.  As Andrew would say, &#8220;It gave me a culinary boner!&#8221;
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		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/29/potd-top-chef-breakfast/</link>
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		<title>Better Late Than Never?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning and it really hit me: Christmas is in two days.  I guess that&#8217;s the cost of growing up; the holiday season gets lost in the hustle and bustle of December, and by the time it hits you it&#8217;s almost too late.  Although it is nice to not be constantly pining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/23/better-late-than-never/</link>
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		<title>Dear H&#038;M,</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m rather upset with you, old friend.  Your current collection has really let me down.  Maybe it&#8217;s just because the men&#8217;s section of the Columbia store takes up like 1/8 of the store, but I felt that there was nothing good when I visited you today.  There were tons of t-shirts (in December? really?) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/20/dear-hm/</link>
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		<title>And Now, Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the show is over.
It&#8217;s over.
It&#8217;s over?
I don&#8217;t know why, but I feel strangely disappointed that this whole things is done.  That&#8217;s the thing about theater, is that your profession has a profound effect on your disposition; you&#8217;re elated on opening night and you&#8217;re on the performance euphoria, but the morning after closing night can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/14/and-now-back-to-your-regularly-scheduled-programming/</link>
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		<title>On Loneliness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” Dag Hammarskjold
&#8220;Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the spaces between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.&#8221; Maya Angelou
&#8220;One may have a blazing hearth in one&#8217;s soul, and yet no one ever comes to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/09/on-loneliness/</link>
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		<title>The Worst Is Yet to Come</title>
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		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/12/06/the-worst-is-yet-to-come/</link>
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		<title>Instant Theater?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SICO Retractable Insta-Theatre - This is pretty freaking cool.  A theater that folds up into the wall and, when stored, takes up only four-and-a-half feet of depth?  And then unfolds unto a normal proscenium theater with lighting rigging, tormentor curtains, and more?  I think I&#8217;ve died and gone to heaven.  I wonder how much it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/30/instant-theater/</link>
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		<title>Happy Freaking Thanksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m laying on the couch, looking at the beautiful lit Christmas tree, listening to the jazzy Christmas music playing and wanting to either a. drop dead/fall into a coma for three weeks or b. throw up everything I just ate.  I feel like I am carrying a child in my stomach that is nine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/27/happy-freaking-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<title>Something New</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m working on my very first set design.  The show is called The Rented Christmas and it might possibly be one of the worst Christmas shows ever written. But that is beside the point.  I&#8217;m doing light, sound, and lighting design (and I&#8217;ve appointed myself stage manager) which is definitely a haul when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/26/something-new-2/</link>
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		<title>Theaterfolk Say The Darndest Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D: What will we have in terms of running crew?
M: How many do yuo want?
D: I don&#8217;t care how many, I just want them to be damn good lol. There is at least one HUGE set change and tons of props that must be placed during the show.
M: Ok I&#8217;ll call Ryan.
D: Not funny.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/23/theaterfolk-say-the-darndest-things/</link>
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		<title>Just Waiting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like I spend a whole lot of time just waiting for stuff.  Currently, I am waiting for:

A shipment of new microphones
A shipment from Gap/Old Navy full of amazing new clothes
Thanksgiving
and subsequently Christmas
UHL Production Week
My learner&#8217;s permit&#8230;.seven months overdue!
The economy to recover so that I can actually GET A JOB! (in addition to theater [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/17/just-waiting/</link>
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		<title>Euphoric!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;m turning into some kind of creeper or something.  Today in A&#38;P we dissected a chicken bone and I took great delight in skinning the leg and examining the specimen, something that I am usually too grossed out to do in that class (but then again, we&#8217;re usually working with rodents and cats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/14/euphoric/</link>
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		<title>A Momentous Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today at 11:11 AM it was 11:11:11 11/11.  This will be even more fun in three years!
Today should also have been the day that I took my driver&#8217;s test and received my license provided I had gotten my learner&#8217;s permit on May 11, 2008, the first day that I was eligible.  Alas, I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/11/a-momentous-day/</link>
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		<title>Love Is All There Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m loving this song&#8230;it has a very unique sound. 
Everyone is talking about me,
How my heart is broken
But they don&#8217;t see.
When you&#8217;re lonely inside
The world looks so carefree.
When you&#8217;re lonely inside
You just can&#8217;t see.
Does anybody want you?
Does anybody need you?
The question is
Does anybody want you?
Does anybody need you?
All I really know for certain, babe,
Is love [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/09/love-is-all-there-is/</link>
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		<title>POTD: Plethora of Post-It Pads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you think 19 pads is too many?  Do I have some sort of addiction?

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		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/07/potd-plethora-of-post-it-pads/</link>
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		<title>POTD: Election 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I basically lost EVERY position that I took before the election (President, Prop 8, Question 2, etc.). I&#8217;m surprised that I dragged myself out of bed this morning. More coming tomorrow.

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		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/05/potd-election-2008/</link>
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		<title>Election 2008: My Stances</title>
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Presidential Race

Cynthia McKinney - Rose Clemente (Green)
(or if you refuse to vote third party because it&#8217;s basically a wasted protest vote, then McCain-Palin [Republican].  I never thought I would support a Republican presidential candidate, even as an alternate, but this isn&#8217;t about the issues any more.  Country before party/People United Means Action!)

Maryland Congressional Race

Elijah Cummings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/04/election-2008-my-stances/</link>
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		<title>Chills, Shivers, and French Fries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I hear somebody say &#8220;President Obama&#8221;, a wave of chills and shivers shoots through my spine and I feel uneasy.
But, every time I hear somebody say &#8220;President McCain&#8221; I can only think about those tasty little smiley-faced french fries.

- OR -


You decide!

(But in the meantime, let&#8217;s go McKinney-Clemente 2008.)
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		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/11/03/chills-shivers-and-french-fries/</link>
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