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		<title>I have always been free</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/04/10/i-have-always-been-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/04/10/i-have-always-been-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been acquiring spider jewelry and clothes for a few years now, and I wear them fairly regularly. I have gotten strange looks but few people ask me about them (unless it&#8217;s around October, when I wear them more often, more of them, and more brazenly, in which case no one looks at me even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And laid him on my couch to rest.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/01/27/and-laid-him-on-my-couch-to-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/01/27/and-laid-him-on-my-couch-to-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[’Twas night; the floods were out; it blew A winter hurricane aloof. I heard his voice abroad and flew To bid him welcome to my roof. I warmed and clothed and cheered my guest And laid him on my couch to rest; Then made the earth my bed, and seemed In Eden’s garden while I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ode to Toby Joy</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/01/25/ode-to-toby-joy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/01/25/ode-to-toby-joy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right now, this is all that I have left of Toby: When I say all I have left, I mean this digital photo of her collar, the empty, tiny cat-shaped hole she left behind, ephemeral memories. I don&#8217;t think she ever crossed 5 lbs. She&#8217;s always been a dainty creature: When she sat, she kept [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Female Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/07/21/female-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/07/21/female-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I live in a very masculine world. I know this is a stupidly obvious observation to anyone who, you know, can see, but I also feel very often as though I buy into it. I&#8217;m not a woman who likes skirts and children, which means it&#8217;s hard for me to find a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>On Dresses and Being Worth It.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/05/26/on-dresses-and-being-worth-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/05/26/on-dresses-and-being-worth-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been going around teh intarwebs, and it wasn&#8217;t until I commented on this repost that I realized I had something to say about it. Background: The Bloggess, who if you don&#8217;t follow on twitter, go do it now. I&#8217;ll wait. You back? Okay, so the Bloggess recently posted about a red dress and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>18-hour Comic: Journal.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/24/18-hour-comic-journal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/24/18-hour-comic-journal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[18hrComic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Final Update: Here is the link to my final creation, which also has links to other participants' works: You Are Here: A Photographic Journey Thru Heaven &#038; Hell ] I will be updating this throughout the day. 6:16 am: GameBoy wakes me up and reminds me I need to take him to his all day [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Thank You to Bored in Vernal and CrazyWomanCreek.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/03/a-thank-you-to-bored-in-vernal-and-crazywomancreek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/03/a-thank-you-to-bored-in-vernal-and-crazywomancreek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mormon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boredinvernal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crazywomancreek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received this lovely, lovely gift from Bored in Vernal and CrazyWomanCreek. It&#8217;s too good not to share, and since they&#8217;re public figures in the &#8216;nacle, I wanted to thank them openly: If you want to read it, click through to the photo&#8217;s page on flickr, and choose &#8220;all sizes,&#8221; and go from there. BiV [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>On no longer wanting to &#8220;be safe.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/24/on-no-longer-wanting-to-be-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/24/on-no-longer-wanting-to-be-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xkcd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love xkcd, and I love this comic the most: In spite of (because of?) the instance of profanity it contains, it hangs prominently above both of my desks, at home and at work. I am, of course, the guy at the desk, and the girl&#8217;s voice is like a siren calling to me. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>This Blog is Not for You (Unless it is for You).</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/19/this-blog-is-not-for-you-unless-it-is-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/19/this-blog-is-not-for-you-unless-it-is-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting over Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mormonism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excommunication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mormon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skeptic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of my various attempts to clarify my motives, people continue to ask why I have chosen to be so noisy and public as I exited the LDS Church. Most of these questions (and the occasional accusation that I&#8217;m insincere, or an attention whore) come from people who seem to be deeply connected to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>This Post is Rated Ex, for Excommunication.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/15/this-post-is-rated-ex-for-excommunication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/15/this-post-is-rated-ex-for-excommunication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mormon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excommunication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prop 8]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Picture taken by @taojunky This post is mainly a recounting of my experience of being excommunicated. Mine was probably a strange situation, since I may be one of a handful of apostates who welcomed excommunication, who also chose to attend their disciplinary council. I may follow this post with some analysis in a day or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>148</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jana&#8217;s Account of the Excommunication Proceedings.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/15/janas-account-of-the-excommunication-proceedings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/15/janas-account-of-the-excommunication-proceedings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mormonism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to direct your attention to Jana&#8217;s experience of the disciplinary council. She&#8217;s a tough woman, but I acknowledge that this has been difficult for her, so I hope you&#8217;ll treat her with civility and compassion. I&#8217;ll try to fill some of the gaps in her recounting (when I was brought into the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>No answers, only questions.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/14/no-answers-only-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/14/no-answers-only-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bang&#8230;bang&#8230;bang&#8230;bang&#8230;bang&#8230;bang. Were those gunshots? Firecrackers? Was that screaming? If it was gunfire, there were so many shots&#8211;was someone on the rampage? I told CatGirl to get down and I locked the doors. I called the police but the dispatcher put me on hold. And kept me on hold. I finally hung up. It was obvious [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kudos to Jana.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/13/kudos-to-jana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/13/kudos-to-jana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jana completed her 31+ mile race across the open water from Newport Beach to Avalon yesterday. I&#8217;m so proud of her! In one day, she had her first outrigger race over 10 miles, her first ride on the Pacific in a motor boat, first swims on the open water miles away from any shoreline, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remembering Fear.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/11/remembering-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/11/remembering-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remembering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[september 11th]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terror]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On The Pier&#8221; (taken on 9/11/01) is Creative Commons licensed by *Hiro. July 2nd, 2001 is Mind on Fire&#8217;s birthday. The birthing process was painful, since I hand-coded the site and put much more effort into the design and scripty goodness than I do now. Here&#8217;s kind of what it looked like on July 23rd [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Top Five Reasons Why I&#8217;m Not Turning in a Letter of Resignation to the Church.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/08/the-top-five-reasons-why-im-not-turning-in-a-letter-of-resignation-to-the-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/08/the-top-five-reasons-why-im-not-turning-in-a-letter-of-resignation-to-the-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mormonism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common question aimed at me in the past day is why I&#8217;m bothering to go to this council at all. This query has come from the devout, from former mormons, from irreligious friends. It certainly would be easier on me, on Jana, on the men in that high council room if I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>78</slash:comments>
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		<title>On Our Anniversary Weekend, and the Invitation from the Stake President.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/07/on-our-anniversary-weekend-and-the-invitation-from-the-stake-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/07/on-our-anniversary-weekend-and-the-invitation-from-the-stake-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mormonism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jana and I had a great anniversary weekend. Thank you, everyone, for your well-wishes. We had dinner at her favorite Mexican restaurant, fit in a Saturday afternoon beer and cheese tasting (serendipitously running into @clankyrobot and friends), lost a couple of hours in what may be the OC&#8217;s last great used bookseller (The Bookman in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>107</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pilgrimage: Year Seventeen.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/02/pilgrimage-year-seventeen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/02/pilgrimage-year-seventeen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One bright morning a childhood ago, Jana and I knelt across an altar, our right hands clasped in one of the secret grips of Melchizedek. A kind old man proclaimed that by God&#8217;s authority we were &#8220;sealed for time and all eternity.&#8221; With this ritual, we began our life journey together. We stripped the green [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turning Over a New Leaf</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/08/25/turning-over-a-new-leaf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/08/25/turning-over-a-new-leaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, on the first day of school (usually in the fall), I would wander the playground and find a leaf. It had to be a nice looking leaf, one that spoke to me, somehow. I would then turn it over (I&#8217;m not sure where I picked this habit up, presumably from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Speaker for the Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/05/22/speaker-for-the-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/05/22/speaker-for-the-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 11:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have 5 sisters, plus a mother and an aunt. I will not likely get a chance to eulogize my father at his funeral. I also don&#8217;t believe in the &#8220;he was a great man who never made any mistakes&#8221; brand of eulogies. For myself and for him, I&#8217;d like a Speaker, to Speak the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Happy.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/21/happy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/21/happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy. This is a very strange feeling for me and one that was foreign. But I&#8217;d been noticing it of late: things don&#8217;t piss me off, my short fuse has gotten longer, and I generally approach things with equanimity. And people. I like people now. It was hard for me to identify this fact [...]]]></description>
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