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	<description>Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions.</description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Idea</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/09/valentines-day-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/09/valentines-day-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the recent decision in the Prop 8 debacle was a great birthday present for me, Valentine&#8217;s Day is coming up and the battle isn&#8217;t over yet. Here is a fantastic idea for Valentine&#8217;s: the All You Need Is Love Campaign. Someone found out that the average person (? couple?) spends $100 on Valentine&#8217;s Day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposition 8: Still Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/proposition-8-still-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/proposition-8-still-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Ninth Circuit (the federal court in whose jurisdiction California falls) published its decision upholding the prior ruling that stated that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Of course, this is a bit of a &#8220;duh&#8221; moment, but it&#8217;s still good news. What follows is, I hope, an English translation of the decision for the lay-person. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Ashay!</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/spark-ashay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/spark-ashay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how much longer this (iTunes link) will be up, so dl it today and give it a listen. The Moth is &#8220;true stories told live&#8221; without notes. There is a podcast which I love listening to. It&#8217;s like This American Life without the host. I just heard this amazing story (iTunes link) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Semele&#8217;s Daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/02/semeles-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/02/semeles-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Semele&#8217;s Daughter&#8221; is published in Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring &#8217;20s. My story will be available to read here for a limited time&#8211;until Hugo nominations close&#8211;by generous permission of the publisher. The Kindle Version is less than $3 on Amazon&#8211;a great deal for 12 stories by solid writers and cover &#38; interior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s happening again.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/01/18/its-happening-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/01/18/its-happening-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights and Queer Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=3029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember Prop 8? For me, the wounds are still raw (current status: overturned but implementation stayed; trapped in the appellate process [English: not legal but in effect]). I went to a school that threw its 501(c) out the window in the name of religious zealotry and continues to treat some of its students as second-class. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;d do her.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/01/05/id-do-her/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/01/05/id-do-her/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=3023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These words make me cringe. As though that&#8217;s a compliment. As though the opposite is an insult. But I ran across this recently and it struck me as being a perfect sentiment: I’d do her. If, like, she were still alive. And would have me. [Obviously, this was about a historic figure.] &#8220;And would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Santa: 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/12/14/secret-santa-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/12/14/secret-santa-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The awesome Cobwebs over at Art of Darkness (she also runs a fantabulous store at Shadow Manor) is hosting the 3rd annual Secret Santa Can Suck It, a virtual gift-swap. It&#8217;s not the swap that&#8217;s virtual, it&#8217;s the gifties. Last year, I got an amazing Cthluhu Makeover (I&#8217;m virtually wearing my tentacle dress right now) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eviction of Occupy LA, the Use of Police Force and the Media</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/30/the-eviction-of-occupy-la-the-use-of-police-force-and-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/30/the-eviction-of-occupy-la-the-use-of-police-force-and-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace; conflict resolution.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eviction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The above photo is mine, from a Prop 8 protest. I post it because of my description: &#8220;I got a little freaked out at one point when I realized the cop to protester ratio was pretty dang high.&#8221; This defined the police action last night against #OccupyLA Many police officers must experience a powerful tension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to a Decision on Occupy Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/15/occupy-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/15/occupy-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quakerism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have mixed feelings about Occupy Wall Street. I personally get excited at any signs of life in America&#8217;s normally apathetic citizenry, but have been confused and maybe a bit turned off by the festival atmosphere and the initial incoherence of the movement and its participants. We expect sound bytes: where&#8217;s the political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Russian Unicorn</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/17/music-monday-russian-unicorn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/17/music-monday-russian-unicorn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Monday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Um. This is why teh intarwebs were invented (yes: this counts as national security). After having watched that, you&#8217;re allowed to watch the original. But I will bet money you won&#8217;t be able to.]]></description>
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		<title>Colluding</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/10/colludin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/10/colludin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because Sinfest is that awesome, Tatsuya Ishida just did a sequence on the patriarchy and male privilege. They start here. Thumbnails and commentary below the fold. &#8216;Nique, fresh from a tree climbing devil chase is accosted by an unknown character: a child (?) who knows the lingo. Here we see Sister (for want of another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We all power down, some day.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/06/we-all-power-down-some-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/06/we-all-power-down-some-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Though Steve might suggest that we reboot.) To the man who made this anti-consumerist feel less guilty about buying some products, and to the Buddhist who made me feel more attached to these possessions more than any other. He gave me the tools that I use to connect with other souls, to create and convey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the Anonymity Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/03/the-anonymity-conundrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/03/the-anonymity-conundrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent internet interactions: &#160; Anonymous Dude on Twitter: Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist. -C. S. Lewis My reply: Funny, I don&#8217;t feel rage-filled. Maybe C.S. Lewis was projecting. &#160; Facebook &#8220;friend&#8221;: Don&#8217;t you think this might have something to do with women&#8217;s biology? It would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liveblogging for 24-Hour Comic Day 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/01/24-hour-comic-day-2011-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/10/01/24-hour-comic-day-2011-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my live-blogging post for my attempt to produce a comic in 24 hours or less. Mainly, I&#8217;ll share tweets and images here. 05:45am: I had planned to start at least two hours earlier. I&#8217;m getting coffee, and then clock starts at 6am. Good morning. 24-Hour Comic Day: join in via Google+ hangout here: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24-Hour Comic Day 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/29/24-hour-comic-day-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/29/24-hour-comic-day-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In less than 36 hours, I plan to participate in 24-Hour Comics Day. In a nutshell, this Saturday is set aside for masochists to create a 24-page or 100-panel comic within 24 hours. I plan to start as early as I can&#8211;3 or 4am if I can, and to live-tweet-blog-video it throughout the day and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfection</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/20/perfection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/20/perfection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The subject of Perfection In Heaven has been crossing my path recently, most likely via a podcast (Atheists Talk (iTunes link) by Minnesota Atheists, Ask an Atheist, the Atheist Community of Austin&#8216;s Atheist Experience or Non-Prophets (iTunes link), or FFRF&#8216;s Freethought Radio). This is the proposition that (a) we are fallen, imperfect beings unworthy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: John Henry has two women</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/12/music-mondy-john-henry-has-two-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/09/12/music-mondy-john-henry-has-two-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Monday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I bought this album solely because I heart Hugh Laurie. I was first introduced to his awesomeness (or, rather, His Awesomeness) when he was Prince George in my favorite British comedy of all time, The Blackadder (I still find that Mr. Bean is an absolute waste of Rowan Atkinson&#8217;s talents). But as great of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Poetry Monday: Laughing Heart</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/08/29/music-poetry-monday-laughing-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/08/29/music-poetry-monday-laughing-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Monday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know this is a commercial…but it&#8217;s also an amazing poem and a beautiful illustration to go along with the poem. Laughing Heart, Charles Bukowski there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness I love that sentiment.]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: If I should have a daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/08/22/music-monday-if-i-should-have-a-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/08/22/music-monday-if-i-should-have-a-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This may not be music per se, but I think it is still worth it. The vid goes on for longer than the actual piece, and you&#8217;re welcome to stick around after or not, as you are so moved. This is Sarah Kay&#8216;s TED talk. I don&#8217;t know who she is, but if this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Pro Tip: She Didn&#8217;t.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/07/25/music-monday-pro-tip-she-didnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/07/25/music-monday-pro-tip-she-didnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was linked to this vid by this amazing post: Is It Cold in Here? about sexism within the skeptical/atheist community. Sexism I have not, myself, encountered, but which sounds just like what I experienced while working in tech and now, as I try to work in law (not to mention when I try to [...]]]></description>
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