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	<title>Guardian of the Non Sequitur</title>
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		<title>New Venture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working construction for months in an old building in Midtown, mostly installing, framing and trimming windows, with a variety of other miscellaneous tasks.  Once it&#8217;s open I will be managing one of the stores.
There was an article on the front page of the Sunday Business section of the Houston Chronicle.  Included below:

Midtown&#8217;s Continental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/06/07/new-venture/</link>
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		<title>Street Viewed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was working outside at 3622 Main this week, on a ladder, painting the trim on the windows I&#8217;ve been putting in.  I caught something out of the corner of my eye, a stalk on top of a car.  I initially suspected it was an art car, so glanced that way to see which one. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/04/08/street-viewed/</link>
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		<title>SXSW Tuesday: The Lull</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have no patience with the incurious.  What can they learn about life and what can anyone know without learning. -Sylvester Milner in The House of a Thousand Lanterns, by Victoria Holt, 1974
Though I took a long rest, I was still feeling beat down, the remnants from a brief cold.  I&#8217;ve heard from others it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/03/17/sxsw-tuesday-the-lull/</link>
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		<title>SXSW Monday: Wetly Interactive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did not check the weather before I left Houston, so now on Tuesday morning I&#8217;m tossing my only pair of jeans into the washing machine.
I don&#8217;t have a jacket or any rain gear with me either.  It will be a bit nippy tonight, and raining all day.
Yesterday, after I got settled into my cousin&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/03/16/sxsw-monday-wetly-interactive/</link>
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		<title>Texas Declaration of Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wikipedia tells me, …
March 2, 1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention inWashington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texasadopted a declaration of independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas.
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		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/03/02/texas-declaration-of-independence/</link>
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		<title>iPad and NYT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times was a bullet point in the iPad introduction.  The application they had already developed looked quite nice from a cursory glance, particularly with its lack of advertising.  The Apple Gazette recently discussed the pricing conundrum they are having at NYT.

There have also been rumors that most of the Times&#8217; content is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/02/23/ipad-and-nyt/</link>
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		<title>Inconceivable: I Can&#8217;t &#8216;ls -l&#8217; My iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vizzini (played by PC World): Inconceivable.
 Inigo Montoya (played by Apple Insider):	 You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means.
When some people (like PC World) come up with lists of &#8220;What iPhone OS 4.0 Needs&#8221; they often lists items that are not thought about from a design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/02/04/inconceivable-i-cant-ls-l-my-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Nickels and Dimes, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reminded reading Greg&#8217;s post of the hallowed tradition amongst the board gamers to document the games they&#8217;ve played 5 or 10 times in the previous years.  Many of the games we play can be from 2-3 hours in length, and there are so many available, that getting in repeat plays can often be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/01/25/nickels-and-dimes-2009/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 4.0 &#8211; What Will The New OS Bring?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dwight Silverman recently provided a large number of &#8220;improvements&#8221; he feels are necessary for the next version of the iPhone.  Here are my opinions on his thoughts:
A better camera: A 3 megapixel to 5 upgraded seems a minimal upgrade that should be expected.  If it does include a better camera, it should also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/01/14/iphone-4-0-what-will-the-new-os-bring/</link>
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		<title>Willy the Hillbilly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen this hillbilly at your local grocery store?  It cracked me up so much I had to buy a 12-pack.
My caffeine of choice is Dr Pepper, but I enjoy a Mountain Dew now and then, and particularly like their recent Voltage, which was raspberry and citrus.
I also particularly like the sodas that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/01/12/willy-the-hillbilly/</link>
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		<title>Jessica Farrar: Please Say NO to I-10 Feeder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From: Bill Shirley
To: Jessica.Farrar@house.state.tx.us
Cc: lillian.ortiz@house.state.tx.us,
alicia.nuzzie@house.state.tx.us
Dear Mrs. Farrar,
I just became aware of a public meeting this evening in regard to a newly
funded project to add feeder roads to I-10 inside the loop.  I can not make
it to the meeting this evening to let you know how much I STRONGLY OPPOSE
this move!
There is NO good reason [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2010/01/06/jessica-farrar-please-say-no-to-i-10-feeder/</link>
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		<title>Been a While: Calgary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumble across a home made card I used to give to new friends I met while living in Canada:
Kinsington Gate Apartments #304
100 &#8211; 10 A Street
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4T3
CANADA
403.270.4497
home: bshirley@titmouse.sccsi.com
work: Shirley_Bill@pcp.ca
Hard to believe it&#8217;s been 15 years!
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		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/12/07/been-a-while-calgary/</link>
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		<title>BGG.Con</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, before going to the Westin DFW for 3 days of board games I also headed to Arlington for a my friend Rob&#8217;s birthday and played the weekend before.  So, here&#8217;s my two long weekends of games:
Total Number of Games played: 51
Number of Different Games: 40
Number of New Games: 25
Ra – A classic Knizia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/11/25/bgg-con/</link>
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		<title>Black Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I encourage you to:

play board games
watch televised football
play pick-up football with the kids
put up your holiday decorations
work in the yard
go for a nice walk

instead of shopping.  I&#8217;m lusting for a new iPod touch, but I won&#8217;t be buying it.

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		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/11/24/black-friday/</link>
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		<title>V Anew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recall watching the old V (1984-85) [mini series, part 1] with much vigor.  The effects were appropriately cheesy for the time, but it was a somewhat interesting story until it derailed after a season.  So, it was with anticipation that I awaited the new incarnation.
The original subtext of racism and holocaust has been replaced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/11/05/v-anew/</link>
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		<title>Vaccine Hysteria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The kooks are out in force on the Anti-Vaccine front with the introduction of the new swine flu vaccine.  I thought The Daily Show did a good job digesting it down to one graphic:

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		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/10/16/vaccine-hysteria/</link>
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		<title>Eating Raw Shrimp, Not Advisable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, last week I bought some precooked shrimp at the grocery store.  They were cheap.  I bought them.  Tuesday, I was at a different store, I see some pre-peeled pink shrimp.  I glanced at the label, it didn&#8217;t say &#8220;raw&#8221;.
I defrosted the shrimp, thought they smelled a little fishy, wasn&#8217;t really paying attention, sat down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/10/07/eating-raw-shrimp-not-advisable/</link>
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		<title>Dead Like the Lovely Forgotten Bones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fall television seasons are kicking themselves into life.  Hulu makes it much easier to catch the many pilots flying furiously past.  The 2002 Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones seems to have it&#8217;s hand heavily on a new offering from ABC: The Forgotten.
I recently finished watching the two seasons of Dead Like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.shirl.com/2009/09/25/dead-like-the-lovely-forgotten-bones/</link>
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