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	<description>The ramblings of a mantle cell lymphoma survivor</description>
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		<title>What do you think about your health care?</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/05/24/what-do-you-think-about-your-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the 27% of Americans defined as having had a serious illness, medical condition, injury, or disability requiring a lot of medical care, or who had been hospitalized overnight in the past 12 months, you .............]]></description>
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		<title>Is it all down hill from here?</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/05/17/is-it-all-down-hill-from-here/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/05/17/is-it-all-down-hill-from-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, this has been a lousy year. It started out with a cold in January, putting me out of commission for 10 days, followed by another cold in April, putting me out for another 10 days, and as if that wasn&#8217;t enough, I needed (a slightly more than expected) minor surgery this past week <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/05/17/is-it-all-down-hill-from-here/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t legislate morality!</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/04/13/you-cant-legislate-morality/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/04/13/you-cant-legislate-morality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think yesterday&#8217;s death of a police chief, 8 days from retirement in New Hampshire, would finally shock everyone to that reality [although I doubt it], and realize what a colossal waste of lives and resources the war on drugs has been for this country. Resources that would be better spent insuring everyone in this <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/04/13/you-cant-legislate-morality/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A few quick thoughts</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/03/30/a-few-quick-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/03/30/a-few-quick-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My MCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMTALA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody has good moments and bad moments, but it's the]]></description>
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		<title>The law of supply and demand</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/03/26/the-law-of-supply-and-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/03/26/the-law-of-supply-and-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Stupidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drill baby drill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multinational Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who is of the misguided belief the US government has any more control over gasoline and oil prices than they have over other commodities, allow me to introduce you to the little known concept of supply and demand. It sort of goes like this. When demand exceeds supply, prices go up, and companies <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2012/03/26/the-law-of-supply-and-demand/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>To smartphone or not to smartphone?</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/12/02/to-smartphone-or-not-to-smartphone/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/12/02/to-smartphone-or-not-to-smartphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, when I got my DroidX, I was all excited. The thought of being able to log on to the internet where ever I was, and having access to GPS, my Kindle books, a camera etc. all in one convenient place, seemed intriguing, maybe even necessary and important.

But now]]></description>
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		<title>Deep thoughts [AKA A little rant]</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/11/10/deep-thoughts-aka-a-little-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/11/10/deep-thoughts-aka-a-little-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My MCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institute of Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking last night (I do that whenever I have trouble sleeping), and I've come to the realization, in the nearly 10 years since my diagnosis with MCL (when I was personally awoken to the issue of cancer), there has been a lot of research done, and too many to fathom clinical trials performed, yet there has been very little]]></description>
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		<title>We can all do our part</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/10/31/we-can-all-do-our-part/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/10/31/we-can-all-do-our-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Off Topic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junk Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Postal Service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I blogged on this topic about a year ago, but after watching the video below, and considering everything going on in the country now, I thought it was worth repeating. I even learned a few things I didn&#8217;t know before. Admittedly it isn&#8217;t much, but it is something, and &#8216;you never know&#8217;. At the very <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/10/31/we-can-all-do-our-part/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I feel the need to rant!</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/09/11/i-feel-the-need-to-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/09/11/i-feel-the-need-to-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flu shot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pet Peeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Side Economics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For starters, I hate people who refuse to get a flu shot, or other vaccinations for that matter. Some people think they are a conspiracy to make us sick. Others just think they don&#8217;t work. That&#8217;s one reason I stopped working. Two people in the office didn&#8217;t believe they worked. Despite all the evidence to <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/09/11/i-feel-the-need-to-rant/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been defriended! :(</title>
		<link>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/07/25/ive-been-defriended/</link>
		<comments>http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/07/25/ive-been-defriended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I discovered I had been de-friended by one of my friends on Facebook. It appears a comment I made on a recent post of his did not go over as intended. I only meant it in jest, but obviously he didn&#8217;t see it that way. This isn&#8217;t the first time I&#8217;ve pissed off <a href='http://livingwithmcl.com/2011/07/25/ive-been-defriended/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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