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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>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<title>No Mouse Poop Allowed</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/05/10/no-mouse-poop-allowed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 02:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you’re a drug kingpin or a Real Housewife of Wherever, chances are you live in a normal-sized house and don’t need roller skates to navigate your faux-Italian-granite floors. In other words, you’ve settled. I’ve gotten pretty interested in residential real estate lately. I’ve spent a number of weekends helping to get my mother’s house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sweet Smell of Something</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/04/27/the-sweet-smell-of-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not for nothing do they call smell the most evocative sense. I got a whiff of Jungle Gardenia perfume recently, and in an instant I was a guilt-ridden 5-year-old again, tempted to look over my shoulder to see if my mother had caught me pilfering between-meal cookies. This intense cologne reaction can go several ways. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Pounds of Cashews</title>
		<link>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/04/09/eight-pounds-of-cashews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katymcdermott.com/2010/04/09/eight-pounds-of-cashews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Canada ever decides to attack us, or an earthquake destroys our townhome development in suburbia, I’m all set for supplies. I just got back from Costco. I have two dozen of everything. I go to the warehouse store every few months or so, and the variety and volume of their merchandise always amazes me. [...]]]></description>
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