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		<title>Ban idiots from movie theatres</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/20/ban-idiots-from-movie-theatres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all been there at the theatre: a seat kicker, someone in front of you fiddling with their brightly lit phone, or a commentator or ‘pssst’-er to the people with they’re with. They can ruin a movie-going experience. It’s incredibly &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/20/ban-idiots-from-movie-theatres/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1383&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Broken</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/12/brokenbackproblems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 05:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setter-offer of metal detectors Heir to the throne of wheels Wielder of the mystical cane sword Dylan Debilitatam will return . . . *      *      *      *      * Tomorrow morning I&#8217;m having back &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/12/brokenbackproblems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1370&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The hotel and the hooker (or was she?)</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/05/the-hotel-and-the-hooker-or-was-she/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 11:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 11 p.m. at the hotel lounge along Chicago&#8217;s Magnificent Mile. A woman robed in silky blacks, accented with a refulgent orange scarf approaches the bar a few seats down from where I&#8217;m sitting, and asks for a glass &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/05/the-hotel-and-the-hooker-or-was-she/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1352&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grief</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/03/grief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 03:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[charlie brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losing someone or something important is both painful and emotionally tumultuous. It might feel like the pain and sadness being experienced will never surpass, but it probably will. The shortness of breath, or the inability to focus; the loss of &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/05/03/grief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1338&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s delusions</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/29/new-years-delusions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Year’s resolutions: hollow, empty lies we promise ourselves at the beginning of the year, which are all but forgotten by Groundhog Day. Usually I don’t buy into this kind of nonsense, but this year I played along while attending &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/29/new-years-delusions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1331&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The homeless perception</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/22/calgarys-perception-of-the-homeless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you had no place to go during the day—everyday. You spend your time wandering the streets, with a lack of expediency or purpose, waiting for the day’s clock to run out and for the sun to set, until such &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/22/calgarys-perception-of-the-homeless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1312&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walls</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/21/walls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week seemed particularly crazy. First the bombing in Boston, then ricin being sent to a US Senator, then the explosion of a fertilizer plant in Texas, and finally the shooting of a cop at MIT and the ensuing manhunt &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/21/walls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1300&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ever get the feeling you’re talking to someone who thinks they’re better than you?</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/16/ever-get-the-feeling-youre-talking-to-someone-who-thinks-theyre-better-than-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An odd thing happened this morning. A girl who has been sitting next to me in one of my classes since day one, seems to have found better friends. It was the last day of classes today. We were talking &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/16/ever-get-the-feeling-youre-talking-to-someone-who-thinks-theyre-better-than-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1292&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t touch the apple cart</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/03/dont-screw-with-the-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Autism Awareness Day, which has absolutely nothing to do with this piece. Actually, that&#8217;s not true: my mom was convinced I had some form of Autism when I was growing up. Who knows? I certainly don&#8217;t&#8211;and I don&#8217;t really &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/04/03/dont-screw-with-the-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1284&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How not to win any friends at work</title>
		<link>http://urbananomie.com/2013/03/22/how-not-to-win-any-friends-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Anomie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never have I claimed to understand people very well. I&#8217;m great at observing them, descent at interacting with them. And I&#8217;m excellent at pissing them off. Let’s call it a gift. A gift that makes me the perfect person to &#8230; <a href="http://urbananomie.com/2013/03/22/how-not-to-win-any-friends-at-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=urbananomie.com&#038;blog=25729331&#038;post=1267&#038;subd=urbananomie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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