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		<title>Dear Marcus: Speaking to the Man Who Shot Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a review of Jerry McGill’s excellent memoir, Dear Marcus: Speaking to the Man Who Shot Me. But first I want to tell you about: My Experience in a Wheelchair I was in a wheelchair once. It was only &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2010/02/05/dear-marcus-speaking-to-the-man-who-shot-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=525&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Novel Writing Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month. For all you aspiring novelists, you may want to join in on the fun.  This is the website, cutely abbreviated to NaNoWriMo.  The goal is to write 50,000 words by &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/11/01/national-novel-writing-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=496&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>15 (+1) Great Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did this viral exercise from Facebook: Name 15 books that have made a strong impression on you. List them in 15 minutes. It doesn’t have to be books you love, just ones that you can’t shake. I enjoyed doing &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/22/15-1-great-books/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=423&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Aquariums of Pyongyang</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aquariums of Pyongyang (2001) is an autobiographical account of a boy who spent 10 years in a North Korean labor prison camp, his subsequent release, and how he defected to South Korea. The book is especially timely since two &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/14/the-aquariums-of-pyongyang/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=419&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angels and Demons: Decrypting Dan Brown&#8217;s Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underwhelming But Entertaining I recently watched Angels and Demons, the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel. Like The Da Vinci Code, I was a bit underwhelmed, but only because I had thoroughly enjoyed the novels. And invariably, what your imagination &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/06/07/angels-and-demons-decrypting-dan-browns-formula/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=412&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a series about my US trip with many references to Homer’s Odyssey, called the Windiad. The story of Odysseus is from the perspective of Odysseus. Penelope, his wife, is largely presented as a symbolic figure of a long-suffering &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/10/21/the-penelopiad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=259&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Longest Preface Ever to a Book Review When we went through Portland, we spent some time at the biggest new and used bookstore in the world. I’m not even sure if that’s a true statement, but when you wander &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/09/25/zits-the-time-traveler-and-powells/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=232&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Always Coming Home: The Windiad no. 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last installment of the Windiad, my epic journey back to the West Coast of the US, with thick references to Homer’s The Odyssey, another story about a man going home. To read the whole thing, all out &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/09/18/always-coming-home-the-windiad-no-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=221&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Am Legend is the third film adaptation of a Richard Matheson novel of the same name. The 1954 novel is credited with being the first work of fiction involving zombies. In the book, a bacterial pandemic has spread through &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/05/08/i-am-legend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=134&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Invisible Neighbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve used quite a few different textbooks to study Japanese and what’s worked best for me has been the popular Japanese for Busy People. The revised third edition is a huge improvement over the previous edition. It’s easy for self-teaching, &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/02/28/the-invisible-neighbor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=108&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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