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	<title>Normality Restored &#187; kilian</title>
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		<title>Have You Ever Been Punched In The Stomach By Words?</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/06/have-you-ever-been-punched-in-the-stomach-by-words</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to make an admission that embarrasses me most profusely. I have never read Infinite Jest. This is embarrassing because I have actually owned the book for several years. Even now it sits on a shelf in my living &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/06/have-you-ever-been-punched-in-the-stomach-by-words">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Considering How To Best Explain My Current State of Mind Without Resorting to a Long Winded Diatribe That Meanders On Pointlessly for Quite Some Time Before Breaking Down Into Unintelligible Swearing But I&#8217;m Failing Miserably&#8230;F#$king, S&amp;*t, A$$, F@#k, B!^%h!</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/03/im-considering-how-to-best-explain-my-current-state-of-mind-without-resorting-to-a-long-winded-diatribe-that-meanders-on-pointlessly-for-quite-some-time-before-breaking-down-into-unintelligible-swea</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because, as is often the case when I am very, very upset, I have no one to blame but myself. And isn&#8217;t that just the worst, really? When you want to go and just punch some asshole in the mouth &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/03/im-considering-how-to-best-explain-my-current-state-of-mind-without-resorting-to-a-long-winded-diatribe-that-meanders-on-pointlessly-for-quite-some-time-before-breaking-down-into-unintelligible-swea">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Word Count 34,697: The Shell Game Has Commenced</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/01/word-count-34697-the-shell-game-has-commenced</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cutting and Pasting Not as It Seems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kilian's Continuing Struggle to Finish Book 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Tolstoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revisiting Prose from the Past]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At this point, I&#8217;m essentially re-arranging chunks of text. Most of the stuff that needed serious revision has been duly revised. But that, it turns out (ironically?!), was the easy part. What I&#8217;m doing now is cutting and pasting sections &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/02/01/word-count-34697-the-shell-game-has-commenced">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ebooks Should Not be Feared in the Same Manner as Axe Wielding, Midget Clowns</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/31/ebooks-should-not-be-feared-in-the-same-manner-as-axe-wielding-midget-clowns</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/31/ebooks-should-not-be-feared-in-the-same-manner-as-axe-wielding-midget-clowns#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Hocking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Franzen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The "facebookz"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Digital Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to preface this whole post by saying I just got back from the gym and, excepting the last two weeks, I haven&#8217;t regularly exercised for&#8230;how old is my daughter&#8230;oh yeah, five.  Suffice it to say, I&#8217;m still in &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/31/ebooks-should-not-be-feared-in-the-same-manner-as-axe-wielding-midget-clowns">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Staying Pessimistic to Blunt the Inevitable Heartbreak to Come</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/24/im-staying-pessimistic-to-blunt-the-inevitable-heartbreak-to-come</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/24/im-staying-pessimistic-to-blunt-the-inevitable-heartbreak-to-come#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fringe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones (TV Series)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Once Upon a Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pushing Daisies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My guess is I&#8217;m not the only one watching Once Upon a Time. I mean, it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m looking at the ratings or anything&#8230;OK, I do check on them from time to time&#8230;but Once Upon a Time seems to be &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2012/01/24/im-staying-pessimistic-to-blunt-the-inevitable-heartbreak-to-come">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Word Count: 23,475</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/12/01/word-count-23475</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/12/01/word-count-23475#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death of publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kilian's Novel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long overdue completion of text]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is, perhaps, odd that I write a post today. There isn&#8217;t really a compelling reason for me to be posting something today&#8230;or, at least no more compelling reason than just about any other day. And, sure, I could just &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/12/01/word-count-23475">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Plea for Help</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/15/a-brief-plea-for-help</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/15/a-brief-plea-for-help#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 07:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts of the Written Persuasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kilian's Epic Failure as a Writer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pleas for Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Assuming this missive reaches any out there in the ether known as the interwebz, I humbly submit the following request. &#160; Let&#8217;s say, hypothetically, that I was taking part in a sort of social experiment.  Said experiment is cheifly populated &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/15/a-brief-plea-for-help">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Cheap&#8230;but, Not Really</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/11/im-cheap-but-not-really</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/11/im-cheap-but-not-really#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 04:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bookmines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones (TV Series)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Coming End of Mining Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had previously wondered whether or not I could concievabley spend $15 a month for HBO in order to watch Game of Thrones.  It turns out that, for reasons wholly unrelated to HBO (more on that later), I can&#8217;t.  There are, of course, &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/05/11/im-cheap-but-not-really">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Spend $15 a Month to Watch One Show?</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/15/should-i-spend-15-a-month-to-watch-one-show</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/15/should-i-spend-15-a-month-to-watch-one-show#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excessive Expense for Little Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones (TV Series)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Bean = Man Crush]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Directv is offering a &#8220;preview weekend&#8221; of HBO starting today. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m being over dramatic by claiming it is a plot solely dedicated to extract an extra 14 dollars and 99 cents from me every time I pay &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/15/should-i-spend-15-a-month-to-watch-one-show">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Many Reasons, I am Optimistic</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/14/for-many-reasons-i-am-optimistic</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/14/for-many-reasons-i-am-optimistic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interconnectedness of Things Not Seemingly Connected]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote the other day, I have free time this week. I could be cleaning the kitchen, or mowing the lawn, or doing any number of productive things with my time. Technically, I&#8217;m not working for six days.  Yesterday, &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/14/for-many-reasons-i-am-optimistic">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The End of an Era&#8230;Wait, Nevermind</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/12/the-end-of-an-era-wait-nevermind</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/12/the-end-of-an-era-wait-nevermind#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liquidation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you are aware, I&#8217;m sure, about the quasi-doom of my employer, Borders.  At present, the company is in a Chapter 11 reorganization.  Total store closures will be in the 225ish range.  None of this is news anymore as &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/04/12/the-end-of-an-era-wait-nevermind">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Checking In, Updating, Such and Such&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/01/18/checking-in-updating-such-and-such</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/01/18/checking-in-updating-such-and-such#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to start by saying that I am buoyed by the fact that, more than a year later, one of the most read posts on this site is the one I wrote about trying to read Lauren Conrad&#8217;s first &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2011/01/18/checking-in-updating-such-and-such">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where to begin&#8230;again.</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/10/27/where-to-begin-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/10/27/where-to-begin-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Song of Ice and Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Cartographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wheel of Time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The family and I are now fully ensconced in the Pacific Northwest and our lives have taken on some semblance of normalcy&#8230;, er, normality.  For some reason or another I&#8217;m actually spending much more time at the bookmines, which is frustrating for &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/10/27/where-to-begin-again">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I deal best with stress by ignoring it.</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/07/28/i-deal-best-with-stress-by-ignoring-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/07/28/i-deal-best-with-stress-by-ignoring-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts of the Written Persuasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bart Ehrman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Pratchett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I could write about how just two weeks ago my wife, out of the blue, got offered her dream job in Seattle (we currently live in So. Cal., for those keeping score) and now we are moving next week.  I could go &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/07/28/i-deal-best-with-stress-by-ignoring-it">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When so much has happened, and so much time has passed, where does one begin?</title>
		<link>http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/07/08/when-so-much-has-happened-and-so-much-time-has-passed-where-does-one-begin</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Normality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been so much frustration in my life these past few months.  Frustration and, oddly enough, a fair amount of enjoyment as well.  And then, completely out of the blue, today my family&#8217;s life changed dramatically.  It is an &#8230; <a href="http://www.normalityrestored.com/2010/07/08/when-so-much-has-happened-and-so-much-time-has-passed-where-does-one-begin">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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