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	<title>Katy McDermott &#187; Katy</title>
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		<title>The good… the bad… the autumnal</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/11/02/the-good-the-bad-the-autumnal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official. Fall is upon us. Well, it’s been official since September 22, but I’ve been in denial. The current trifecta of Halloween, Election Day, and Daylight Savings Time has made me (reluctantly) take my head out of the sand. Actually, there are a lot of things I like about autumn – it’s winter that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Not MTV, But I’ll Take It!</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/10/26/its-not-mtv-but-ill-take-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I decided to try to use YouTube to promote my second book, “Meeting Darkness.” How to use a video to advertise a book? The mind boggles – or at least, mine did. At first. Eventually, however, I decided on the idea of a slideshow – pictures from Chatham, MA (the inspiration for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise: Pain Is Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been trying to lose weight lately. I cut down on the sugary snacks, reduced my portion sizes, stopped drinking soda, etc. And I was losing – slowly. For a few weeks. Then I hit a stubborn plateau. The combination of that and the example of my newly fitness-focused husband made me face the inevitable: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Brief Encounter with 9/11</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/09/08/my-brief-encounter-with-911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I didn&#8217;t experience much of the most traumatic event in our nation&#8217;s history firsthand. This is as close as we got (I wrote this essay just days after), and it was close enough. God rest the souls of those who lost their lives that day. We saw the twin towers of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Some of) what I’ve learned from “Watership Down”</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/07/24/some-of-what-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-from-%e2%80%9cwatership-down%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Watership Down&#8221; is one of my favorite books of all time &#8211; and I believe there&#8217;s a lot of wisdom in it too, assuming you can get past the whole &#8220;but they&#8217;re rabbits&#8221; thing. I even think it&#8217;s relevant to the current business setting. Here are some thoughts I had about the main character&#8230; Has there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong and Wronger</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/07/15/wrong-and-wronger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats mock Republicans. Conservatives despise liberals. Jesse Jackson and Rush Limbaugh vie for the hate-fueled rhetoric crown. Welcome to the United States Of You’re An Idiot. There doesn’t seem to be any gray area anymore. In America today, you’re either a patriot or a communist – no in-between. We’ve become more polarized (and polarizing) than we’ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1-800-Oil-Soaked-Waterfowl</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/07/04/1-800-oil-soaked-waterfowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t live by the gulf coast or anywhere near it. The only time I ever went to Louisiana was years ago, for a corporate meeting, and like pretty much every other tourist I drank too much and ate a beignet. But I don’t think you need to have a lifelong shrimper’s clout to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the Shoe Fits, Buy It</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/06/26/if-the-shoe-fits-buy-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/06/26/if-the-shoe-fits-buy-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My closet smells like feet. There is only one conclusion I can draw from this: I don’t have enough shoes to rotate them appropriately during these sweltering summer months. I must – must, do you hear? – go shoe shopping. Most women would consider this a no-lose situation: shoe shopping as necessity. But I’ll admit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Harsh Realities of Hallmark</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/06/14/the-harsh-realities-of-hallmark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[’Tis the season for greeting cards – Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, communions. ’Tis also the season for intensive therapy. I never realized how inadequate card stores can make a person feel. According to greeting card writers, all mothers are “the best Mom ever,” all graduates face a future of unlimited brilliance, and any child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Friendly Neighborhood Indecisive Author</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/06/07/your-friendly-neighborhood-indecisive-author/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/06/07/your-friendly-neighborhood-indecisive-author/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you&#8217;ve been wondering where I&#8217;ve been lately (I know &#8211; it&#8217;s been keeping you up nights, hasn&#8217;t it?), I&#8217;ve been getting my second book ready to send to the publisher. I LOVE the cover illustration, but the trouble is, I can&#8217;t decide what color my title text should be &#8211; blue or purple. What [...]]]></description>
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