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	<title>ex-vancouveriste</title>
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	<description>miscellanist opines about stuff including vancouver and its discontents</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Plan . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/19/the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . .is to update the blogging software to WP 2.6 tomorrow, so we will likely be off line for a  little while at least.
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		<title>President of Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/18/president-of-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy and Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched a good chunk of the Rick Warren Forum this past Saturday night on CNN. I&#8217;d never heard of Warren before, though I was peripherally aware of his best-selling book &#8220;The Purpose Driven Life&#8221; and his Saddleback mega-church. 
I thought Obama did fairly well. He wasn&#8217;t smooth and mellifluous, nor was he content with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New (Buzz) Words</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/18/two-new-buzz-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a mad world, and getting madder all the time. Two new buzz words I learned today:
Drunkorexia means restricting your food intake so you can drink more without gaining weight.
Pregorexia means restricting your food intake as much as possible while pregnant, so you can stay as thin as possible, and make like you are having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet More Links &#8212; Thursday August 14</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/14/yet-more-links-thursday-august-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/14/yet-more-links-thursday-august-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Flurries of activity on the Vancouver municipal election front from  Frances Bula  and  the Tyee.
Olympic venue reincarnation The current uses and misuses of past Olympic edifices from  Mental Floss blog.  
A very special sponsor Taser International via its Canadian Distributor, M.D. Charlton Co. Ltd., will be a  platinum sponsor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links &#8212; Wednesday August 13</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/13/links-wednesday-august-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/13/links-wednesday-august-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will He or Won&#8217;t He? David Emerson, that is. Apparently  he might run in the next federal election. And then again,  maybe not. Those Conservatives should get their stories straight.
Kim Capri&#8217;s &#8220;holy ground&#8221; Vancouver councillor Kim Capri explains why she voted against a 16-unit townhouse development in sacred Shaughnessy.
World&#8217;s Best Convention Center  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serendipity in Miniature</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/12/serendipity-in-miniature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/12/serendipity-in-miniature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s a good thing I&#8217;m soon going to update my blogging software to WP 2.6. When I logged in today to post, my formatting toolbar had mysteriously disappeared. Being naturally lazy, and with a foggy memory of basic HTML, I&#8217;m not looking forward to tagging my hyperlinks by hand. 
I&#8217;m not sure if this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links for &#8220;Is It Monday Already?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/11/links-for-is-it-monday-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/11/links-for-is-it-monday-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BC&#8217;s fearless premier was inspired by the Summer Olympics opening ceremonies, and wants the 2010 opening ceremonies to be equally inspiring, both to Canadians and the rest of the world.
He&#8217;d like to feel everyone knows &#8220;a little more about Canada as the opening ceremonies close.&#8221; And the best way to achieve that lofty goal, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links &#8212; Friday, August 8</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/08/links-friday-august-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/08/links-friday-august-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pammy Does Dubai  She&#8217;s a 41-year old girl with her own banal reality TV show, and she&#8217;s been developing a luxury condo project on her grandmother&#8217;s waterfront property in Ladysmith.
For her next trick, she&#8217;s developing an eco-friendly hotel in Dubai, without using any fossil fuels. Rumour has it the hotel&#8217;s kitchens will only serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the Rock and Roll?</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/06/where-is-the-rock-and-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/06/where-is-the-rock-and-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[43,557 sex and drug spam comments have been deleted from this blog so far.  (Thanks, Akismet.)
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		<title>Seen – The Bank Job</title>
		<link>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/06/seen-%e2%80%93-the-bank-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vancouveriste.com/2008/08/06/seen-%e2%80%93-the-bank-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vancouveriste</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seen, Heard, and Read]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although this film is loosely based on a real bank heist—1971&#8217;s &#8220;walkie talkie&#8221; robbery of a Lloyd&#8217;s Bank branch on London&#8217;s Baker Street—it is not a classic heist film.
East End used car dealer, Terry Leather (Jason Statham) is approached by an old friend, Martine (Saffron Burrows) after her sometime boyfriend, Tim, an MI5 or 6 [...]]]></description>
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